Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-10
THOUSANDS |. STUNG
. At | WILD | ! WEST: /. SHOW.
Buffalo Bits Entertainment. Not
Up TO Pace Set in
Old Days.
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COMPLAINTS ARE REGISTERED
COMPLAINTS ARE REGISTERED
y Was a Case Of First Conc First
Served When it Came TO Much
Advertised Reserved Seats.

SLunS.
on Main street where the cars stop,
weary, Worn and sad head OF fami-
~ was assisting his wife and three
children Off the car that had lust como
IN from the Buffalo BIZ show half an
hour before the performances had con
Guided.
All off, this car goes back to the
Z Fair grounds" cried the conductor,
and then came the retort from the
oVer-burdened father. Going back
ior another load of suckcrs?" The en-
tlre FAMILY smiled wanly and drifted
toward the sidewalk.
rms ny. actual occurrence reelected the
sentiments of large majority of the
l4'upo people who paid their money to
z zee the show last night and some of
sidcshows. -"
Buffalo Bits Wild West SHOW, which
recently was acquired by the Ringing
ofothers' syndicate, is not in the same
class with the original show which
game game west some years ago A NUM-.
Der Of the old features are there with
Two new ones in the form of an
holdup.
the casual observer the show
& JACKS an executive head who is master
OF detail both as regards the show it.
self and the handling of the crowd.
tor time the ushers bore up brave.
last night against long odds and
then threw up their hands and let the.
holders Of reserved seat checks take
any old seat and fight out the Issue.
among themselves.
WILD INDIVIDUALS.
There We're some very wild individ-
uals at the Fair grounds last night,
and they We're on the wrong side of
the roped arena, too. Even Buffalo
Bill, wearing glasses and drawing a
bead on the glass balls which We're
thrown in the air, failed TO arouse great
enthusiasm.
The facilities for seating the large
crowd We're SO poor that many hun
dreds left the tent before the show
was half over. Those who remained
found little consolation In examining
the spreading Merry Widow hats in
front or In the momentarS cxpecta-
ton of featuring the occasion by
taking the high dive backwards. The
rows of iron chairs We're placed so
near together that either one must be
satisfied with planting ones knees in
ttha small OF his neighbours back, or
T IN moving his own chair half an
unlighted part of the tent. This re-
iers TO the reserved seats. in name
only, for the attaches of the show
mol only made slovenly appearance
but treated the patrons in slovenly
fashion.
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED,
After all the available seats We're
sold, they We're still apparently sold
and sold and re-soid. and those who
came to occupy their seats--theSa
We're also sold, for they found that
the seats We're not reserved indivId
ually, but that 5000 were reserved in
"a block and that those who came first
had tickets for the hest seats. This
threw large portion of those pos
sessing tickets for the reserved block.
in the 3O-foot spaGe directly In front
Of the reserved block. Isnhnpplly,
the patrons discovered that neither
ore circus goers transparent or are
Merry Widow hats interesting, there
fore the exodus of many before the
show was more than half completed.
TOO MUCH COACHING.
The Wild West show has changed
In few of its particulars, save that
its general character is more in the
nature of circus. The mounted
push ball contest was novel, but
drew comparatively little enthusiasm,
as the spectators could plainly hea.
the words Of direction as to where
the huge ball was to so next. It was
n. new idea, however, and was the
most pleasing feature Of the evening.
The only other new feature of the
show was the train robbery, which
was well gotten up. The character
Of each of the wild west acts is in
almost every instance the same: In
dams and cowboys attacking each
AL fnc rid M n, o.
into the air. The audience last night
expected to see something new and
they also We're led TO expect accom-
modations corresponding with the
price OF admission. They were dis
appointed