Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-24
Metropolitan Shows are The
Best on Earth Says Adj
vance Agent
FREE ATTRACTIONS GOOD
Italian Brass Band Will Play
AT Pennyroyal
Fair.

j. B. Davis, the advance man and
press agent of the Metropolitan Shows
that will pitch their tents inside Of the
fair grounds during the Pennyroya
Fair, is in Hopkinsville this week and
spent the morning Tuesday in confer
ence with John w. Richards, secreta-
ry of the fair, and Ben ID. Hill. pub
licity chairman.
In the afternoon S. u. Woodbridge
offered his car and Mr.. Davis went
out to look over the grounds He
says the shows are splendid lot of
clean, entertaining exhibits, with some-
of the best performers in the carTivaIi
circuits on the card.
The headline attraction will be the
Georgia Minstrels, with twenty-four-
blackface artists. The minstrel car
ries its own brass band. II is recog--
niZed as the best "Old Plantation
Shows" in the business by all who,
see it.
"l0in |, +" freak show, showing
marvels and curiosities of nature, also.
a troupe of eighteen performing dogs,
is one of the best shows listed on the
carnival company's program.
"Mysteria, the Human Spider" Is
another of the exhibits.
"a Trip to Mars" This is one OF
the newest things out, and is the very
thing for astronomers and star gazers
to venture in and find the way the
things are on the planet.
''The Queer Folk" is show I'm
which the cigarette iend, who is also
known as the human skeleton, the fat
lady and the three legged man, the.
glass blower and sword swalloweE,
will be welcomed again as old friends.
"The Model City," is miniature,
wonderland, showing Just how things
should run a perfect city.
athletic Show" featuring Matty
Matsuda, the light weight wrestler OF
the world, according to Mr.. Davis,
will give an opportunity for all OF
Hopkinsville nimble-bodied and
strong-armed youngsters to show
whether they haveany white Hope"
stuff in them or not
"The Garden of Allah" is show
giving a picture of life in the Mystic
rious Orient.
Camp 49," shows Wild West life,
in the old days. A show full of cow
boys, Indians and fiery horses
"The Silo Dome," is the place
where Dare Devil Johnny does a
death-defying feat never before at
tempted. The boy in the cage Of
death without fear, rides perpendicz>
ular wall at the rate of seventy-fives
miles an hour. AT least that is whar
press agent Davis says. You can see
for yourself next week.
Then there is Hazel, the mysteri-
Gus. Is she dead or alive? Ask your
doctor. Doctors will be admitted free
and the physicians of Hopkinsyillc
who have aspirations of gaining =
in the world of science will -N'se'
opportunity to solve the Sfpe an
has puzzled the wisest nouie thSt
United State" - usauS III tue
Ir ,~Sl
= tAe free show line tlbste are the
marvellous Leblanc on the flyssr1 sg6-
peze and the Aerial Winnies.
. And OF course there is brass band
Prof. Passafume's Italian musician..
VIII furnish music for the caruivaE
and also for the fair. They will plav
during the afternoon programs of tho.
fair.
A Ferris Wheel, Merry-Go-Roundy
ana Ocean Wave, are also on the Est
OF attractions.
II Mr.. Davis isn't talking thruuqhD
MS new soft straw with green felt IN.
der the brim, the Metropolitan SbU.S
has the best carnival on eartb. e.
times are in store.
Mrs. Claude veazy, of Senitots,. 4.