The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-20
.J0YLAND READY
TO PUT NICK "
IN YOUR N|CKELS


Jeyland will open its noisy portals
tonight, and all the fun Of the fair will
again be on tap. Joyland certainly
puts the nick in the nickel, but as long
as everyone has a good time, queI i'm
porte (which, being translated, means,
Whose blooming business is it, any
wayfp
The various shows and illusions are
introduced by o strong corps Of bark,
ers, of whose Aociferous and magma.
tive efforts the following are a few
specimens:
r'spidola, the Spider Girl. There 5
not another like her in the wide, wide
World--she is positively the only
specimen in captivity and her history
dates back for ages. And she is ay,
live, ladies and gentlemen, she is ay.
live, Men, women and children may
view her with impunity, and guar
antee that inside the tent you will sec
exaetly,what the artist has depicted on
the illustrated poster, with the excep
ton that she Is ay-live-she is ay.liye.' ,,
The barker for the animal show lets
60 something as follows:
Absolutely the biggest show of its
kind on earth, and contains specimens
worth tens of thousands of dollars
First Of all we win show you the mar
velo1s porcupihe. His head is shaped
like that of pig--tbat's why he is
hundreds Of long, sharp pointed squill,
which, should they enter the flesh, viii
make a bitter wound. The porcupine
uses these squills for self -protection
and nj the sight of him the great gorillF
flies to shelter in the lofty tree tops
and the fierce Nubian lion quails with
fear. His principal food is small birds
whichshc shoots with the sharp.pointed
squillsi discharged from his body, ant
his aim is deadly. ... a...
next we will view that wild, saw
age and ferocious beast, the Tasmaniai
devil, the incarnation of the blood
thirsty and the horrible. This furry
fend has ravaged the great plains OF
Tasmania until other animal life has,
become almost extinct This fearful
beast il was who chased the Kangaroo,
over to Australia and on whose head
the Tasmanian government has placed
bounty of $4,000. w..
/ II duOtnoH OoBt. gOu WIN ott bH'
bald faced giant baboon known as tn,
hon slayer. II seeks the lion in his
den and squeezes the breath out of it,
body. On this account we have had
TO keep the lioness, which hope yor
win all see, in separate tent from the
lion slayer, and ii was only after great
effort that the Matson Steamship Com
pany allowed us to ship both of them tt
Honolulu on the same steamer.
"There are other rare birds, and
beasts too numerous to mention, but
which must be seen to be believed.
There is q white albino coon, white a.
the driven snow; there are some littlo
lemos, caught when kittens in the
frozen wastes of the Arctic Circle; and
last, but in no wise least, there is the
bird Of paradise Yes, ladies and gen
tlemen, the real, genuine bird Of para,
disc, the place where ! hope that all Of
you win 60 when you die. Come in and
zee the gorgeous birds Of paradise, la
dies and gentlemen, and get introduced
to Il ahead of time. Come in, come inl
They feed the animals at the next show,
which is just about to start"
The African dodger, the dancing
girls, the hoop-la, the raeehorse game.
the various wheels and spindles, the
dancing pavilion, the refreshment
booths and the merry-goround, each
and every one had it's spieler, and one
cultured individ ual "spole" in three
different languages. 49,. 49,.
Saturday night the firing the lady =
leg" layout seemed to have a strong
appeal to the crowd. "fThe stocking
lyou ring, the stocking you get, tht
stocking you carry away" yelled the
barker, and when one eagle. eyed but
,captious individual complained that the
stocking he had won wasn't real silk
he was hOwlei down by the angry
crowd. .Es ,m T..
"Two shots for a nickel, nine for q
quarter" exhorted one leather-lungeG
concession owner, and when nathema
tieian butted il, and pointed out thai
The figuring didn't work. he was in
formed by half a hundred prospective
patrons of the stall that he was crazy.
Everything went on Saturday night
even the man who offered to throw in I
real diamond stiekpin with a Gfty-cen
gold ring running out Of jewelry befOr'
ten o clock. III a. s..t.'
| At one stall tiny goldfish we're sold
each in little globe. And before eacl
patron would consent to hand over hi
quarter he need ed to be assured and re
assured that the fish were real gold.
Quite number Of local commission
merchants have for the time laid asid
yalise and sample case TO gather in tn,
easy money which is flowing into tn,
concessions. Even Tom O'Brien, th
Fdebonnair drummer of Kohala, ha
come to town and is to be seen at Joy
land handing three shots for, nickel
lroll, bowl or pitch. 10 sanguine indi
viduals who seek TO lay in stock o
smoking material by the apparent.
simple method of bursting balloons.