The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
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Program for the Democratic Convention

, Program for the Democratic Convention Place: Madison Square Garden. Date June A, 1924. (The Democratic party of the United States presents the most stupen. dous, dazzling, colossal and spectacular in. door entertainment of all times Ten rings And hat in every one of them {! Gymnastics Aerialists! Animal trainers Rough riders Intrepid party bosses of the States in feats of skill and daring!
 GRAND OPENING
 Gorgeous procession and pageant of pie turesque people!
 Fifty (50) ferocious candidates with na- tive chieftains.
 Fifteen hundred (1,50o) wild men Cor con vention delegates) with native, habiliments and bands, indulging in quaint tribal GUS toms. sh-..
 Floats! Floats Floats! rs- Parade of curious people
 Dark horses, Angora goats. Anti-saloon League camels, Prof. Al Smiths troupe of performing fish, blood sweating behemoths from the jungles of darkest Democracia, etc.
 ACT
 Peerless Pat Harrison. in the center ring, in his death-defying, hair-raising exploit, sliding down a 200-foot keynote on his kead!"
 ACT II . ISlDS NO. OOWDOy Dll IuCA0OO, WlZdru of the lariat, lassoing 294 delegates at one time. (If lucky.)
 Ring No. 2: Senor Alfredo Smith and troupe of performing Tammany Tigers, car niverous, man-eating beasts of the Four teenth street jungle subjugated to the will of this remarkable man who has lived among them all his life. Senor Al will place his head in the Tigers mouth, removing it at will. (note: Senor Al will also place MT. McAdoos head in the Tigers mouth if pos sible, not removing it by any chance what soever.) Ring Mo- 8: Oscar W Underwood, the Alabama bearcat, and troupe of educated bcll weevils. aF In all ten rings at one and the same time :: The one and only William Jennings Bryan, indefatigable and intrepid phrase snatcher and his herd of performing presidential bees !
 ACT "
 Ring No. 6: Franklin D. Roosevelt, posi- lively the one and only Democratic Roose- welt in captivity.
 Ring No. z: W. Gibbs McAdoo, Califor- mia strong man. Lifting the 2,000-pound re- tainer with one arm and dragging touring car loaded with oil committee investigators around the ring with his teeth.
 Ring No. &: The twelve James M. Cox Australian woodchoppers This troupe in cludes Mir. Cox himself and the eleven men who voted for him four years ago. Mir. Cox would rather chop wood than be president. His wishes probably will be respected.
 ACT V |. Ring No. g: Thomas Taggart of Indiana, 'SThe Man on the Flying Trapeze." Mir. Taggart will fly from trapeze to trapeze, dropping as little influence as possible. Ring No. 10: Bryan Brothers, William and Charles, in their unparalleled feat of .equestrianism, Riding Four Finan Haddie Abreast" Ring No 8: Russian dances by Burton K. Wheeler of Montana.
 Ring No. 4 /: Professor Thomas J. Walsh of Montana and his caravan of long-distance subpoena hurlers. They defy the eye and dazzle the imagination.
 Ring No. 5: The de luxe tight wire trio 1: Samuel Ralston, Garter Glass and David Houston, thrilling the awed multitudes by walking an almost invisible strand of wire high above the arena hoping it will snap and drop them down onto the convention floor where more important business is going on
 ACT VI
 Ring 6: The royal Copeland spectacular and impressive art tableaux, living models personifying the following
 l. Ajax defying diabetes.
 2 Damon and Pythias writing the news papers TOT SomeInlnS Co cure Sclaucd. 8: The three Graces, Phil, Capsule and Porous Plaster.
 4: Afrodite reading ''The How to Keep Well columns"
 ACT VII ,.. In all rings Delegation leaders and troupes of almost human dark horses. Watch the horses perform without command and find their proper places in line without orders.
 ACT VIII Ring 2, 5, z and g.: Iron jaw acts by state bosses.
 Rings 1, 8, 4 and 6: Astounding exhibi- tion of sword and order swallowing by in- structed and uninstructed delegates.
 ACT K
 Athletic carnival. Throwing the nomina- tion. Casting the delegation. Swinging the party strength.
 GRAND FINALE.