Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-31
TELLS Of VISIT Of
RINGLING SHOW
At EVANSVILLE
(Ry D. w. Watt in GAINESVILLE Gazettel

come and gone. The RinglingS ar@
certainly entitled to all that the name
implies. The general roster and make.
I up of the show this year. are muck
the same as in previous years, and
are as follows:
Ringing brothers, proprietors and
managers; Fred Worrell, general su.
perintendent; Charles Thompson, ad-
i iuster; Tom Buckley, ticket agent and
treasurer; Ollie Webb, manager OF
the cook tent. BY the way, Mr. Webb
is the nephew of the late James A.
Webb of this city, and has had charge
Of the commissary with the Ringlingz
for nineteen years. John Agee, eques-
trian director; Lou Graham, manager
of the side shows, and announcer in
the big show; Sid Ruben, superin-
tendent of concessions. Mr.. Rubien's
wife is the daughter of the late Spen.
ceT Alexander, better known to James,
vile people as ''Delavan." Mrs. Ru.
bien was here spending the day with
her husband and visiting relatives
Charles Rooney, boss hostler Ben
Parrell, front door man
The newspaper staff is made up OF
four of the highest class men in the
business. They are Ed. P. Norwood,
w. H. Williams, J. F. Donaldson and
Lester N. Thompson. Mr.. Thompson
was the only newspaper representa-
tive here with the show and spent
much Of his time in looking after the
comfort of newspaper men and their
friends. With as high class a staff as
these gentlemen looking after the In.
terest of the Ringing brothers and
the welfare of the public, it is not to
be wondered that the Ringlings spend
much OF their tiale away from the
grea. show.
The show opened with the beauti-
full spectacle of Cinderella" put ON
as only the Ringiings can, and il ia
| no. wonder that the public were
amazed and showed their loyalty to
the Ringing show by giving them as
good if not better patronage than
they ever received in GAINESVILLE be-
fore. Without question, the show from
start to finish was the highest class
that GAINESVILLE people have ever seen.
Among a few of the old timers that
the writer has known for years was
Al Miacoo. the Oldest and possibly the
best pantomine clown in the business,
and you'd never suspect to see him in
his work, that he would be seventy
four years old his next birthday Also
julius Turnour, another clown, who
came from England in 1880, and his
first engagement in this country was
with the Burr Robbins show Mr..
Turnour remained with the Burr Rob.
bins show for four years and few
years later joined the Ringlings, and
at the close of this season Mr.. Turn
our will have been with the Ringing
show for twenty-seven years.
Last Wednesday was certainly one
of the brightest days of my life, for
all day long old friends that I have
travelled with years ago, and new ones
that / have made since, were waving
their hands and "Helloing Dave
Each greeting seemed to carry a rose
with it, for it came from the heart Of
warm friends that I made when in the
business.
| took supper in the cook tent with
my old friend, Charles Thompson, and
a little later we found shady place
near the front door of the show, where
we rehearsed the old days back into
the 70's and turned around and came
over the road again
Charlie Thompson has been in the
business continuously for thirtyfve
years and can tell many interesting
stories of happenings in his early ca
reer in the business
1t was near the midnight hour when
| bade them goodbye and they all
said: "Dave, meet us at the Coliseum
at the opening Of the show next spring
and the best will be none too good
for YOU"
Although the big family that once
travelled with has been thinned out,
my one wish is that they enjoyed the
days visit with me in GAINESVILLE as
much as did.
The Ringlinp hrothers thic vaap
made decided change in the outside
shows. Heretofore they had three or
four different side shows, but last win
ter conceived the idea of consolidat-
ing all these shows and putting them
under one canvas, which was the larg-
est ever erected for side show pur
poses. and Lou Graham, superintend-