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VOL. XXXIII MAY, 1950 No. 5Entered as second-class matter, Feb. 17, 1933, at the Post Office at New York, under new Act of March 3, 1879

COLE BROS CIRCUSCHICAGO STADIUM, April 27 to May 7

Opening spot for the "World's LargestWild Animal Circus" was a big winner.Thru good authority we learned that itwent over $250,000 velvet on the date,which more than covered production costs.Ilopalong drew very big, in fact he strawcd-em (in seats) three times. Friday (7th)broke all existing records for circus attend-ance with about 1,000 seats on the hippo-drome tract.

William Boyd must have something onthe ball to please a large audience so thor-oughly, all by himself, in a big three-ringcircus arena. Ovation was big and thebowing-out even bigger. He cuts quite afigure riding his white charger (Topper).He saturates children and adults with gen-uine friendliness and goodness of heart. TheGood Lord said: "Suffer the little childrento come unto me." Well they come untoIlopalong also. In droves they seek him,meekly and respectifully, to shake his hand,to put their amis around him and the tinierones will even ask to kiss him. In fact hemust have everything on the ball.

The show runs smoothly and fast, with-out even a shadow of a stage-wait, thruthe expert manipulation of the EquestrianDirector, Leo Hamilton, and Fred Kress-mann on the back-end. Best big show an-nouncer in years Bob White. His circusstyle vocabulary and stentorian deliverygives the show the right atmosphere.

Program

Display 1. — Terrell Jacobs — Presentsa large mixed group of Nubian lions andRoyal Bengal and Sumatran Tigers. Thefeature is still the famous Sheba, the roll-over and walt/.ing lioness. Terrell Jacobsis still the "one and only" when it comesto act acts. Very fast.

Display 2. — Sky Symphony — Per-formed by Rietta, a superb flashy high freeact. Display 3 — ZANY ZEALOTS —Clown walk-around. Display 4. — TheN'ORBERTYS — Good and high. Display5. — Kiska and Xino-Mustafaco — TheHannes — Top acrobatic artists. Display6. — CLOWNS — Production Number.Display 7. — AERIAL BALLET — ByBarbette, very spectacular, all girls goodworkers. Specialty girls . . . Cora Davis,Corinne Dearo, Ethel De Arcy, Elaine

Maloy. Display 8. — COLE BROS. LIB-ERTY HORSES — Presented by Milt Her-riot, John Hcrriot and John Smith — Tops.Display .9 — CHEVROLET NUMBER—Fourteen clowns step out of the car. Dis-play 10. — THE VAN DE VELLES,WONG TROUPE, CANTON TRIO—Thebeautiful opening for this display producedby Barbette. Elly Van De elde does thebest one finger stand in the business. Dis-play 11. — EQUINE PERFECTION —Dorita Konyat, billed as "Centaurian Grace"actually accomplishes that fact, she appearsto be part of that beautiful, graceful, ex-pertly trained horse. Display 12.—CLOWNBAND — This clown band is terrific, asmusicians they could play the show. Dis-play 1.3. _ WALLENDA TROUPE — Yearin year out, the Wallcndas are always thetop-notchers of the high wire.

INTERMISSION.

Display 15. — BO BO BARNETT —Chester Barnett who opens the second halfsolo in the center ring, makes a speetactularentrance in a tiny automobile. He is with-out a doubt the biggest man to come outof such a small ear. He is 6 ft. 2 and weighs230 Ibs. He is positively the finest and mostversatile clown in Circusdom and he reallyentertains children and grownups with hisantics, his car, his trumpet and his beauti-fully trained dogs. The Great BO BOwent all the way from working come-ins tothe center ring. Display 16. — DANTESCHIMPANZEES (center ring) PONYDRILL (No. 1 and 3). Display 17. —THE IDALYS — They say there is nev-er anything new under the sun or the bigtop, but the Idalys disproves that. A uni-cycle act and an iron-jaw act are two thingsbut when it is done upside down, that'sanother. It is more breath taking thanthe ceiling walk. Not because two per-formers are involved but when a man ridesa unicycle upside down and iron-jaws trapswith a girl doing a routine on it, well it'sout of this world that's all.

Display 18. — CON COLLEANO — Bet-ter, if possible, than he was 20 years ago.Exquisite skill and showmanship on thetight wire have kept him top man all theseyears. The Dearos and the Cascsrs, the

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CHICAGO FAIR OF 1950The Fair will have u symbol named

"Spiramid", derived from the form whichincorporates dominating features of thespiral and the pyramid, which will appearin all possible forms to focus attention onthe Fair. Something akin to the "Trdlon andthe Perisphere" of the New York World'sFair.

The Fair will have many entertainingfeatures including an Amusement Areacalled "Dixieland". It will have a New Or-leans motif with minstrels, pirate's den,swashbuckling and probably a dash of theFrench Quarter. Also concessions andshows that fit the picture.

A one hour condensed version of severalmusical comedies including "The MerryWidow", "The Mikado", "Of Thee I Sing"and "On the Town" will be presented in atent on an arena type stage. Produced byCharles H. Blake.

The Ice Skating show has been signedand the Aqua Ski water show is practicallyin and a one ring European style circus isin the offing. The top attraction, in theWheels a-Rollin spot, will be "Frontiers ofFreedom". All major shows will be scaledat 60c, $1.20, and 30c for children. Therewill be plenty of free entertainment givenby some of the biggest industries in Amer-ica. The Greyhound Corporation will fur-nish intra-mural transportation as it did atthe Chicago and New York World's Fairs,of course the cars will be of a special de-sign for The Chicago Fair of 1950.—(By A.E. Dumont).

Directors of the first United States inter-national trade fair, to be held in ChicagoAug. 7-20, have rejected a Czechoslovakianexhibit as "unacceptable, in a trade fairamong free nations," it was announced.

They are refunding $14,920 receivedfrom the Czechoslovakian Chamber ofCommerce as part payment on fl<x>r space.

"The refund has been made upon noti-fication of the closing of Czechoslovakianconsulates in Chicago and other cities inthis country, thus making this exhibit ofvarious Czechoslovakia articles unacceptablein a trade fair among fret; nations," I. S.Anoff, fair president, said.

Mr. Anoff said that of 39 countries to ap-ply for exhibit space Czechoslovakia "wasthe only one to come from behind the IronCurtain."

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TYPES TRUE TO FORMA certain poor man has a job as a rich

man's servant and spent his days polishingshoes, running errands, washing cars andetc.

Since his job required little mental effort,he spent the hours thinking of the injusticeof fate and feeling sorry for himself.. When he could bear his hard lot no long-er, he went to the king's palace to demandjustice.

"Look here, Your Majesty said he, "I'mnot getting a squaredeal. I work for arich guy who has no-thing to do but sit inan office or ridearound in a fine oarwearing good clothes,and I am paid justenough to keep souland body together.Me and the other ser-vants do all of hiswork, and he couldn'tget along without us,yet he gets eighty dol-lars to our one. Itisn't right, and I de-

mand justice.""O. K." said the King in his regal way.

"I'll make you an entertainer, so you canwork for yourself."

So the man went to the King's schooland learned a song and dance and beganto amuse the public.

He was good, and it wasn't long beforehe became famous. He was in constantdemand—making records in the morningand movies in the afternoon, doing his actat a theatre in the evening and at a nightclub later.

The money rolled in, but he had no timeto enjoy it. He couldn't even keep trackof his business. So he began to hire ne-cessary help—a manager, a press agent, abouncer, a secretary, a valet, and chauf-

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feur. When the need of privacy forcedhim to buy a house, he engaged a house-keeper, a cook, a butler, a few maids anda gardener.

They made life endurable; but when hefigured up how much they cost him, he torehis hair and wailed. And again he calledon the King.

"Look here, King," said he, "I'm gettinga raw deal again. These servants of mineare ruining me. I work myself to death tomake some money and it takes most of it tosupport these leeches and parasites thatfeed on me!"

THE PLUNGER

No other standardized business can belikened to that of the outdoor show busi-ness. No other business has the semblanceof the risk of investment of the thousandsupon thousands of dollars that is pouredinto it each and every year. When con-sideration is taken of the fact that the own-ers interested in these enterprises face theproblem of "starting a new business" eachspring of the year, of engaging new help,of contracting new attractions and towns inwhich to exhibit, it will be readily seenthat the owner of an outdoor amusemententerprise must possess the successful com-bination of being a good organized, care-ful and deliberate in the arrangement ofhis plans, possessive of high and efficientexecutive ability, capable of handling largesums of money, and most important of all,possessive of that indispensable and neces-sary quality—that of being a financial"plunger."

