The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-06-13
COMIC **CIRCUS"
TAKES THE CITY

The Ladies of the Local Red Cross
''Put Over" One of the Most Ludi-
crous Stunts Ever Essayed in the
History of Bottineau.
DICK CALLED 1T "A BEANER." /
Ferocious (?) Animals, Happy Harle-
quins, Saucy Gypsy Maidens and
Imps With Horn and Tail Mixed ID
Medley of Riotous Mirth.
One Of the most highly amusing %
well as entertaining public affairs ev-
er staged in Bottineau was easily the
street carnival and circus, under the
auspices Of the ladies of the local Red
Cross branch, and for the benefit Of
that organization, on Tuesday after
noon of this week. .s
The street parade attracted atten-
tion equal to that of any circus parade
ever held on earth. The funniest d
funny clowns, led by cross between
a Holland Dutchman and the Wild
Man of Borneo John Neville) were
obiquitously nirth-provoking. The
comic minstrel band was simply q
scream beyond description. The
menagerie of Gagged "wild animals :
from the "Terrible Turtle Mountain
Lion" (Mrs. s. Sigurdson's Persian
tabby "Tatters") to the Gagged @Royal
African lion" u. G. Stover's st. Ber-
nard "Pearl") and @Non Hindenberg''
u. A. Thom's prize bulldog) was q
most excellent and highly realistic
impersonation of one Of Hagenback's
wild animal exhibits at it's best. The
band Of beautiful gypsy maidens in
full native costume, with Mrs. G. T.
Gleason as their queen, we're fault
less in their makeup and department
and elected no end Of admiration on
an sides. The multicolored costume
Of the band gave it laughable ap-
pearance and this fact, together with
the excellent music which it furnished
made it one of the chief features OF
the parade as, loaded on a hayrack il
was towed about the streets by one OF
those famous Plowman Tractors with
J. Dhmart acting in the dual capacity
of conductor and engineer. DR.. John
son as chief "spieler" made a reputa-
ton which should assure him the posi-
ton of ballyhoo man with any circus
now on earth should he ever decide tt
change his occupation. Dick Costello
made up as an Irish lord, (and Jas
looked the part to .perfection) yso4
tickets and dispensed blarney with q
gusto Of one to the manner born. Mrs
Thos. Hennessy, in the costume OF 9
daughter of Erin, sang beautiful
Irish ballad in her usual charming
manner, which delighted all within
the sound of her voice. The only ac-
cidents reported was that of the gir.
affe losing his head and the two ele-
plants which were staked out behind
the tent being blown away by the
high wind. Mrs. Chris Wasem pre-
sided over the booth where for a dime
one could have three shots at 'The
Beast of Berlin" who literally '1ost
his head" scores of times during the
evening.
Near the entrance in the main tent
Mesdames johnson and Krogen dis
pensed an excellent quality of lemon
ade to the thirsty sight-seers while in
an adjoining booth Mesdames Gym
and Knox Ferguson ladeled out most
excellent article of ice cream and
theirs was one of the most popular at
fractions. Miss Eva Russell exhib-
tied bevy Of tiny midgets, and Mrs.
Costello was the charming high priest
ess Of the magic mirror where for a
mere pfttence, one might view "The
Most Wonderful Creature on Earth, :
Messrs, Steinmeier, Russell and Knox
Ferguson impersonated the triplets IN
swaddling clothes and with nursing
bottle so true to life that but for the
fact that all Of them persisted in
working their toes the imposture
might not have been detected. The
Misses Mclean and Probst conducted
the traditional fshpond-with the
shoal Of suckers" appearing to be on
the outside, however. Mesdames Col
lins and Hebert revealed the secrets
of the future in the fortune-tellers
booth, and satisfied the curious for a
small fee. Imps, male and female,
with Miss Thelma johnson, command
er-in-chief, were ever omnipresent and
added materially to the gaiety Of the
occasion. Sandy Cranston, the Antler
Harry Lauder" in full Highland cos
tune, sang in his inimitable style sew
eral selections dear to the hearts OF
all who own "The Land o'Cakes" as
the place Of their nativity. r
Taken by and large this was one OF
the most successful as well as enjoy
able affairs Of its kind ever attempt
ed in this city, the credit for which
is due more, perhaps, to the untiring
energy Of Mrs. Andy Johnston than
to any other one individual, although
all those mentioned and many whose
names were not obtainable contrib
ted materially.
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