Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-27
MAKING RECORD
AT THE CARNIVAL
More Than Ten Thousand
People See Fire Run and
Enter Gates.
THIS TO BE THE LAST DAY

4 crowd OF more than 10000 people
were led to the carnival gates las:
night by the illuminated run OF the
fire apartment The spectacle exceeded
in fiery brilliancy everything that has
prviously been attempted OF spec
tacular character by the department.
Rd fire blazed from every foot OF
every piece Of apparatus. The wheels
seemed rolling balls of fame carrying
volcanoes hurting out volumes OF
molten matter of every conceivable
color. Bales of roman candles and all
OF the flower pots, fountains and aerial
bombs that had been designed 70"
nightly displays on the carnival
grounds had been furnished the FIRE
men for use on the apparatus, and
they prepaid suitable frames and dc
vices for holding and operating scores
OF them at once. The men appeared
to be standing in the very CratcrS OF
volcanoes, and some OF them really
suffered from the heat and dense
masses of vapors liberated by the
prodigal display.
When the crowds that closed in be
hind the fiery pageant and followed il
to the gates entered the grounds there
was Just standing room. But it was a
carnival crowd, happy and good ma
tured and nc one objected to the
crush.
Welcome to Children.
Yesterday afternoon the children OF
the Christian Home orphanage and
the Crech were the guests OF the man
agement and enjoyed all OF the sights
The highest compliments were paid
by the management and the crowds TO
the Christian home children. They
were simply smothered with iavors
They were showered with ice cream
cones and pop, permitted to ride the
merry-go-round until they wcarled
and taken through every show except
the dancing girls pavilion. The
| youngsters had the time OF their
lives and were unable to tell just how
happy they were. The Creche chill
dren were shown the same favors and
created the same favorable impress
| sion
As usual the Frontier bar was the
main attraction last night and the
building where the wild west is being
realistically portrayed was about four
times too small to accommodate the
crowd that pressed to enter. County
Attorney c. E. Swanson and former
| At1or,,,o,, Wy A Ctora added r,
the list of bartenders to dispense the
near beer, and Park Commissioner
Bob Huntington helped wait on the
tables. Their thin DISCUSSES as cow
boys and the wild west whoops they
occasionally emitted did not prevent
their identity being disclosed and they
were encouraged with the hearty APP
plause OF the high class patrons of the
place.
Tonight the Porcupine club will en-
deavor to claim thirty-fve chairs at
the tables that were attempted to be
reserved last night. The Rhino club
will dispute possession. The chairs
were reservd last night, but the so
ciety crowd OF well dressed women
and their escorts got there first and
would not relinquish them. The Rhino
club is so strong that it has never
been permitted to hold its occasional
meetings nearer civilization than
points in Sarpy county on the south
side OF Manawa, but the members will
all be at the wind up of the wild west
drama tonight. Maybe there will be
something doing.
Will Wind Up Tonight.
The carnival will end tonight at
midnight, and if the weather con-
tinues as decent as it has been all
week new carnival records will be set
that will be difficult to displace. The
record has been unique in many re
spects. There has not been an arrest
or an ejectment from the grounds
since the opening. There have been
no roughnccks and not an intoxicated
man has been in the crowds OF tens
of thousands.