The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-01
PARKERs Big SHOWS
INCLUDE NEW ATTRACTIONS AND
SURPRISES FOR THE PUBLIC.
Company to Appear at the Blue Grass
Fair Is the Best and Most Complete
That Have Visited ekntucky.

This year, as each year past, the
Parker Shows have added new attrac.
tons and surprises for the public,
founded and perfected only by great
labor. patience and skill, with no spare
Of time and money to make their or.
ganization that which IL now is, the
most complete and best equipped car.
nlval company touring the country to.
day. The repertoire OF new ideas and
novelties advanced are far above the
old stereotyped carnivals of few
years ago. Many new and startling
features will be presented for the first
time to the amusement loving public.
The new attractions, the new riding
devices, the new factories are the most
unique and far removed from all 9TH
ers. The Parker Shows have been
made popular by their clean class and
character OF everything undertaken.
Nothing OF questionable nature has
ever been tolerated. The usual catch
penny affairs, games of chance, etc,
have always been conspicuous by
their absence. The Parker Shows are
entitled to most OF the credit due to
elevating the carnival business to the
high plane which II has reached. Their
motto has ever been, Cleanliness and
Morality"
The company this season is the
largest. best and most complete ever
turned out OF the Parker Factories.
Consisting of $50 people. travelling on
their own special train of thirty.hve
double length cars. Three powerful
electric light plants that supply cur.
rent to thousands OF decorative lights
that gives the midway all the appear.
ance OF real fairy land Three sensa
tlonal free attractions and a big thirty.
five piece. all solo musicians, concert
band that give concerts twice daily.
A Strong List OF Attractions.
A list of the attractions to be pre-
scented by the Greater Parker Shows,
which are contracted TO furnish the
amusement features for the Blue
Grass Fair. may be OF interest to the
public. so these intending 70 visit will
be In a position TO know just what
they will see. There are no less than
eighteen separate and distinct attrac.
lions. In this long list there is not
one that could offend the most sensi
tive.
To commence with the band Is one
OF the very best ever organized with
any travelling company. Composed OF
thirty.fve solo artists. under the d.
rectorship of Victor Estlic, con
ductor of wide reputation. this band
Is considered equal TO any of the noted
concert bands now touring the coun
try. and the music loving people OF
Lexington and the surrounding coun
try are promised treat OF rare excel
lence. of both classical and popular
selections.
Miss Wilson, Soloist.
Assisting the band is Miss Corine
Wilson. the lady that sings to beat
the band" Miss Wilson has beau
tiful. clear. high soprano voice that
she has no trouble In making heard
above this large musical organization,
and has been featured with Helen May
Butler. Brooks and others of the lead
ing musical and concert organizations
Chefalo's act OF looping the Death
Trap Loop" is one of the most sensa
tional, reckless and death-defying ex
hbtions ever conceived as an amuse
ment feature. Chefalo. starting from
the top Of hundred-foot runway,
mounted on bicycle. dashes down a
steep and narrow pathway $50 feet In
length, entering and riding a complete
circle OF the interior OF a loop 20 feet
in diameter. lie enters the loop
through an opening on one side. As
he circles the interior OF the loop and
hangs suspended from the extreme
top, head downward, with nothing sup
porting him but the tremendous mo-
mentum which he has acquired. his
bicycle crosses a spring Connected with
the "death-trap" below. which closes
the entrance and opens an exit on the
opposite side. through which Chefalo
concludes his exhibition by making a
flying leap through mid-air and land
ing on a platform 80 feet away. From
tut Nliht NutihiO iidt uuih
he finishes is exactly five seconds
From tho time his wheel crosses the
spring that closes the "death-trap"
until the rider enters onto the trap 10
just three-quarters OF a second. An
exhibition Of nerve and daring that Is
conceded as being the limit OF all hui
man recklessness.
"The Great Bertini." worlds great
est unicyolist, 10 another meritorius
exhibition OF nerve. science and skill.
Bertini mounts to the top OF lofty
spiral tower 80 feet In height, the run
way OF which is eighteen inches In
width. on one wheel OF a bicycle, and
again descends amid a beautiful dis
play OF fireworks. An exhibition OF
daring that defes all laws OF grayita-
ton.
Repertoire 10 Varied.
The repertoire OF shows and attrac-
lions are OF such a varied description
that no matter what your desire for
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