Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
BY GLENMORE DAVIS

All l need now IS one screeching screaming, BRAIN
staggering muscle binding heart-stopping publicity
idea to pull just before open. Dig one up for me-
and I'll make the shade of Barnum turn to dark green
and stay that color
"Here The lane to the right Gentlemen.
permit me to introduce the Mighty Harlns Show in
the act of shaking itself of alwinter slumber!n
THE yard, barns, and adjacent fields presented
sight unusual only to people who had never seen Il
circus climb of the hay put fresh coat of paint
and start on the annual tour of the peanut munching
nation Wagons were being gone over harnesses were
being repaired two backsiths were shoeing the work
horses, and IN the largest of the three barns dozen
acrobats and trapeze performers practising with
mechanics Sam wanted to talk to his foreman
where's the menagere?' l asked.
in the red barn straight ahead. I'll be with YOU in
a Jffy. Animal mans named Grogan.'
While he was busy Jack and doped out the Riot of
the Pomeranians the stunt that to land me back
INTO the press agent business put John Henry Mccain
r into the newspaper game again. and for Sam
Harklns circus great quantity of vogue that it
could not be dissipated by dynamite rain or a bad
show 1t did several other things which must 90 un
mentioned and led to the celebrated Rock Springs
Money Juggling Case, which caused more newspaper
talk and detective activity than any other happening
since Charlie Ross disappeared.
Grogan was busy in the horse barn. and his daughter
pretty brown haired girl who had apparently lust
reached the blushing age, seventeen showed us the
dliHIdlS Two med1unl-SlZed elephants chained
IN box Stalls lion and three lionesses occupied two
partitoned cages pair of black bears nilyau. an
oryx, two yaks gnu that made noise like DELAYED
taxi, puma two eopards, four camels llama and
cageul of monkeys constituted the visible menagerie
as this alp asked Mccain.
YES Sir, replied the pretty girl, "al except the
tiger cubs. They're in the harness room, where it's
warmer"
She led the way. In a movable steel cage was
as handsome Bengal tigress as l ever saw, and
playing in the straw beside her were three cubs
The girl said they were nearly four months old
She added that the in the corner was sicklv
and her father thought it would die l think she
told us that she worked in the show as wire
walker, and was anxious for the season to begin
1t makes no difference whether she did or not,
she has nothing further to do with this narrative
for which I'm sorry. She looked like nice pirl
and one who would have ornamented the pages OF
any magazine or book.
We talked to Sam just outside the horse barn.
Not dozen sentences had been spilled by Mccain
and me when he let out veil
4Grogan7
Yes, Sir from haymow overhead
Fetch those tiger cubs Put 'em in Mr.
McCanns automobile!'
: ON the way back to town we laid the plans while
= the three little striped fellows lay curled be-
meath rug at our feet in the tonneau The dav
Wednesday. Late Friday night the show
was to wind It's way down country roads and city
streets to point upper Broadway where year
ago there were two empty blocks owned by one of
the weathest estates in America, the general man.
ager and executor of which was pal of Sam
: Harkins' and nodding acquaintance of McCann's
and mine. He had agreed to let the Mighty
Harlllns Show pitch its tents this hallowed
ground, which had not been perforated by a tent
stake since the Period of Voyage and Discovery
Saturday morning when New York awoke she would
find real on the level circus squatted in her lap
: flags hving Spielers spelling, and all the other
sights and noises indicative of the White Tops,
the only American form of theatrical entertainment
that has stood the and tear of years and has
shown no sign of popular decay