The sun., 1916-12-28
DRY BANQUET FOR
OUTDOOR SHOWMEN
Fearful Of Wet Grounds Circus
Men Refuse to Have
Strong Drink.
STARS WERE ALL THERE
Baby Elephant Helped to En-
terrain Crowd in the
Aston.
STARS WERE ALL THERE

greatest banes Of the outdoor showmsn
II h wet circus lot Or II may have
been because the Rev. Billy Sunday was
expected At the party. Whatever the
the fact remains that when the
outdoor Showmen Of h 70 World. Owners
and Managers. got together In the ball.
room Of the Hotel Astor last night 500
for their first annual Christmas
indoor show and ball there
wasn't anything In the wet line served
before. during or after the dinner which
opened the festivities.
Not q cocktail during the big noise OF
convocation in the reception rooms be-
fore Ming into the dining hall. Not even
light wines or beers during the dinner
nor a single cordial later. William Jen-
nlngs Bryan. had he been present. would
have been more than proud Of his col
leagues In the outdoor show business.
for quite other professional reasons.
would have gloried in the watts Of bot
tied water that were consumed.
But the outdoor showmen had other
excitements-Les Darcy, the champ bcx
fighter from Australia. and his manager.
r. Ed O'Sullivan. for instance. and Fire
Commissioner Adamson. who gets his
name on the programmes Of all the indoor
room shows In town; Chin-Chin. the
baby elephant. which once graced the
big lobby Of the greatest show hous In
sixth avenue. the H.p-p-d-o-m-e-(the
full name of the Sixth avenue attraction
Is not printed because II 10 somewhat a
rival Of the Barnum 4 Bailey and other
outdoor show folk who dined and danced
last night-the outdoor folk would be
sore)-the baby elephant which once be-
longed to the H-p-p-d-o-m-e. all done
out In red velvet clothes trimmed with
gold, was last night parading the Aston
Hobbies.
All Celebrities There.
And besides Bob Adamson and hin
Chin there was George II. Bell. Com
missioner Of Licenses. a ruler Of power
over the outdoor show folks, just as
Fire Commissioner Adamson Is over the
indoor show shops. And there were
Sam McCracken. general manage OF
the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on
the Whole Darn Entire Earth Frank
p. Spellman, who was POSTMASTER. and
just came into possession OF the Bostock
show and Is about to send a travelling
amusement enterprise about the country
In fast automobile trucks instead Of BY
the steam cars for the first time In the
history OF the world.
Furthermore. the only women on earth
Everything about the circus mems din
ner last night was In the superlative de-
gree) who wi travelling circuses were
among the diners, the same being Mollie
Bailey, whose Mollie Bailey Circus Is
known all over the southland. and
Emma Ferari. owner Of Ferari's wild
Animal Show and widow Of Ferari. the
animal. trainer.
tin Green. the greatest circus man In all
Iowa, who started In the business in the
lanky days OF his youth as salesman of
his momentious Rancocas Health Water.
thee gray-tust life giving potion. muh
friends. known to thee puffession OF
med!cine"-yep. the same Martin Green
who doubled AZ the bearded lady when
not selling Rancocas up and down the
blue seats. but finally lost ambition and
became n great journalist.
And there were Honorary President
William II. Donaldson of the showmen's
new organisation. Albert Kiralfy. James
shows Manager O. C. Jurney OF Luna
Park. Or. Mas Thorek. founder and
head OF the American Theatrical Hos
pital Of Chicago President John b. War
rem Of the ~Showmen's League Of Amer
.ca John Ringing. head of the Ringing
Circus. and delegations OF showmen from
all over this and other nations, including
100 from Chicago. IS from Boston. 5
from san Francisco. 4 from Los Angeles.
3 from Havana. 2 from HALIFAX. Nova
Scotia ; 2 from Mexico and 60 from PITTS
burr. not forecttipr thu Hon ped Onioo
W. Judkins Hewitt who Describes him.
ssI, no On. crea, C,rrtv., Sc,.n,i., I'D
Mir.r ana Eix.r .nd Or,.,no,or ~ e.
nival Convar.a.,on
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~ nun, Hsston,
80. nS, so ~ 'e,'er ran
u VI ~ mos. INDUSTRIOUS
we "avo +. 'he presen. TIME because
you pI1y 10 more peop'e IMAM AL tho
,es. Oh us put eose,ner. tLauehter.J
anu VINO" reaoihe b'iiys reply 10 the
ihvitatioh Ioastnaster Speiiman piled
more iaureis upon the evangelist by de-
scrio'hs MN as inc greatest Snowman
GOD ever created or man ever helped
to MAKE.
"'''' S"""ss Dee''ncs'
Rob Robinson, BIlly's secretary
replied for his chief that the Bos-
ton Tabernacle meetings made Il i'm
possible for Billy to he present. But
Billy. said Secretary Bob's letter. had
''the greatest admiration for the brains
and ahtlify'' TINT u,DvIA Aa s,,r> o.. l.