The Green Forest tribune., 1914-07-10

salary of the governor of each state in the union. I know the area in square miles and the population and density of every state in the union and of every country in the world. 1 know the for eign born, and the negro population of every principal city in the United states and Canada, also the number Chinese, Japanese and Indian population of every state and province in Canada. 1 know the the number of foreigners there are in the United Sates as whole, also of each and every nationality. can give the exact date on which each and every state was admitted to the union.
 ''I have memorized a brief history of all of our presidents. I know the num- Der miles of railroads there are in each and every foreign country in the world according to the latest report.
 ''I have memorized many other in- teresting facts too numerous to men, ton.
 I now am writing, or compiling an encyclopedia of facts and statistics of my own which intend to get published later on. Another thing that I can do that is wonderful is this: Any one who has the book in front of them can ask me what town in the world has population of say 3,747 and I will tell him what town it is and what state or country it is in, or he can ask me what country in the world has say 8, 733 miles of railroad and I will tell right off the reel and he can reverse any other question and give it to me back wards and can give the correct answer every time. 1 am wonder in my line
 ''I have been trying for long time to get out on the vaudeville stage in the theaters to exhibit my wonderful memory, and l would have gone out on the Orpheum circuit last fall if could have found the right kind of man to be my manager. Mr. Carson, the man. ager of the Orpheum theater here, tried my act on the stage in his theater here twice last fall, and he wrote to Martin Beck in New York city, who IS at the head of the Orpheum circuit, and told him what my act consisted of and Beck said that he would give me a "try out" on the Orpheum of two weeks in February, one week in Den yer and one week in Salt Lake City, but when February came they disap- pointed me, saying that they were Fall booked up," had all the acts they could use for the next two months or more.
 'I had young man of good appear ance, we'll dressed, etc., who was going to be my manager, but the booking agent turned him down, said he would not do, he would not be resourceful enough, etc. They tell me I have to find really up- -to-date theatrical man of fine appearance, who is fine talker, "a live wire" as they call it and who has had years of experience on the stage. One who is witty and one who can make little comedy out of my act, as some boys in the audience might ask me some foolish, ridiculous, unreasonable question that could not answer. So therefore I would have to have very bright man for my mana ger, who is very witty, who would be be able to give them a witty, funny answer of some kind to make them keep still and make the other people laugh. For instance, I was on the stage at the Tabor Grand theater twice last summer on amateur night and the second time I was on I had a man to act as my manager and some boy asked me how many people there were in the State Insane Asylum down at Pueblo, and my manager told him 1 did not know but he felt quite sure there was plenty room for one more I was out with the Sells Floto circus while last summer. 1 left them at Denver year ago last March. 1 was on exhibition in their side show. I am now very sorry that I did not stay with them all season. left them on my own ac- cord in San Francisco, Calf, after 1 had been with them nearly two months. l got fine recommendation from MT. J. J. McNulty, the side show manager, and they did not like it well because left them, as they liked my act, but thought 1 was going to bet ter myself financially; they did not pay me as much salary as I wanted and got an offer of better job on vaudeville stage in San Francisco. I cannot go into details about that as it would make my letter too long but I was in San Francisco three weeks after leaving the circus. This thea trical company paid all of my expen- ses while was there. I had nice place to board in private family and Mrs. Nelson, the lady I boarded with, was very nice to me, so was her hus- band. The company bought me suit of clothes (to wear on the stage) and paid my fare back to Denver, but they did not engage me as thought they were going to do, although they tried my act out in two different theatres there, one in San Francisco and one in Oakland and my act took alright, but this man, MT. Croft, who claimed he was a booking agent, found out