The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-04-22
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PARADE IN AFTERNOON GREAT
FORERUNNER FOR BIG SHOW
IN EVENING

j One Of the most highly amusing as
we'll as entertaining public affairs
staged in Bottineau for sometime was
the Penny Carnival, given by the High
School students and teachers Friday
evening, for the benefit of the High
School library.
The street parade which took place
about $3.50 in the afternoon attracted
much attention and consisted of two
bands, *tThe Bottineau Military" and
a colored band. There were Japanese
maidens, clowns and all that goes to
make up real circus parade.
A general admission of nine cents
was charged at the high school en-
trance and those who had not provid-
ed themselves with supply of pen
nies were considerably "short-
changed at the ticket office. A show
er Of confetti greeted nearly every
newcomer at the entrance and about
the very next thing to happen was to
have a uniformed policeman grab you
by the arm and march you down into
the gymnasium where Judge A. G..
Brown held forth and dealt justice (O
to each and every arrest. The gray
haired Judge was versed in law far
beyond even the imagination of the
poor individual and when sentence
was pronounced and the fine paid you
were allowed to 60 and "see the
sights" ,:
Also in the gymnasium was found
the League Of Notions" where for a
mere pittance one could purchase any
thing from a pin head to a cartwheel.
"Hot Dogs" Ice Cream, Red Lemon
ade and candy could also be purchased
at different booths. "Fatima, the
Egyptian Dancer" none other than
Tom Carlson, ratified his old bones and
shook his wooden leg, as one Of the
side shows. "The Fortune Teller"
Miss Margaret Wilson was also found
in the gym and for the small sum of
three cents would reveal the future
and satisfy the curious.
In the assembly room on the second
floor of the building the great 5 act
circus, the main event Of the evening,
was in almost continuous performance
to crowds such as the president or
some great statesman would expect
to see upon arriving at some import
ant city. Albert Woodward as ring
master performed in manner which
was most becoming in every sense OF
the word and all actors appearing un-
der him were trained to note every
move their superior should make.
Kewpie, the performing dog, would
do anything in the trick line when
commanded by her mistress, Miss
Devern Hendrikson.
Another big act was the BALLET
Girls, namely, Marion Gleason, Helen
Mcintosh, Helen Scott, Mary Holisky
and Velma Riley who danced and
sang. These young ladies could
"vamp" the most "hard boiled men
in Bottineau including Co. Agent
Aamodt and Jno. Neville. :
Next was Clip, the Tight Rope
Walker" Selma Vinje, and that a
great deal of training had been nee
essary goes without question as Miss
Vinje easily walked up and down
a two by four plank. Another act in
the big circus was a boxing bout be-
tween "Death Defyiny Grant kalb-
fleisch and 'tRain-in-the Face" Frank
Hunter. This was three-round go
and ended in draw although the
"Newspaper, Decision" gave "Rain-in-
the-Face the first round and a half.
The next act in the big tent was the
ssSnake Dancer" Thelma Johnson, and
if you were not possessed with
wierd, creeping feeling during this
dance it was because your eyes were
not on the dancer. Without doubt
Miss Johnson's proved to be one OF
the best acts of the evening. Of course
big five-act circus would not be COM
plete without clown or two and here
we have "the long and the short OF
it." Gretchen johnson and Nellie Berg
holtz and these two clowns kept the
crowd amused during the whole per-
formance.
One Of the big hits was Prof. J,
Percival Know-it-All, Merle Mac
Balm, a hypnotist Of renowned pow
ers and his Z Performing Preachers.
While under hypnotic influence these
preachers delivered simply remark
able sermons and the music rendered
by them was great. This act was con-
sidered among the best The seven