The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-08
THE BAWL IS over
MEMORIES OF THE FAIR AND
OTHER THINGS OF NO
INTEREST.

The barker with the raucous voice
has ceased his insistant exploitation
of the wonders just beyond the tent
ed walls, the merry-go-round has
ceased its awful rendition of 'The
Old Grey Bonnet" and its hardly
recognizable execution" of The
Silvery Moon" The gay, giddy girls
of 40 have folded their tent, and,
like the Arab and the cane ring man,
have stolen away with your money
and refuseth to listen to reason, and
the water nymphs have lobbed indo-
lently from the tank into the tub for
the last time. With the low rumble
of the wagons as they load them onto
the flat cars in the yards, mid Ian
guage that would rouse the envy of a
Billingsgate f~isherwoman, the last
echo of the Lake county fair dies
away-and we yawn for something
that is exciting enough to keep us
awake at least during the daytime.
The race horse owners have gathered
up his dubious sheckles and betaken
himself to the next joint to amaze
the yokels with a demonstration of
how close four horses can keep to-
gether and come under the wire aft
er going a whole mile in quite a
while.
Secretary A. G.. Schmidt said this
morning that he thought the ven
ture would just about pay for the ex-
penses incurred. The first day of
the three was poor because of the
weather and other conflicting fair
dates. The second day was the rec
ord day of the whole existence of the
association in this county. The third
and last day opened with unprom-
Using fair weather, but fair shooting
weather-and the shooting won.
One of the officials, driving over
from the east in the morning of the
last day of the fair said that every
lake and pond and marsh was sur
rounded, invested, in the language OF
the present WARMTH hunters auto
mobiles, bent more on getting a taste
OF wild duck than on the e~ffervascent
vanities of seeing a county fair. But
at that the promoters are pleased at
the conduct and result of the a%ttrac-
tion.
Outside of the features offered by
the regular amusement
who were obtained by the fair man
agement on a percentage basis of re-
Enumeration, the Maria Racko and
company, the company being her hus-
band, gave eminent satisfaction.
She proved herself the real woman
with the strong and restraining arm.
She seemed not only able to keep her
husband suppressed, but also to ele
xnt0 him NJ nlnnnNNra u..rrlx. a H.
gerous mate for a man with wander
ing and irresponsible proclivities.
Waino Ollila-he's said to be a
Finn, and not a Hawaiian or Jap, as
the name might suggest-proved an
attraction both to the management
and to us ordinary guys. He walked
the slack wire-that's old. He did
other stunts of riding a bicycle and
taking it apart under him, which of
course has been done for our edifi-
cation long, long ago. And he did
the good c%ontortion acts with con
summate skill, a result of long and
grilling training and a natural apti-
tude, founded on a long line of cir
Gus ancestors.
The management was as much dis
appointed in the water nymphs as
was the public. An aggregation of
six was contracted for of a theatrical
exchange booking house, known as
Earle's Diving Nymphs. On the first
day of the fair il was known that an
other outfit had been imposed on this
fair. and they approached the man
ager of the supposed attraction with
a proposition that he would better
2 rtxw - a-l 80.
ton of a few of the spectators from
the races. Manager Du Vries de
INJURED at this, and finally proposed
that the price to be paid him might
be cut so per cent. This offer was
accepted and the amazing spectacle
l of seeing some girls scantily clad fall
d off a board into the water was al
lowed to wreck the nerves of a trust.
ing public. Secretary Schmidt saiC
that the attraction for which he hac
contracted with the booking agency
was really good, and worth the price
of the general admission. But thi.
was not the outfit.
I In passing, too, it may be said thal
I, there "a d~issention among the
goddesses of the water them.
Z selves. The poor nag was
I, wringing his hands and groaninf
about the tank yesterday. This
!, morning he purchased tickets bach
to Chicago for three of the nymphs
but gave the other only the stony
eye. She had cute little winning
ways about her, however, and threat.
ened the badgered man with arrest
and Imprisonment and other dire
consequences. So he bought her a
> ticket home, too, as a result OF her
persuasive effort. That feature, in
: the language of the card gentleman
busted up" But we venture that II
was through no fault OF the manager
; Du Vries-Napoleon himself neve
tried to manage four