Las Vegas optic., 1913-11-01
Il LOVE THE PICTURES" SAYS
LOIS KINDT, OF LUBIN COMPANY


Human bones of all varieties adorned
the mantelpiece, leading one to be-
lieve that the Y. M. G. A. boys had
been robbing cemeteries. Skulls
grinned from the walls, and jack o.
lanterns shed their hideous light.
Entering the gymnasium one heard
a remarkable jargon of sound. This
was caused by the efforts of the Nor
nal band to drown the voices of
Daddy Jaeoby, Walter Burns and
"Fastp Pace. who we're barking for
the various sideshows. The band, in
site Of its excellent music, had no
chance with these leatherlunged men.
The first attraction visited by ev-
erybody was "Hogan's Alley" This
was on the order of the famous Katzen-
jammer Kastle. When one entered,
the found the floor sinking. Giving
hurried spring to save his life, he
alighted upon another section Of floor
which flew up to meet him. Mount
ing flight of stairs, he was sur
prised to have his hat blown off by
some mysterious cyclone coming ap-
parently from nowhere. Entering a
dark room, he was Mortified and
startled by bloodcurdling yell let
out by the wild man, whose features
were Illuminated simultaneously with
the vocal demonstration by a CHASTITY
light. The wild man certainly looked
wild, all right, but in real life he is
mild hammered person, SO rumor
runs.
Next the visitor was introduced to
the freaks. These consisted of re-
markable collection from all parts Of
the world. Everybody was Sold by
the peepshow, which gave one black
eye and practically nothing else. The
"peeper" was covered with charcoal,
but nobody discovered this fact until
after he had had his look.
If the interior of "Hogan's Alley
was a scream, the exit was yell.
This consisted of an inclined plane
down which everybody was compelled
to slide. It was amusing to watch
the women gather their skirts about
them and take the leap Most Of
them would have piked the bet but
there was no other way out.
Another attraction was the for
tune teller's booth, where a handsome,
dark young woman told strange and
/ true things about the past and future
/ In the basement, over which Dad
! dy' Jacoby presided, was the Cham
ber Of Horrors" In this place many
mysterious things were done. The
visitors were invited into the dark
recesses of the swimming pool, which
had been emptied and furnished
dark and spooky amphitheater Here
marvellous. bewitched cane did fan
cy stunts without the aid of any hui
man being. Ghosts walked and eyrie
shouts were heard. Everybody who
visited the chamber Of Horrors
thanked Mr.. Jacoby for letting them
out alive.
In this gruesome place the wild
man was fed at a late hour. That is,
he was offered hunk of raw meat,
but politely told his audience that
he never ate meat on Friday.
In the gymnasium, the center Of
Ethe carnival grounds, numerous free
shows we're given. Chief in interest
was the cartooning by Frank Hull,
who demonstrated that he has talents
both as an artist and talker- Mr,
Hulls attraction was so popular that
the jam about him was almost inn
penetrable. Mr.. Hull is the artist
who has been converting the scenery
Of the Duncan opera house into a
thing Of beauty and Joy forever to
the theatergoers. It was he, too, who
contributed to the success Of the car
nival, designing "Hogan's Alley and
the decorative scheme.
Another delightful stunt was the
pantomimic reproduction Of the Lubin
Motion picture company working o.
the films for 1The Rattlesnake" The
making Of the picture was shown IN
a realistic way, and the moving pic
surea later was shown, causing much
amusement prank Roberts and Hen
~ Nahm were the principal actors
ii this clever stunt
Kid Hite, in a pantomimic pase-
ball game. was = secceas as an en-
tertainer
Mrs, Charles O'Malley and her yio-
{ lin sextette furnished delightful mu-
2ic. The boys and girls band Of the