The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 15, 1937, Page 9

I Veteran Troupers Just Plain Folks Life With Shows Not One Steady Whirl of Romance end Adventure ex ences more often than not a bit out of the ordinary are the lot of the carnival folk, General opinion is that their lives are a continual whirl with little or no home life, but on meeting them, they turn out to be much like the more staid citizens, Most of them spend the winter months quietly at home or in Florida with their families, Two couplés with the Goodman show, one of whom is approaching the golden wedding anniversary mark, have been on the road for many years. Dorothy Barclay, the girl motor- cycle rider, discusses farm and busi- ness conditions as a vital part of her business. An interesting lot on the whole, are the carnival crew, for they nave traveled widely and met both the high and the low. From the tip of South America to the end of the railroad in northwest- ern Canada, through every state in the union and a number of European countries the show business has taken the Sibleys, here with the Goodman Wonder Shows. Married 44 Years Walter and Mary, as they are known to the carnival troupe, cele- prated their 44th wedding anniversary July 7. At the time of their marriage in 1893 Mr. Siblay was not quite 18 and his bride barely 16. After a few years in the restaurant business in New York City, their home, the two entered the show business and have followed the road for 35 years. For eight years they had their own Siblay the day they left the tion. A letter of @ppreciation, both feel uly ony |, for Rose anything very good any- one but himself and his own ideas. In 1935 the Siblays were in Brus- sels, Belgium, for the exposition. Here, as elsewhere where they are lo- oe. breed ais Mr, Sibley presen' board, showman’s Bible. In Europe they visited cities of England, Holland, Belgium and Paris, France. During the same year at the Century of Progress in Chi- cago, he led the program from the fair which greeted the Byrd expedi- tion at the South Pole by radio, kitchen in addition to chops and other fancy cuts, is a half a steer while 100 loaves of bread usually suf- fice to satisfy the appetite of the troupers, The menu changes twice each day, Pictured above are postmasters from all parts of North Dakota who met. here Saturday to form a state chapter of the National Postmasters’ association, ‘Those shown are: Front row—Leo Stein, Harvey; W. 8. Hoo; member national executive board, National Postmasters’ association: dent of the North Dakota chapter; Charles K. Otto, Valley City, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Boulss A. Bird, Flaxton, and J. Midle row—Mrs. George W. Morton, Manning; A. ©. Pagenkopf, Dickinson; Mrs, Ethel E. Hall, Het- For those who overdraw there is a meal ticket, the amount of which is taken out of the monthly check. Cameraderie Mise “First of May's,” says Mrs, Madigan, are sometimes a bit exasperating. She was not speaking, however, of the month. That is the name by which the oldsters at the game desig- nate those who are new, some of Has Charge of Mail Mrs. Siblay has charge of ail of the mail received by the show folk. In that capactly she knows the whole troupe by name and who plays in the more than 20 tents along the Midway. They spend their winters in Miami, a after the show closes late in the fall, Another pair of oldtimers with the show are Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Madigan, who are in-charge of the cook house. ‘They have spent 23 years on the road; 19 with the Jones show and four with the United shows. feeling that they know the business bottom and tep. Both Mrs, Madigan and Mrs, Siblay feel that the camera- derle for which troupers of the old days were noted is often sadly lacking i whom enter the carnival with the re) tinger; 8. J. Dunn, Oentér; Mrs. Catherine Albers, Mandan, ‘Ness, Grand Forks; J. A. Hamilton, McClusky; T. A, ¥F. Brandes, LaMoure; Frank W. Kelly, Devils Lake; John P. Jungers, Regent, and Christ Bertsch, Bismarck. SMITH SENTENCED and F. 8, Hudsen, Back row—Mary T. publicity agent with the show refused to do much about publicity for her. She went him one better, however, and went to the newspaper office, herself, discovered that one of the porters was @ girl with whom she had attended high school. She got her story, a two-column front page spread with cuts. The track Wednesday night was rather slippery Miss Barclay said, be- Judge Allen Says Defendant J, Behles, Garrison. A. per, Fargo; Frank Horak, Oconto, Wis., 3 Miss Nellie Dougherty, Minot, presi- state director; E. H. Mattingly, Jamestown, jazen; Mildred B, Johnson, Ashley; J. J. Eaton, Medora, U.S. Intervention for Chinese Is Demanded John Bernard, Eveleth, Minn., Farmer-Laborite and three