Evening star., 1908-01-12
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The pay OF clowns ran as follows:
Sam Bennett. SO: ]. Artressi $40; MIR.
and Mrs. Adair. So: Henry and Harry
Frisky. So each: Innocent $50; Mr.. and
Mrs. Spader Johnson. 500: kennard
Brothers. $40: Fred Martins. $50: Mr. and
Mrs. Oakley. ST.: Mr.. and Mrs. Seabert
Zone as clown. the other trapeze,. So:
F. w. Stellng. s25: Sam Watson. with
his trained goose. rooster and other stock.
500: Harry Wentworth with camera.
/ trained pig. etc. $50: Chad Wertz SS5:
George Whitby. $40: Dan o'Brien SS".
and Mrs. Celia Sebastian. $50. Besides
clowning. Mr.. and Mrs Spader Johnson
rode in the hippodrome. one as Roman
rider the other as charioteer in the
Roman chariot races. four horses abreast.
1t will thus De seen readily that the
total salaries paid all performers in this
show in the year named-and it Is given
here only by way of illustration-amount-
ed to about 5000 per week. the pay or
the human curiosities to about $500. while
the spectacle, with dancers. etc, cost,
about s232-a grand total OF about $1,0oU
/ a day.
Bear in mind. before wasting any sur
plus sympathy on the circus performer
for small sum of money. that the sal
ary is velvet" or money practically
clear of living expenses. Unlike the
theatrical performer. who must pay n
large proportion of his weekly salary in
hotel bills on the road-and who is daily
under temptation to spend any balance
the circus performer is provided for by
sleeping car and cook tent
The sleeping Accommodations" are or
the simplest and most economical sort
as regards space and comfort. but with
the hardy athletes OF the ring anything
goes, and it saves them from the mani
fold temptations of hotel life on the road.
The tent life. open air cooking and eX-
ercise. together with the enforced alb
stinence from all dissipation leave the
circus men in pretty good shape at the
close of the season.
The salaries of the people In the circus
advance" force vary according TO the
abilities and work of the employe. With
a big show there usually three ad-
vertising cars, the manager of each which
will receive from S2J to $40 per week
| during the season of thirty-two weeks
! Each car will carry an average or four-
| teen bill posters at from $40 TO 500 per
\ month.
Their hotel bills or eating on the car Is
provided in addition to this pay. Sup
Elementary to the agents alrea enumer-
/ ated elsewhere Is a show treasurer at
. from So 600 to $500 a year; and lot or
bosses" such as chief elephant man
| and assistants. cage man and assistants.
boss canvaSman and assistants. chief
stable man and grooms, transportation
man ard assistants. chandelier man and
assistants. property man and assistants.
superintendent and Observation-Disclosures
drivers, hostlers. canvasmen, seat men.
ushers ticket takers, side show men.
| cooks. walters. The COOKS and WaileTs'
however. are paid by the contractor who
has contracted TO feed the people.
AS this article deals more exclusively
with the cost of the exhibition in salaries
of performers it is unnecessary to go into
the subject of the expense in minor en-
| ployes In so far as these matters are
| given they are from the official list.
names and amounts. just as have found
| them and are made public now for the
| first time The veil of secrecy Is raised
there is no longer any mystery in con-
| nection with the circus business.