The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-20
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

NeW xUEk, Eeps 6V,-4Vv peVH learning about lion-teasing from some of the veterans of the perilous trade. And find that Clyde Beatty of, all the trainers takes the most dangerous chances when he steps Into the cage with the kings of beasts. He bulldogs them no end and except for two rare instances, has always stepped out of the bars, captain of their wills and souls.
 But the majority of circus lions, I'm told, arc trained and modified after . long period of bullying and incarceration. And to add to the illusion of their forocity, oil Big Tent showmen station Q crew of razorbacks around tho cage, with shotguns carefully aimed ct the furry-maned Leos. Sometimes, these guns are charged with noth- ing more powerful than blank cartridges. Which led one of my informants to recount . mishap that resulted.
 Into 0 circus cage, there once stepped e feilow-Clyde Beatty to perform his act perfunctorily and school his lions into sitting down. Five razorbacks stood around with their intellectual wea. pons. The act went along sneoth- ly and the lions did aS they were told. When, suddenly and acci- dentally, one of the shotguns went of, causing no more damage than Q lot of noise. But when the shot was fired, the caged beasts became terrified and violent. Their trainer barely escaped with his life. In New York, 1899
 One of the workinen puttering around near the Center theater the other day, came across Q latter. ed and yellowed copy of the New York Telegram. marked January i4. 1909. Its decaying pages present 0 clear picture of what went on in and pertaining to New York just be. fore the turn of the century. What did go on2 Well, here are several items that the salvaged newspaper records:
 Robert TitzsImmons had
 announced that he was ready
 to fight ell corners, particu.
 larIy sharkey. 4 man named
 Al Smith was busy offering
 wagerg that sharkey would
 win The Oceanic, queen
 of the White Star fleet and
 the largest boat in the world,
 had just been launched ct
 Belfast, Ireland. The Twins
 Building, in Park Row, then
 the tailest structure in New
 York, was only half as high
 as the Oceanic's 704 feet.
 4 company had just been
 incorporated to put horseless
 trucks on New York city
 streets Troops were being
 dispatched to Cuba and the
 Philippines American To-
 bacco closed at l47 l-2
 Western Union Tel. at 03 3-4
 =. U. s. Rubber ct 46 T-8.
 Lillian Russell was playing
 at the Casino in "La Belle
 Helene" Nat Goodwin and
 Maxine Elliott were appear
 ing at the Knickerbocker in
 Nathan Hale" Daly's fea-
 tured Ada Rehan in Mad
 anne Sans Gene" while the
 Eden Musee advertised Q
 Christmas pantomine Cine-
 matograph.
 Except for the cantilever
 bicycle, there was little
 change between the 1899 mo-
 del and the 1893 model.
 Getting Around Science
 Variety, has just heard from . Detroit physicist that the music does not go down and around. "No music, no sound nor anything like it goes down and around or comes out here, there, or any place." he said, tits only the air waves that emerge"
 An, but the good doctor does admit that when you push the last valve down, the music seems to go down and around (below, below). even if 1t is against all scientific rules. So Mike Reilly and Ed Farley don't Hunk. after all.. 
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