New-York tribune., 1921-11-10

+. 2. A.: Immediately at the con-
clusion of Wallace's Grand Free Street
Parade there was always held "on the
Show Grounds q Free Public ex-hce-
beeshon, conseesteen' of Juggleen', bal
anseen', Tight an Slack Wire Walkeen,'
absolutelee without cost or price, an
free to one-in-allI"
Then the canvas banners were
slapped with rattan cane or pointer
(by the way, the 8. s. barker was the
original Coupling Kate) and other per-
formers appeared upon the elevated
platform.
Tho barker went down the line rom
"Millie de Coo, the Circashyan beeyou-
tee anda world famiss snake chahmah,
who handils those deadlee reptiles as
a mothah fondils her babe" through
"Captin Lawrence, the Australian .lue
Man." and "the big-foot boy" "Krao,
the missing link, the tattooed man, all
covered with ink; Professaw Zeeno,
who leaps nnd, dives from dizzy
heighths an sleeps in to-till dahkniss." :"
on to "La Belle Alvah-ree-.ah. the
Spanish dancah dee-cypul of Tepsy-
core, thees-leetil-lady, ETC.. etc.; Cit
til Topsy an heh troupe of Southern
plantation buck-an'-wing dancahs lit
til Topsy would rathah dance then eat
wouldn't you Topsy deed All would
an there is Prince Ching gah,> the Chi
nese dwawf who will write his name
faw you upon hees photograph Ponto,
the wild man capchuhd in the lowlan's
Of Florida by shipwrecked sailaws hees
mothah, shawtlee befaw hees buth
was bitten by an EY-gataw, thus
makeen heem HALF 'umeen an half
alley -GATE-sw." right on through TO
ia Belle Fat-ee-mah. the O-ree-en-ta]
HOO-chee C0O-chee or mussil dancah. !"
Only this past summer a one-ring
circus played one night here in La
Crescenta. The proprietor was barker.
rattle-snake-handler. ringmaster, an
nounces, and Shetland pony trainer.
His little sideshow contained, a. q. t..
birds Of paradise Of many colors-
Of parrot family"
And at street fair in neiphborino
community saw the banner and tent
Of "Mac-a-doolah, the two-headed
giant" The banner showed two sailors
in the background trying to lassoo the
ferocious terror, who clasped a Ions
knife in one hand and spiked club
In the other. But the Special Electri,
flluminations had blown fuse, few
flares were burning, the crowd hac
thinned, the barker was silent-absen,
and tho show was closed.
ROBERT j. WILDHACK.
La crescenta, Calf.
Perhaps Mr.. Irving Berlin will be
glad to hear that those two wheezes
from Life which he uses in tho Music
Box Revue Gas long as they keep or
opening five and ten-cent stores there,l
always be some one to paint the towr
red" and Telephone operators should
work eight hours and sleep eight hour,
but not the same eight hours") wer,
both written by the same man. SO tha,
he'll only have to make out one check
The authors name is Neal r. O'Hara
and he can be reached co The Bosto,
Post, Boston.
"Last night" The Tribune's Ho
Springs, Va. correspondent wires
there were several successful din
ners." The pseudo-society matte
battles us. What is a successful din
ner? And, more important, what 1
an unsuccessful dinner?
i Yesterdays Conferences on the L,mita
tion OF Tower Contributions resulted i
our decision to place no boundaries .,
the number of offerings We may re
Ject. The size of our zinc waste baske
has nothing to do with it. When tha
issfull. there is always the door.
We should like to be 4 delerate 1
Conference for the Lixitation Of th
Production Of Artichekes. Parsnips. IN
/ Carrots, = !