Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
REX BEACH
ADVENTURE
s T O R l F S
6hs Colognizing
Of Kansas
:opyrisht By rex beach
By REX BEACH


sncet that only three people - U,
eonsed to say '.we"-kings, editors ana
men with tapeyzorms. add to It .
man with great wealth. Which one Of
the feur are your Do you mean to say
you've got money In your disrsppitable
person and stood by while me and
BALKAN worked our passageT
"For repartee showed q roll the
size Of Q clothes bag and told my
story. We counted the money, and it
totalsd 500 to Q cent, my original
stake and the gamblers 800 which I
would have won from him IL I hadn't
been cheated.
This here Il our opportunity to
forsako the old life and acquire hon
estes. Well 20 into business says
Motavs, declaring himself in on the
deal Immediate. 7 was cut out for
them pursuits natural. ! got the abil-
lty.''
.Does It take that much Of Z stack
to set in on this commercial venture?
/ inquiries. I ben aiming to assuage
chs famine fer fun that I'm bloated
with
cit amt no ways essential Nike
admits, and I'm considerable leery Of
overcapitalization myself. s'pose We
lay by 500 fer business and spend the
rest in wassail, thus avoiding watsred
stock and sech perils. I've got .
scheme where that's ali We need
".As long as its honest it gets my
play,s says I; but, understand, amt
going to corner mono Of the great ne
cessities Of life with this money nor
squeeze the widders and orphans.
emo; it's simply the Introduction Of
western modes and civilization into the
1unsies Of the decaying east. Well
opensup in Kansas
Thereupon he gave me the blue print
Of q plan that assayed SIS to the
ounce, being Z total rest from cow
punching. Well, its some three weeks
later that the Butters-Martin Masto.
don minstrels bursts into Kansas and
lays waste with delight every hamlet
IL plays. It costs nary 4 cent to sec
It. which Same appeals to farmers of
oil ranks. Nike IL lit up like q Dewey
arch. a thousand candles strong. with
q long fur trimmed overcoat. pointed
yallet shoes, tan CATERS and pearl
gray. felt hat. For q theatrical make
up 10 has John Drew run under the
bed.
II am Papriky Carramba, the Ari-
coma bandit. You see, am some
black, anyhow, so incase myself in
greaser habit Of speech, bewhiskered
buckskin suit and am a dangerous
desperate.
Here's the program. We open with
q quartet BY tho niggers. Oh, yes; I
near forgot the niggers! We have four
SensCambians from Topeka that sing
from all points Of the compass to 4
common center. One Of 'em plays
Turkey In the Straw on the banjo,
while the others dance. They cost us
fourteen a week.
well after the music the Mexikin
Desperate gives exhibitions Of throw
ing the bowie and pistol practice, aft
er which we have more music. and
Mikes does marvellous, mystifying
featS Of sleight Of hand too baffling
for the mind and too rapid for the
eye Then we have some buck and
wins1ng by the African team. after
which Mike addresses the pacified and
radiant hay digsers ~ follows:
40 doubt, ladies and gents. you
have been delighted by our educa-
dond entertainment, but to give feet
Ing pleasure amt our only mission.
We have a higher motive. 1t Is .
blessed privilege to make the arduous
path moro pleasant and We are here
to conduce to them scenic effects by
abatjng the nuisances Of life. One
man may like music and his neigh
Dor prefer the screech of a sled run
ner on bare ground. This one may
have . sweet tooth, while his friends
Is boiler and the nerve exposed; but,
dear friends. all the world loves 4
sweet smell.
eve admire the Jassamine and
would fain preserve the fragrance Of
the rose. Let ~ have done with the
sordid scents Of the stables and i'm
ported cheese and tickle our tousils
with the breath Of forest flowers.
That, ladies' and gents, 10 our sacred
errant amongst you. We are the dis
tributing agents Of the Kansas Co
losns company, unlimited. Remember.
We have nothing to sell; we only ad-
vertias the perfamery 50 that you can
buy direct from your local druggists.
We simply charge . nominal price to
covers the cost Of the bottles and the
hand painted labels, giving you the
contests ~ free as this program,
which amt yet over.
Tp conclude this evenings enter
tainmenr propose TO spar three
rounds with Senior Carramba, demon
Strating IN a refined and gentlemanly
manner the blows with which won
the title Of middleweight chnmpsen Of
the world. This u not a brutal exhibit
ton, but clean and scientific lesson
In that greatest domestic accomplish
ments the IMAM and womanly art Of
self defense" It II Endorsed by the
leading society ladies' Of the. great cit
les and has received the highest en-
romiums from prominent divines.
Willis We are changing costume the
tour > Moorish gentlsmsn WIN pass
amongst you with free samples Of the
cologne. After you have smeiled It
They VIII o6er for sale the few re-
saaipang bettlss.... 1ememhsE. TOM,