El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-17


H. Williams, advance representative o
the Ringing Bros circus, says so. an
as he does a bit of sociological study
ing between shows, ne is in positio,
to speak as a savant on the life of tn
! circus people. 1T is true that III
circus has its social stratas, the sam
as your most exclusive Back Bay dis
trict, of Boston" Mr.. Williams. who il
| here to arrange for the coming of tn
big show, declares. "As exhibit A O
this well known fact among circus
people I have only to tell you tina
some of the high salaried family act:
decline to participate in the spectacle
| Joan of Arc, and it is necessary for the
! circus to carry additional people tt
! take their places.
| 1T is customary for everyone in the
| show, from the elephant driver to the
: highest paid performer, to participate
IN the daily parade and opening spec
tacle, whatever it happens to be- Not
/ much do the famous families of actors
| who have a family tradition to main
J tain that would make the MayfloWer
! passengers seem like climbers, take to
! this. They not only decline firmly,
| but decidedly, to participate in the
| special features, but they will not even
| speak to the ballet girls who paruci-
pate in this big opening spectacle.
/ Realizing this bit of SnObbishness, the
management has fixed a fine upon the
| girls for speaking to these actors and
| a repetition of the offence means dis
missal. 1t is not so much that they
are dancing girls, as that the ballet
girls are not circus people, and are
considered outside of the pale. In that
single opening spectacle appear 1850
people, including 100 ballet girls, who
do the fancy dancing in this numb her
Madam BOrtik the Joan of the piece,
is the wife of the director of the spec
tacle, and they are among the highest
paid people with the show
There are other strata of the social
scale with the circus Some Of the
actors do not associate with others who
are better paid or lave been in the
business for years, and who are mem
bers of famous families who have been
The circus aristOcrats send their chill
dren abroad to school, spend the winter
season abroad and enjoy. the Injuries
of the wealthy. This is the highest on
the social ladder. The lowest is the
roustabout, who hustles canvas, helps
the cooks and does whatever else he is
told 1t is a little world Of its own
and life with a circus is not unlike that
of the outside world, once one is accus-
toned to the difference in environ
ment"
William H Taft. eX-president of the
United States and president Of the
American Bar association. received an
ovation when he appeared in Montreal
that was even greater than that ac-
corded to viseOunt Haldane, lord high
chancellor OF England, W h. Burgess
said Tuesday afternoon He has just
returned from the Montreal meeting of
the Bar association and was enthusi-
astic about the meeting. When the
president of the association stepped
upon the platform at Montreal, there
was loud applause. When viscounT
Haldane appeared, he was given
mighty cheer by the American and
Canadian bar. But when ex-president
Taft appeared, every man rose to his
feet and cheered him as they had not
cheered any other man there The law
yerS seemed to realize that Mr.. TAFT
than he did the presidents chair. and
that he had been forced into the presl-
Dental position These same men be
neVed that the supreme court was the
higher honor of the two, and they ex- /
pressed to the former president some
of the sympathy for his position. 1t
was a wonderful gathering and most
impressive The whole session of the
Bar association was serious IN its atr1-
tude, ana one which VIII attract the
favorable attention of the world to the
bar of the United States and Canada"
+1The new tariff will not affect the
duty on fine linens, drawn work and
laces," importer Henry S. Beach said z
Wednesday, as he went Up in the fed I
eral building elevator to pay duties on 4
an Importation from Mexico In the I
wooden goods, like zarapes and blan- 4
kets, the duty viii be materially re- I
1uced- Now it is almost IS percent of 4
the goods. Under the new tariff Il !
viii not be more than 25 percent"
I notice that a covering OF aSpndiI
and fine pebbles has been put over the
floor Of the bridge at CanutillO. and /
it is a great Improvement over the old
wooden floor" said r H. Rinehart.
vice president of the Ell PasO AutOmo-
bile club at is not so noisy and 1t
will not be dangerous to automobile
tires. The wooden floors of bridges
soon work loose and rattle the splint-
ers and the nails working out are
dangerous to automobile tires and. al
together. the flooring is very satisfac-
tory The new arrangement is far su-
perior. The Automobile club has re-
1uested the city to treat the viaduct
On Austin street in the same manner
and I hope this will be done"
Joe SpiTey is going to have a popu-
lar resort at MOntoya by next summer"
said D. c. Booth today He has built !
the new bridge over the river and now |
has a force of men at work building
axe beside the road. This will be |
pumped full of water, grass will be I
planted around the edges. lilies and ]
flowers will be put out and the sand |
nils converted into a beautiful sum !
ner garden. Across the road is a fine J
grove of cottonwood trees which Joe |
s going to convert into mark for pic |
nc purposes. 1t is an ideal location !
md IL the plans are carried out, the (
Spivey resort is going to be one of the /
1rettiest around FL Paso. Mr. Spivey
md his family will live at the place /
Ind they are going to conduct it in a | !
1rst class manner, so that families can | I
90 there and enjoy themselves summer !
lays and nights It is going to be a
zig boon TO the summer enjoyment of ]
he people of Ell Paso." 7