Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 26, 1910, Page 5

' . 4 - ) A THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1910, Some Things You Want to Know R R L et The Circus s with its jingling music and of mirth and wonder has made {9 itselt in American lite. The multi-colofed poster, hung so alluringly on the fbadside barn, catches the eye of the small boy as he wends his way home- ward from school and makes him late for the evening chores. Its extravagantly worded and elabrately pictured promise of scenes of splendor and mystery arouses in his sanguine mind & raptureus deter- ( mination “to see that show.” It develops in him a spirit of thrift and & propensity for economy that, if maintained through- out his lite, would make him rich. The tented city, coming in with the &ray dawn, rising spectre-like out of the mist, revealing its wonders during the day © and then disappearing in the darkness, is &imost Iike some trick in magic. The sys- tem by which all this is sccomplished is quite as wonderful as the astohishing things seen in the ring. The elrous men ve perfected the routine of their calling n every possible way. They have the add- P& machine in the ticket wagon, the cash Tegister at the door, and they carry with them their own portable telephone system and electric light plant. Before the circus comes to town more 'than 100 men have preceded it to perfect arrangements, They are contracting agents, advertisers and inspectors. One arranges for the rallroad transportation, one for the lot where the exhibition is to be given, one for the licbnse, one for the newspaper advertlsing, one for the bill- boards, one for the livery teams to take ® bili posters to the country, etc. The in advanice have a world of detall 1o look after. They must report on the Tallroad run eoming into the town, as well as the one Juaving it. The curves and grades must all be investigated so the pro lowanice for time may be made. It theke are tunnels it must be made cer- tain that the heavy vans and tall elephant cars will clear them. A careful report 8ls0 is made on the haul from the railroad yards to the exhibition grounds. It must ascertained if all bridges and culverts strong encugh to bear the weight of the heavy vans. Contracting for the dally provisions constitutes another feature of the advance work. There are from 700 to $0 people with a large circus, and “show day” is an event to be looked forward to by dealers in the towns along the route. €1¢ §5 10 other calling which has such a{ . duy as the circus, It begins early 4¢ morning and runs well into the shit. The dusty engines are hardly unm- coupled from the trains until the canvas- covered wagons are rolling from the caj and trundling through the streets toward the lot. The sceme at the grounds is one which never fails to attract hundreds of spectators. Thers,is hardly any other in- stance where so much work s accomplished in so little time, the morning work being the most visible evidence of the highly perfected organization. Order comes out of chaos while you look. Every man has his place and every driver knows where his wagon Is needed and at just what time. Everything with ‘the circus Is on wheels and it is of tiie greatest fmportance that there be no delay in moving the wagons containing the stuff. If the wagons come promptly on the lot in the order that they come from the cars there is littie danger of delay. First the stakes and chains, then the poles, then the canvas, and as #00n as the tents are under way the seats pod apparatus for the performance. At the same time the wagons contalnig the cook tents, qating tents, stables, side show, the menagerie, dressing rooms, ete.. must * be delivered and their contents rushed Into thelr respective positions. If there fs de- lay In getting the wagona from the cars to the lot it means that the parade must be delayed. The parade is the trial of the eircus pro- fession because it comes in the morning during the greatest rush of the day, and it there is the slightest delay it runs over into the business of the aftesnoon and glves no timd:for rest for either the people or the horses. On a hot morning when there is a long haul from the cars to the lot the stock should have an opportunity to rest, but this eften is impossible. More accidents happen during the jam which results from the parade than at any other time during the visit of the circus. The ing, “Hold your horses, the elephants aré coming,” often goes unheeded and serious runaways are frequent. Great e On Retiring One night treatment for red, : ; bt o R X and wear soft bandages or old loose anxiety always is felt by the management | until this feature of the day's program is | over. The proprietors of the Barnum & | Bailey show abandoned the parade alto- | wether while in Eujope, and found that its | withdrawal