The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-21


entered whole heartedly into the prep
arations for the new show. Assuming,
with Sans assistance, a blue mustache
and "sideburns," he helped in the
painting Of a new poster, which, sup
planting the old one on the wall Of the
stable facing the cross street. screamed
bloody murder at the passers in that
rather populous thoroughfare:
sCHoFiELD 4 WILLIAMS
NEW BIG SHOW
RoDERiCK MAGsWoRTH BITS JR
ONLY LIVING NEPHEW
RENA MAGSWORTH
THE FAMOS
MUDERESS GOING To BE HUNG
NEXT JULY killed EIGHT PEG.
PIE
PUT ARstNECK in THEIR MILK
ALSO
SHERMAN HERMAN AND VERMAN
THE MICHIGAN RATS DOG PART
ALLIGATOR DUKE THE GENUINE
Indian DOG ADMISSION / CENT OR
20 PINS SAME AS BEFORE Do Not
MISS THIS CHANSE TO SEE ROD
ERiCK *
ONLY LIVING NEPHEW OF RENA
MAGsWORTH THE GREAT FAMOs
= ;;:'.. - " MUDERESss z:-'@,
GOING To BE.
HUNG
Megaphones were constructed out OF
heavy wrapping paper, and Penrod,
Sam and Herman set out in different
directions. delivering vocally the in
fammatory proclamation Of the poster
to a large section Of the residential
Quarter and leaving Roderick Mays
worth Bits, Jr.. with Verman in the
loft, shielded from all deadhead eyes.
Schot1eld & Williams military band
played deafeningly, and an awakened
public once more thronged to fill the
Golfers Of the Arm.
Prosperity smiled again. The very
first audience after the acquisition Of
Roderick uas larger than the largest
Of the morning. Master Bits, the only
exhibit placed upon box, was a super
curio. ALI eyes fastened upon him and
remained, hungrily feasting, through
out Periods luminous grafton.
But the glory of one light must ever
be the dimming Of another. We dwell
In vale Of seesaw vs., and cobwebs spin
fastest upon laurel. Verman, the tat
tooed wild boy, speaking only in his
native foreign languages, Verman the
guy, Verman the caperer,. capered NO
more, he chuckled no more, he beck
oned no more nor tapped his chest nor
wreathed his idolatrous face in smiles.
Gone, all gone, were his little artiflces
for attracting the general attention to
himself, Gone was every engaging
mannertsm which had endeared him to
the mercurial public. He squatted
against tho wall and glowered at the
new sensation. 1t was the old story
the old, old story-0f too much temper
ament. ,Verman was suffering from
artistic Jealousy '.-@
The second audience contained cash
paying adult, a specialized young man
whose poignant attention was very
hattering. He remained after the lee
ture and put a few questions to Rod
dy, which were answered rather con-
fusedly upon promptings from Penrod.
The young man went away without
havingsstated the object Of his interro-
cations, but it became quite plain later
in the day. This same object caused
the specialized young man to make
several brief but stimulating calls d.
rectly after leaving the Schofeld &
Williams Big Show. and the, conse-
quences thereof loitered not by the
Wayside.- ", u :+,& -: -. "a -.. =
The Big Show was at high tide. Not
only was the auditorium filled and
throbbing; there was IN immense line,
BY no means wholly Juvenile, waiting
tor admission to the next puformance.
a group. stood ii the street examining
the poster earnestly as it glowed III
the long. slanting rays of the west
ward sun. and people In automobiles
and other vehicles had halted wheel III
I the street to. read the message 50
piqnantly given to- the world. These
were the conditions when ! crested
Victoria arri we'd ], III e gallop, and Z
large, chasteiy ma Uni cent and shishly
hushed wonnan sIct,4nde ana DO:
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