The Washington times., 1910-05-09
Dynamic Word Dispenser
Gives Rap at Hunter
Roosevelt.
OPPOSITION SHOWN
TO RACE SUICIDE
Ordinary Conception That Show Is
Colossal Collection of Mar
yels Wrong, He Declares.
By SAMUEL MERWIN.

BY SAMUEL MERWIN.
A representative Of The Times was
presented This morning TO Glenmo-e
Davis, author. journalist and official
vvOrd-dispenser and vocabulary vOcalizer
OF the great BarnUm and Bailey shows
AIr Davis does not look It He is a
slender chap, with a preoCcupied eX-
preston and a laCk-luster eye. Il is
stated on good authority that his train
ing as a master Of the hectic word was
acquired al Cornell University. where
he specialized in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Had Il occurred 10 yoU." observed
0Ir. Davis, that in depopulating the
animal world Of British East Africa to
the extent Of 13.z55 speCimens-or was It
Ig.H-Mr- Roosevelt mas been guilty Of
violating his own basic doctrine regard
ing race sUicide2
This was only mildly surprising IN
deed, Mr. Davis, speaking in a we'll
modulated II Iistless voice, SO far eN-
hibited no tendency TO burst out into
the glittering, gorgeous, and multi
cOIered pyroteChuics with which mis-
name has been associated
What has that to do with the cir
cJIs2' was suggested. very gently
What has that 70 DO with the cir
cus-' repeated the meditative show
lnan. with d slowly rising injection A
light was creeping into the laCk-iusJeT
eve The slender, neatly manlcurec
fingers tvvitched nervOusly- 1t has
everything to DO With the circus. 1le
--i5aS0raaF ooDuIar impression IhaI the
circus is nothing more than a cycionlcf
carapuItfan and convincing cOl+ectlO-l
of colossal maTvelS, eNceillnS n lLlL)l =
cedented coIIOcauOns OF Inconcelyzole
advertisement. with its daredevil
Eeath-defving performances N ulld-ati >
its excruciatingly comic whlIIlslc1-lIl
by IrTuDIiO1S OF trreslSIlDie ClON iiS'
TuouutebanKs, ScaramOuCheS and r11efl >
andrews: its bTain-benunDlng dlsplays >
of sernihuman and Superhuman lhlelll-
gence BY innumerable educated ana re-
fned Cuadrupeds. bipedss Ir1Peos and
Eexapeds, is wholly nllsap'- eiis'i-
sion
More to Point
This was more 10 the point How
sogr asked the reporter, timidly
1t is surely no disrespect 10 our heI-
culean-minded, proteanly, pOtentlal eX-
president Theodore Roosevelt, that
Rarnum and Bauey's overpower1ng
rnezatherium Of mOnstrous- mountain
ous nar-eIs- their electric conglOmera-
ZION Of soul-staEgerin supernatural,
1nuItffarious nagnidcenCe, their su-
prerneIv. s1upendous universe OF imper-
faI puissauce, should take advantage OF
this occasion TO remind a waiting peO-
pie and an exceeding eXtra-teTTitoTla-l
ex-Prssident that principles are strong
er than repeating rifles For mind YOU
z slender forefnger waved threaJenlnSiy
before the reportOrial nose, and the
erstwhile Iack-lusIer eye flashed tortn
the fire Of eternal conviction mind
YOU. the glamoroUs Goliath Of greatest
shows is pertinently and primarily an
- n
precept and eiepnantlne eXaInple, 4
dithrambic and dynamic sduca1lonai
and moral farce
Here rhe manner Of the philosophical
press agent became intimately cOnhden-
T-aL No sooner had the hnal returns
OF the RooSeTeiJla0 slaughter reacneu
the ears Of our animals than a tnuL0eI-
ing and Irresistible LnOught-WaVe sweep
over the entire maStadOnlc- manaIurlC1
and miraculous mena EeT1e- W ElnG ton
Is the place was the whispered word,
and cauCus-tak king time IS the occasion;
10 such colossal and Cdtaciy ySTnical
conspiracy in the animal world has been
recorded since the DAYS of. Mowglir and
The blaCh-heartec, pel-OWlng Dea5lS o.
the jungle that could not look a human
.7Gashington is the place so ran
the whispered beuOw--and Census-tak-
ing time Is the occasion We VIII de
rnonstrate 10 an enfeebled and deC2dent
human world that the educated and re-
fined megaInerium OF jungle naTVelS
now with Barnum and Bailey wlu- can,
and do look the most prOJeSnly pOte1-
t5sI Of them al straight IN the eye
New Corners.
ext is not necessary or advisable,
therefore. 10 speak OF the baby kan
-ar5o- the newborn chattering chin
parzee. the absurdly infsntile giant q
-aHe (Which. by The way, IS the only
newborn baby giraffe that ever lived
in captivity, OF OF the seven lion CUBS
SQUARE Garden. Rev York, less than
one month ago We VIII not SPEAK
Of these amazing additions TO the rapid
~ shrinking animal world Nc, It Is
enough to saw that yesterday morning
after the circus had entraIned for tht
y National Capital one comlcal. can
JankerOus- kinly-halred camel casi and
four furry fuzzy IanIaSLlc Uger CUPS
made their grand initial entry upon thi:
mundane sphere
Tne light was slowly fading from Mr.
Davis eye Evidently his grand eli
macteric was past
Nov I ask vCu- he observed alTnOS
calmly. is there not lesson IN this
May We not learn from this uneXampleC
feCundity that wise Old Dame Na,tuTl
vii ever pUCvide against the eXigencle!
of the unseen future2
The eve was quite luSIeTleSS now
The nervous fingers were still
I might merely aid. advise, sdmOn
ish and assert concluded the medita
tive Oh lpSODler IN an absent manner
a. one who talks mechanically IN hi
sleep. that BaTnum & Bailey's creates
show on EARTH the most marvellous az
CreEatiOn of diversified and mulJifaTioU
Tlarvels. under TIE direction OF a. mum
fCent and masSive-minded mana cement
s. now installed under twenty acres q
tents at Fifteenth and y streets north
east where performances VIII be RiveI
twice. both afternoon and evening. tCCia-
fBTCuday). and tomorrow Tuesday,
mat was all
FAVOR ROOSEVELT