New-York tribune., 1913-08-31
BY GLENMORE DAVIS

Can't YOU imagine the Weekies, Why its the chance
Of a lifetime! I've got the lot fixed and its a corler
All | need now is screeching screaming, brain
staggering, musce-binding heart-stspping 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 we are The lane to the right Gentlemen.
permit me to introduce the Mighty Harllns Show in
the act Of shaking itself out OF allwinter slumbc
THE yard, barns, and adjacent fields presented
sight unusual only TO people who had never seen a
circus climb Of the hay, put fresh coat Of paint,
and start the annual tour OF the peanut munohiug
nation. Wagons were being gone over, harnesses were
being repaired two blaCksmiths shOeng the wo-,
horses and in the largest Of the three barns dozen
acrobats and tapeze performers practising with
mechanics Sam wanted 10 talk to his foreman
where's the menagerie:' | asked.
"In the red barn straight ahead. III be with You in
a iiffy. Animal mans named Grogan."
While he was busy Jack and doped out the RI. "
the Pomeranans, the stunt that to land me back
into the press agent business, put John Henry Mccain
Jr. into the newspaper game again, and create for sam
Harlns circus 50 great a quantity Of vogue thar +,
could not be disspatcd by dynamite, rain, OF d bad
show It did several other things which must go un.
mentioned now and led to the celebrated Roc Sora.s
Money Juggling Case, which caused more new paper
talk and detective activity than any other happening
since Charlie Ross disappeared
Grogan was busy in the horse barn, and his dau ter
a pretty, brown haired girl who had apparent. lust
reached the blushng age, seventeen, showed the
animals. Two mcdium-sized elephants were o .ned
in box stalls, lion and three lones5cs occuDie .wo
partitioned cages. pair Of black bears, q uilc an
oryx two yaks, gnu that made a noise ike i., eI
taxi puma, two leopards, four camels, llama. aaI q
cageul Of monkeys constituted the visible mena.eue
Is this all;" asked McCann
"Yes, Sir, replied the pretty girl AL eXce.. The
tiger cubs. They're in the harness room whe. IT'S
warmer
She led the way In a movable steel ca was
as handsome a Bengal tigress as | ever saw. and
playing in the straw beside her We're three cubs.
The girl said they were nearly four months 3D.
She added that the one in the corner was <ly
and her father thought it would die ,au'. She
tod Us that she worked in the show as are
walker, and was anxious for the season o. begin.
1t makes no difference whether she did o- not,
She has nothing further % do with this narrative
Tor which I'm sorry. She looked like a nice tl
and one who would have ornamcntei the page. Of
any magazine or book.
We talked to Sam just outside the horse m.
Not dozen sentences had been spilled bvAICun
and me when he let out yell.
"Gr0gan,"
Yes, Sir from haymow overhead.
Fetch those tiger cubs. Put 'cw r N-.
MtCanns au.omobiic.'
- O. the way baelt to town we laid plans lie
- " the three little striped fellows lay cu-'et e-
Meath a rug az our feet in the tonueau. I.. lay
wa, 81 Wednesday. Late Friday night ,ae ..w
was 10 wind its way down country roads AMI .,'y
streets TO point on uppe- BroadWay wae-. .ar
ago there were two empty blocks owned ..... 4
,hcwcahicst estates in America, the genera. .a-
agcr and executor Of which was q pa. sam
~ Harlius and a nodiins acquaintance o., M.C.""5