Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
Not a Single Number
That Did Not Please
the Sawdust Ring
Fans, and the Grand
Finale Was a Truly
Splendid Finish

El(sdiN w oO q uly
Splendid Finish
I, was a bear, Bananas" they called
him, and he was at the big time in
civ hall II was a circus; yes, sir, it
was circus And they called it Bal
rn and Barney's "Y" Circus. which
translated means big show produced
h the talented of Augusta under the
ausyices Of and for the benefit of the
)o-al Y NJ. e. 4. And il was crowd.
The crowd could not complain about
the Show and the show could not COM
plain about the crowd: so nobody COM
blamed with the possible exception of
the ro,lE polly clown tnee Roy Bod
welD, who got stuck with the hand
,ufs on him when he tried to emu
late l.. j Davis i'll his handcuff act.
Tie big audience was entertained. in
lerested amused, pleased and satisfied
TOW what more would one expect?
The Side Shows
The side shows opened at : o'clock
Thursday evening and they were either
5usl a. advertised or appeared to be.
BEARDED Lady" they called her. and
sfe appejved to be just that whether
She Wa or not. and even if her yellow
NAiskeIS Gid outlie AnaniaS. Then
here was the baby show, the snake
gleHrer. tGr lat lady Uhew. some
size - that Queen.D, tho living skele-
,on 90 sAlVcHs,), the strong man lno
f.ke 70 this one, a fake can't lift a
d7alf tIe wild NAN tand he looked
H. e,.3 last and not to he despired
M n2e.a@oiie, Including as real goats,
aa'!qs. and boar as one ever saw. and
Ho@s, tigers and other animals just as
good tie original creations.
II sounded like u circus and it look
% "a" q circus and ii acted like cir
Us, Al! the li%in's were provided: pea =
au,s NA!sties, popcorn, balloons, bark
trs faa.rS, freaks and festoons AS is
AyW customary in all big cir>uses like
Iris one the clowns We're on hand as
soon as the audience began to file into
'ae hig tent, and they had all sorts of
.Ge PACKAGES Of fun which they un-
'raFltd 10 make the children Giggle
aal heir parents who had attended
'2st 10 take the children. you know. sit
ackered and guffa we'd more than
q. the time.
Starts On Time
l. was O'clock and as sharp as the
te!nt on the hand of $50 Swiss watch
wien the band played the opening
cumberland from that moment until
Tie grand finale there was discus and
tfous but no delay. The Grand Pee
fade' came swinging into the big tent
-tHr audience room of City hall--a
few minutes later and did the once
around tho ring act while the crowd
gave the show the once-over act.
There never was parade like it in
HE history Of the world and circuses
Clown Hast,
The first thing served up around the
SaWdust ring was Clown Hash" ac-
eor(us 10 the official program. This was
q ncrry diSh-but what's the use? One
would have to see il to get a look at it,
anyway. This was the official introduc-
aoH, without using any names or any
Known forms of etiquette. to the first
class butinskys and all round pesterers
"t the remainder of the program. There
WAS that little friskins clown that some
one spotted for he that was rerley Law
renee; surest thing you know. he was
Ht'er called but that he was missing,
and never another was called but that
PtrIcy Clown answered. The rolly polly
down mcaulered around the big tent as
'arelessly as if he were a lamb pastured
IN " lhstleleSs pasture, and a half dozen
elbow uuisances aided this hevy of frol-
cEers in their campaign of botheration.
fN WAS amongst the clowns t<nee
Livingston and Thigh Goodman and he
mad two or three cousins along with him
u.s. as green and irresponsible amongst
confidence men as he himself in all his
rude hack-country manners. Prof. Harry
Jones. r.ngmaster, snapped his whip and
dragged of his performers like a regular.
The Biushns c. 3. II.
Then followed an act by Director Ches-
Ter e. llama Of the 'Y" gymnasium with
several CT the best trained gymnaSts of
me ~. This first act was composed of
sA4liful work on the gymnasium horse
IN which "Cy." rolly polly. and other
Gowns were not at Ill backward. The
'ehgenial and competent physical director
was attred and made up for the per-
romance as q blushing maiden in scar
e' eEmn2sts coStume-eXcept i'll the
'Imoiers act. in which he appeared as
blooming sailor-and time and again
me audience passed him a generous hou-
Net Of applause for his skillful and dar-
ing work on the gymnasium apparatus.
most especially for his graceful exhibition
VI The giant swing His fellows were
sood mates in all the gymnast acts. of
which there were several. and many
Watcher must have made note of the fact
mat the local "Y" gymnasium is proved
" ne an excellent place in which to train
sue man or boy in the gentle art of be-
us good animal and a graceful one.
me star performers in these acts We're
quo VOL. Clinton r. Thompson, L. T.
'oodman, Slive Sylvester, George Pepin
s"o an occasional clown aspirant for
ssfhhast honors, Those clowns tried ev-
efF'hing but the exit.
i Three Experts
ihree acts were easily in the profess
s'ohai class. though it has been en-
pnaucally announced and is true that
aa 'he acts were done by citizens of Au-
nos'd' These three acts would find IA