Unable to foretell what the weather willbring nor what the business conditions maybe, besides a dozen other causes that mayleave ill-effects on the financial success ofthe enterprise, the outdoor showman, andincluded is the ride owner, concessionaire,and show owner, is the greatest financial"plunger" in business today.

Yet, it is the "plunger" who is given theopportunity of beating adversity and shak-ing hands with prosperity.

Cordially yours—

THE DIFFERENCEThe longer I live, the more deeply I am

convinced that the thing which makes thedifference between one man and another,between the weak and the powerful, theinsignificant and the great, is the ability tochoose wisely a few things from among themany that clamor noisily for attention, andto pursue these chosen things with a mini-mum of wasted energy, lx>th mental andphysical.

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"NUMBER 34, RED"Several years ago an elderly man walked

into a gambling house in a Western City,sat down at the roulette table and placeda few chips on number 34. The wheelspun, slowed and stopped.

"Number 34, red. There you are sir,"said the croupier.

The old man left his chips on 34. Thewheel spun again, and again stopped on34. The croupier looked questioningly atthe old man, but he remained silent, hishead down, his finger pointing to 34.

Number 34, red," the croupir said mon-otonously when the wheel stopped at 34 forthe third time.

By this time a crowd had gathered—whispering in amazement at the old man'sgrowing stack of chips. And now, for fiveconsecutive times, the finger continued topoint at the winning number—34. Thenthe croupier announced:

"Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but therewill be no further play at this table." Turn-ing to the old man, he added: "You havebroken the bank, sir. Please collect your

." He halted in wide-eyed astonish-ment.

Only then did he realize why the old manhad neither moved nor spoken since the firstspin of the wheel. A dead man had brokenthe bank!—From Leo Guild's radio program,The Wizard and The Odds.

CHICAGO SHOWFOLKOF AMERICA

Monthly meeting attended by over threehundred members and friends followed bya bang-up show involving over fifty per-formers, a real extravaganza.

The meeting was conducted by FirstVice President Charles Zemater (in the ab-sence of the President, Irene Reidy) withdecorum plus, speed and dispatch. Also onthe dais were treasurer Walter F. Driver,financial secretary Tom Coulthard, ThirdVice President Mabed Lovridge, recordingsecretary Jewell Organ Coleman, corre-sponding secretary Helen Wong.

The Greater Show World and HarryBartron received a big hand for the Pan-toniine Recital reviewing the April Issue.

The Show under the direction of ArthurPeets and emceed by Robert Russell Lind-say opened with a bang-up spectacularfencing display featuring Harold M. Louisand his troupe—Mary Gallerneau, JaniceFigge, Carl Roth, Donald Duggan andRichard Bright followed by a smash varietyprogram by Miss Alice Chilton and girl-friends.

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HOWZABOUT IT?

The Brothers Rosenthal, Jack & Irving,of Palisade, N. J. Amusement Park, arebuilding a hotel and home beautiful inMiami Beach, Florida, right now!

The National Home Magazine of Canada,gave J. W. "Patty" Conklin a four pagespread under the caption "King of CanadianCarnival" a well merited good-will articlewith a human interest angle of the Show-man who made good in Canada. It illus-trates the point that success went to his— HEART and not to his head!

Jack Perry and Max Kassow entered intoa partnership agreement in outdoor bazaarpromotions this past Spring. They havecome to a parting of the ways, dissolvingthe partnership!

THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR, TAMPA,HAVE OFFICIALLY SET THE DATESFROM JANUARY 30TH TO FEBRUARY10TH, 1951!

Art Frazier handling the concessions ondie Royal Crown Shows for Mrs. DollyYoung!

Benny Weiss avoided some heartaches andheadaches by waiting for time to pass — athis Miami Beach home. Will open theseason about July 4th when he takes to theroad with his Deluxe Bingos!

There are some 412 traveling Carnivalson the road including small outdoor bazaaroutfits. Yet only a handful of show-ownersand operators contributed toward a man torepresent the industry against unfair legisla-tion in Washington, D. C.

In the past a majority of the carnie op-erators, have taken the road of least re-sistance and permitted the other fella touse his money to keep them in business.This also might apply to merchandise job-bers, etc., who stand on the side-lines andwait for someone else to pay the tariff. Itisn't fair to say the least and somethingshould be done about it?

Hans Lederer who for 8 years has beenPresident of International Theatrical Corp.has joined the firm of Lew & Leslie Grade,Ltd., Inc., Entertainment Purveyors of NewYork City!

Bill Powell the only concessionaire globe-trotter in the business is again touring Eu-rope!

Sad Note — Mrs. Kathryn Sohwartzkopf,one of the founders of the National Tent &Awning Co. of Toledo, Ohio passed awayMay 7di.

Bligli A. Dodds, tendered his resigna-tion as Manager of the New York StateFair, Syracuse, to accept a position of Ex-ecutive Secretary of the Washington, D. C.Sesqui-Centennial. Several days later an-nouncement was made that the event wasto be cancelled!

Bob Finke, stepped into his dad's shoesas secretary of the North Dakota State Fair,Minot and doing a swell job!

Personalities of the highest standinguse the Greater Show World as an ad-vertising medium.

J. R. NORTH TO ADVISEON 'GREATEST SHOW

JOHN RINGLING NORTH

Cecil B. DeMille announced that JohnHingling North, president of Ringling Bros,

and Barnum and Bailey Circus, has been

named technical adviser for "The Greatest

Show on Earth," the Paramount circus epic

scheduled for production late this year. Mr.

DeMille will produce and direct.

North is not expected to assume dutiesuntil shortly before the start of production.

Johnny North arrived in Hollywood for a

week of conferences with DeMille.

QUIZZED CIRCUS WORK-ER ABOUT RINGLING FIRE

Columbus, Ohio — Police and fire in-

spectors questioned a former circus worker

in connection with the Ringling Bros., and

Barnum & Bailey Circus fire which took 107

lives and injured 412 at Hartford, Conn.,

July 6, 1944.State Fire Marshall Harry Callan iden-

tified the man as Robert Segee, 21, of Circle-ville, Ohio. He said Segee was picked upin East St. Louis, 111., Wednesday andbrought here for questioning.

Authorities said Segee, who worked forthe circus at the time of the fire, has madeno admission.

However, Mr. Callan told the press that"we think we'll have a good story by thefirst of the week when our investigationmay be completed."

He said Segee was being questioned"about a series of fires in three states" butrefused to disclose further details.

Deputy Sheriff Carl Radcliff said Segeehad admitted setting one fire. He refusedto disclose its location.

Police also questioned William Graham,23, of Circleville, who previously had ad-mitted setting a fire which destroyed a barnat the Mills Bros. Circus winter headquar-ters in Circleville March 18.

CARAVANS, INC.ATTENDING CARAVANS' SEVENTH

ANNUAL BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARYdinner at Chiam Restaurant in Chinatownwere Mae Oakes, Bessie Mossman, ClaireSopenar, Josephine Glickman, Irene Coffey,Lillian Lawrence, Pearl McGlynn, JeanetteWall, Lucille Hirsch, Evelyn Levine, Ver-onioa Potenza, Helen Hoffmeyer, WandaDerpa, Billie Billiken, Eva LeRoy, IsabelBrantman, Agnes Barnes, Anna Schmidt,Nora Heglund, Mabel Davis, Frances Berg-er, Helen Wettour, June Milcezny, AnnSleyster, Mary Martin, Opal Rossi, AnnaGracbert, Elizabeth Jacks, Harriet McBcathand Edith Streibich. Ann Sleyster present-ed President Mae Oakes with an engravedcompact, as a memento from the club, IreneCoffey made presentation of renewed chart-er, and Claire Sopenar turned in anotherbond on behalf of the Bond Club. Presi-dent Oakes presented Past President Jean-ette Wall with a new gold life membershipcard. Club paid one dollar toward dinnerfor each member in attendance.

First vice President BESSIE MOSSMANpresided over meeting in absence of Presi-dent Mae Oakes due to illness. Also at thetable were Jeanette Wall who protemmedas first vice president, Claire Sopenar, sec-ond vice, Josephine Glickman, third vice,Irene Coffey, financial secretary, and LillianLawrence treasurer. Invocation was readby Edith Streibich. Correspondence re-ceived from Sophia Carlos who also sent adonation for the Spring party. Bess Hamidwrote a very interesting letter describingthe various countries to be visited on hertour through Europe. A thank you cardcame from Lillian Click recuperating athome after several weeks of illness, and theLadies Aux. of the National Showmen'sAss'n sent a copy of their new Bulletin.Mary Martin was elected to membership.A gift check was sent to "Friends of Handi-capped Children." Edith Streibich reportsby-laws are in hands of printers. Membersin Sick Bay were Past President "Pat" Seery,Mae Taylor, Mrs. Jack Ruback of the Al-amo Exposition Shows was reported beingin Nix Hospital, San Antonio, Texas. MyrtleHurt Beard, and Billie Billiken. Marguer-ite Shapiro's husband is ill at home. Heart-felt sympathy is extended to Bernice Doolan,whose mother Mrs. Delia Beesley passedaway. Several members attended the wake.(By Lillian Lawrence).

