The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-19
CARRIER BOYS
WERE GUESTS
MILLER BROS,
NEWS BOYS OF THE JOURNAL
ATTENDED CARNIVAL LAST
NIGHT-GREATLY ENJOYED At.
FRACTIONS TENTED
. ON GOOD BEHAVIOR.

Last night the carrier boys OF The
Journal attended the Miller Bros.
Shows as guests of the management
of the carnival The boys were royal
ly treated and greatly enjoyed the
sights and wonders of the carni-
val.
There were at least forty in the
crowd and they were escorted up
Palafox street and to the show grounds
by the carnival band, and it was, in
deed, a jovial, rollicking bunch of
healthy Young America which reached
the show grounds shortly after seven
O'Clock, apparently, prepared to take
the carnival by storm. However, this
was far from being true. as there never
was a crowd Of better behaved young
gentlemen than this crowd of news
boys, and after they had taken in the
various attractions they were compli-
mented by the management of the car
nival for their splendid behavior.
What They Saw and Did.
1t would be an easy matter to tell
what crowd of grown-ups had seen
and done On a trip like this. but with
these boys it is different The report
er who accompanied the carriers can
tell something of what he saw, but
that will probably be small portion
of what they boys saw.
The first attraction visited was the
5 in show. the principal feature OF
which was fight between man and
a lion. The man who entered the
cage with the enraged beast proved
his ability to control that savage beast
and the boys were pleased with the
performance, although some of them
seemed a bit uneasy lest the lion
should escape from his cage.
The next attraction was the Old
Plantation, and the small boys and the
OLD boys who went along to look af-
ter them enjoyed this show to the
fullets' extent and We're amused for
half an hour with the Jokes, songs and
dancing OF the minstrel crew.
From the Old Plantation the boys
were taken into the cake-walk, and
1t would have taken an expert judge
to decide to whom the cake should
be given, had there been one offer
ed.
When the boys had finished with
the cake-walking contest, they were
| taken iSto the main show, where they
witnessed some splendid acrobatic
stunts, trapez work. wire and rope
| walking, etc. Every performer in this
show is an artist in his line and the
program is an attractive one.
The boys next turned their atten.
ton to the Electric City. They
seemed much impressed with this
| wonderful piece of mechanism, and
listened attent1vely to a brief lecture
| by the inventor of this attraction, in
! which they were given some advice
which will be beneficial to them in af
ter years, il needed.
| After this the boys were shown the
big snakes, and were allowed To
handle them as much as they pleased
which was not very great deal
However, they were pleased at seeing
them handled by their keepers, and
enjoyed the show.
| The last attraction which the boys
visited was the Magician's tent Here
| they witnessed some very clever
sleight-of-hand tricks ani optical illus
ions. The performer in this show IL
onto his business and never fails te
entertain his audience.
! After finishing the rounds of the
inside attractions, the boys gathered
around the place where the free at
traction took place This attraction
consists of swinging trapez work per
formed by the Hun Bros. They arr
accomplished, as we'll as daring, per
| formers, and performed some wonder
full feats. No more clever perform
ers than they have ever been seen
here
| Immediately after the conclusion Of
the free attraction, the boys were con
Quoted to the mery-go-round and
given a ride on that machine. The
merry-go-round was turned over to
the news boys for a few minutes and
no one else was allowed to ride until
they had finished. There were enough