greatly simplified the handling | of the show without affecting the attend- | ance. It could easily be done away with abroad, because the big elreus is a new institution over there and the people are not accustomed to all fta features as they are in this country, Another reason for | omitting the parade in Europe was because & great many people came to see it and then went home satisfled. | The ticket wagon i3 the heart of the circus. The financial branch of the busi- ness s an improved and highly perfected system in ftself. In the morning the treas- | urer sends out his agents to pay bills, dictates correspondence to a stenographer | and rapidly disposes of the varlous fea- tures of the day's business. When the door of the big show is thrown open a busy hour follows for the men in the ticket | Wagon. A big five-pole tent will seat 10,000 | people, and is the showa “plays to capa- | city” all of this number must buy their | tickets and pass through the door within an hour and a half, in fact, most of them | pass through -within an hour. This does | not afford much oppertunity for the men | in the ticket wagon to be soclable. After the audience is seated the employes are pald off. Every day is payday with the | big show. One day the performers re paid, another the laborers, anether the | drivers and #o on. People who stand In front of the wagon while the money is being taken in often marvel at the amount | af it, but they seldom remain long enough to ses most of it go out agaln, It costs & great déal of money to operate & big circus. There are no available stat- istics of the exact amount because no two | shows cost the same, and the expense for no two ddys s identical in the same show. The most concise proof that it is an un- certain calling Is the fact that there are | 80 few men who succeed In it. The big | ones can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The first cost of eircus property is great and it wears out rapidly. The prop- erty of a blg show is the accumulation of years, with no twa pleces the same age or in the same state of repair. It represents an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars and yet it is only worth to its owner what he can make it earn in thirty- two weeks of uncertain weather. Expen- sive cages will get stuck in the mud and be pulled to pleces in the effort to get them out, and t losses are sustained in the death of valuable animals, During | the winter the circus animals must be cared for, and a force of men kept busy arrang- | ing for the coming season. | The ecircus proper never pays for itself, | the profits coming from the reserved seat | sale, the side-show, the concert and the | privileges, If a show could only have the Teserved seat sale left as profit, after all expenses are paid, the season’s work would net @ big gain. Some of the big acts cost $1,000 per week, in addition to the board and transportation of the performers. The biil for colored posters and other adver- Using matter during the season often runs as high as 310,00, which does not include the cost of putting it up. The ex- pense of transporting the show from one town to another rarely falls below $40. The side-show is always a money earner, because it does not cost in proportion to.the fing preformances. It will take in from $20 to 400 per day, The side-shaw per- formers have longer hours than anyone clso with the show. The tamiliar ory of the “barkers” and the hurry-up music of the side-show band is the first challenge of the morning and the last call at night The side-show frequently will take In §39 | or 40 while the big tent s being taken | down. The show business has undergone many ! important changes during the past few years. One improvement is the perfection In the system for keeping an absolute check on the advertising. Inspectors are sent through the country after the bill posters are up, and others follow to see that they stay up until the day of the show. In the matter of lithographs a con- tract Is made with each storekeeper to keep several bills in his window for a considera- tion of a number of free tickets. An in- spector goes around town just before the show gets in and unless the paper is in position in each place, the contrace it taken up at the door and refused. Another new thing is advertising only such features as are actually given. Formerly shows ad- vertised without uny expectation of living up to thelr promises, but now If anything happens to one of the acts that s being featured the special paper is at once ordered “eut out."