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GREATER SHOW WORLD MAY, 1950

By ELSIE

A groat big HELLO to all the show folkswho have started their Season or otherwiseand to those in town and not out on roadas yet, GREETINGS to all.

It is a grand and glorious feeling to knowwe are finally getting a bit of balmy weath-er here in Chicago, as we really have beenin for it and sunny days were few and farfetched. Today is a lovely day and whenthe sun shines outside, we feel it in ourhearts.

A number of show folks have left theirwinter quarters and have started out for theSeason. To each and everyone, may I say,good luck, may it be a bang up Season forall, in good health and good weather.

FLASH — ETTA and TOM HENDER-SON of Paris, Texas, show people of longstanding, in fact their entire family havebeen show people for years, have bought aRail show of their own. It is the GRANDUNION SHOWS and look out for these twogrand troupers, they will really go places.Their show opened in Sulphur, Okla., April22nd. Congratulations to you Etta and Tomin your new show and may your Season bea most successful one, in good health andprosperity. Their show has (5) five newrides and (30) thirty concessions and (2)two Girl shows. Each week Tom will addmore to the show. Hi' Pals.

The Al. G. KELLY MILLER circus wasin Texas, the Henderson's home town.Laura Lamb, Hedda, Juanita and Etta weretlie guests of the owners of the show, Mr.and Mrs. Miller, who showed them thegreatest hospitality. The Gallagher familyon the show were sensational. Evelyn Rossi,the very attraetive star of the show is morebeautiful than ever. The Broad Sisters actwas outstanding and the Miller's littledaughter sure was a big hit in her Elephantact and Aerial act.

The Hennies Bros, shows opened in HotSprings, Ark., this week and had everythingin readiness for the opening date. Theirnext spot is Oklahoma City, Okla. HARRYHENNIES and his lovely wife ALICE spenta grand winter in Hot Springs where theyhave their beautiful home. Harry is Presi-dent of the Hot Springs Showmen's Associa-tion and Alice is Treasurer of the Auxiliary,both excellent in their office. They had somany parties and affairs out there, am surethe folks will miss them until they returnagain for the winter.

VIOLA and NOBLE C. FAIRLY have ,left Hot Springs, Ark. to join the William*

MILLER

Collins Shows. Viola is President of theLadies' Auxiliary of Hot Springs Show-men's Association. Good luck to you both.

GRACE and CHARLIE GOSS are againout with the Hennies Bros, shows this Sea-son with their rides and Neon Glass House,which always goes over big. Loads of suc-cess to two REAL people. Hope to seeyou folks when your show heads this wayor in and around town.

YULA GOLDSTONE, 1st Vice Presidentof the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Hot SpringsShowmen's Association yielded the gavelwhile Viola Fairly, Pres. joined her show onthe road. Yula handled the meetings verygraciously and is a Member of about everyclub out there and very active in the Busi-ness Women's Club and very popular.

FRANCES and LOU KELLER who havespent most of the winter vacationing in Hot-Springs, Ark., have also been very activein club out there and are heading for Chi-cago soon. Good luck to you both.

AL. and HATTIE WAGNER, owners ofthe Cavalcade of Amusements have openedtheir show in Montgomery, Ala., May 2ndand as usual it is one of the most beautifuland outstanding on the road. Al's charm-ing wife Hattie, who always makes every-one feel at home when they visit their show,will again manage the cookhouse this year.We also hope to see you folks when youhead this way Hattie and Al. and goodluck, health and prosperity on the road thisSeason for you all.

Mr. and Mrs. AL. BAYSINGER werewelcomed recently upon thedr return to St.Louis after a nice long vacation in Miami,Fla. til is winter.

MRS. MARGARET HOCK and daugh-ter EVELYN HOCK, both have been con-fined to their homes recently with severecolds, however, are out and around again.Mrs. Hock had an unfortunate accident withburns from a sun lamp, but has recoverednicely. Best wishes to both from all.

MYRTLE HUTT has been hospitalized inCalifornia, however, is back home again inInglewood, Calif, doing nicely. Your friendsand show folks are all glad to hear thatMyrtle, it is sure good news to us all here.

Oh say, did you hear about the lovelytime BESS and GEORGE HAMID had inEurope? They sure had some trip and en-joyed themselves immensely. They sentGreetings to all from a land of many won-ders. They visited France, Naples, Egypt,Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and when last

* * heard of were leaving for Greece and Rome.

What a trip. They deserved it and surewill have a lot of interesting things to tell.At this writing they may be back in NewYork again.

GRACE BROWN, show girl of longstanding has taken a vacation and whenlast heard of Grace she was in Little Rock,Ark. Grace's son Harold is home for athirty day leave from the Navy and theyare anticipating going on to San Antonio,Texas, etc. We will l>e hearing from themagain soon.

Call for CHARLES COLLACI. . . . Wellknown performer. . . . Had the pleasure ofmeeting GENE KLIMETZ and his brotherPaul and if you read this column Charles,Gene would like you to get in touch withhim. GENE KLIMETZ, former profession-al, played with band of "ATOMICS" withJOE STAUBER and JOE LAMB band,Nashville, Tenn., many others and also forRoyalty at one time in England. Gene hasa very striking personality and plays an Ac-cordian, his brother Paul also is an AceDrummer. They just recently opened up anew Cocktail Lounge, cor. Tripp and FifthAve. in Chicago folks and if any of youshow folks are ever in town or in that vicin-ity, advise you to look up these two grandtroupers, as we know you will receive acordial welcome, as they really have some-thing in common with show folks. TheirLounge is the rendevouz for many showpeople, where they all get together and havea real time. There is no limit to the hos-pitality that will be accorded you. You cansingle out show folks every time, anywhere,any place. Came home late from the Aux-iliary meeting of the Showmen's League ofAmerica, had my niece. Mary Joan Gaffke,who is 8 years old with me for the weekend and finally realized I forgot to get milkfor her, so went in to see Gene and Pauland they immediately let me have twoquarts of milk, as no stores were open at thathour. That again proves, there are no peo-ple like show people, always lending a help-ing hand to anyone. Good luck to youGene and Paul and your charming wife andmother and dad.

Hello to you again DOLLY and EDDIEYOUNG, owners of the Royal Crown Shows,another gorgeous and outstanding show,well on your way out for the Season. Dollyby the way is very active in many organiza-tions, and at present Dolly is working fora Gold Life Membership card in the Ladies'Auxiliary of the Showmen's League ofAmerica. Dolly has a number of petitionsalready in and is really a Go Getter. Goodluck to you Dolly and Eddie and may youhave many happy and blessed days for allthe nice things you do for everyone.

And Hello to three more grand troupers,and Pals. Pattyann Sci<M-tino, Hattie Hoytand Florence Rubin, and their better half.These folks are all with the Royal Crownshows again this Season.

Hattie Hoyt's daughter Catherine Robert-son and her hubby, and mother-inlaw andDad are moving to California. Let me hearfrom you Catherine, wherever you are.

Well, well, no word so far from IDACHASE whom we have been expectinghome momentarily. Ida has spent most of

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the winter in California, Denver and there-alxmts and is heading towards Chicago. Weshall hi' looking for you Ida. Ida spent amost delightful Summer with Myrtle Huttand her daughter.

The Showmen's League of America havehad a wonderful closing party last monthand as usual did it up in good style, withdelicious lunch, refreshments, dancing andall. A number of the Ladies' Auxiliary at-tended and had a grand time. May 21stwill be POPPY day for the Showmen'sLeague of America's, Al Sopenar Post,American Legion and some of the Ladieswill help them sell Poppies on that day.Am expecting to be with you folks on thatday.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Showmen'sLeague of America have closed their meet-ings for the Season and will again resumesame in the Fall. Margaret Filograsso, Pres.has had a nice winter at the capably han-dled meetings and is very pleased over themany activities which will take place dur-ing the Summer and the Fall, in behalf ofthe organization. Cash awards on rafflelxx>ks will }yc placed out for Summer activ-ities, with Carmelita Horan, chairman ofthe books. Anything you can do for Car-mi'lita will be greatly appreciated, as sheis one Gal who really goes ALL OUT forbeing co-operative. The books are out forCharity and a good cause.

