Arizona republican., 1914-05-28
Thousands of Visitors Sub init to Being Gently But Firmly ''Soaked' for the Cause of Big New Audi torium Building
PARADE STARTS, IS
 PEE-RADE AT END
Merrymakers Turn Gardens into Regular Carnival - Lights. Music, Games, Many Big Arena Acts and
 SOkum SideShOW


 Beginning with parade, and ending with q pee rade. the first evening of the shrine Sokum Sirkus went merrily on its way to complete suc- cess while thousands mingled with the outdoors and enjoyed it. IL was perhaps the largest aggregation Of fun seekers eyer assembled outside of fair week. and it takes adjectives by the peck to describe 'cm. The crowds were lively and unlocked enough coin to swell the fund for the Shrine tenn pie by an amount not to be divGlged by the oVerWorked treasurer for req sons known only to himself and the ghost of Ananias. He said You q never believe it if I told you From the time the procession start ed from the Gardens down Second street and through town. until the last befezzed one had departed and all the lights were out, there were things doing. In the Gardens, among the booths. in the arena, at the side shows and where Dame Fortune smiled Wakingfy on the devotees of the sport of Westerners.
 Be it known that it was a real west that the clever Shriners flung down in the heart of this civilized region. 4 crap game, three roulette wheels and one faro layout shared the crowds with the sirkus proper Bill Skidmore. attired in the costume 1 of his noble race spieled the hicks over a shell game that made many a noble reach behind his ear to see fl 1 the straw were not yet in place. Bill cleaned up. Not for mere am,rse- mnt had he worked the south with the three half walnut shells and the ninble pea Blackie Daw has abso- lutely nothing on Our Bill"
 i Phil l., Ramoz and George Lewis whired the wheel, and skidded the migg in the Fascinating roulette game Their boards were never visible to an outsider Shrine Sokum cash l fluttered about the numbers, and showed by it's voluble presence that the sporting blood of the Phoenician has not all cooled since things were wide open.
 Jack Leroy carried on a regular crap game with Louis Melczer as booster and look out. He had q crowd all the time for his was $ square game, where sport might win two for one-maybe
 Perhaps the most strongly reminis- 1 faro layout. This was one of the resurrection games; it was resurrectet from a dark corner into which it vii be plunged once more come end oi the sirkus week. The gambling blood of many a lately straight laced call of the lookout smote upon ear, long deaf to the whisper of tn, cards and the click of chips.
 And the saloon. There never wa: such saloon. only those who Wor, thick gloves eyer got away from tha' bar without tingling remembrance You see they don't allow 'em to scl anything that will jingle inside $, they had to put the sensation in tn, palm of the hand, as il rests casually and supportingly on the bar.
 Ladies of the associated lodge solt everything from chance on an alum mum stew pan to peanuts. popcorn chewing gum and candy" F'ranl Thomas sold money. Mauk sold hi! life and soul in the African dip Speaking of the dip. it must be sai, that George A Mauk is q real sport
 He is not afraid of any combination
 He would bet 'em sky high on gooC hunch, and he would crawl up on tha trembly supporting rod in the face O of Old King Control. the sports in. duced Pitcher Krause to hurl a few
 innings, and George Sokum Maui got more baths than he ever had be,
 fore in one night of his life. He wa. simply vibrating between the Wate and the seat bar. Clad only in we
 overalls, the amabe George mus prompt the statement that ali
 through which water has been strain
 ed cools a room; water, through
 which air has been strained will coo
 the person.
 Art Rick introduced III. Pote Shir ley Christy. who was clad in evening
 coat fez and little else but ridins
 boots and imitation moleskins. Tn
 limitation" word is used to alibi Mir
 Christy in case anyone should ac
 cuse him of robbing the pet mole tha
 inhabits the Gardens.
 III. Pote then introduced the acts
 He did it with a deep, well-timed bow
 and a long cracky whip. Ringmas
 ters have come and ringmasters vii
 now on.