The Calumet news., 1912-08-15
BUFFALO BILL
A FINE FIGURE
His Show, Too, is Worthy the
Honor of His Presence

That The can Of the Wild" IS al
Turing was amply evidenced by the
thousands who yesterday afternoon
and evening attended the Buffalo Bill
Far West and Pawnee Bilrs Far East
shows at the Laurium Driving park.
They applauded the various thrilling
acts. with fervor that testified To the
realty of their enjoyment
Buffalo Bill himself. robust, strik-
nsly handsome with gray mustache.
gcatee and long white hair, occupied
by no means a minor place m the
days activities. His presence, to-
gether with the cowboys and Indians
recalled the west of long ago, and
though the unfenced prairie has
passed into our national gallery of
memories along with the buffalo and
towards which the Indian himself and
ether species Of our wild life is hur-
rying. the picture of the breezy at
mosphere OF the west which surrounds
them makes the onlooker feel as
though he knew the untamed land and
hears its spirit cad.
The famous old scout never put on a
better appearance ana never sat more
firmly in his saddle. Glass balls were
hurled in the air and he shot them.
rarely missing.
The big concourse OF Indians, Arabs,
Cossacks. cowboys cowsirls, fox hum
ters. cavalry men, zouaves and others,
peoples strange and people familiar,
galloped and Numbered through and
about the arena, always with the
distant, directing their maneuvers
Except for his snowy locks. no one
could ever have been brought TO be
iieve that Buffalo Bill was drawing
close 10 his three-score and ten. The
Colonel was very much there and IN
such splendidly preserved form that It
required but small stretch of the
imagination To see him in all of his
primitive vigor az the great scout who
rode $50 miles and return through
snow and storm within twenty four
hours TO bring relief to Sherman's lit
tie army in those old Kansas Indian
lighting days.
And the show was worthy the honor
and distinction of Colonel Cody's
presence. Never in the history of the
Wild West has II ever shown bigger
more picturesque or more Characters
tic of the life that gave it its name
and fame. Horses Indians. cowboys and
the enlNcning features of the far East
the Arabs and all the other cnarat-
ters. men aud animals. seem TO have
been doubled. Tho fox hunters In thcii
red coats; the Max GRADER pachydcrm
horse. dog and pony; the long teams Of
oxen. the old stage coach and its pur-
suing Indians: the battle against the
redskins on the plains and other early
incidents and episodes delighted the
eyes of the big crowds.
1t was. without question or argu-
ments. a Wild West dc lux. one thai
will still further enhance the Cody
Lille fame as among the most con-
scientious of modern showmen, as well
as the promoters Of the rarest. md. Ia
all senses, the best of the peculiarly
distinct and unique American exhibit
tions.
Major lille welcomed the guests at
the door, leaving Colonel Cody to do
the marshalling of the hordeg and
hosts upon ihe field. to direct the per-
formance and delight his admirers
with still arother glimpse at the fig
ure and features OF one of the best
known and most distinguished pion-
eers. scouts and civilizers of the great
West.