Oh yes, that lovable person MAE TAY-LOR who has been hospitalized, is backhome again feeling much better. Mac isquite an Artist in her Floral shop, "THEJEROME FLORISTS" here in Chicago at3415 W. Lawrence Ave., and if any of youshow folks need flowers, we are sure youwill have them done up in great style byMae. Mae is a show Girl of long standingand well known everywhere.

Our PALS LOUISE DONAHUE and herhubby Tom are planning on moving outto their Farm s<xm for the Summer. Theyhave a magnificent place in South Chicago(A Turkey Farm) and have about every-thing you can think of out there. Louiseand Tom have many friends and loved byall.

EDITH and JOE STREIBICH are open-ing their lovely home in Assembly Park,Delavan Lake, Wis. and are getting every-thing in readiness for the Summer. Edith'sSister Jeanette Wall and her hubby Ed alsohave a nice home out there and all thesefolks have many visitors all Summer longv-(siting them. JOE STHEIBICH is the Sec-retary of the Showmen's League of Ameri-ca and an excellent one, has been for manyyears. Never too tired to give out informa-tion or help anyone in their problems.Thanks to you Joe for your many kindnessesto all in bohalf of the Auxiliary also yourfriends.

LILLIAN WOODS and her hubby Jackwho .have a very comfy home in LakeMarie, Antioch, 111., will have her sister withher from California this Summer, they arecelebrating their 5()th wedding Anniversaryand Lillian will sure make these folks wel-come. Lillian is one person who grows onyou, with a personality all her own, alwaysthe same. A real show trouper.

FLORENCE ARON who has been inshow business for many years and who livesin Quebec, Can., will again be out withDaniel's Greater Shows of Canada this Sea-son. Hello to you folks way up thar' inCanada Florence.

Deepest sympathy goes out to BerniceDooktn and her family in the recent loss ofher dearly beloved mother who passed awayhere in Chicago and buried in St. Mary'sCemetery.

Our hearfelt sympathy also goes forth tofamily of EMIL PROVIO, former RideManager of the Daniel's Greater Shows ofCanada for years. He was a real showmanand will be missed by all his friends andshow people. The entire Show World sendsdeepest condolence.

RUTH MARTONE well known in theshow circles has sure had her siege of illnessand think it is about time some good luckheads your way Ruth. She has been con-fined so long with a broken leg, however,is recuperating nicely and am sure she willbe out in circulation before long without thecrutch. Ruth had a very pleasant visitorthe other day. Ivali Velare came in andspent some time with her, know you werepleased Ruth, and Hi"?

MARIE BROWN who has a CustardConcession at Arlington Park Race Tracksagain this Season, will again have LOUISEROLLO assisting her. These two are in-separable and have been fast friends foryears. Hello you two.

ANN DOOLAN who has a lovely homein California will soon lx- amongst us inChicago. The DOOLAN'S own the Green-land Kiddieland on South Side in Chicagoand as soon as the children are out of schoolout there, Ann and children will join Mikehere in Chicago.

By the way, MARGARET JESKE hasbeen ill most of the winter and finally re-cuperating. We sure hope you stay thatway now Margaret. A nice Summer is aheadof you dear.

MINNIE SIMMONDS just returned toher home in Cleveland, Ohio after an ex-tended vacation in Miami, Fla. Minnie hashad the Flu, but is alright again and willsoon be hitting the road with the ConklinShows. Hello there Pal.

FLORENCE KETRING, formerly withthe Johnny J. Jones Exposition Shows hasalso had an awful siege of illness this win-ter. Know you can look forward to a muchmore pleasant Summer this year Florenceand with your son Eugene at your side amsure you will have many happy days.

Well folks the COLE BROS. CIRCUSis in town and one of our favorite gals hasher mind reading act on the show, here atthe Stadium in Chicago. She is NAN RAN-KINE, professionally know as MADAMEZELDA.

A number of Showmen's League of Amer-ica Members and their wives, and some ofthe Ladies' Auxiliary attended the perform-ance last night as guests of the COLEBROS. CIRCUS. Bob and I had pleasure

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of meeting some of the performers beforethe show and spent quite a nice visit withNAN RANKINE and her business partnerDoe Johnson. It was quite chilly under theBig Top, but leave it to Nan, the show goeson when she is around, a marvelous per-former.

Some of the folks I saw on the lot were:Edith and Joe Streibich and their littlegrand-son RUSTY, who by the way is suregetting to be qiu'te a cute little youngster,Jeanette Wall, Nitie, Mr. Courtemanoho,Whitey Lehrter, Charlie Zemater, Mrs. L.M. Brumleve, her nephew George Kirchenand children, and numerous others.

The COLE BROS. CIRCUS have anabundance of marvelous performers. Hop-A-Long Cassidy tore the house down withthe children and adults as well appreciatinghis personal appearance and his wonderfulhorse Topper. Really enjoyed it all.

Will close my column for this time andwill be with you all again in June column.Until then, good luck and God Bless youall!

The Ways and Means Committee, NedTorti and Jack Duffield, Co-chairmen, willwork along the same lines this year. Tincan will be used again and plans for theautomobile award will be worked out andmembers will be advised a bit later. Mem-bers and their families were guests of theCole Bros. Circus on the 2nd.

No late report from sick brothers. Listincludes Charles S. Botto, W. C. Deneke,William O. Perrot and William E. Saun-dcrs. Eddie Murphy back from Tucsonresting nicely at his home. Ralph Wib-berly still recuperating and will not taketo the road until later in the season.

Outfits on the Chicago lots are practically-all in action and the concensus of reportsindicate business is O.K.

Nearly all of this year's meetings werepresided over by Past President Fred Kress-mann who certainly pounded the gavel onsome very interesting meetings. The fallmeetings will also prove exciting as manyimportant phases concerning the Leaguewill be acted upon. Members should bearin mind that a Gold Life Membership Cardis the award for securing 50 or more ac-cepted applications by Nov. 27, 1950.

Well here's hoping the Ways and Meansdrive is as fruitful as last year's. The clubrooms are practically deserted at this timeof the year but you always find the secre-tary Joe Streibich or the treasurer WalterF. Driver there during clubroom hours.—(By A. E. Dumont).

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LOOKING

ir GEORGES. BENSONPresident—Harding College

Startf. At taut at

An Inspiring MessageFrom Labor

One of Akransa.s's big daily newspaperslias just published a special edition com-memorating 50 years of progress by thestate. It was the largest newspaper cicrpublished in our state—230 pages—and itpresented a stunning picture of an indus-trious, progressive people and an advancingliving standard. Fifty years ago Arkansaswas a backwoods state. Today it is a pace-maker for the nation in economic and socialprogress.

In the past 10 years Arkansas' per capitaincome has tripled and the educational, op-portunity now offered its children consti-tutes probably the greatest degree of im-provement achieved by any state in thenation. The progress and the cause behindit arouse a temptation to propound on thegreat inherent assurance in the Americanfreedom system for improving the welfareof all the people. However, I wish to de-vote this column to an advertisement in ourcommemorative newspaper. It sounds apowerful challenge to die people of Amer-ica. It is the ad of the Arkansas State Fed-eration of Labor (AFL).

The photographic illustration in the ad-vertisement portrays a workman standingon a construction scaffold, waving to thecapitalist whose money is financing thebuilding and presumably the industry whichwill occupy it. The capitalist, being driveninto the construction grounds by a chauffer,is returning the workman's greeting. In thepicture is cordiality, mutual understanding,a lively spirit of cooperation. The adver-tisement is headed: "Sure, Arkansas Is Go-ing Ahead—If We All Pull Together." Thisis a challenge that transcends state bound-aries. It is a challenge to people of alleconomic levels throughout the nation.

The Arkansas State Federation of Laboradvertisement says: "Naturally, all of us—labor, capital and the public—want moreof these new industries for Arkansas, to addto our payrolls, to increase working oppor-tunities, to make a wider selection of jobsand, in general, to contribute to the welfareof our state and its people. How can webest accomplish this objective?"

The advertisement presents this response:"The Arkansas State Federation of Labor,s-tate branch of the American Federation ofLabor, believes that our state will growand prosper through teamwork more -thanany one single factor . . . by working to-gether, for the preservation of our Amer-ican economic system. We believe, in tliowords of our beloved founder Samuel Gom-pers and our president William Green, thatmanagement is justly entitled to fair profitsand that labor should produce to its maxim-

um energy and ability to that end."We expect safe and sanitary working

conditions for our members and the privilegeof bargaining freely with our employers fora higher standard of living and for higherwages as we produce more goods at lowercost for the mutual benefit of all."

This sound statement puts fundamentaleconomic laws in their proper relationshipand it clearly shows that a sure way forAmerica to continue its progress is throughcooperation of the various groups in our-economy. This Arkansas labor organizationsubscribes to the economic law requiringproductivity for the creation of wealth andthe improvement of living standards for all.

