East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-25
When Grand Opera and Cowboy Met
inthe hatH Saddle

ed youthful American but the great
Ruffo never understood.
The cowboys tried to induce him
TO ride the horse about the track.
assuring him that the animal was
very gentle, but he shook his head |
emphatically and when someone !
started to lead the horse away, he /
took firmer hold on the biscuit" |
and his million dollar voice flowed /
forth in real alarm. He spoke in his |
/ native tongue and he spoke to his !
valet No one understood his words
but the actions OF the little valet in
/ terpreted them fully. He leaped to
hold the horses head while "the
I greatest man in de worl'" as he re-
/ ferred to his master when asked his
| identity, precipitately dismounted
We'll he may be able to sing bit"
/ ouoth one buckaroo, "but he sure
amt at home on the back of. a
bronx"
This was all preliminary to the
show itself and the management had
difficulty in getting the visitors back
TO the grandStand to clear the track.
And then came the Indians in all
their savage finery and back came
, the kodak fiends exclaiming with de-
! light as they fitted from spot to
/ spot to get the dancing braves and
; chanting squaws in focus. Gilbert
; Minthorn, the most picturesque Of
, picturesque Indians. led his tribes
: men through the war dance to the
7 beat of the tom tom and the ladies
: went into ecstacies over his brilliant
I costume and graceful movements.
: "oh, 1 think he's just too cute for
e anything" said one and Isn't he a
7 dear" exclaimed another. OF course
: these were American members of the
:. troupe saying this, for the madames
: mademoiselles, .signoras and signori-
l. tas spoke in no understandable
tongue. But they did speak. They
! fairly chattered and they punctured
,e their chatter with shrill shrieks in
: utter forgetfulness of their COLDER
n notes. Even Carolina White scream
10 ed little screams in which there wa:
a no music.
e The Indians were followed b!
n Johnny and Tillie Baldwin in theil
ir trick ana fancy riding and these twC
ID won the same applause with which
at their riding is received at ever!
= Roundup. Sharkey, the champion
lg bucking bull. who has never been rid
er den by any man longer than sever
u seconds was next led forth and sad
re died His huge bulk quickly pro
PEELED Bill Mahaffey AMI Ben Corbet
IN into space amid the wild delight o
ne the audience. Three outlaw horse
,d were then brought forth and the COW
I'D boys rode them straight up rakin
~ their sides with their rowels, fannin
nd them with their sombreros, and zip
Is, ping in most approved style. 1t wa
re all quite new and wonderful to tn
re operatic ones especially TO thos
tv whose skins had an olive tint.
T. When the show was all over. tn
It. guests were 10th to leave the ground
"a The lady members surged again O.
nd the track to gather souvenirs. On
u secured the purple scarf that adorn
he ed the neck of Gilbert Minthorn an
re she was the envy of all others unles
il was that one who secured a pol
X. ton of the broken cinch from the sac
ck Ole OF TiIIie Baldwin. II was the en-
Of in which was the ring and she d.
" clared with enthusiasm that she woul
a make OF ii a necktie holder. do;
IA en- or more swarmed about Sharkt
ke to have their pictures taken with tn;
" great brute, and Sharkey rumble
his appreciation OF the honor in tom
d. far below low c. Others seized upc
ow the cowboys. most OF whom we
ite somewhat shy. Not so, howeve
on Cowboy Johnny Tyke. He met Il
ro- enthusiasm Of the foreign ladies wi
or an enthusiasm all his own. Wh'
aroI cne grasped his hand to hold viii
ne, camera was snapped. he immediat
osI IS swung his long arm into pla
ext about her supple waist and then
re- was she who was abashed.
aleI All in all. the singers were hig
Ind Iy pleased with the show. Not kno'
side ing the real Roundup and everythL
list being novel to them. they spent
cho hour which Manager Max Hersch q
the clared they would remember the r.
yer, OF their lives
Queen Thelma Sees Indians.
his As regal bearers of POrtland's G.
and dial invitation to her annual Feast
"Hi Flowers. Queen Thelma and her
veil unue Of charming attendants arri'