The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-16

fly on the OCCASION OF IOImdl Jill
ner. II may not have been funny To-
them, but this scene certainly sets
new pace for silent comedy.
Victor Moore is positively the idea
l"Chimmie."
Come and see for yourself Adver
tfsement.
AZ the Orpheur.
Thou Shalt Not Lie 1.-TWO parts)--
Fred Harnett, bank teller, Is addict
ed to gambling. One night he loses
heavily and, upon the insfstence o.
the boss gambler, gives check dated
two days ahead. The next day ne
learns that certain funds on which ne
had counted for meeting the check
will not be available. Fearing that y
his check is dishonored his gambling
will be brought to the attention OF
the bank officials and cause his dis
charge. he takes bank funds and GOV
ers II by altering the books.
That night he goes to the gamolins
house and takes up the check He Is
persuaded to play and wins heavily al
roulette He plans to make restitutior
Of what he has stolen, but. on arriving
at the bank in the morning. finds tina:
y D6Uh G1hmluSl HAD APPSo3 ca 1AAh -
to start work at his post. In a panic
of fear, he fees and makes good hi,
escape. The story now moves forward
some ten years. Fred, under the name
of Harrington. has become prosper
GUS farmer with wife and son. He
decides to pay the bank and send the
money in currency In a man package.
The bank detective, remembering the
~ xol rno Una Ylr
a clue and starts after him.
Fred and his wife have insistentl7
upon their child the neces-
sity Of absolute truthfulness. While
Fred is away, one day, the detective,
who is fishing near their home. is
rescued from peril by the wife and
taken to their home. While drying his
clothes, the wife learns the detective'A
identity and errand. Meanwhile. from
an album, the detective has identified
Fred who returns and hides. In q
dramatic scene the detective learns
his hiding place from the boy. Out OF
sympathy however. the detective
leaves them In observation-disclosures
Barnum and Bailey Circus.
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest
Show on earth will exhibit at Quincy
on Saturday. September 4, and this
good news is being heralded every
where by many agents OF this, the
biggest and foremost amusement In
stitution in the yor!d. The Barnum
and Bailey circus has always been the
largest that travels and this season
the management has found It nece5
sary to add many more cars to thei'
trains in order to provide for the
great equipment It requires IS
double length railroad cars to trans
port the big show, 1880 people are
there are TOO horses, 40 ele-
plants and menagerfe of ITO cages
4s0 world famed artists take part IN
the greatest circus program this world
has ever known.
A fitting introduction to the won.
derful performance this year, is the
of the new, masnificen,
spectacular pageant, "Lalla Rookh" in
which nearly 1000 characters take
part.
In the circus proper. which is pre-
scented in three circus rings, four
stages, the hippodrome. and In the
dome Of the largest test ever erected
4s0 performers from every nation IN
the world take part and present a
vast array of foreign features entirely
new to America A wonderful trained
animal exhibition Is given by the
Marvellous War Elephants, Fallen
berg's wonder bears, Madam Brad
mas angel horses, Thalero's dogs. pom
les and monkeys, and the Barnum and
Bailey statue horses.
Great interest is already being
shown in this neighborhood and grea,
crowds will no DOUBT go to Quincy fol
the biggest and most enjoyable holiday
of the year. Everyone is advised te
get an early start in order to be there
in time for the parade which starts
promptly at 10 a. M, and which Il
said to eclipse anything of it's Kline
ever attempted in the history Of circus
business