Here is a common ground on which laborand management can surely stand. It issafe and sound. It contains the essence ofthe capitalistic system. At our sixth Hard-ing College Freedom Forum held on ourcampus last week, 100 community and in-dustrial leaders gathered to explore avenuesof approach toward a better understandingbetween the various groups in our society.A preacher-conferee offered the suggestionthat Christianity—a fundamental belief inGod—provides a base on which all seg-ments could stand and work for the com-mon good. The idea of higher wages forincreased productivity is a common groundon which one of our most disruptive domes-tic conflicts could be resolved. This chal-lenge of the Arkansas State Federation ofLabor is inspiring.

BRITISH FAIR EXPORTORDERS SET RECORD

London—The annual British IndustriesFair has ended its most successful week ofexport business since the war.

American visitors numbered half as manyagain as at last year's fair, and with a 10percent rise in all overseas visitors overlast year's figure, the fair drew a recordnumber of export orders.

In six days, it was announced, 12,101overseas visitors and 64,386 home tradebuyers saw the fair, which was held in twosections—in London and Birmingham.

GREATER SHOW WORLDIt's foundation was laid "not fora day, but for all time," and stands"four square to every wind thatblows."

It IsBIG ENOUGH TO BE STRONG-STRONG ENOUGH TO BE SAFE-SAFE ENOUGH TO BE TRUSTED

—AND—SMALL ENOUGH TO KNOW

YOU PERSONALLY

COLE BROS. CIRCUS

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former on the slack wire, complete an ex-ceptional 3 ring wire display. Display 18.— CLOWNS. Display 20. — THE HAN-

NEFORD FAMILY — George Hannefcrdthe famous Riding Comedian still has thebest resin-back turn in the business. His

daughter Kay Francis and his sons Tom andGeorge Jr. certainly do liven things up with

their sensational acrobatics and comedy.

Mrs. Katherine Hanneford of Principal Actfame cracks the whip. Display 21. —

IIOPALONG CASSIDY. Display 22. —

ELEPHANTS — Augmented by a Barbettepresentation. This three ringer attractiongets a good reaction from the patrons. Theclosing elephant mounts are very fast andclean cut. Display 23. — GEORGIASWEET — Riding roman standing a four-teen horse hitch is about tops in that field.Display 24. — CIMSE TROUPE — Still athriller. CLOWN ALLEY. Very neat out-fit, good production numbers and walk-arounds. Earl Shipley, Producing. RoyBarrett, the master of the walkaround, lieis very hard to recognize from one make-upto another. Happy Kellen scores ala Em-mett Kelly. Van Wells, Billy Burke, JoeAmbrose, The Bakers, Jack Kripper, Ken-neth Wait, Horace Laird, Gene Lewis,Chas. Robinson, Snell Bros., Lewis Lock-well, plus BO BO BARNETT and his No. 1boy Morris Gebhart. The Staff: ArthurWirtz, impressario; Jack Tavlin, GeneralManager; James A. Gebhart, General Agent;V'ander Barbette, Production displays; FrankOrman, Show Manager; Lome Russell,treasurer; Leo Hamilton, Equestrian Direct-or; Richard Best, Side Show Manager;Whitey Warren, Trainmaster; Larry Davis,Elephants; John Staley, Cookhouse; CarlKnudson and Billy Walsh, 24-hr, men; MiltIlerriot, Horse Trainer; Bob White, Announ-cer; Whitey Wilbur, Head Property man;John McGraw, Ring Stock; Joseph Pachulis,Tractors; Izzy Cervone, Band Leader; Tom-my King, Publicity Director; Elmer Hill,Radio and Television; Ed Howe and Mer-rill Fugit, Advance Press. Other officials. . . Sam Levy, Fred Kressmann, Ernst Lieb-man and Bill Horstman. For William Boyd,. . . Bob Stapler, Business Manager; JackDaley, Press Representative; Michael andEdward Nimeth, grooms; Gib Ellis, chauf-feur. The Cole Bros. Circus left here forDetroit where it will play the OlympiaStadium for 11 days. Then under canvasfor atour of the East except when the showplays ball parks. It is due at Ebbcts Field,Brooklyn, about July 1st. — (By A. E.DUMONT).

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Show Business and Show Folkon the West Coast

By PEGGY M. FORSTALL

Show Folks and Show Business out hereon the West Coast must be about the sameas anywhere else. I bet those out here areglad they are in California, as the weatherout here has been ideal for any outdoorshow. If you can believe all you read inthi1 papers about the weather in other partsof the country. We know it hasn't beentoo nice for the show folks out that way,but a bad start most generally ends upgood, so — my best wishes to all of youfor a good year.

Regular Associated Troupers had a swelldoings at an Easter party held in theirclub rooms April 6th, and their PresidentNell Robidcaux really was on her toes tosee that everyone had a grand time. Thosewho helped make the event a big success,were: Mora Bagby, Martha Levine, EthelKrug, Lucille Dolman, Vivian Gorman,Florence Lusby, Emily Bailey, SunshineJackson, Marie Bailey, Fay Curran, MaeMoore, Rose Fitzgerald, Margaret Griebler,Bessie Nit, Peg Butrler, Estellc Hanscom,Yvonne Bailey, Lucille King, BernadetteLaPort, Ida Chase, and Nancy Meyers.Miss LaPort played the piano while theyall gathered around to sing new and oldsongs. Baskets and Bunnies were displayedeverywhere as decorations, and a reallyg<K)d time was reported by all.

Crafts Exposition Shows will be on handin Los Banos, California for its May DayCounty Fair. Lyn and Linda will be theFree Act. Dick Kanthe who was a wrest-ler on the Crafts 20 big shows for years hasleft our parts and is now on United Ex-position Shows, working for Curley Huttonwho has the Athletic show there. Hear tellthat Gal Edith Walpert is in our neck ofthe woods, but so far hair nor hide has beenseen of her in Los Angeles. Better showup soon if you want to stay out of the puppietent.

Morosa Herman, Secretary of the Auxil-iary hud herself a swell trip and visit to theWest Coast Shows in Bakersfield. She vis-ited all the girls there including our Presi-dent Lille Sehue. Ethel Pool, sister ofMorosa, gave the girls a very nice partywhile she was there and those who attendedwere: Lille Sehue, Barbara Trent, YvonneGood, Barbara Helwig, Dolores Beams,Chickie Friege, Jean Brown, Betty Pool,Rose Mary Pool, Thelma Pcx>l, ShirleySnobar, Loel Sackson, Edith Walker, JesseMortimer, Betty Coe, Sara Baretti, FrankieBurton, Ivy Gomez, Pauline Rollins, EthelTaylor, Isabelle Myers, Carren Ristiek andMary Phelps. The party was free and ev-eryone reported a good time, but sisterEthel says next time tlicrc will a chargeand* it will be for the good of the LadiesAuxiliary here. Weather was a little onthe chilly side while Morosa was there, buteverybody seemed happy about the businessholding up. As I have always said, anyone visiting the West Coast Shows are al-

ways treated like a Queen.Guess we won't be seeing much of Cur-

tis and Elmer Velare for awhile. The boysboked their feature double Ferris Wheelfor the State Fair in Dallas, Texas. Theride lias been on the Long Beach Pier forsome time, but they also had the ride attlie Orange show and Pomona Fair. L<x>kslike Salinas, California Fair is going to bethe Thing this year. Big purses have beenput up for eight (8) big events. This willbe their 34th Annual and plans are goingahead to make it bigger and better thanever. Monti Montana, Buff Brody, HelenH(x>t, Buddy Faren, Vern Goodrich, Jeanneand Buddy Abbott, and Sunshine Chrisholnare a few of the ropers and rides that willbe there.

Bob Schcxmover has taken his CaliforniaShows to Alaska this year and to me thatis something new. The rides and showswill go by trucks and cars, and some willgo by boat. The event will be sponsoredby the Lions Club. Bobby Cohen of theOrville Crafts Brigade has booked the Cher-ry Festivale in Beaumont this year. Thiswill be a Firsty for the Opera. Larry andRose Ferris have penned in at Fresno forthe District Fair. This is the first time forthem, as West Coast Shows made it Ix'forc.New Members of the PCSA are: AnthonyBarbate, Samuel Snobar, Floyd Prickly,Fred Towne, Tony Adams, Lester Payne,William Tremain, R. C. Alton, James Frey,A. L. Converse, Frank Eastman, Bill Shaw,M. B. Burkhart, Clyde Gray, Fred Wicker,and Bill Valentine. New Members of theShowfolk of America are: Bill Nolan, LeoHill( Bill Seance, and Barbara Hall.

