The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-23

WIN apnut " ~ furi 4H0
said. II don't want 10 be =
clown ! want 20 wear spsngiss
and . ssIk dress and rid~ =
horse or . camcI-
~isus.- SAID tho Ringing
Bros. .Bsrnum bailey man who
had come into our office. that's
old stuff--that pony camel rid.
Ing. Thought you wanted 10
sec the show from . different
angie. Now. from beneath the
k&isominc Of . clown"
on. deari what To Dol
Nothing To DO but tell the Ring.
ling .Harnum Bailey man that
desired 20 10 n eiowni
VERY weii.- said ne. in Miss
i.ei'rel's tent this afternoon our
clown HartzeiI shall apply the
paint
So At iis yesterday afternoon
the party began. The Ringing
Bros .Rsrpum Baiiey mar led ma
bchint scenes os tho circus 20 the
little Arabian ten, Of LILLIAN Leisxsl.
star aerial Is mnasf. who sarna siey
giant half flsngos" in midalr with.
out ceasings
Miss Leiixei was seated IN front Of
her tent. sewing on n piece OF yellow
chiffon.
Pretty. isn't ~" said I. nitf,ng
down beside her; what's n Sorrs
oh" Miss Ieltxci explained. ats
ono Of my rufflo skirts for the act.
make ali my own costumes. you
know. Yes. 'tis pretty --tui. oh.
don't you want TO SEQ what 60.
Ing 20 wearr'
And II was besntifuli A pantar
loon thing. made OF white ma
terid with big rcd spots and
three ysrsis of ruffle around tho
neck With . rid hat like . coz.
nucopis to 20 with u. I climbed
Into Il.
Something else presented Itself
NJ tho tent. II was George
Hartxcll. who for 10 years has
bern clown. lie was rrady for
the first act. and wore upon his
snow-whlte head n gold crown.
and about his shoulders n ruby
velvet robe. lie isn't exactly
eiowuish In the first act.
But he made clown Of me.
FIRST came tho application Of n
sticky Wilderness all over my face.
l didn't like n. looked into tho
looking glass on Miss Leitzers dress.
ing table. and said. What Ia that
stuffY"
Zinc OXIDE" tho king explained.
IT always comes first In tho clown
makeup"
Doesn't taste good" said I. pro-
fruding the tongue and licking off a
nice COB TO the left Of tho iip.
ut isn't generally eaten" the king
explained further. ''it's supposed to
stay on tho outside" whereupon he
Tapped on some morn. which l didn't
cat.
Then came tho powder. and tho
red. and finaiiy--the eyebrows. How
did like those eyebrows. reaching
clear from tina real eyebrow. point.
cdiy 20 the skull
Under the cornucopia hst--and i
supposed was Enthusiastically now
TO sit before Miss Leitxel's tent and
observe tho circus people from be.
meath their own paint.
A bugIe blew.
"Cmon." spoke George Hart
rclI, lets get IN liner
"Oh,' said !. I'm NOT GOING
TO Bic IN IT."
"Oh." said he, but YOU
ARE! We can't have any clowns
sitting around and not working.
C'mon, we got n place for YOU
In the third row Of the clown
lineup IN the spec"
Oh dear! Oh dear! What "a
do. again.
Nothing TO do but 70 along.
The music tuned up. Tho eie.
plants began 10 walk, the spangled
ladies' on horses. on camels. on hin.
pos, entered tho big tent, and 40 OF
us clowns followed behind.
The Ringing Bros .Barnum Bailey
man told me afterwsrd that tho tent
was Just about six blocks around.
But he made some mistake. We
went Mt least 30 times six blocks.
And To show was packed with lot