The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-19

More than three hundred s'newsies'' were the guests of the Farmer and Johnny Jones at the carnival being held on PaFrodt's lot by the Twelfth District Independent Political club last night. They saw the minstrel show the lion tanner. and all the freaks and clowns. and their shouts of delight echoed and re-ecl1oed through the grounds as they took in every show the carnival provided.
 The boys gathered about the Far ner office early in the evening. from whence they marched. with an escort of police and martial music, to the grounds By seven o'clock, when the parade was to start, more than three hundred were gathered about Dick Bradshaw. circulation manager of the Evening Farmer, and thes news iesr friend all eager to obtain one of the green tags that would entitie them sc enter the big shows, where the tfnseised dancer, the black laced com edian and the painted clown awaited. them
 Six big policemen with a sergesnE at their head started the parade. Be- hind them came the Lincoln school dram corps their rata tst-tat, ra.e-s, tat-tat, drawing thousands on the curb to watch the kids on their way to the shows. Behind the drum corps came the stnswsfes carrying big banners They cheered e'The Farmer DAck Bradshaw, Johnny Jones, and all the rest who had made it possible for tn sna 10 have thas night Of entertainment sand enjoyment
 Proudly up Main street they march ed to North avenue, where a stop was made ax the Boys Brigade Arrncry. where the drum corps left their in strunrsnta~ They we're in charge of F2obert- Zfnk and all the way to the carnival grounds they furnished music 4i that would have done credit 70 n real army drum corps. AS the boys arrtv- ea af tfe carnival grounds, there was s hush Of expectaucy. They could see the brs9hf lights, they could hear the 4nunics and they wanted 10 zee it all And through the arrange nept n1ade by the Farmer they were enabled to see ewerSa show. on the grounds
 They marched about the 1nidways stopped at the animal show where Johnny Jones. an ex-neyste han1seiH areetea thera. They cheered him uF- fiji tfisE were tired. Then 2 Johnny 7 8ones stepped to the head with Itck BraaahavT arid invited them to see all cheeref, and ta7eh marched to the mo fordr0rre. where Joe Ferris of the csa1-- 1ivaI eon7Dafly met t11ems and invited chem an fo gee the daring I0le DevIlss Charles ana Pappaa, the icrpzy 7~re7cfr11er,.s .sz s
 " A&A4 tN%rMsD -AAHF4 " tNh-TNF%.H~ A@T yvsth vrfde eyed wonder they watched the daring riders, as they dashed around che enclosure at so miles an nonr peEforfnfng feats that looked 10 the ssnswtsiesss like sure death. Even fre hearts or these dare devils vTere liehtenea by the .'newsles.y It wssr t the everyday hardened thrcngs tfat attended merely to see whether they fad an accident They rode their best. when eaeh rider completed a race. the breath of these boys came back to their chests
 From the n1otordrorne the boys went fo flla tent of Living Wo1ldertA 7 Here were gathered many perfor1nsrA from many parts of the eatths The 4larl1ame seal the snaaxe chsrner, and FIT 41le rest performed for the slre'ES- slese whom they meet on the stasessts every day And the boys watch ed each one. The performers were as thsff best. These boys were critics ana to please them every effort was s-s4aired by both mara cement and the