Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-11
CHILDRENS DAY AT
GENTRY BROS. SHOW
SUNDAY SEPT. IS.


Sunday is great day with the Cen
try Brothers Famous Shows. While
Sunday is the one day of rest to which
all individuals connected with travel :
ing tented aggregation look forward
to with relief, it is also a day filled
with detail and, insofar as proprieties
will permit, it is also a day filled
with pleasure.
The Gentry Brothers make Sunday
the great cleaning up" day and those
who are early on the show grounds just
West of the Fillmore School this
morning will nave the usual oppor-
tunity of seeing the hundred odd dogs
of every kind, size and color given a
bath such as would seem to preclude
the possibility of any dirt ever sett-
ling on their canine persons. The early
visitors to the grounds will also see
Will Carpenter and his pony boys CIV
ing Sunday bath to the whole pony
outfit, and it will be a morning of
hustle and scrubhi.g from one end of
the grounds to the other.
About noon, howeer, if the wheather
be at all favorable, such of the tents
as are NECESSARY for Sunday use will
be up and in place, the circus para
phernalia to be erected for the Mon
days work will be slowed about the
grounds and the men who do the heavy
work around the show and the dozens
of draft horses who do the hard haul.
ing will have laid down for their Sum-
day slumber.
1t is about this time that the big
animal tent gets ready for an after
noon of activity. The last dog is
given rub down. the last pony
drying off, the last monkey brushing
up and the last obstreperous trained
pig a calling down.. The last wagon
is washed off, there is brushing up
of boys, men, harness and trappings,
and at 2 O'Clock the doors are thrown
open to the children and their COM
panions.
The Childrens' Sunday Reception
as given by the Gentry Brothers
Show has no parallel in the amuse-
ment business. For two hours the big
animal tent is filled with thousands of
children who get to know the ponies.
dogs, monkeys. elephants, camels,
geese and pigs at first hand. They
learn "Nero", Satan, "Trilby"
and the other elephants by names they
make much ado over" Oklahoma the
little baby camel, who first saw the
light of day at Norman, Oklahoma,
few short weeks ago, and they
talk to "Walter", who leads the
monkey fire brigade, and to "Ike",
the big trained goose; and they
invariably go wild over "Randle",
the little pony colt which first saw the
light of day at Hudson, Wis.
Sometimes the elephants indulge
in little Sunday practice; now and
then DIR. "Doley" the Simeian ply
sician. takes his patients out for
ride in his dog cart" and very often
there is bit of unexpected comedy
from Ginger, the bucking mule be-
longing to Dark town..
1t is an afternoon of delight to the
younger generation and of pleasure to
the accompanying "grown-ups", and
it gives the patronizing public an
excellent idea of the character of men
who conduct this unusual circus, and
good foretaste of the pleasure to come
during the regular performance.
Starting from the show grounds at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning the mile
long Gentry parade will travel the
principal streets preparing the public
for the> performances to be given to-
morrow afternoon and evening. The
GentryB Brothers Famous Shows United
will be here for one day only.