The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-02

bing-bing-bang' Tiddy-bum! Tiddy
bum! Tiddy-bum. bum bum. China,
China. Chinatown" Amt that bani
| great? Hooray! Cmon, Penrod, and
you. Huck Finn, and all you Maddigan
girls! C'mon. Aunt Corene and Uncle
Jack. who are just pretending you are
| here because we kids wouldn't let you
rest m peace. My old cat. You don't
fool anybody! You're just as excited
as the rest of us!
Wait-a-min-ute. Huck! It's only Z
o'clock and Madison Square Garden
. won't run away. The front door to the
circus has Just opened and we have u,
flock of Barnum & Bailey's tickets that
the nimblest fingered piskpocket in the
world couldn't get away from us. Now
we're N. Mind your step! Uncle Jack,
you grab some programmes and peanuts
and things and we'll tend to the tickets.
Hey. Huck. Where are you going ?
Freaks? Sure. son. we're all with you.
Turn to the right. oh. look at the
midget princess perched "A mile high on
the thumb Of the giant. Keep an eye
on Penvod, Uncle Jack. He's asking the
armless wonder II he was born that
way. This way To the fat ladies and
the man with three legs.
Tee wh.z. This crowds 10 thick
well lose some Of our Riddles sure IL
we don't keep an eye out Now for the
lines and taggers and kangaroos, all
primped up In their brand new red and
gold cages Mind what the man says.
Huck. and don't get too close to the
bars. You'll have "a use for that busy
right hand of yours some day.
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oh. look who's here. Old Dr. Dex
Feflowes. who has been with the circus
going on forty years and who has
shipped OF his lovely. long white beard
because folks said he was getting to
he an old gentleman. You know Uncle
Jack and Aunt Corene and all the kids.
don't you. Dex? Fine! Have we seen
the magnetic hound? The one that al
ways Keeps his nose pointed toward the
North STAR Invaluable to hunters and
explorers? Well. We should think So
Looks like a plain meat hound to us.
but surely press agent wouldn't fool
"A lot Of children.
Hustle now. The crowds pouring
into the big top like runaway river
tearing through broken dam. Hold
on to us. Huck and Penrod and YOU
Madd.gans. Dodge and push and
squeeze. with your eyes trying to look
forty ways at once and see million
things. It's a wonder YOU ever get any
where. Thank goodness. we're planted
safely in box 80. pretty nearly In the
centre OF the north side. where we can
see three rings and two stages, Big Boss
McCracken and Fred Bradna. the head
ringmas.er. who wears his evening
clothes like cotillon leader. Huck.
don't wiggle so much. You're worse
than an eel
There. look at the band on the big
platform against the east wall That
far away they look like "A great bed Of
red roses all nodding and bending 20
ward the white chrysanthemum who is
the leader. Up goes his baton-'China,
China, Chinatown" A grand circus
tune. Keep an eye on that big gate in
the corner. Open she comes and out
swings the pageant-"Lalla Rookh' and
all her glittering court-the bee-yew-
tee-ful princess In "a chariot that daZ-
zles the eye. elephants swinging their
trunks and rolling grandIy after theirs
gorgeous mistress. white horses and
black horses all covered with red and
gold and diamonds and stepping h'eh
TO the crashing march time OF the band;
jugelers and testers. wise men and
fools. all journeying from Delhi to the
land where the Princess Lalla is going
to marry the young prince. Don't you
wish you were riding in that parade
Penrod? You bet you do.
Next the Elephants.
Twice around the Garden and they've
disappeared through the gate Now
watch and you'll see something The
elephants. Huck, Listen to that Kid
yell and they have lady trainers. NJ
you can't watch all three rings at onae.
Huck, you keep an eye on the centre