New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-08
BEATS BARNUM
PIT. Never Dreamed of Such a
Snow as Profits Charity There.

PIT Baruuu1 would blush for the limita-
tons Of the professional circus could nc
see the combination which the needs Of the
Flushing HOSPITAL have evoked On the
plains f fair Flushing. midway
worlds fair. Il hiDpo9rome. a circus and side
shows, all competing under adjacent tents
I . the nimae rickel and the dynamic
dime. to say nothing OF the quarters
halves and oeaDs. haze eNcited queens
Borough never before.
only the shell games, the faro layouts
and the roulette wheels were missed by
the true circus lover. All the fimhams
seemed innocent
The great composite attraction flung VIDE
its gates yesterday afternoon and by the
time the moon had peeped for the first time
this week a multitude had churned the
moist arena into chocolate frosting. Rival
bands FLASHED in symphonic Gue!s toys
yelled. girls screamed. bankers bayed-in
fact. the show was on
The Flushing circus made a name and be-
came an institution two years ago. but
never before has Flushing conducted a
worlds fair. The exhibits are none the
less startling because they were bought in
Orange and transported bodily 20 the heart
of Queens The Orange Memorial Hospital
made $50, o0o out OF them last year, and the
friends Of the Flushing Hospital want TO
make az least 5000
Swiss. German. French. Irish and Indian
villages a Dutch windmill, japanese and
Italian gardens. a gypsy camp. and Colo
NAL ana Swedish cottages dispense neces-
saries and luxuries 70 all who have 10
bill, +atr NOR
and more 10 satisfy their appetites.
THE Dutch Windmill" says a pros
pectus, will be run by the Associated SOC
cieties OF the First Reformed Church OF
Flushing. and will have many good things
70 eat-cocoa, biscuit rusks, crullers. milk
and sandwiches bulbs, deftware, wooden
shoes. pipes; dolls, flags souvenirs and
wafles"
The circus, worlds fair, hippodrome and
midway. furthermore, will be supplemented
hy a "sangerfest." in which the singing so
ing ana tomorrow evening. Tonight the
united singing societies Of Long Island
City Astoria. WOodside. Dutch Kills. Stein
WY md College Point Will make the well
kin ring. Tomorrow the singing societies
o. Flushing, jamaica and Corona will take
their turn. In the "sdngerfest," as well as
in the worlds fair, the whole Of Queens is
represented
Besides the trick riding. bronco busting
and all the other equine stunts 20 be pulled
off In the HipDodrOme, That favored spot
will be the scene Of the first Grand En-
campment f Boy Scouts in America. All
kinds of drills will mark their presence
and they will cook their own food.
Jure I g and 70 are the dates Of this.
! the greatest amateur show trust. From
/ I p. m 10 midnight are the hours on every
1 day except Saturday. when from noon -
midnight the course will be run. A
! thousand and one organizations have con-
/ tributed to the successful opening.
| e Edison Gage is the committee on Boy
| Scouts: Alfred J Roe the official photoS-
I rapher " J. Watson, committee on adj
! lacent property and parking space; Dana
! + Brigham. purchasing agent, assisted oy
] W. r. HallOr7n, L. u. tannlng cashler
/ Robeson T. Low. ringmaster Frank B.
/ NcCord. equestrian director Of the circus
John r. Moe. ambassador paramount
! Walter Funke. envoy, and CHRISTOPHER
/ Clarke ambassador extraor7narN-