The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-24
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS
N load, MIA

OL CUWIHeECG IT. hUy Clvy An uAG land votes to hold Q public carni- val and celebration, George A. Hamid presses the desk buzzer In his ornate Broadway ofiices and sends out for c dozen Queens of the Air, c gross of somersaulting, hair raising Arabs, fair order of male and female tumblers, and other freak entertainers who are suitable to the occasion, and then submits on estimate to the city fathers.
 King of the carnival bookerS, MT. Hamid, Q swarthy, dark-skin- ned Syrian who came to this country as leader of the Abou Hamid Tumbling Arabs, last year provided the circus talent for 300 fairs, 200 city celebrations and 35 amusement parks or enough to have kept the Chicago Century of Progress running for two years with \ bi-wcckly change of pro- gram. As 6 matter of fact most of the novelties in tho Century of Progress were Hamid attrac- tions and he Is well represented in the Texas Centennial this year.
 This Is his busiest time, what with summer, the political con- ventions, the plans for New York'S World Fair and the height of the outdoor season. For the republicans, he supplied an elephant act that slipped public attention and, when last seen, he was outlining Q big donkey spectacle for the democrats.
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 Reckless Rhetoric
 Of the 1000 attractions under his wing, his aces in the hole for 1036, according to him, are the Raccsons who shoot Q human car- fridge out of an exploding rocket $50 feet Into the air and then land him by parachute.
 The kaccsons, he says, are the logical successors to Victor zac- chini for whom he once composed this modest billing: "Braving death in its most horrible form, Zacchini fearlessly allows himself to be belched forth with c deafening roar and Q binding flash from the mouth of Big Bertha and cata- quilted through space in & meteor like flight, leaving the spectators breathless at the Enormity of his Recklessness."
 He shudders to think of what he will have to say about the Raccsons' explosion.
 ofThand, he finds 1t physically impossible to recall more than Q hundred of the acts he has for sale. Every year he Issues q sort of mail- order catalogue for the trade, fully describing his retail commodities in the way of human and animal en- tertainrnent.
 TumbIed for Opportunities
 Hamid understands the carnival business because he springs from there. He began when he was six years old in Broumania, Q small Syrian hamlet as 6 ragamufiln tumbler at the market hazaars. He was spotted one day by . rowing scout for Lew (Bui7alo Bill) Cody and was brought over here for the munihcent salary of 26c per week.
 The Buffalo Bill tent show closed up, stranded in Denver. Afterward followed periods of service in Eve Tanguay's vaudeville act, the late Howard Thurston's magic show, the circus business, and oil prospecting in Texas. Finally going lon his own" in tho fair and carnival busi- ness, hc personally secuted the country for talent, inveigled them into joining his shop and in due time, his clients became numerous. shoFt Cut Eo DappeFness
 There are other than mere sinister implications in calling 6 night club Q "clip joint" Some Of the honest ones are entitled to that description, literary, because of the barber.
 Indeed, many fashionable spots engage . tongorial artist in the gentleman's lounge to be on mo- lnent's call for 6 shave and 8 hair- cut. For those afflicted with fast growing hirBute adornment, this service is a blessing and it is also convenient for the club habitues who forget to get a once-over ear- Her.
 In fact, this humanitarian mea- sure goes farther. Because barber shops are closed everywhere in Manhattan on Sundays, sherman. BillInesley, popular proprietor Og the popular etork Club. invites his friends in to have e Sabbath moEEa- ing sha9e by tho resident boauti-