The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-21
VEAL BROS. MAKE
HIT AT OPENING
ALI Shows in New Spring Attire
After Winter Here
TO RETURN NEXT YEAR
Big Carnival Plans tc Make Fitz-
gerald Winter Home

high class carnival companies in
America. opened the 1921 season in
Fitzgerald Saturday. The twelve
big feature attractions and the four
of the five riding devices that arrived
on time, filling the big field to it's ut
amost capacity and all day Saturday
the big crowds that thronged the mid
way of the city of tents made the place
look like Fitzgerald did in the boom
time of the early colony days.
The Veal Brothers Shows are now
really "Fitzgerald's own Carnival"
and Fitzgerald boosters who have
looked them over expressed pride in
the fact that such an amusement ag-
gregation will go over the United
States as an advertisement for Fitz-
gerald. The shows are unusually
clean in tone and the youthful propri-
.etors are alert to maintain high rep
isation that will continue to bring re-
quests for return engagements in every
town they play. One of the finest
pullman cars. on the road has been
christened Fitzgerald" by the way.
Arrangements have been made to
make Fitzgerald permanent winter
quarters for the shows and they will
return next year. The value of this
new industry" can be better appre-
ciated when it is Known that the rec
ords of the business office show that
an average of 5000 day has been
spent here by the show during the
ninety odd days it hassbeen in winter
quarters. The company will build
1900 feet of side-track next year on
which to park" its private cars.
Cali roads led to the Ball Park
Saturday and from early in the af-
ternoon until along towards midnight
the throngs kept going-a tribute to
the magic drawing power of the Veal
Brothers Shows that opened there for
a seven day engagement.
1hey came from all directions, on
Tot and in autos and the thousands
who passed through the entrance gate
gave themselves over to an evening
, of rare enjoyment.
The circus spirit filled the air and
those on pleasure bent found abund-
ant opportunity to divert themselves
in more ways than there were varie-
ties of pickles turned out by that
man Heinz.
1t was a jolly good natured crowd
that was disposed to make the most
Of the festal occasion.
The midway lined with shows and
concessions was favorite promenade
for the multitude. Refreshment
booths with tempting viands, red
pink, and yellow lemonade, pop corn,
cracker-jack and other CONNECTIONS
ranged side by side with the stands
where by the mere toss of hoop or
ball you have a chance to walk off
with most any old novelty from a
jack knife to kewpie doll or teddy
bear. One paramount feature was
the absence of any gambling device,
no spindle games, horse races, or
other devices to fleece the unwary
and put crimp in the toiler's bank
roll. Oriental dances, burlesque queens
and hideous freaks have no place
with the Veal Brothers Shows and
the rank and file of humanity unani-
mously endorses this policy that is
daily winning for the young and
genial Manager John Veal an endur-
ing reputation.
AS one first goes down, the right
hand side of the midway he comes
to "the boy who stares death in the
face" by riding the straight walls of
silodrome on motorcycle at a
speed of eighty miles an hour, defy
ing all laws of gravitation. Like a
veritable human fly he scars around
the straight walls Of a silodrome
counting death, but miraculously
evading it at every round. An inter-
national star who compels the hearts
of onlookers to stand still by his ap-
parent disregard for life and limb,
doubly discounting afI deeds of dar-
ing that have hitherto thrilled the
mind of man.
Dion's Freak Show has an interest
ing five legged COW with milk bag in
its natural position and an auxiliary
bag" on its back. The COW has had
two calves and gives three quarts OF
milk from the natural bag and two
quarts from the Auxiliary" 1t sup
piled all the milk for two families OF
people during the winter but has gone
dry now. Dynamite" an eight-foot-
ed horse is another interesting per-
former of Dion's show.
In Taylor's Wonder Show is one
of the most interesting men on the
lot, if quiet rumors among the show
y people, are we'll founded He is Sig
y nor Victor Basile, the Vegetable King
who carves beautiful flowers and GIN
cracks from Irish potatoes and other
common vegetables. 1t is said that