The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-06
RAIN too
MUCH FOR WY0MINGITES
Hard Luck of Wild Westerners
Down Below Many
Are in Need.

When AtEinson's Circus and Wild
West show passed through Honolulu
last November, giving TINS city an OPP.
pOrtnnity to witness the novel sight Of
American Indians roaming about the
streets while the ship was in port it
was not anticipated by anyone, not
oven tho show people themselves, that
disaster would come to them when they
reached Australia. But when some
passed through recently, working their
passage as galley boys and dishwashers
a part of their pililSia became known.
The story of their woes is told in the
sydney Sun of recent date rs follows.
Four weeks Of uninterrupted bad
weather in Melbourne washed the At.
hinson Circus and Wild West show oil
the map Of Australia Many of the
memhers of the big company are
stranded. Some are in actual, want.
And all of them are far from home, and
doubtful of their chances of getting
back
American Actress in Dilemma.
Very dismal indeed are the stories of
the trouble variously told by the luck.
less performers. Very pathetic - for
tinged it. all through--was the account
OF the disastrous concern that was
given today by Miss Betty Parker, one
or the lady riders with the show.
Miss Parker is a winsome young
lady, whose big blue eyes spoke of the
sorrow that her lips would have con
cealcd. A pretty blonde. OF a graceful
presence, she was q figure 20 excite the
warmest compassion as she told her tale
al desolhtion, in soft, quaintly-mod
Grated tones, just pleasantly touched
with the native Americanese She has
been hurt moic than some of TIE 9th.
ers, because she had further to fall
Though a stranger, in the Common
wealth, she is a lady of much renown
in the world of film drama. A superb
horsewoman, possessed of much natural
grace, conspicuous courage, and a ready
versatilit, her face is well known
wherever the better class of film pic.
lures are shown throughout the world.
And her dainty walking costume of tail
ored navy serge sits, her slender figure
with all the grace. 'ofutfe more ,pictu..
RESCUE. riding Ne4stDntesl Old thee lpiaing
vi -Four Weeks of Rain.rp- lsgai
u g IL Is such APPLY 1she sgays,l" 'tH6fei
was so much bad fuelS, as1tausei ID MANY
OF us wished to stay quite long tiht
befe in Australia. We all Iikephe eoun-
Try some, OF Us are not going back il
we eau, help, it. But it calnot be
blamed on anyone. 1t was the weather
that spoilt the show. -Four weeks of
rain. night after night. No one knows
what it is to go riding in an arena that
is only sea of mud mud two feet
deepAand' look cheerful all the time,
with the rain pouring down in drench
ing volunes.i But~we did it--most of
rs. .ntl|ke;3 were some who did not
who quit, without warning, us soon as
things began, to go wrong. That made
1t all the harder for the rest. But we
kept on, as glppg assthMalSYssaolp pe
81 = 1t was fierce at times, certainly. j.
am so very sorry That filings Have 'hab.
Rened so sorry TOR Mo Bud. ttod." Ole
did his best tButswheaH lis imouey n9a3e
nut and he ebiild hBt paJ1 us what Wis
the use of complaining ionW6I Went on
Tor five weeks, doing our best, hoi}ine
for the best. But then the end came.
And now and there was touching
pathOs in the big blue eyes-''now we
are here. And our homes are such a
long way away.
Thieves Break Through and Steal.
1--WE came up from Melbourne this
morning. think, added Miss Park.
or, thoughtfully. 81 want to forget
about Melbourne. 1t was not only the
weather, and the hardship---but the peo-
ple used to come in and steal every
thing we had. 1t was really bad. The
place full of tllieves. They carried
away our things in broad daylight
sometimes during the show and other
times while people were looking at
them. They robbed Hoot Gibson of his
saddle and bride ard blanket-took
them right away. They were worth
eighty dollars. Ny husband lost n
beautiful silver-mounted bride worth
nifty dollars. One mean thief broke
open my trunk and stole my little
purse with my two diamond rings. That
hurt and for the first time there was
Il quarer in the softly-modulated voice
:" hurt bad, because | was saving
those as last resource to get hack
home with. They were worth 80 pounds
of English money.
Cossacks Suffer, Too.
Even the Cossacks were despoled
-one lost his great tower of hat.
Goodness knows what anyone wanted
that fora curiosity, maybe. Every.
body got robbed, but it got to the limit
when one guy, not satisfied with get.
ting lioet Gibson S. saddle and blanket
came back next day and stole his
boots. Tex Mcleod lost beautiful
fancy hair bride.
They caught couple of vagabonds
on the last day of the show. They had
pulled an iron bar ont of the ground
and smashed open the armory chests
with it. One of our boys saw them
held them up with his gun, and took
from them everything they had stolen
Then they let them 30. II would have
been different if that happened out
West -
"Diek y Parker, the little actress,
husband, a young man of pleasing ap
pearanoe, used 10 do the pony express:
riding and buekiumping NJ the Wild