The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09

led from the circus kitchens we took |
to Hamburg?"
BY George" said MI Bowles. |
that's fact / thought those pic
lures looked familiar You remem-
Der what a keen interest the Kaiser
took in that feature of the show.
Let's see, that was pretty far back.
In the Spring of 1909. wasn't it,"
NO. in 1S9s.' said Mr. Bauer
You see" he said. turning to the
knot of interested auditors, when the
great Barnum & Bailey aggregation.
| with its sixty-seven railroad cars, its
| thousands Of horses, its thousands of
wild denizens of the jungle, more
| than thousand men, and a veritable
city Of canvas, reached the port of
| Hamburg, its arrival was noised
throughout the Empire Naturally in
formation of the advent of this
| lncOmpara bic conglomeration of
| worldwide wonders for which
the jungles of Africa had been
| explored, the Wilds of Asia combed.
the sands Of the Sahara secured, and
the South Sea Islands, and even the
remotest depths Of the ocean turned
| upside down and made to give up
their treasures Of animal and aquatic
life, soon reached the ears of the
Kaiser himself. When his imperial
majesty learned that the whole cir
Gus had opened its gates and was
ready to give performance within
three hours after it's arrival, he was
so impressed that he ordered up the
imperial train and hurried to Ham
burg to see if it was all true.
The late Mr.. Bailey personally
conducted the Kaiser through and
among the tents, and explained the
system Of transportation, of feeding
men, Of taking care of horses and
: wild beasts, housing animals and
men, Stabling and ShOeing horses and
: generating all the electricity required
! with dynamOs transported on trucks
$50 impressed was the Kaiser with
the various operations that he sOor
afterWard sent many army officers tC
inquire into the features l have men
. toned. AS l speak German f1uently
:, I was often detailed to conduct thess
= squads Of officers in various town
: :, where we showed, and to answe
- questions. They would invariabl
\ follow every detail of the arrival, til
= unloading, building the tents an
q putting up tie seats, cooking tn
o meals, and SO on, and many a tim
a have entertained them at meal
cooked by our circus kitchen.
q From a study of the photograph
"a I have seen of the German fiei
Il kitchens and the loading Of guns an
q wagons on trains, / have no hesita
e ton in saying that those two thing
,e which for efficiency seem to hav
,e made the world marvel, were cOpie
Is from Barnum & Baileys Circus, an
1t SO are Of American origin. For al
. other thing [ am sure the Germa
n. army is largely indebted to the sam
Id source for it's system Of feeding an
is caring for horses, and for generatir
pt the electricity required for it's opers
a. ton with dynamos carried on truck
Id OF course, in that day we did IL
s. have the motor truck.
Ut ITO illustrate: The wagon rang
er which can be kept in use on the roa
to with a capacity Of feeding 1000 pc
sons, two cooks sitting in front, OF
il of them driving, and with two he'll
es ers IN the rear, was an Amerlcs
ic travelling circus device. When Il
r wagon stops the sides are lOwere
d. and form a platform on which Il
lie cooks stand. Dishes for the office
IN of the German army are packed
ST | exactly the same manner as those
ng the Barnum & Bailey Circus were
~ ''The German army now loa
o. trains the same way the circus di
elr Instead of lifting guns and WACO
upon the cars, they are pulled on ru
ners attached to the car, the pow
being furnished by horses moyi
- alongside the train, blocks being p
* under the wheels, as we used to
with the circus wagons to preve
them from rolling back or forth.
Try "And So" concluded Mr.. Bauer,
- Mr. Bowles nodded his head in po
tive affirmation, 'the war in Euro
fl is exploiting some other Americ
en inventions besides aeroplanes and su
60 Marines
he who'd have thought said \
aer BoWles, that the Kaiser could la
on got all that valuable information c
lm of a free ticket to an American c
1u cus?''
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