The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13

circus represented the of all earthly bliss he said, his eyes twinkled. "Even if 43 guess I'm still kid in respects. believe that when folks work hard they entitled to good time occasionally. I wanted to make this family party~ for people-something to which they could take their wives and their youngsters and give everybody a treat''
 MT. Willys has earned his good times, too His a modest start in a bicycle industry in Canandagua, N. Y. By dnt of persistent effort he financed the struggling little business successfully that he able to purchase controlling stock in pany at Elmira, Y. With the advent of the tomobile he organized sales company with head quarters in Indianapolis. In 1910 he to Toledo to head the present which has prospered by leaps and bounds.
 Each employe given three admission tickets and six street tickets especially printed for the circus. These tickets good any city line be- tween noon and midnight
 The 'barkers" got vacation. What was the use of bowling oneself hoarse in order to attract crowd that in a universal pass7 John N. Willys had to it that all the side shows free the big show in the main tent and nobody's money but his worth anything.
 Instead of the usual mysterious tented aggregation containing weird looking snakes and freaks giants pygmies and three-toed soths, these ''natures vels'' gracefully grouped together in tent. One passed from this tent to the menagerie where signs cautioned the populace not to feed the giraffe
 Upon arriving at the entrance, the program seller proffered his wares, but delcately omitted the fdimeten cents'' One heard the cry, This way to the big tent!'' but it traffic direction and not bid for trade. The red wagon, where tickets ordinarily dispensed, reposed down the railroad siding with the special For the first time in circus history it wasn t needed.
 "No fun watchin' this crowd" confded the ticket taker his assistant, "they all know they kin go in anyhow!''
 This isn t the first big entertainment which John N. Wilys has planned for his employees whose entire number is equa! to fair sized city.
 As far back 1910, when there only small percentage of the present pay rol the glad tdings went through the factory one day that everybody could have half holiday to the ball game. For several seasons thereafter the opening day of To- ledo's baseball season was ushered in by MT. Willya and his wholesale party of fans. In 1914 there no league baseball in Toledo But that didn't bother the automobile Santa Claus.
 "WeU stage ball game all our own,' hc decid- ed. So the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Ath- ietics the latter then the worlds champions, brought to Toledo for exhibition battle The next year the New York Giants and the Detroit Tigers journeyed to the city on the Maumee, so the Over land employees had a chance to Christy Mathew son, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Frank Baker Roger Bresnahan, native of the city and now owner of the Toledo team; Chief Bender, Eddie Plank and all the other stars in action.
 This year the problem became too great for even a big league game, Swayne field cannot longer ac- commodate this great automobile family. Nothing less than 'the biggest show earth" suitable.