Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-25
KING DRAWS CROWD
Alluring Highway of Ak-Sar- Ben
Assisted by Good Weather.
EoPLE SHOW CARNIVAL SPIRIT
Crowds Watch for Balloons and Wait
at Gates for Fun.

at Gates for Fun.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR MONEY
Slogan Adopted by King Ak-sar-Ben
XIV All Along Line,
FIRST DAYS STAND AS PROOF
Kings Highway Draws Larger First
Night Crowd and Has BETTER
shows Than Any PreVi-
Gus Carnival.
1909. 1907. 1903.
wednesday 1000. .a.5S5 s,Sss 4's7S
Kings Highway opens at Ia o'clock each
day,
Madam Frances ana diving horse, ai3o
ana p. m.
sullivan and Kurain, , and siSo p, m.
Balloon race and airship flight, p. m.
Country CirouH--oxhibttionu hourly.
Day parade September as.
night parade ssptembsr 30.
Taft and fireworks october l,
Coronation ball October q,
Children's bali October ..
Festival weather, carnival spirit, allurinI
decorations, bands which make people step
lively, thousands OF electric lights and
coaxing spiels from the throats of a hundred
or more criers on the Kings Highway. drew
the people out last evening like a big
magnet gathering fine particles OF iron
| from the sands.
| Between and o'clock a balloon ascen-
sion was threatened and hundreds stood on
Eighteenth street. stretching as far north
as California. to see the airship leave the
earth. Another crowd gathered before the
gates Of the king and before $3.50 Douglas
street was a gay scene and held a big
crowd good natured and only waiting to
get in at the gates, or decide where the
most fun was to be had inside or on the
outside for the evening Some decided TO
reserve the treat of seeing the whole show
for later date. when everything will be
more complete, but the grounds and con-
cessions got their full share.
Something for your money"
That is what King Ak-Sar-Ben XIV is
offering.
In the old days, long before Ak-Sar-B Ben
introduced his new buslness-getting meth
DDS, kings. long since passed into history or
forgot, had this motto:
Let him take who has the power,
And he may keep who can"
And, of course, to a certain extent this
holds good now, but when Ak-sar-Ben,
through his lord high chamberlain sam
son, announced that the broadane had been
dulled. and the word sent out. always
something for nothing" all Quiyera sur
he owns the earth and it's fenced.
Nothing SavOring of Fake.
The governors no longer have any
shows on midway. The Abyssinian ground
hog has passed away as has the bridal
chamber" and the For Men Only" at
traction So every year it has been more
and more a case Of something for nothing.
Someone told Samson, It was not worth
a dime to see a piece OF sausage" even
II It was funny and neither did leather
bride" appear a good likeness for
bridal chamber and neither did pair of
trousers appeal to the man who paid his
dime to see something for Men only"
IAN right" says Samson, "out they go
and SO they out and there is not even
an imitation of a fake on the carnival
, grounds.
How we'll the people like Ak-sar-Ben
XIV and his ways is shown in the rapidly
filling city. And with their coming there
came little note from the chief Of police
to the fakirs who play on the kings guests
, "They must not stop" said the chief and
he will enforce his orders.
There will be no street vending Of worth
less but catchy stuff. AS a result the 1900
people who work the carnival grounds
may feel free to walk the streets with
, their we'll filled pockets. for the king is a
good employer, without fear of handing
it over to a street fakir. The same offers
to the visitors.
. Considerable buying was done this morn
ing by a most delightful looking bevy OF
millners who are combining business with
pleasure.