Joe Blash left our parts to join the Em-pire Shows back east. Opal Manley whois First Vice President for our Auxiliary andcarrying duties of our President Lille Sehue,who is away for the summer, is a busy galthese days. Opal got Vivian Gorman, RoseRosard, Charlotte Cohen, Norma Burke, andPatti C(x>kc all together and gave a partyat her home on April 26th, and the resultsturned out very good, even though veryfew turned out. Lille Sehue sent in a nicedonation towards the doings, and girls onthe West Coast Shows got together andsent in a donation also. Those on the showwho signed the card were: Isabelle Meyers,Eloise Syster, Betty Coe, Ethel Pool, EdytheWalker, Barbara Trask, Yvonne G(x>cl, Bar-bara Hallway, May Phelps, Inez Gomez andDelores Cramer. Those who can say theywere at the party are: Marie Rhodes, RoseRosard, and Ray, Ester Carley, Marie Tait,Norma Burke, Sally Flint, Jette Clancy,Vivian Gorman, Marie Mead, and Joe, DanStover, Lucille Dolman, Emily Bailey,Charlotte Cohen, Lillabcllc Williams, OpalManley, and Lou and me, Peggy Forstall.The Proceeds of this party was donatedtowards the Bazaar, and Opal, ask all thegirls not to forget to send in or bring in

articles for the Bazaar.

CircusWell the Beatty Circus has gone, and we

all find ourselves lost for a place to go,however the Karsh, Youden and Forstallstomping grounds are still places to go andplay Gin Rummy so we do get to cut upJaekies every night. Hazel Moss and Paulhave a new car to run in and out to see Alon the Beatty Circus so we don't see muchof them.

We were all very sad about Yolanda Es-calande passing away so suddenly, she be-ing the baby of the Escalande family, weknow how they are saddened by her death.

Visitors on the Clyde Beatty Circus ontheir last week in L.A. were Claude andPauline Webb, Roxie Engesser, R. M. Har-vey, Joe Lille, Bud and Mitzie LaForm,Del Graham, Mamma and Pappa Escal-ande, Giggles Escalande, Lou Kish. Redand Barbara White sure think trouping isgood nowadays. They just purchased abrand new trailer and it is ever so swanky.We know where Red will be now betweenshows. Red has the Side Show on theClyde Beatty Circus, and Barbara has thesnakes in the show. Little Marsha Larkincelebrated her 4th Birthday while the showwas in Los Angeles. The Pina Troupe joinedClyde while in L.A. — Bernie Griggs notfeeling too well these, days, but carrying onjust the same. Eilene Voice rides a rick-shaw in the spec. Joan Lewis on the sicklist, but carrying on. Smoky Chism hurthis knee in the wild west line-up but didn'tmiss a show—Don McClemon put the newLiberty Horse act through their paces anddid a good job.

The Spartan Shows opened last week inGardena, California to a very nice crowd,even though the night was a bit cool.Charles Spartan owner of the show is feat-ured with his high school horse Poncho.Other acts are: Erma Spartan—Dogs, Bur-dicks trapeze act, Lew Kisk, Archie Silver,Bobby Wach, Lloyd and Lyman Sentor, inclown alley with John Top Producer, JoanWach, wire act, Freda Wach in ladder andtumbling act — Chief White Eagle has theconcert.

The Sportsman show at the Gilmore Sta-dium was well attended and line up of actswere well received. Show was produced byII. W. Buck and Mel Morrison. The actswere: Peciay Ringes — Bicycle act, AndersHanger — Slide for life, Firchau Bros. —tree climbing exhibition, and Jack Price —baseball comic.

Emil Pallenberg, Owner and trainer of1'allenberg Bears ran into a little difficultygoing through Oregon with his bears, seemsa permit is necessary to transport an act ofhis kind through that state and Emil hitjust the right officers to give him plentyof grief — what next???? — will be re-quired? Seal Bros. Circus owned by BudAnderson has left our vicinity and are nowtrekking in Nevada. Staff on the show are:Dorothy Anderson, Treas; Joe Scharoun,Secty.; Joe Webb, Equestrian Director:Jack Turner, Legal Adjuster; Raymond An-giler. Bandmaster; Edward Baker, FrontDoor; J. D. Foss, General Agent; Buck He-

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ger, Banner Man; Happy Loter, Wild LifeShow; Mr. & Mrs. Nonnan Anderson, Priv-ilege Car; Frank Forrest — makes all open-ing on the side show which consists of —•Marie Forrest, Tommy and Sandra Thomp-son, Ruth Nelson, DeKalb, and featuresEdna Lincoln.

The Boys on the Polack Western Unit aresurely keeping on their toes these days. Theshow left Sacramento for Stockton to bethere for 6 days. From there they go on2 and 3 day stands. Advance men are MickeyBlue, James Rison, Jack Dougherty, DixieHerbert, and Joe Westerman. This Unitwill be on the West Coast through October1st, covering California, Nevada, Washing-ton, Oregon and British Columbia.

Mr. & Mrs. Howard King, and Mr. &Mrs. T. D. Newland visited Seal Bros. Cir-cus while they showed in Fontana. Mr. &Mrs. Joe Mineo and Family visited the Sie-brund Circus while in Tucson, also Dr. But-terfield who has retired from show businessbut is an active circus fan. E. K. Fernan-dez, has been in and out of the islands. Heis here trying to get all his acts together forhis ice show and circus Fair dates. Fairdates start about the first of September.Bert Nelson and his partner Abel have book-ed Abbie Goldstein's Royal Rogues and thegay Racheroe for the Kern County Fair inBakersfield. Mable Starke rushing like madgetting ready for picture work, signed upto do — BIG TOP FURY, the company islooking for a girl to play Mable, as a girl.Ernestine Baer was called to Chicago in ahurry to replace her cousin in the Hanna-ford Art.

Well Folks I guess that's it. I have hadone caller after another ever since I satdown to do this, besides the old hunt andpeek broke down and I had to take it downfor repairs, so this is getting out late. Ihope my boss will say as others do. BET-TER LATE THAN NEVER —

That's all Folks. See you again in the

next one.

The Clock of Life is wound just onceAnd no man has the Power to tellJust when the hands will stop.Now, is the only time we own,Let's live, Love and Toil with <i willFor tomorrow the Hands on the ClockWay be Still.

—Peggy M. Forstall.

FAIR BILL SIGNEDWashington — Merchandise to be exhib-

ited at the Chicago International TradeFair can be (imported into the United Stateswithout paying duties, under a bill sinnedby President Truman.

51 FAIRS FOR STATEAlbany — Fifty-one fairs will be held in

New York State this year. Tine total rep-resents tlie greatest number since the startof World War II, the State Agriculture De-partment said last night.

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THE LADIES AUXILIARYOF THE SLOA

Sherman Hotel, ChicagoThe Ladies' Auxiliary of the Showmen's

League of America held their final meet-ing of the Season, Thursday night, May4th, 1950 at the Sherman Hotel, Chicago,111., in the Emerald r<x>i.n with Mrs. Mar-garet Filograsso, Pres. presiding. Other of-ficers present were: Mrs. Lillian Gliek, 1stVice Pres., Mrs. Carmelita Horan, 3rd VicePres., Mrs. Pat Seery, Treasurer and Mrs.Elsie Miller, Sec. Invocation rendered byChaplain Margaret Jeske.

Application proposed by Louise Donahueol Mrs. Edna Florence Mayer elected toMembership. Applications proposed byDolly Young, elected to Membership as fol-lows: Sarah Viola Weaver, Doris Coulston.Marjorie Leahey, Doris Whitemore, SallyRand, Mrs. Irene Beaty, Mrs. Lynn Greeco.Mrs. Barbara B. Jones, Mrs. Beulah Thomas.Mrs. Edith B. Arner, Mrs. Melvena N. Mel-lon and Mrs. Geraldine Gaughn.

Three large cash awards will be placedon rafHe boks for Summer activities. Car-melita Horan will act as chairman of books.A rummage sale will take place very shortlywith Pat Seery as chairman and CarmelitaHoran as co-chairman. Any donations shallbe gratefully received. Forward same toCarmelita Horan at 1825 W. Ohio St. Any-one in town may phone her at Haymarket1-4692, packages will be picked up.

Nan Rankine, Past Pres. is out with ColeBros. Circus with her mentalist act. Nanjust returned from Florida and proposed anidea called 1 <)()','{ club. You may earn $10.00anyway you may see fit and turn receipts into the Auxiliary to become a Member ofthis club called 100#.

A Gold Life Membership card will be'awarded any Member obtaining 50 or moreapplications this Summer. Dolly Young,chairman of the Membership drive is wellon her way to reach this goal.