* The bane of circus life is.rain and mud. When there Is falr weather everything goes well. It is like eamping out. With the sun shining, the dust flylng, and the country folks crowding asound Inexhaustible supply of red lemonade, the circus goes its merry way with its pegple quite as happy in the life as those in any other. Al- together it is not & bad thing, not bad be- cause Its Jingling music and its atmosphere of mirth and wonder serye to amuse the young and drive away dull care for the old, and anything which does this even for a day is not without its excuse for being, BY FREDERIO J. MASKIN, Tomorrow—Bilibid Prison. CONSTABLE BATTERED WHILE SERVING WRIT . D. Plerson Much Worse for t Encounter with Colored Cou; Who Resisted Him. Battered and bruised to such an extent that he had to be attended by police sur- geons, H. D. Plerson, & constable, had to call upon the ecity police to arrest Mrs. Lizzie Anderson, after he had attempted to serve a writ of replevin on her husband, Doc. Anderson. The Andersons live at 39 North Twenty- seventh street and some time ago bought some furniture from the Unlon Outfitting company. Thursday Plerson, who is con- stadle jn Justice of the Peace Cockerell's {. | Slowes during the ight. L 7|SOFT WHITE HANDS _On Rising court, went to the house to serve a writ of replevin. He rang the front door bell, but received no response, 50 he went to the back door. After receiving no response to his summons at the back door he pushed his way into the house and was grappled by Anderson, wlo fs & big colored man. The officer attempted to serve his papers, but the wife interfered and, according to the story of the officer, hit him over the head with & hammer, threw a flat fron at him and then started at him with some dishes that were on the table in the room. Plerson was busily engaged with the man of the house and could not defend himself sgainst the assault of the woman. When he was able to get out of the grasp of An- derson he telephoned for the police. When the wagon arrived Anderson had made his getaway, but the woman was taken into custody. She Is locked up at the station charged with assault and and officer. The police are looking for the husband. Plerson’s injuries sre not serfous. They consist of & scalp wound and & black eye. Correct Dress for Men and Boys **Some of the Features™ our makes of clothing possess, that make them superior to all other makes, and ‘‘features’’ absolutely unknown to other stores. They are exclusive with the BERG OLOTHING C0.—the store that has not one serious competitor—and sell more clothing than any other store in Omaha. Come in and try them on and you will then realize the difference between these and the ordinary clothes of other stores— $15, §18, $20, §22.50, $25, §28, $30, $32.50 and $35 Now for oy’s Easter Of course you are going to dress him unusually nice Easter. It’s time fow to lay aside the old heavy winter snit and dress him in one of our dainty spring styles. They cost no more than the ord- inary kinds you find round town and in many instances from $1.00 to $2.00 less. They represent the same high character of superiority as our men’s clothes and we’d be pleased to have you bring in the boy and try on some of the swell little suits we are offering for Easter at— $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 $5.00, $6.50, $9.00, Et Every proper style, color and fabric represented. Easter Furnishings The newest and latest nov- elties for men and young men —=shirts, underwear, hoslery, neckwear, gloves, etc. Coats Extra Watch Pocket in outside breast pocket—additional fountain pen pocket in inside breast pocket—Perspiration shields at arm pits to protect linjng ~match pocket on inner left side—wave gimp button hole in lapel. Vests Elastic Band under right side to fas- ten to trousers button to keep vest in shape. Side buckles to produce smooth fitting back—slit in welt seams of lower left pocket for fob or special pen- cil or pen pocket sbove upper left pocket. Trousers Permanent crease, prassed and prevent bagging at the knee. Extra cash pocket in right-hand side pocket—no confusion with knife and keys—guard in watch pocket to pre- vent loss—Pencil pocket in right-hand keeps trousers Buy a New Hat for Easter The old saying s that good luck will be yours ail the year [O0 esr Sgetning new on Easter Day—~We would sug- t over hips, $7.50, 3 belt down in money pocket. left hand hip pocket. hip pocket—Braid Belt Loops. Tunnel belt sildes hold trousers firm Loop for Belt Buckle Tongue keeps front—two steel pivot pearl buttons at front of walstband-—siik braid edging on hip pocket—Improved secret New design side pocket. shaped. to follow the shape —blind catch stitch keeps contents from rolling out when in reclining position— button and button holes on side and 5% $3.00 and $3.50 $10.00 and $18,00 We can show you about § weason you want, w) this t 1t Big room, Jus of t‘he h-né’ l;)r the Pearl ane imported Black Derby &t ting more pepular every styles to any other store's one. This may accpunt for our big increase in hAt Bales for this It you want, what n you want it, s the