The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21

manages to cover anywhere from 900
to 1900 miles or more. Whenever poy.
sible the canny boss purchases food sun.
pies in the village where he j. exhibit.
ing so as to be sure Of "A welcome from
local merchants the following season:
but some of the bosses, like Tompklns,
have coffee sent from the city in bulk
TITS pretty hard work on thu rad"
he explained. "and I make it % point
to give my men the best coffee can
provide, so as to start them on RICH;
in the early morning. Then there are
few small villages where We cuul be
sure OF obtaining dozen or fourteen
pounds OF fine butter on short notice
So I have large firkins forwardod 90 the
show from a permanent source ut sup
ply i'm New Jersey"
AS sunset came and dusk approached
the circus lots in Ourtown commenced
to fill up with crowd that increased
every minute. We stood in closely
packed ranks listening with dcl.-ht 10
the ballyhoo man. and when hr fin.
ished we swarmed into the sic, show.
where Punch and Judy went through
their perennial parts. and dainty. little
clean limbed ponies danced. and Vera,
the Snake Hyp-not-ist." wound q ser
pent around her neck while tn Zee
turer expatiated upon various features
Of natural history.
The Lady Mind Reader" interested
attentive hearers, and "MarGuerit". the
Most Phenomenal Simian Monkvy IN
Captivity" came in for her shar" Of
attention with abundant reference I"
the Darwinian theory. Then AMID
gasps OF terror, "Spitfire, the Man Eat
ing Lion" paced back and forth In its
cage flashing its tail, uttering om.nous
rcars. as captain Jack" after half a
dozen efforts, really did dart into the
| cage and as quickly out of II. H. may
| have been glad to get through with hi
part so suddenly. At any rate We were
glad who watched; for there was no
| doubt about Spittire's powerful mus
| cles or fierce white teeth.
And then. all at once. the Cowboy
Band started mad fanfare and
marched out of the sideshow and every
body followed, struggling to be first
except few distracted mothers who
had lost their grips on enterprlsns Of
springs with the result that they were
separated therefrom. Finally, though,
i all WtIt out NhN tool f'''
| ing and elbowing our way toward the
| ticket wagon. where sat a man wh'
showed out bits OF cardboard and raked
in coins with extraordinary celerIty
| Outside in the roadway were parked
| in line after line automobiles, ana a
block of reserved seats was occupied
by a dozen farmers and their wives
and sweethearts who had come ihither
| in hay wagons and wore astonishing
| calico frocks and elaborate sunb"nnets
the men looking most uncomfortable IN
| tight bouts and wide straw hats. This
| section of the audience enjoyed the
show more than any other section per-
| haps. Its members bought everything
in sight and cheered and applauded Ike
mad.
At last the circus and Wild West was
over and half the audience departed
the rest remaining for the concert
When this was concluded every one
came out into the dark night The
popcorn booth was still in place with
a few bags of peanuts yet unso.d hut
there was a great vacant spac" where
the side show tent had stood; tn" cook
outfit had disappeared and IN" number
of horses and wagons was fewer Ne
ready the wagon show was making is
jump for the night