Recuperating from recent illness are:Margaret Shapiro, and her husband, Evelynand Mrs. Margaret Hock, Mae Taylor, Nel-lie Byrnes, Billie Wasserman, Cora Yeld-ham, and Blanche Latto. All on the mend.

Last social of the Season was a success.Margaret Jeske, Pres., and Carmelita Horanhandling same. Orange cake baked byElsie Miller, Sec., was won by her andre-raffled and won by Mrs. Henry Belden.Elsie Miller won a glass baking set. PhoebeCarsky donated a lovely mirrored wastebasket which was won by a guest. Partyhad a nice attendance. All the pri/es weredonated by Members.

Anyone wishing to send in applicationsand dues forward same to Elsie Miller, Sec.4215 W. Fifth Ave., Chicago 24, 111.

Edith Streibieh, Past Pres. is at her Sum-mer home in Assembly Park, Delevan Lake,Wis. — By Edith Streibieh, chairman,press.

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The conference opened at 11 yesterdaymorning in the Trustees Room of the Ex-position's new Brooks Memorial Administra-tion Building with George Bernert, Super-intendent of Concessions and Outdcx>r Ma-chinery Show, presiding. Following a briefaddress of welcome by General ManagerCharles A. Nash, the meeting plunged di-rectly into a business session out of whichstemmed ideas and action aimed to improvethe outdoor machinery show in many di-rections.

At 12:30 the meeting adjourned to thePotter Mansion in Storrowton Village on theExposition grounds for lunch. This wasfollowed by another business session on thesite of the machinery show where manypractical physical matters pertaining to theexhibits could be pointed out directly.

Those attending as guests of the Exposi-tion included: A. G. Cochrane, Somers-worth, N. H.; C. G. Winters, Windsor Locks,Conn.; C. N. Arnold, Syracuse, N. Y.; Rob-ert D. Davis, Holyoke; A. E. Sigrist, Syra-cuse, N. Y.; Tom Trart, York, Pa.; L. H.Litchfield, Boston; Kenneth M. Dcnnehyand Charles Works, Putnam, Conn.; R. J.Grazier, Batavia, N. Y.; W. W. Parker,Agawam; Ralph U. Starr, Auburn, Mass.;Eric M. Spafford, Syracuse, N. Y.; WilliamSullivan, Springfield; Earl A. Getman,Shortsville, N. Y.; Charles Tator, WestSpringfield; C. J. Reilly and John Arm-strong, Brooklyn, N. Y.; C. W. Whitehouse,Fairless, Vt.; E. F. Eedson, West Spring-field and Bruce Craine.

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THE CIRCUS INRETROSPECT

The Cleanest Show on EarthBy LEWIS BELMORE

In previous columns we reviewed thechanges that have taken place in ShowBusiness during the past half-century.

The Old Music Hall is gone. The OldVariety Theatre is a memory. The fine oldromantic plays, and stock companies, be-long to another, and more placid age.

Time Marches On! We progress! No-thing stands still — even in Show Business,because man wills it so. Every age hasproduced great names, and electrifyingachievements. As I sat through the Ring-ling Bros, and Barnnm & Bailey Circus,it occurred to me that here was one GreatInstitution that has not been affected bychange. It is one branch of the amusementfield that has always been fortunate in be-ing blessed with Great Men — Great Show-men — One and All — Large or Small.

The Circus is a Great Institution becauseGroat Showmen have always been attractedto it — men of the caliber of P. T. Bar-num, James A. Bailey, Al. G. Barnes, W.W. Cole, Adam Forepaugh, the five Ring-ling Bros., etc.

Because the circus has not been effectedby change — world upheavals, etc., it doesnot imply that it has ever stood still. Ontile contrary it has grown bigger and better,better and bigger down through the ye.irs.

To use a few choice adjectives of thepress agent, it's still startling — only moreso. Its still Marvelous — only more so.It's still the Greatest Show on Earth —Greater than it ever was. It's still the primeform of entertainment of the young, the old— male and female — Kings and Queens,Street Urchins — Rich and Poor — AllTypes — All Nationalities — everywhere.

Stand in front of the Madison SquareGarden, or on the lot in a small town andwatch the smiling faces — the millingcrowds waiting anxiously to get inside.Watch the Sea of Faces as the Big Showgets under way. No other show on earthmoves the masses like a circus. No otherform of entertainment ever will.

The guiding hand of genius is still at thehead of the circus. The old press agent,with his flair for the sensational, has beensupplanted by a public relations counselorwith a somewhat more subtle approach.Our hats off to the Great Showmen — theGreat Press Agents, and the Great Perform-ers who have made the circus a living, vi-brating thing — nay, more, a householdword. And let's not forget the animals.They, too, deserve favorable mention.

Dexter P. Fellowes, one of the reallygreat press agents, used adjectives in greatprofusion to describe the circus. Behomath!Stupendous! Startling! Mammoth! Elec-trifying! Super-Sensational!, and otherthree and four syllable words. The Great -'est Show on Earth tells the whole story in5 words.

About 30 years ago die following shows

were very much in evidence: RinglingBros. & Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows,Sells Floto Circus, Tom Mix and Tony, Al.G. Barns Big 4 Ring Wild Animal Circus,Hagenback-Wallace Circus, Robbins Bros.Circus, Downie Bros. 3 Ring Circus, Hunt's3 Ring Circus, Walter L. Main Circus,Gentry Bros. Dog & Pony Show, Wheeler& Sawtelle's Circus, Lewis Bros. Circus,Fischer Bros. Circus, Seils-Sterling Circus,Schell Bros. Circus, Sam Dock's Circus, TheMighty Haag Circus, The Snyder Bros. Cir-cus and Wild West Show, Henry Bros. Cir-cus, Sam Dill's Robbins Circus, St. LeonBros. Circus.

At an earlier period, it was John Robin-son and Bill Lake Wagon Show, W. W.Cole, James A. Bailey, Adam Forepaugh,Dan Rice, John O'Brien, Sells Bros., whoalso operated S. H. Barnett's United Rail-road Shows, with 3 rings, a stage, and 50cages. All of the foregoing were leadersof the circus world.

James A. Bailey (born James AnthonyMcGuiness) was the dominant figure in thecircus world from 1888 to 1904. P. T. Bar-num combined with Cooper & Bailey's Lon-don Circus and in 1888 it became the Bar-num & Bailey's London Circus and in 1888it became th Barnum & Bailey's "GreatestShow On Earth."

When the famous clown — Rob't Ed-mond Sherwood owned and operated abookshop on Beekman Street in New YorkCity, up to a few years ago, I had manyinteresting chats with Uncle Bob. His,"Hold Your Horses! The Elephants AreComing!" written by Uncle Bob Sherwood,was the last word of the last of Barnum'sclowns. It seemed to this writer that UncleBoh knew them all, from the top to thebottom, and not excluding the animals.

The name of Bailey appears often in cir-cus history; quite a number were promin-ently identified with circuses. We havementioned the very dominant figures of tilecircus world. (There were, of course, manyothers who brought amusement and pleasureto the multitudes. The omissions were notdeliberate.) All of them, from the smallestto the largest operator, belong in the Cir-cus Hall of Fame. They have all contributedtheir share, and all of them have left theirindelible imprint on the amusement world.They deserve great credit — all of them —for making the circus the cleanest form ofentertainment on earth.

No custodian of the public morals has ev-er been called upon to censure a circus.No Board of Census has ever been requiredto lay down the law to a circus — here orabroad.

It is, in short, die only amusement play-ing to the masses — from die Tiny Tots toGrandpa — that has been consistentlyabove reproach, and beyond criticism.

And may I add a word about present daypress agents. It is my opinion that theGeneral Press Representatives of the typeof Roland Butler, of the Ringling Bros. Bar-num & Bailey" Greatest Show On Earth,"has done much to raise the general toneof the circus to an ever and ever higherlevel.

The Story of die 5 Ringling Brothers —dieir rise to international fame — soundslike a Horatio Alger Story. They wereAl, Otto, Alf. T., Charles, and John. Itwould require many volumes to do theseGreat Showmen real justice. They wereborn Showmen. From early youth, the 5brothers wanted to own a circus. "Everyman is the architect of his own fortune,"said August, the father. In his opinion thatarchitecture began in die teens.

