The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-14
THE WEST EVENING SEPTEMBER IA 1sls
EVERY EXHIBITION
FIRST CLASS SHOW
Carnival at South Side Park
Draws Large Crowds on
First Day.

The carnival at South Side Park,
Smiths Greater Shows. drew the lar.
gest crowd Monday night that any car
niyal in Fa!rmont has had the luck
TO draw. There is no admission price
TO be charged to the grounds. Every.
body is entitled TO walk right into the
park. No sooner does he enter the
park than he notes the aroma from
] the hot-dog stand. This stand is gen.
orally crowded with hungry visitors.
Then comes the big glass Of lemorai,e
for a nickle. etc, etc. The main ami
NAL tent In which is shown some Of
the finest animals acting that may be
seen anywhere, drew the largest
crowds last night.
The hippodrome is where whole
family, from seven year old to grand.
father, do many funny stunts, and
some very difficult ones. The hippo.
drome is a very clean show, as are all
OF the attractions at the park. Tight.
rope dancing and clown acts are to be
seen at the hipp as well as some ex.
pert roller skating. A seven year old
boy at this show has invented new
way of roller skating which he shows
to the audience in every act.
The Annex, the great tent in which
the monkeys, snakes, ETC., are shown,
also contains the armless and legless
wonder. This wonder is capable OF
producing music that is surprising.
He also rolls and lights a cigarette
with his lips. He sings and is very
happy regardless OF the misfortune
that It has been his luck to receive.
In the same tent but In different
compartment there are some horrible
looking things that 80 per cent OF the
people OF Fairmont never saw. At
first glance they are frightful, but on
closer inspection they are found TO be
rubber fac.similes OF sea.anIlnals
which are in the collection of DR.. G.
Webb, OF San Francisco, Cal. The
heads OF the monsters look like cab.
bages cut In half. These monsters
manage to frishten the ladies II they
do fail TO serve an educational pur.
pose.
The Belgian Glass Blowers, station.
ed in the big Annex tent, have a great
assortment OF all kinds of glass blow
ing articles. Especially interesting
are the lung testers that every Fair.
mont man should try. Most OF young
America is proud of its lungs. They
should get one of these lung testers
and see how It works. There are Bel
gian dolls, made of spun glass, all
kinds of articles enclosed in glass
cases. In whole the exhibition is very
interesting.
The merry.go.round. claimed to be
one OF the best In America, was crowd
ed last night at every stop. This ma.
chine Is vari.colored electrically light.
ed, with 1400 lights. The next largest
number OF electric lights on any mer.
ry-go-round until this machine was
built was 1000.
The carnival furnishes its own pow.
er for the merry-go.round, its own
lights. also the power for the ferris
wheel. This last named attraction
was also very well attended, the big
electric lighted star moving continu.
ously through the evening.
The swings, something new In the
way of fun. drew all OF the young low
ers. There are eight swings at the
Fairmont show, and there is always
q iiiiS NdiliHb " SeL Iitu tlt uOdtS
and take swing. Before the carnival
leaves here, however, the management
may be able to add four more swings,
which are being built now.
Then the crazy house. an improve.
ment on. the old Katzenjammer has.
tie seen about the country, came in
for its share of patronage. What is
in this house is secret. but that Sc.
cret is side splitter for laughter.
There is more fun iammed into this
crazy house than in II comic perioui.
calls. Once the ladies get into this
house they are bound to say: II never
laughed so much In my life" This
show is really ticker.
The colored aristocracy in the cleo
trical tent is a treat in the way OF
music and song. The art models
shown here are great. Those who at.
tended this show last night say the
time was spent In listening to and
watching some Of the greatest must
clans In the land. This is another of
the tents that must be visited In or.
der to get the full value Of what is
inside. The splendors Of this show
cannot be told in language, they must