Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-20
HAS A STREET SCENE
AS VIVID AS LIFE
l35 Performers Produce the Drd-
ma--HorSes Coming From Den
yer and Colorado Springs
Association viii Assemble
Carnival of It's Own.

torial fair association, returned home
today from Colorado on the Califor-
mia limited bringing all kinds of good
news. He got everything he went
after and more, too.
He secured a carload of race horses
that have been racing at Overland
park at Denver and another car from
Colorado Springs He didn't get an
organized carnival company, with a
lot of fake shows, but he did secure
a bunch of concession men with in
dividual shows of the street order
with real performers. This latter
scheme of assembling a carnival COM
pany Manager Hubbs thinks, will beat
the carnival company proposition all
to pieces. 1t gives the fair associa-
ton the option of firing any one or
two or more shows that come in and
don't make good and come up to the
standard of the amusements the as
sociation expects to present at the
approaching fair.
Fighting the Flames.
The biggest thing that Manager
Hubbs did, though, was to secure this
attraction, Fighting the Flames"
though only three words represents
one of the biggest spectacular amuse-
ments known in America. 1t has
proved a big hit at Coney Island and
was one of the big attractions at the
White City In Chicago. 1t is so big
the bringing OF 1t to Albuquerque Will
be that 1t will cost too much money
and that piece of ground large
enough for 1t to show upon cannot be
found within the city limits.
c. II. Webster. who was with Man.
ager Hubbs in Denver assisting in the
securing of attractions, says that
Fighting the Flames is the biggest
thing in the show line that has ever
offered to come to Albuquerque.
What the Show Is like.
NJ. Webster, who is an old show
man himself, gives the following vivid
description of Fighting the Flames as
it will be seen by the many thousands
of people, who will come to the fair:
"The Denver production is under
the management of Geo. w. Poeter.
the same man who owned the Coney
Island and White City productions of
Fighting the Flames, and the Denver
show is the biggest of them all.
1.-The Denver show has an equip
ment of two large steamers. two
hook and ladder trucks, a sixty-five
foot aerial Segrave truck, police
patrol wagon, an automobile and a
fire chief wagon. The personnel OF
the company has 1876 people in 1t,
counting officers, firemen, policemen,
bandmen and actors.
Vaudeville.
'"The show starts with ten or
fifteen minute vaudeville performance
of street stunts. and from three to
five performances will be given each
evening. There is a street scene with
all tn animation of a real live city.
A four story building, street cars.
vehicles of all kinds and pedestrians
of all sorts and styles. These ped
estrians are the actors in the little
drama that proceeds the fire lighting
scene.
"A street car turns a corner and
comes buzzng down the street. 1t
stops in front of hotel and the land
lord comes out of the building and
takes a woman's Valise, with all the
courtesy Of live hotel man with
plenty of vacant guest rooms in his
house. Then the street car comes
back again A man falls of and Is
killed. The patrol is called and the
corpse is carried away. a thief is ar
rested on the street, and gives the
police a fight. An officer is killed af-
ter an exchange of shots that make
the more timid cling 10 their big
brothers. The thief is loaded into
the patrol but escapes as he is be-
ing carted away and there is more
shooting. with the result OF more
melodrama. Then medicine faker
makes his appearance on the street.
with a negro singing songs as they
used to do in the good old days. The
faker Is selling electric belts. A
string of people try the belts on in
plain view OF the audience and when
the oppOrtune moment arrives, the
faker turns the electricity on and
holds his victims helpless. while his
colored assistant relieves them OF
their valuables.
The Real Thing.
after getting the swag, the faker
fiyes away i'm his automobile, leaving
the negro behind TO be captured by
a street mob. The mob ties the negro
10 post and starts a fire around
him and from this fire starts the con-
hagration that is the real feature OF
the performance.
Tho Fire Scene.
1.-THE fOur-story building catches
fire An alarm is turned i'm and the
fire department answers IN plain view
Of the spectators hitching the horses
and an. When the fire chief arrives
ON the scene. he turns IN q second
alarm. People appear In the upper
windows of the building and wiring
their hands and appeal for help.
Some Of the people below yeu 90
them 10 jump, while others ten ttem
10 remain I'm the windows. Life ntts