Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1911-07-21
CARNIVAL N
FULL SWAY
Good Crowds Turning Out
Each Day And Evening.
MANY ATTRACTIONS
The Thrilling Free Acts Are The
Best Ever-Attractions Are
All Very Good.

| All very Oooo.
The main attraction in Hot Springs
this week is the Nat Reiss Carnival
Company which opened q seven days
engagement here, Monday. The com.
pany consists Of eighteen big shows
and several minor attractions besides
three of the most thrilling free acts
ever put on by an amusement company
The tents OCCUPY all of Main street
from the Evans to the Gibson Hotel
north and also all the vacant lots avail
able. The high dive il located Just
back of the Evans.
Starting at the Evans the first show
is the "Gay Paree" girls show. The
girls present varied program Of songs,
dances and Parisianne poses. It is
something different from anything ever
presented here before and has been
drawing large crowds each afternoon
and evening
The giant horse carousel is the next
attraction up the street and seems to
be as popular with the grown-ups as
with the children. The next tent
houses the freaks, both human and
animal. Here you will find Mamie the
GIL pound mountain Of flesh. We
doubt very much IL she weighs as much
as is claimed but nevertheless it would
take at least the three men the an
nouncers tell aoout to hug her. In this
tent is also "Pretty Polly" the electrical
girl, Price Henry, the midget who only
measures thirty inches in height, then
there is the cage Of monkeys and other
animals.
The usual den of snakes with the
"wild girl?" is next in order and she
certainly has q big den Of reptiles which
che is continually handling. OF course
there are other places, local ones,
where they manufacture snakes but
this is the only live bunch of snakes
visible to everybody.
The "tickler" show and the ferris
wheel have been doing good business
during the week. Also the human
roulette wheel. Here the small boys
seem to have the time of their lives
judging from the amount of noise
enamating from the place. A visit to
the Bohemian Glass Blowers tent is
we'll worth your time. A number Of
workers are always busy spinning and
blowing the glass into different forms
and shapes.
The "Lotta' show coming next in
order is easily one of the best on the
ground. In presenting It the limit of
human ingenuity has been reached as
far as tented attractions are concerned.
The young lady turns from flesh to q
statue and back again besides doing q
series of serpentine dances that are ex-
cellent. A visitor to the midway
should not miss this performance.
"lrene" presents another mystifying
performance. The girl actually floats
thru the air and what makes it doubly
strange is the fact that part Of the
performance is done while some one in
the audience is passing solid iron
hoop over her head after which she
proceeds to fly thru the hoop while 1t
is still in their possession.
| The "Third Degree" gets It's share Of
patronage and one visit there cause
many to return with their friends.
The "Plantation" show with this CON-
pany is above the standard Of most at
fractions Of this kind. The colored
people are good singers and they intro.
duce dancing feature that is fine.
There are many other minor shows
and attractions but lack Of space for
bids our going into detail. All are
good and are we'll worth the price Of
admission.
Regarding the free attractions We are
only expressing the opinion Of the
crowds who have witnessed them when
We say that they are as good as any
ever offered anywhere. Mat Gay, the
high diver, twice daily, does dive into
q four foot tank Of water from Q ladder
which from it's base to the platform on
which he stands 10 l04 feet high
! Chefalo, who does the loop the looE
on q bicycle, is another daring per
former. These two acts alone aught te
furnish the average person with
,nough thrills to last them q life time
fter once witnessing them.
1 The Nat Reiss company as . whole /.
GO imposed of Q fine set Of people whe
arc offering somsthing up-to-dats il