The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-04
sunaio elil's Wild West and Pawnee
6iIl's Far East Shows VIII Be
In keokuk on Sat
urday.
COLONEL CODY COMING.
People and Horses From Every Part Of
the Globe Will Appear at the
Two Performances to
Be Given.

Colonel Cody. Buffalo Bill" will be
mere Saturday, August Z. He does not
come often, but when he does he can
De relied upon to furnish something
new to add to the worth and the
pleasure Of witnessing his historic
standard scenes of once Wild West in
the days before civilization and COM
merce conquered the vast plains.
HIS Wild West" has had many fea-
lures added and the Far East will
De entirely new to our citizens. and
with the strange antics, dances of
Oriental people In a grand pageant
where musical trained elephants will
astonish the most learned musicians.
by actually playing wind instruments
IN tone and in tune. using their own
lung power and not playing y, turn .
automatic musical machines.
Colonel Cody, who will appear at
each performance. has had most in
teresting career, as a Government
Scout, in the United States regular
Army during the most strenuous times
on the frontier. He organized the now
far famed wild West" Exhibition
over a quarter of century conducted
his Congress of Rough Riders of the
World throughout the United States
and all the countries of Europe, not
ably England. where he was a promi-
nent feature of Queen victoria's Ju.
bilee in 1887, returning in 1912 and
1904-5.
Major Lille gained his cognomen
by friendly association with the Paw
nee Tribe. and belonged to the next
generation of Col. Codys. He saw
how successful the Wild West" has
proven, and being wise in his genera
ton decided to organize an Exposition
in antipodal contrast to it. Having in
no way interfered with the wild
West" his Great Far East made a
success only second to Col Cody's
enterprise. Now these two gentlemen
have united their exhibition, each por-
traying an epoch and condition, and
form study Anthropology.
In the combined wild West" and
Far East" our citizens will have an
opportunity to see American Cowboys,
Ranch Girls, Asiatics from Hindostan,
Burmah, Ceylon, the Wierd East In
dies, of the land OF Clive-the Orient
With these Col. Cody's assemblage OF
Indian Braves, Mexican Vaquerers,
Cavalry and Artillary. This wealth of
anthropological exhibits gives. at a
glance, to the spectator clearer idea
of the complexity of the human RACES
than he could secure by a life of study,
There will be no street parade,
every energy of man and horses will
be devoted to perfect performances.
Col Cody has given none OF these
public professions for ten years, their
fatiguing effect on men, women and
horses being such as to affect the snap,
ginger and go necessary to natural
virile exhibition.
The performances are given in the
open while the spectators are comfort
ably under shed-canvases from sun or
shower arranged to secure fresh air,
seasonble summer entertainment
Two performances daily, rain or
shine: 90 and 500 p. m.
Every day at eleven o'clock and
Is:45 p. m. free exhibition will be
given to the general public by Fren-
zieo the Mohammitan Dervish who
dives through the air from high mast
to an inclined platform without any
mechanical device or apparatus what
ever.