store where you now .veryoflll. is askin New Steel ?ur-nl-ofl 0 t- y. The ot nhetmer-Stein-Blook 'y Beand aud Sohl home of Xuppe: Society oss Everwear guaranteed Mosiery for Men 4 Women. Superior and Vassar Underwear, Onphart Work Clothes. Uniforms of every variety. HIGHER AIMS CREAT NEED Palimpsest Club Holds Its Initial Dinner. CHANCELLOR AVERY IN ADDRESS He and Rev. F. L, Leveland Bxtel Thorough Preparation as Vital to the Best Suc. cess. The Pallmpsest club held its Inftial din- ner at the Omaha club Thursday, The event was attended by about forty members and guests. A pumber of the members were not present on account of observance of Holy Week. The slogan adopted at the meeting was, “Learning, Development and Culture.” To exemplify these standards, two prominent speakers were called. They were Samuel Avery, chancellor of the Uni- versity of Nebraska, and Rev. Frank La- tayette Loveland, pastor of the First Meth- odist Episcopal church of this city. John L. Webster, president of the club, presided. Atter a toast had been drunk to the suc- cess of the club the members partook of & banquet which put them in & receptive mood for the inspiring spesches that fol- lowed. Both speakers took ua their themes the advancement and development of general conditions. President Webster explained the purposes of the organization as being to advance the general welfare of the commonwealth and to promulgate the dootrines of develop- ment, culture and learning. The epeaker of the evening was Chan- cellor Avery. He spoke of the tendencles of college life that raise the standard of de- velopment and took, step by step, the differ- ent departments that bear direct influence upon the public at large. Rev. Mr. Loveland spoke upon the splen- @i vision that is discernable to the youth of this generation who will look beyond the | ordinary things of life into the futyre or development. Chancellor on Edueation. “The education of the ordinary college man, nowadays,” said Chancellor Avery, “is & great deal like a man ordering a course dinner. He picks out what he wants; his choice of soup, fish, meat, veg- etables, dessert and beverag He satlis- fies himself. To develop properly he should not choose what he most desires But what will stimulate or prepare him for the best things in life. The elective system In the colleges do not tend to de- wvelop. “Take for instance the medical depart- ment of the state university. Students should have two years in sclence, two years in clinic and two yea properly to bring about what is neces- sary to success in the medical profession. | “In the agricultural college of our state university 1 do not believe it necessary to devote four years to the course. In the present curriculum there exists a combina- tion of the professional school and the trade school, both of which may be a waste police | R W R in & bospital | of time for one who wants to benefit by either separately, “Fraternity life in college Is viewed dif- ferently in the city than it is In the coun- try. In the ity it is a class distinction, while in the country it Is not. The frater- nity men of the colleges are raising the level of school life. They are inclining to @ higher scholastic level and are not set- ting as a standard & high soclal level. In speaking of a higher vision, Rev. Mr. Loveland sald: “It is not upon bogs mor land that the future of the great state of Nebraska depends, but upon the higher vision that the youth of our commonwealth' takes. It is the vision splendid that they must be able to see; to appreciate’ the glories that are in store for them If they attaln heights that are above the ordinary levels. *“This vision should be backed by brains and brains only grow by a higher develop- ment. Progress may only be obtained by & high aim.” Lord Cempletes Fifty-Mile Jaunt Chief Paymaster of Department of Missouri Loses Two Pounds by Endurance Test, Major Herbert M. Lord, chief paymaster of the Department of the Missouri, has finished his endurance pedestrian tour, completing the hike at 10 o'clock yester- day morning, the last day's stretch being ten miles. The test walk was finished just as Ma- jor Lord and Lieutenant Troup Miller reached the spring in Elmwood park. “And | we enjoyed the waters of that spring,” sald Major Lord. “1 must protest against being called the pacemaker of the endurance walk,” said Lieutenant Miller, who accompanied Ma- jor Lord on the three day's walk. ‘Major Lord set the pace for me and carried It to the finish.” Nelther of the officers is any the worse for the fifty-mile walk. Major Lord re- duced his avoirdupois just two pounds by the walk. \CENSUS HEADQUARTERS BUSY | Supplies on Hand Being Arranged for merators, Appointment and In- struction of Whom Is Proceedi: Census headquarters in the federal build- ing is & busy place just now. All supplies for