The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-01


knows. and some mule never
thought orr. gnyly caparisoned
camel which nibbled with Hupercil-
ious lips nj the fringe OF the colo.
| nel'R coat. row OF elephants,
. clowns. acrobata IN tights, painted.
bedizened ladies' perched daintily
on the broad backs OF fat horses,
stout stakemen and property men
In khaki
Buffalo Bill. as straight and slim
al 7b--.if he In that old-ns when he
was 20, stood head and shoulders
above the throng. strohing his
snow.whito mustache and smiling
aloofly.
An ideal circus day.
A perfect circus crowd
<<NE TEN and women" said Buf.
N falo mn. are just kids
grown up. and every Md
likes n circus and always will"
He lugsed from a waistcoat peck.
ct tho largest and heaviest gold
watch in captivity. Presently he
would nod. and the performance
would begin with blare OF trum.I
pets
Some watch"
II Is some watch. being studded
with diamonds
Given to me" said Buffalo Bill.
with pardonable pride. by King
Victor Emmanuel OF Italy. When
was thai7 oh. a long time ago
We were showing In Rome. They
have breed Of horses there which
they call wild My boys rode EN-.
Shncksl II those horses could
buck. so can rocking chairs was
the kings guest. and We sort OF pre-.
tended we were having an old-fash.
Toned Roman holiday. my cowboys
being the Christians nd the
horses being the lions My Chris.
tians didn't do a thing 10 those
Hons u, tickied the king Later
he sent me this watch.
KITS VICTOR EMMANUEL the
only king YOU ever metz"
Met EN- all" said
Buffalo Bin Every last one OF
EN-. See that Dcadwood coach
My niece. Helen Allen, and some
OF her friends are In II now. She's
Is today. and she's having a party
/ You ought TO sec the birthday cake
/ I'm going 20 cut by and by.
Once ! drove four kings and the
Prince OF Wales In that coach. Lem
me see: There was old Leopold OF
Belgium. and the king OF Saxony.
and the king OF Denmark. and-and
oh. yes. Alfonso OF Spain.
They whooped and cut up like a
parcel OF boys. and pretended they
had guns and were shooting n, In.
dinns"
GYM HAT is your opinion OF
w kings. colonel"
Little run,s. mostly. -
said Buffalo Bill. sin feet tao in his
boots. Just like other folks when
you get en- TO forgetting they're
kings
Some OF those Balkan kings are
good size: the king OF Greece I,
good height. and old Leopold wa,
tall. But the crar In a runt. and
Victor Emmanuel In hitler. Hes .
good.heartcd chap. tho. and full o.
pepper
The kaiser is under.sixe and h.
has a shriveied arm. He's n smari
man. but he's got n notion that Cos
Almighty made him out OF better
clay than He used when He mad,
the rest OF us
Leopold was Rs keen a bushes,
man as ] ever knew. but | wouldn't
Introduce a woman | had any no
apect for 10 his Kind OF man, klng
or commoner.
4 never met George OF England
but his father. who was the Prince
OF Wales when knew him, was 4
real man. liked him the best Of
the lot. Being a king Ia n sort ol
handicap TO a man like Edward
He'd have made good anywhere.
Alfonso OF Spain struck me n.
being an amiable half.wlt. and Man
uel OF Portugal Ia a ia-de-da boy
whose gait. In the L. s. A.. woulc
be selling ribbons over a counter
George OF England. they tell me. IL
puny.
Well. II stands TO reason that
kings can't come up to other folks
who marry outside the family. YOU
can't get good horses by inbred
Ing. as every horscman knows.
<<AOw everybodys fightin,
IN everybody else over Won
der. Don't tell me tn,
kings started Il! Shucks, Kings
don't rule. They're Just the side
show attractions. like my wildmaf
In the tent over there.
Behind the thrones are big. ii
lent men. who are pulling tn,
strings and making the puppeti