other house members, demanded Wednes- day that Secretary Hull “take a stand Marquardt, Cooperstown; TO o0-DAY TERMS “A Has Been Detriment to to picket, but the strike must be con- ducted in such a manner, including all picketing, so that no law is broken, ho disturbance caused, and no act of violence perpetrated, and no one do- red pike duty be guilty of disorderly ont comoneieste only y moral suasion, not by force or legal acts. in defense of China and of world peace.” : “If Japan is allowed to swallow up Northern China now, she will become potentially far more dangerous an enemy,” said a letter written to Hull ct by Bernard and representatives, John ir |M. Coffee, Tacoma, Wash.; Jerry Picket line can influence and !o'Connel, Butte, Mont, and Knute 8 legal way and | Hil, Prosser, Wash. Washington, July 15 —(@)— Rep.! Legislators Attack Minnesota Governor St. Paul, July 18.—(?)—A sharp at- tack on Gov. Elmer A. Benson from the anti-administration faction marked continued struggling Thurs- day by the legislature to agree on a new revenue-raising program in the face of additional reports of confer- ence committee difficulties. Senator Donald Wright, Minneapo- lis, charged that the chief executive “has tried to reduce the members of the legislature to mere puppets who will jump when he pulls the strings.” CCC Recruiting Will Be Held Here Friday An additional CCC recruiting period will be held Friday at 1 p. m. in the ‘World War Memorial building, Bis- marck, to fill the state’s July quota of 400 enlistments. Recruiting at four key cities throughout the state last week left about 40 vacancies, The annual revenue of the Port of New York averages $100,000,000. EES Minneopa Salad Dressing— Oh, so tasty—Ask your Grocer. ee Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed ‘The eye is an organ you can't afford to neglect. Dr. H. J. Wagner Optometrist Offices Opposite the G. P. Hotel since 1914 Phone 533 —_ Bismarck, N. D. Defends Right to Work “I am informed that a majority, or ‘ a ies a arauaerable number of the orkers at the Sloven com; hi Police Magistrate E. 8. Allen souiee returned to work. Whether a major- Thursday morning imposed two 30-|ity or anly a few, or if only one ae day jail sentences and a fine of $50|sires to work, that one has a right to upon John Smith, transient labor | work and tio one or no organization leader, for disorderly conduct in con-|has a right to forcibly or by dis- nection with the hide and fur house|orderly conduct prevent that man strike here, fit sentences are to|from working. tun concurrently. “If that is not the law and does Rois Lirseotag hee to /eiiec bath not Temelny the law, I fear this coun- in ‘was af- | try is riding to a fall. rested on a similar count Monday. n +f woe He was taken into custody at the scene of the strike, where it was alleged he had been using abusive language. In seritencing Smith, Judge Allen Ceclared “such men as you do more harm to the cause of labor than can be remedied. Because I do have sym- pathy for the cause of the laborer ‘and because I believe your actions, if allowed at liberty during the con- tinuance of this strike will be a detri- ment to the cause of labor, I inflict this jail sentence.” May Show Leniency Judge Allen promised Smith that if the strike was settled before the sentence expired, he would entertain a request for a suspension of the bal- cause of the rain. Nonchalantly she admitted that her machine had slipped once, causing her to slightly hurt her ankle. The straight wall drome is much harder to ride than the silo, the type in which the Barclays were featured at the World Fair in Chicago, Here, show. It was daring this period that they visited South America, playing up and down both coast for three years. As the first modern, up- to-date carnival that had been in these countries the.venture was a great financial success. Business was good, said Mrs. Sibley, even in one Chilean city where they opened shortly after an earthquake had destroyed prac- tically half the buildings. “South Americans don’t get tired as the youth of America does,” she went on. As proof of this is the fact that they opened their show one Christmas Eve morning and finally closed it at 3 a. m., the morning after Christmas day. Knew Will Rogers Will Rogers was more to the two than just a name. They knew him during his days with the 101 Ranch, They, too, were restaurant people before starting out on the road. Na- | tives of Bridgeport, Conn., they re- turn there annually for the winter, later going to Florida, where they have spent several months for 22 years out of the 23 they have been traveling. No Dieting on Midway Amazing as it may seem the mid- gets of the show order the same meal as the fat ladies, according to Mrs. Madigan, and, what is more, they eat every