The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-12
EVEN SIDE SHOWS
CONE HIGHER NOW
Some New Things, Mostly
in Price Line, With
Ringing Show.

The high cost Of circus was evil
denced in several ways at Clarksburg
yesterday where the Ringing show
appeared.
sldeshow tickets sold for twenty-five
cents each.
Ice cream cones sold on the seats
for ten cents although sold outside for
the five.
Hot weinie sandwiches sold for ten
cents by the circus stands outside and
by the snack stands put up by home
people.
The grand stand tickets for the
show sold for $1.0O and straight ad-
mission was fifty cents. The show got
in late and the grand stand tickets
were put on sale before one o'clock
and the general admission wagon did
rot open until three. Many people got
nervous and purchased reserved seats
who had figured on seeing the show at
lesser cost.
The Ringing Brothers show came
to Clarksburg from Marietta, Ohio.
Three sections came the shorter route
but the fourth section which carried
the sleeping cars came around by New
Martinsville, owing to Charles ring
ling being with the show in his private
car which it was feared was too hlgh
for the twenty tunnels between Park
crshIrp and CIarksburg. The last sec
ton got into Clarksburg first to the
great surprise OF the snow folks. =.
The late arrival Of the show made It
necessary to cut out the street parade
10 the great disappointment OF mon
ster throng but the show played to ca
Dacity in the afternoon even tnougE
The performance did not start until
four O'clock. Every seat seemed TO De
titled, Many OF those present mad 10
leave before the show was over 10
catch their trains which was untortu-
nate. 10, ana
IN every respect. The greatest fea'
tnre this year is May Wlrth, an Aus
tralian girl rider, who somersau4ts on
the LACK of a running horse. she was
with the Wirth circus in Australia anu
made her first appearance IN Inns , coui =
try last spring with the BaFnum q
bailey show in New York.
The Ringing show has naa pao
weather so far this season and yesteF-
Nv % VOC the incest day of the road tour
tboueh rain came last night and MADE
it hard to get off the lot whicn was n;n =
long distance from the loadlns ! Rutns
and rather small for such a Dig sn0 ~ y
n mol it necessary to corral tne
menagerie and stretch canvas sue
waiis from cage to cage instead OF put
ting IN the menagerie tent;
The usual price for s1desnoW OF
concert is ten cents and the p[i Sso ~
not usually raised unless tne sn tIs
strikes q sucker" town. perhaps tie
his his err crowd on the lot before tne pls
s St6 was owe: tempted that move OH
t sno" mart Of the Ringing enterprise yes.
t tae r Charles Ringing is with tne
s sSau tbis spring although none OF tne
Ringlings travel with either II T. u ,,nS Sap
Barnum & Bailey show, which Is unues
the same management regularly. -.
Judging from tho way the snack
stands prospered at Clarksburg yeste y,
day there should be some activity IN N
that GHs line line here in connection with the
coming com Of the Barnum & Bailey Bailey. snow now
'There were two Italian groceries ne "a.
the show lot and four or nVe sn aas,l
stanIs which could not begin to accom- n
mediate SseJ the crowd, The Ladies, .t Aia
so S of Vincent Chapel winch
brought trough some real eats to the grounds
This thing Of selling hot weinie sand,
,,,ch hos At a dime caused some kicking
Init NTH the dealers explained that they
Dsid thirty cents pound and could not
afford pfi to dispose of the sandwiches for
a nickel. Though there was some kick
= IT. IT. .oonIo houpht at the high price.