The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-14
aOREPAUGH-
SELL SHOW
10 BE HERE THURSDAY, MAY 5
ADVERTISING CAR No 4 HERE
TO-DAY

lTo BE HERE THyHspAY, MAY ,,
ADVERTISING CAR No 4 HERE
TO-DAY
why do ail The Bis clrcnses lla.y
Fairnioht durshg the early tart 81 ne
season rather than awaiting the az.
vent II spring Or aptarnng
This IS the query that was pro.
pounded TO one Of the advance men
OF the Great Adam Forepaugh and
Sells Brithers Shows United ~ g
repre- entatiye Of the West yIrglniiaiIrl !
this morning shortly alter advertising
car number one Of the big amusement
enterprise had arrived from elraks,
burg.
II you think that It Is because Of
business conditions or weather pFcba1
Ibfitles Or both you are dead wrong;
Indirectly the fact that most Of the
big shows exhibit here in the spring
may be attributedto love Of the SHIN
merilg yellow metal. BY routing their
big shows through this section Of the
country at this time OF year the own.
ers are able to save many. dollars in
doctors bills.
When the circus man had proceeded
thus far with his explanation, the
scribe was naturally interested 70
hear the full details Of the reasons,
The Snowman, nothing ioath, proceed.
ed:
After years Of experience, said
the publicity promoter, ut has been
found by circus men that a few weeks
in the moutains of West Virginia and
Pennsylvania during the first few
weeks the show is out of winter quar-.
tiers is most beneficial to the health
Of the rare collection Of Wild beasts
that compose the menagerie Of the
Forepaugh-sells Shows.
Despite the utmost care, allot tho
tropical and semttropical beasts con-
tract various throat and nasal diseases
while in the steam heated winter
quarters. If these seeming minor NAL
aides were allowed to run 1t would not
be long until the whole array Of ami
mails would be on the sick list.
Imagine the giraffe having sore
throat or the behenoth AFFLICTED with
frog in the larnyx and you have some
conception of what Job it would be
caring for the dumb patients.
Despite their seeming unlikeness
! to the genus homo. the elephant lion,
zebra, monkey. hippopotomous, zebu,
yak. or in fact any Of the other sixty
or seventy varieties or rara beasts
with the big snow, are all possessed
Of certain snsceptibilities that prove
that man Is descended from the lower
animal strata via the Darwin route.
'The theory of the eminent British
scientist Is borne out by the fact that
the same climatic conditions and en-
vironment that affect the auman are
manifest in his dumb wild brother as
well.
Causes of the AFFECTIONS being
alike, would remedies be similar2
This was the question asked by the
animal keepers with the ForepaugI.
Sells shows. They argued that they
would, and after a conference VITA the
managers OF the giant enterprise, it
was decided to give the theory a fair
trial.
This was done several years ago,
and with such satisfactory results that
this mammoth institution has never
failed to make the cities in the noun,
tains Of west Virginia among the frst
stopping places in the spring.
Like men and women from all sec.
tons Of the country who come TO en-,
Joy the mountain breezes Of Marion
county, the natives Of the Ganges,
Congo, Nile and Amazon districts
leave reviviied for the long season in
the hot cities Of theeast or the sun
kissed plains Of Kansas and oklaho.
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The advertising car arrived on No.
8 over the Monongah division from
clarksburg this morning and will
leave tomorrow for Morgantowh,
where the shows exhibit following the
two performances in this city on
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