Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-06

The Williams STANDARD Show viii,
the local Knights Of Pythias hsv.
vided for this week only az tbs ~,
ing park is on the grounds. and
pears to be very clean aggregate.
attractions, and it is no exagrs,...
to say that as midway Il is a ,-....
complete affair. All the old attrac,;o,,
from the Oriental dancers, So,.
through the list to TEDDY. the sr,r
est Horse in the World" who vs;as,
just 50 pounds and likes popcor, >,
though his mother was a 400.
lady horse. One of the star attracts,
is the diving girls, five Of them ~.
of whom. Miss Aggleston. a1.v.o.
cid English girl, very slight and finn,
in appearance, dives from 1;.ta..
ladder into a tank OF water which !,
barely four and a half feet deem -,
less than l. feet long. Her perfor-
ance is done in the afternoon A.,
evening. The other young ladies' o.,
also expert swimmers and divers
A fine shooting gallery is ano,b..
strong attraction, and is owned a,;
operated by L. kasten. who kror,
rifles pretty thoroughly, and who ro,,
Saturday will hold match to decd.
the individual rifle championship g.
Augusta.
Madame Giroud presents severn
strong attractions, among which a,
Prof. DeNers, who defies handouts ar,
prison cells, in new and original tryr;
escapes. handcuf feats and ven,r!b.
puistic performances, with Sleigh,.o.
hand stunts on the side Madame Gr
oud was an invalid for several year,
but was cured through physical cu.
, ture. and is now accounted one Of Il.
strongest of strong ladies' hreakr.
chains and lifting weights in a ruy
remarkable manner.
Ensign Leach, lat" Of the Unitl
States navy, is also there. He pass!
three years of his life in the East N,
dian Islands, and will give exhibitions
on the so-called torture hoard" al
table studded with sharp nails up'
which he walks. jumps, and rolls, Cai
in as little as the law will allow Il.
also does remarkable feats with fr
and is an expert tattoo artist. putin!
on or taking off tattooed designs with
neatness and despatch. Do not mis-
seeing Robert Roy. the Albino ma,
with pink eyes, White hair and skin /
weird contortionist if ever there va
che. The big and noisy mery.s
round is on the Job, the popcorn an!
peanut stands fill every vacant spar
wheels of fortune and ring toss cams
give the midway its usual app'aTanf
Monkeys and alligltorS add 10 til
class of the show, and when the ba.
leather lurged chorus it is certainly
hard TO decide where to head fer. The
little tented village presents YER
festive and patriotic appearance, all
the tents being striped in the prevail
ing fashion, the colCrs being moSl
red and white in various width q
stripes. and, taken as a whole. il Il
about a clean a littiH show as the c'f
has ever contained There is iH
usual opportunity 70" touncing base.
hall off the cranial structure Of tn
agile and elusive African person !
chance to test your strength WITH
maui in driving the little marker Up
the long guide post. opportunity 10
accepting a red-headed baby doll or
i heodore bear (which. by the way al
likely to be popular Cnce more), but %
far as one can tell by purely casaa
inspection. nothing IL the way O
trickery or fraud is TO be seen on tn
grounds. The knights Of Pythias ar
to be congratulated on the quality I"
the entertainment which they have &C.
cured for the weeks carnival.