bit of it. The thin man doesn’t diet, nor do the girls of the “Phan- tasma” or the “Show of Shows,” where figures are important. From the Wednesday menu it would seem that steak is as great # favorite with the troupe as it is with a regular restaurant crowd. The average amount of beef ordered daily for the among members of the younger gen- eration of show people. The Madigans run their kitchen and dining room after the southern fashion with a separate place for the Negroes of the carnival. Although they have been at the State Fair at Minot for the last nine years, this is their first trip to Bis- marck. A number of the group, Mrs. Madigan said, were visiting the Da- kotad for the first time and had looked forward to it quite a lot. Like Canadians . Canadian tradespeople won the hearts of the Madigans by their oblig- ing service’ and by their ready exten- sion of credit without question, rather than the American fashion of deliver- ing the goods with the query, “This is @ cash sale?” Across ee Midway from the cook house, it half way down the line is the straight-wall drome where Dor- othy Barclay and her brother, Bob, race each other madly around & wooden cylinder on motorcycles, mak- ing the spectators shudder with the idea that this time, surely, they will either run together or come flying over the top of the drome in spite of the protecting steel cable. Cause of Labor Grn tour they put on their specialty, four racing around the wall, sig- gagging across each others’ path. n asked if it were difficult for the rider to gain the vertical wall from the floor, Miss Barclay said, no, that it really wasn’t if “she,” as she calls her motorcycle, made the first jump. If “she” failed to make it, there would be a spill and a spill from a motorcycle going from 45 to 60 miles per hour on @ vertical wall would very likely have anything but pleas- ant results. Bugs Bother Riders There is one thing that worries Miss Barclay on the rides. It’s neither the fear of slipping nor losing control. It happens to be the bugs that fly about. the lights, and she believes that it is the law.” « Judge Allen reviewed the actions of the defendant as a member of the picket line and informed members-of the Workers Alliance that in sen- tencing Smith it was no reflection upon their organization but rather because “in the opinion of the cowt the actions of this defendant have done more to injure the cause of the local Workers Alliance than any one fing else that has come to my atten- on.” FA LAHR INSURANCE «*> BONDS GET STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS AT her single act Doro! rides & pithel around the’ drome, halt way||that she has swallowed her full share [ance of the sentence, AT RANK aL DC SWANSON’S UNIVERSAL on co. up the wall, then six inches from the | during the time she’s been riding. The| Preliminary to sentencing, Judge BISMARCK Standard Standard Service 4 TOP VALUE, top, then back down at the bottom,| Barclays change the’ tires on their|Allen in a statement to those present Sth & Main - - Phone 2468 Main and First | IN THE with both hands held free from theymachines whenever they begin to/¢xPlained his attitude on the current | | MVR ma Mog Eater ARLEYS’ SCHNEIDER POPULAR PRICE handle bars, And yet, she claims, ahe| 100k bit worn, for a blowout would /@ifficullies, |||, | a poem ni CHAR pie gets the jitters when the trailer in} Be nearly certain to be fatal in the eS have ihe aeighe to DOCTOR OR LAWYER Pines alate: 1117 Beet Mate Phone 919 said, “that workers have the right to strike and that strikers have the right Bente drome. They were featured at the Chicago fair during both years. Brother Bob was formerly a transport pilot be- tween Chicago and St. Louis. Doro- thy also took lessons in . Of @ crew of six who flew with Bob he is the only one left, so perhaps rid- ing madly around the vertical walls of & wooden cylinder is a safe life after all—perhaps. Play in Horseshoe League Announced Shoe-Throwers From Six Teams Will Play Round Robins Through Sept. 2 P which they travel, slips a bit on the road, Cobbs Creek BLENDED WHISKY CONTINENTAL DISTILLING CORPORATION, Taught By Brother Small and red-haired, she was taught to ride by her brother when she was 17. Laughing a bit, she said that then she thought that it was pretty smart and was just a little irri- tated when she returned to her home town of Portage, Wis. because the CAR ONNERS FLOCK 0 LRM IN GOODYEARS NEW "BAS" HANK you, America! You're certainly going to town for Goodyear’s big, new, tough “R-1” — the tire that cracked down on rising prices. You’ve forced us to double, triple our production to take care of your demand for this sensa- tional tire that offers you all i} time-proved Goodyear fea- 4 PA. 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