The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-24


 X state from nonpaying view and,
 repairing. to the hay loft, de clared the exhibition open to the pub lie. Oral proclamation was made by Sam. and then the loitering multitude was enticed by the seductive strains of band, the two partners performing upon combs and paper, Herman and Verman upon tin pans with sticks.
 The effect was immediate Visitors appeared upon the stairway and sought admission. Herman and Verman took position among the exhibits, near the wall; Sam stood at the entrance off, LTciating as barker and ticket seller. while Penrod, with debonair suavity, acted as curator. master of ceremonies and lecturer. He greeted the first to enter with a courtly bow. They con sisted of Miss Rennsdale and her nurs- cry governess, and they paid spot cash for their admission.
 walk in, lay-deeze; walk right in. Pray do not ohstruck the passageway,.' said Penrod in q remarkable voice. Pray be seated. There is room for each and all. :"
 Miss Rennsdale and governess were followed by MT. Georgie Basset and baby sister (which proves the perfec- ton Of Georgfess character1 and six or seven other neighborhood children, a most satisfactory audience, although, subsequent to Miss Rennsdale and gov-j erness, admission was wholly by pin.
 HGen-tiI- nun and lay-deeze," shouted Penrpd, q will first call your attain shon to our genuine South American dog, part alligator!'' He pointed to the dachshund, and added, in his ordinary tone, That's him" Straightway re- AL7-- 1n5f. he beloved Next, you see Duke, the genuine, full blooded Indian dog from sthe far western plains and Rocky mountains. Next, the trained Michi- gan rats, captured way up there and trained to jump and run all around the box at the-at the-at the slightest pre-text!'' de paused, partly to take breath and partly to enjoy his own sur prised discovery that this phrase was in his voca bu1ary.
 At the slightest pre- -textr' he repeat ed. and continued, suiting the action to the word: 1T will now hammer upon the box, and each and all may see these genuine full blooded Michigan rats perform at the slightest pre-text! There! There's all they q now, but and Sam are goin, to train 'em lots more before this afternoon.) Genstti- nun and lay-d deeze, will kindly now call your at-tain-shon to Sherman, the wild animal from Africa, costing the lives of the wild trapper and many of his companions. Next let me kindly interodoos Herman and Verman. Their father got mad and stuck his pitchfork right inside of another man, exactly as promised upon the advertisements out side the big tent, and got put in jail. Look at them we'll gen -til-mun and lay-deeze. There is no extra charge, and re-mem- bur you are each and all now looking at two wild tattooed men which the ia ther of is in jail. Point, Herman. Each and all will have. chance to see. Point to sumpthing else, Herman. This Is the only genuine one fingered tattooed wild man.a Last on the program, gen-tfImun and lay deeze, we have Verman, the Savage tattooed wild boy, that can't speak only his native foreign languages. Talk some, Yerman.,'
 Verman obliged and made an instan- taneous hit. He was encored raptur- ousIy again and again, and, thrilling with the unique pleasure of being ap- preciated and misunderstood at the same time, would have talked all day but too gladly. Sam Williams, how ever, with true ahowman's foresight, whispered to Penrod, ,.who rang down on the monologue.
 "Gen-til-mun and lay-deeze, this closes our punormance. Pray pass out quietly and with as little jostIing as possible. As soon as you are all out there's goin to be new pufformance. and each and all are welcome at the same and simple price Of admission. Pray pass out quietly and with as lit tie Jostling as possible. Re-mem-bur the price Is only 1 cent, the tenth part of dime, or twenty pins, no bent ones taken. Pray pass out quietly and with as little Jostling as possible. The Scho- field & Williams military band will play before each pufformance, and each and all are welcome for the same and simple price of admission. Pray pass out quietly and with as little jost1ing as possible.''
 Forthwith the SchofieId & Williams military, band began a second overture, in which something vaguely like a tune was at times distinguishabIe, and all of the first audience returned, most of them having occupied the interval in hasty excursions for more pins. Miss Rennsdale and goyerness, howeys-. again paying coin of the republic and receiving difference and the best seats accordingly. And when a third per formance found all of the same invet- crate patrons once more crowdtng the auditorium and seven recruits added the pleaSurable excitement Of the part ners in their venture will be under stood by any one who has seen met ropolitan manager strolhng about the foyer of his theater some evening dur Ing the earlier stages of an assured 'tphenomenal run"
 (To Be Continued.)
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