The 5 boys started YOUNG. Al startedto learn to juggle, and the breaking of platesand dishes while yet a kid. John sangsongs and with a pair of woden shoes re-hearsed a dance routine. Otto at 16 wasmapping out route tours for shows. He wasan industrious student of geography — theideal type for a Traffic Manager. Charlespracticed the Violin and Trombone. Al-fred devoted himself to the Alto Horn andAl studied Bass Drum. These 5 startedout as a Band when they were in dieirteens. Their first venture (diree of theboys wore short pants) was a concert at theTown Hall at Sac City, Iowa, 6 miles fromBaraboo, the latter their home town. Ex-penses were $25.00. They billed themselves,"The Ringling Brothers Classic And ComicConcert Company, and would give an en-tertainment of Mirth and Music at theTown Hall." Otto did the booking, andwas advance man. Later die band wascalled Yankee Robinson and Ringling Bros.Show. It was given in a Canastoto wagonwitli dropped steps to the ground to admitthe audience. They also gave shows fortheir boyhood pals and friends at 5c en-trance to their circus.

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By LEWIS BELMORE

The Next Time you stand in front of aBroadway Caleteria, and read the now fa-miliar, and Universal sign, "Ham and Eggs85c" — just sing the following parody tothe tune of that old favorite, "Tammany."

Ham 'n' EggsHam V EggsI like mine fried good and brownI like mine upside downHam 'n' EggsHam 'n' EggsFlip 'em, flop 'em,Flap 'em, drop 'em,Ham 'n' Eggs.

The above parody was made popular byTowsendites in Los Angeles, and is still be-ing sung at meetings, etc.

Some of you old timers who played TonyPastor's (the Daddy of Variety) on east 14thSt., the Dewey theatre, the old Sansouci, andPalace Garden—(all in the same section) atthe turn of the century, may remember someof the restaurants frequented by Show Folk.At all the 2nd and 3rd Ave. eating places, inthose placid days, you get a regular dinnerfrom soup to nuts for 25c—two bits. Thekosher resturants on the lower east sidecharged 17c for a meal, and you could haveall the bread, and seltzer water your alreadyoverladen stomach could handle.

In 1834 a restaurant on Pearl Street, Man-hattan's downtown section, listed the fol-lowing on their daily menu cards:

Cup of coffee 1 centBowl tea or coffee 2 centsSoup 2 centsHash 3 centsPies 4 centsHalf pies 2 centsBeef or mutton stew 4 centsBeefsteak 4 centsLiver and Bacon 5 centsRoast Mutton 5 centsChicken Stew 5 centsFried Eggs 10 centsHam and Eggs 10 centsHamburger Steak 10 centsREGULAR DINNER .... 12 cents

Yes, I am familiar with all the arguments,pro and con, about the higher standard ofliving—higher wages, and the correspond-ing increase in food and rents. I write aboutEconomic Planning, Supply and Demand,etc., for business publications. What hasall the above to do with Show Business?Lots! When food, clothing and shelter ishigh, Mrs. Average Citizen must of neces-sity retrench. How? By remaining awayfrom the theatre, the circus, the moving pic-ture theatre, the carnivals, etc. They givemore and more time and attention to theirradios, and to pinochle. They play solitaireand checkers. They unceremoniously bouncethe music teacher, and stop buying records.That, Mr. & Mrs. Performer, and Mr. Pro-ducer and Manager is how it affects you.

In other words, Show Folks and ShowBusiness, and the Arts always feel the pinchfirst.

Did anyone ever hear of subsidies forShow Folk? Did our Government everconsider the actor, the musician, or themai.ager when the economic shoe was pinch-ing? I don't think so, at least I don't re-member the time Show Folk were ever con-sidered in Economic Planning. It is only incomparatively recent times that Show Peo-ple have been able to command attentionand respect. At one time they were in thesame class with the wandering Gypsies, andwere even regarded by some pious peopleas sinners.

Until very recent times Show Folk weren'teven decently organized. The legitimateactor stuck up his nose at anything thatlooked like a Union. Fortunately, The Ac-tors Equity came along and paved the wayfor decent representation for the legit, andfor chorus people. During the ActorsEquity strike this writer was one of themarchers along Broadway, and I recall howsome of the boys thought it a rather strangething for a legitimate actor to parade alongBroadway like other Union men. Ratherthan join a Union some legits joined theGeorge M. Cohen outfit, the Fedaration ofActors, which, didn't last too long. Today,actors know that you can still be a goodartist and a good Union man. Musiciansfound that out long, long before Show Folksdid.

All right, now altogether . . .Ham 'n' EggsHam 'n' Eggs.

Miami — Club members are leaving tojoin shows, with a few staying on until thefair season.

Buddie and Billie Anthony left for Cav-alcade of Amusements, with the Litter sked-ded to operate the mitt camp. Pete andEdna Lockhart returned here and are liv-ing in one of Billie Pope's apartments. SamBorden visited the clubrooms and will re-main here until the fair season.

Club's executive secretary, accompaniedby his wife, will leave on a four to five-week Eastern trip June 1 and will visit anumber of shows to drop off Century Clubtickets.

Much mail has accumulated at the club-rooms and the secretary has requested mem-IXTS to send their correct addresses so thatit may be forwarded.

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"The playground of the World.The ride-operators, owners of Kiddy Land

parks, Concessionaires and the few show-men and show-women down here finallygot a break in weather and they went afterthe Yankee Dollar with zest.

Several Girlie shows operating. Tir/.ahack at the old stand on Surf Avenue, work-ing without a blow-off until DecorationDay at which time Madam Fatima, knownto you as Albert-Alberta, who calls himselfa Half man—half woman. Been doing itfor years down here and as the world oweshim a living that is how he gets it. FreddySindel, owner of The Irish Stable, an eatand drink emporium, added a Girlie Re-vue on Surf Avenue to his enterprises, withJustin Wagner out front and doing well.Another Girlie Revue on Stillwell Avenuereaping in the shekels. Dave Rosen, backagain selling his Side Show, with exagger-ated banners and strange as it may seemstill getting money. Showmen down hereprove that you can fool all the people allthe time — mebbe that's why they eometo Coney Island time and again.

Th Board of Health of Greater New Yorkmust be doing a Rip Van Winkle and itwould be shameful to awaken the officialsor their inspectors and ask them to look atthe eating stands all over Coney Island andBrighton Beach. Food-stuff eatables areopenly displayed with dust and dirt flyingon a windy day. Genus in the air . . . be-ing caught by open display "of Custardstands and hot dogs, hamburgers, frenchfried potatoes, ete. . . . But who eares? . . .Surely it appears as though the Board ofHealth don't give a darn if millions of peo-ple get sick — or should they?

The riding devices enjoying good business.Whether the inspectors of the license de-partment has given them all an okay shouldbe a foregone conclusion. But somehow anumber of rides stopped with passengerson them — so apparently something wentwrong. A general cheek-up on all rides onthe Island would not IK- amiss.

Feltman's with an added Kiddy Land

Park, enjoying good business. On the Board-walk of their site. Mangel's Whip appearedto be getting top money. The Merry-Go-Round for kiddies was -charging 9 cents.On the Bowery the Boomerang ride wasthe obvious top money getter. Harry Nel-son's ball games, high striker, etc., enjoyinggood business. Fascination on Surf Avenue,the Group game witli a worth-while reputa-tion was getting its usual good play. Eddie's5-Star Final Game, with Irving TaHet asfloor man, kept up a steady pace of playersall day. Kirsch's Restaurant on Surf Av-enue with a line waiting to be seated in thefinest food served on Coney Island, doingcapacity business, perhaps all waiting toenjoy Mother Kirsch's delicious soup, whichis out of this world. . . . Moe's 5-Star FinalGame on the Boardwalk, with players hold-ing merchandise won, were busy all day,witli Irving Silberman on the "Mike" keptthe players in good humor, with Mrs. SadieSilberman and Moe in person acting as hostto players. A real family group as playerscalling each other by their first name, makesMoe's the outstanding Group game on theBoardwalk. . . . Faber's group games —that's the rich boys from Miami Beach andRockaway — got their share of business,whether they were entitled to it or not.But money goes to money and the Faber'shave their share, as they will tell you, ifyou ask 'em!

The boys who have the Luna Park siteproperty, had made arrangements to leveloff the grounds and had everything set tobuild a Drive-in-Theatre in the formerLuna Park grounds. When they appliedfor a permit, it was refused. Now reportshave it they will build a housing project forColored People, right on Surf Avenue. . . .Bob Adler sitting in Larkin's Real Estateoffice waiting for prospects, as hundreds ofconcessions space is available on the Islandfrom Hanky panks to eating joints.

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Johnstown, Pa.—Despite the cold andrain the folks turned out opening nighthere, although business has not been itsgood as in the past. The local bus andstreet car strike now in its fourth week hasnot helped any. Radio Station WARD,Columbia's outlet here has gone all-out toput the show over, making broadcast fromthe lot, and devoting their Man-On-The-Stree>t program daily to the show.

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