The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-06
NEW YORK IS
CIRCUS CRAZY
EVERYBODY TAKES IN BARNUM
AND BAiLEY'S SHOW IN MAD
ISON SQUARE.
DOINCS IN MANHATTAN
Visitor Notes ldleness in Wall Street
Old Policeman Refuses to Re.
tire--"Home Sweet Home
Outraged.


New York, April 5--In spite of the
fact that opera follows upon opera and
play upon play there is no amusement
that attracts old and young alike 50
much as the circus. For the past two
weeks BarnHm and Bailey's circus has
been holding forth In the Madison
Square Garden, and in spite OF the
fact that there are nearly quarter OF
million unemployed in New York
the big house has been filled at every
performance. The excitement runs as
high in Gotham over the circus, as 1t
does in a small town, where it is the
only attraction q the year. One OF
the curious facts about the circus this
year is that they We're not allowed to
exhibit their freaks as in other
years. owing to the protests OF certain
societies.
"Home Sweet Home" Outraged.
In a suit for divorce brought by a
pretty young woman of twentyfour
against her seventytwo year old nus
hand mouth organ and the good old
tune of Home Sweet Home" figured
as the chief causes for complaint. The
aged husband, when he asked the
yooung girl to marry him, had told al
Turing stories OF immense wealth, but
few days CT married life disclosed
the fact that his only possession was
an old mouth-organ. Might after
might" the plaintiff said he would
lie in bed and play Home, Sweet
Home" and never was a song more
outraged. | couldn't stand it any long
er. The divorce was granted and the
old man was sent to an asylum.
Idleness in Wall Street.
A prominent visitor in Wall Street
the other day wars struck bl the nure
Der of people in the financial district
who seemed to have nothing to do
1t was his first visit to Gotham, and he
had always been under the impression
tha everyone was on the jump from
morning till night in the famous
street where millions change hands
every day mo matter how busy the
times may be" he said, mo matter the
hour of the day, every fakir who IS
crying his wares in the street is sur.
rounded by crowd of listeners who
seem to have nothing in the world to
do. Also do YOU know that New York
Is the cnly city in the country that
permits these fakirs to monopolize the
sidewalks? 1t always reminds me OF
circus day in the country"
Refuses to Retire.
Although he has been a "cOn" fifty
years Policeman James Farley re
fuses to retire or take a snap inside
Job. Although Farley, in his half cen
fury of service has had many oppor
tunities to graft he is a poor man
and gives that as an excuse for not
giving up his job now. His work al
present, however. is not strenuous
for he paroles one of the small parks
where his chief work consists Of
breaking up games of marbles and
catching stray boys who refuse to &c
to school.
For years Farley was in Central
rark. where he saved many children
from drowning in the big lake, but
he is proudest of the fact that he once
shook hands with Lincoln. In his Ions
term of service the veteran cop" hat
but one black mark against him, an(
that was for being five minutes late
during the blizzard of 1888.
Broken Bone Record.
A bootblack, who is believed to have
held the worlds record for broker
bones and time spent in the hospital
died recently after having fallen in ;
cellar way and broken both legs The
bootblack had his stand in Brooklyn
and was considered one of the char
acters of the neighborhood. What
ever was the matter with his bones
they were as brittle as glass. H'
would be feeling fine and a patroi
would be on the stand whose shoes
he wished to make particularly glossy
when suddenly one of his arms woHl'
fall dangling at his side. There goe
an arm" he would say calmly, that
what comes of trying to give you
good shine" He would hurry then OF
to the hospital. where he would la
ND for two or three months. In 2
years the bootblack has been in tn
hospital &c times and on an averag
has spent three months each yea