The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18
CONTINENTAL CLRCUSES
CONTRAST TO AMERICAN

Clown: Elm mark that I will now
make balancing on my forehead SO.
Can o that too
August Sure. very easy. Ihat Cali
yet anybody do"
August takes coin, balances on fore
head and while he balances clown taxes
Il pitcher of water. inserts large tin fuh-
mel under August's tronser belt and pouIs
IN water. Business by August as he 1eels
the cold water running down inside trous-
ers. Loud applause and cries of "lterr
way" "Ach Gott..' ''Donnerwetter." More
business by August. More Herr NaSs!
More "Donnerwetters!" More rockets OF
all kinds OF German exclamation; more
applause.
Enter Piccolo.
August aside to CLOWN: "Snows Pic
colo that trick.
Clown: "Nein. nit"
August: "piceolo. / will a trick showing
TO YOU" balances coin on foreheado.
l'iccolo: ''That can yah anybody make.
August: Yah show me once a time.
piccolo balances coin on forehead; Au-
gust inserts funnel under Piccolo's trous-
er uel1; Inl,rs in water and stands back
ex~pectantly. piccolo reaches under bel1
and pulls out bottle which has neatly
caught the water: more applause and more
German calculations, mentioning the deits'
and weather; more "achs.'
An Equine Dachshund.
he IWeTk1GFu, IL uOISe WIN ~ AO'e
body and short legs, like 4 German
Dacllshund. is a clown feature of most
German shows. Where all of these Oddly
shaped horses come from is a mystery.
But the demand IN some way must Gre
ate the supply and, possibly, II every snow
in America wanted q horse OF TINS klnu'
enough could be found to go around. we
would simply advertise for them, our US
usual way OF getting things, whether We
want freaks of nature or bald-headed men
to buy hair restoratives.
But the continental show doesn't ad-
~vertise: at least not in the American way.
Bill posting is hedged in by law and regu-
ltions from all sides. In France and
Switzerland every advertising picture that
is posted must bear a government stamp.
Its size is restricted by law and there are
so many fines and penalties for transgress-
ing these laws of posting and distrlbut-
ing that bill posting as we understand 1t
is we'll night impossible. l really believe
that the American anti-billboard crusader,
who conscientiously makes a comparison
between the two, will lose most. II not
all OF his %antipathy to our own bin boards
with their life and energy and vibrant re-
Fiction of our activities.
Virtue of Advertising.
The Circus Rancy, one of the great ones
! ones of France, was in Strassburg. !
| asked 20 to so persons as to lot location
and dates before found one who could
give me an intelligent reply. Some said
it would be in the city next week, others
that it had gone, but most of them knew
nothing about it. and yet it was located
in the heart OF the city. A few good
[ stands with some three-sheet dates would
have Informed the whole population OF
all the facts, but instead OF these, some
window Autographs in a few mpty storet
: was all the posting discoverable. I tool
1t as a lesson in the utility of he bill
boards, and 1 believe that il the public
2 IS ever deprived OF the bilboards it will
2 miss them just as it would miss street
$ ears and newspapers. They may be a nui
j sance to a tinicky few, but to the grea
mass of people they communicate fact:
I of interest and use.
Beer Instead of Lemonade.
a There are no sideshows. concert OF lem
onade privileges with these shows, bu
plenty of beer instead Of the last. This il
carried around among the seats exactl.
q the same as lemonade in an American
circus. There are no peanuts but insteat
Of these and sausages.