the enumerators have been - received | and are being placed In suitable portfolics | convenient for carrying. These will be | given to the erumerators April 15, when census taking will begin. The enumerators’ badges are metal af- falrs in the form of the United States shield, surmounted by a metal eagle. The badges bear the words “United States Cen- sus, 1910." The appointment of enumerators began yesterday morning, with several women among them. Arnouncement of the names of enumerators will not be made until the entire list is approved at Washington. GOOD FELLOWS FLOCKING IN| | More Than Three Hundred Accep Although invitations to the Good Fellow- ship dinner have been out but one day the secretary of the Commercial club hag re- celved over 300 acceptances and the rate at which they are pouring in is taken a sure indication of the success of the feed. It is now certain that no bullding in Omahas, except the Auditorium, 15 large enough to hold all banqueters. Each mem- ,ber is privileged to bring one friend to the { banquet, the only proviso in the invitation being that he must be some Omaba cltizen who might be eligible for membership to the Commercial elub. | Two of the “ninety-nine” courses of the Ibuqm are now essured, as both Mr. Brandels' eggs and Kearney's aifaifs heney. have been accepted G0OD FRIDAY IS OBSERVED Day of Christ's Crucifixion Celebrated by the Churches. SPECIAL SERVICES CONDUCTED “Three Hours Agony” Held for the First Time fn Omaha St. -John's Cathelic Church, Good Friday was celebrated in & num- ber of the Omaha, churches. The ‘Three Hours' Agony,” a devotion commemorat- ing the three hours Christ suffersd on the cross, was held for the first time in this city at St. John's Catholic church, Twetity- fifth and California streets. The devotion consisted of prayer and music with seven short discourses on the “Seven Last Words of Christ on the Croas,” which were given by Rey. Father Joseph L. Davis, §. J., of St. Louls university. The musical treatment of the words was by Theodore Dubols and dealt with the fol- lowing expressions of Christ as he hung to the cross: First, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do;" second, “Amen, 1 say to you, this day thou shalt be with Me In paradise;” third, “Woman, behold thy son—behold thy mother;” fourth, “My God! My Ged! Why hast Thou forsaken Me?" fitth, “I thirst!” sixth, “It is con- summated;” ' seventh, ‘“Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit.” Mass of the presanctified was cslebrated in the morning in all of the Catholfe churches in the city and the Episcopalian churches had services fitting to t cnsion. “The Btory of the Cro by Dudiey Buck, was given at Trinity Eplsco pal cathedral gt § o'clock In the morning, and Very Rev. Q. A. RBeecher, dean, preached in the evening. A musical sery- fce was held from noon until & o'clock A Kountze Memorial Lutheran church, under the direction of Jo F. Barton. OMAHA "BEAN_ RATE STANDS Roads Ratse Schedale, Only to Get it Promptly Cut Back teo For- mer Figure. Rates on beans from the Pacific coast to Omaha must remain as they are for at least two yearm This Is the decision of | the Interstate Commerce commission just | handed down in the first case which was presénted to the commission by the trans- | portation bureau of the Commercial club | when BE. J. McVann was placed at the| head. The old rate on beans from several Call- fornia points to ‘Omaha was 75 cents; On| January 1, 150, the Bouthern Pacific and Rambler Fifty-three Unton Pacitic raised that ra per 100 pounds, and on June § the rate was put back (o % cents. In a suit tiled by the Commercial club against the ral- roads reparation /was asked for freight pald on the excess rate between the dates mentioned. After the case was tried bo- fore the commission and before a decision had beon rendered the raiiroads put the rate back to 8 cents. The commissione evidently did not lMke to be jockeyed with in that way, so they issued an order that for “two. years ‘the rallroadls must haul beans at the old rate of 13- 'cents. FEAST OF PURIM FOR THE JEWS: Festival Observed Dy Hebrews—Dr Cohn to Preach on Judaism and Christinnity, The Feast of Purim, the annual festival of the Jews celebrating the dellvery of the Jews trom the. crueities of King Haman, the Persian, she story of ‘which Is so graphically tofd in the Book of Esther, was observed by the Jews Friday. Tho festival ordinarily happens on the 14th of the month of Adar, but this year tt falls on March 2%, but has nb relation to the Feast of the Passover; which will, this year, fall on April 2. The Feast of Purlm is a sacred festival and 18 ot narflly celebrated -publiely, Tts celebration is observed by the bestowal of gifts to the poor. 84 H. P, $1,800, with Magneto, Lamps and Tools. 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