The sun., 1908-04-05
CIRCUS GOES TO TRE CRTPPLES
TRE@'VE cor 4 RIGHT TO SEE
n AND THEY CAN'T GO.
AZ Il tast That's One Theory. and AnyhSw,
Tbey EnJOy the t1Hhy Elephant in tho
j Iibspltal wards and the SHOW Ac'
atires Merit foe the noad Campaign.


TAey EnJoy the Baby Elephant tn tho
ttbspltal wards and the SHOW Ac'
qtires Merit for TIE hoad Campaign.
Every year since nobody knows whom
rrer slnoe the grass In the park and the
clroi4 In the Garden began Appearing TO-
gethef In fact there has always been one
day Whcn the poor children could 60 10 the
circusfor nothing andsee. lfsevsrybody's
birthHght, going 10 the circus Is, and In a
big Ctiy Ike New York. where there are no
tent Aaps 70 crawl under and no water 10
fetch the elephants, why. II there are people
who can't 90 any other way { thingt do
" 70 let EN- In fgee, that's all. But even
then there are some that can't go-the little
folks with deformod legs, that Il, and hip
Joint diseases and spinal curvatures and
frail, fbJoodiess bodies propped up WITH
board or cased In ron frames; and these
people, too, are entitled 10 zee the big show
Just q much a. II they did have strong
hmbsito carry them there. 80 yesterday,
instead Of inviting the orphans who could
cBme 30 tha circus 10 come, the circus just
ID and went 10 the orphans who couldn't
When the reporters trailed down the big
show on its little tour yesterday Dexter
Fellows and his performers had just got 70
ST. Marys Free Hospital for Children. Baby
Abe had only that minute stepped inside
and was walking about among the cots IN
the surgical ward, showing tho children
what Il was ike 70 be a little elephant. Baby
Abe "a the little fellow whose mother you
4 - a. HOiHn
Abraham has grown considerably since
then, and he too is doing nicely. He
welghs 24O pounds now and is about the size
OF a Newfoundland dog, only chunkier,
and the circus people say they wouldn't
I ne SO 900 for him The children, many Of
them had never seen an elephant before,
and they mary eLed az his big happing
ears ald his little rheumy eyes and Patted
his poor chapped skln and looked plty-
ingly at his stufnpy legs ending al OF
'euddgn IN a 70 Of tOenlls and asked When
his feet would grow out.
we had pups once m our family, vol
'unteged one patiout, but their ieot was
zoo btg for EN-.
Thm before thoy had time 10 got over this
wondermeat a funny little man in bright
blue alit with yellow faclngs and ertd tie
skippbd on with some dogs and the dogs
jumped over him and he jumped over the
dogs snd then the dogs jumped over each
other and did sonelsauts and walked on
their force q and lugged each other about
in carts and boxed and danced and wagfed
their tails and begged some sugar Of the
funny man In the blue coat and frsked OF
barking
More doggie, more doggie,' cried the
-children aud laughed aGd olapped, and
Though Sister Klthe-Go warned them
that Il thoY tired thonselyc CO out tho show
would 20 right away-they wouldn't stop
until another little follow with painted eyes
and a coat too big for him ran out carrv-
ing a. little mig The pig was dressed up
IN skHts and a sInbonnet and the clothes
must hay Q been too tight because il squelled
and WouldU { stop sGueallng, 80 finally they
had 10 take on It's things and give Il bottle
Of milk. and il sucked that in whspl like
the water going down the Oathtub. Then
they brought on Nc5ly-h o. Tor the children
20 lodk at.
Thai was the only part Of the programme
that failcd Weeny-Nee ee Is a poor colored
mideS rs yelrs old and ~ inches high,
and iH eycS and fingers are as small az a
baby's and its legs 80 short that they hardly
reach tho ground Most children laugh
at Weeny-Wce when she toddcs about on
those little short legs, but these children
did not.
Well, there was a lot more before Sister
Ksthsrirc said that the children were tired
and tie show must go away Sloustiers
monkey circus with the trick dogs got up
Ike abaTrd eerhaute and the wicked look
ing bab0on that rolled over and over and
did pattycake and POSED for its picture;
and then there was Tetroi's dog and pig
circus aud clowns and thinvs, and every
thing was 30 good that every performer
had hard tine Cethns ot the stage for
the hTrn that wns IN follow his. p
Toward the end Of the shoH ore little girl
all Of a So dCen broke ou I R-CryinF. .
Why. what's tho matter, deaT'e?' asked
a nurse mi htv rrettv little Irish Cirl
that, with blue-hlack hair and two dimT las
as big as buttercups when she smiled.
Don't you Ike the shew1'
'Oh. it-it isn't thatF sohbed the little
girl. AB-but I'm so happy row-it makes
mo mis1bio to think how misable I'm
going to. be. When yoy re .misable al
the time, yeu know, YOU cont krow youTo
misable ttll you're nappya = little while, ,
SO Il ldoke1 a. Sister katherire 6s X the
children were reaiE Fettius too tired and
overvToThi. ard the show left fOr The
New Yurh 0rtLopedlc Hospital. There
,,8sy weat thrOuRh Rppther perfOrmaboe
and got another big reception.
But sec here DeK, asked one reporters
as four of them soueeZed into hars som
and almost swung The horse oil the rive
ment--see here. wh"ts yOrr bit out Of
this' " here 10 YOU circus fellows set OF
nnywiy?'
where do we ret oH7- came back Der
mickt-juH like thpt. Hell, mar. can't
you see Tor Yourself, We { o On the road
In tive weeks, don't ves Well, this is orr
mascot tour. And ssy, did you notice the
hand We sot7 Poor, ehY You krow /
vas asking one Of those kids IN there
strapped out straifht on a board he was
and didn't know Il no was 90 interested
IN the show-I says, Here, young msh,
which would YOU rather do, 20 u the cir
rus OF 20 70 beavenl' And sir, that lite
Guss looked up and says Gimme de sokis,
'causa ia costs hah dollar tub Piti iEtl h,
n IN ~ rtuh heaven anyways IL I'm
gooi' I Suppose that isn't a rabbit foot
20 70, On the road with ehi You watch
what BY, those kids are cur mascot and
we're ,rcing 70 have higTer season this
year than you ever heard " before
rut all the same Dexter knew he'd done
Fooi works,
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