The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1907, Page 7

San Francisco Sunday Call, : ; 5 AT ARTIFICIAL LIGHT UNDER EFFECTS 2 NEW TYORK, Feb. ¢ e Park and a Hippe- A rome joined together as one huge smusement enterprise. Imagine it ollapsible sectioms, which <en down and put tegether in ® Epace of a few hours. Imagine the cle vast organization transported in special tratne— stands. Make the comprehensive as you can ave an idea of the plan npson, ereator Hippodreme, time honered at every kind of e tented circus. t 8 to be room for ro 3 after fifty 1 the methods decided to see he world's ouse explaing the mov- h led him to turn his sk which has taken two I could net all shows. I s way to use a black tep temperature down here my matinee audience elt. It took a long time— gest any diffieulty ever took me t T whole experience ese But now I have 1 am satjs- perature under s more an can be sald us tent that was ever this at length so that you ¢ idea of the amount. of gl important detalls N start to build a gnitude. If you will ted that the six months t working out this new cir- =W seamless and se big when rolldd up ready to .p: that it will Al one wagon especially bulit for it, will be spread over the entire sucface of the floor and sides of the huge tank made by the wagons—and then connection with the nearest water main. provifled for In advance, of course, will be next in order. “While the stage is being bullt the canvasmén are busy at their work. But instead of one big top, one smaller tent for the side shows and the half- dozen otheérs for -the performers and the animals, as in the oM-style circus, we will bave no less than fourteen tents besides the big one, not counting all the work tents. Also the ‘black top’ will be unlike any other ever bul in that it will have a tremendous ‘fly of bigger dimensions than the age over which it will be hung. It will be suspended independéntly from two of the big poles supporting the main tent and wiil form the necessarily high cell- ing for the stage. “The first notable departure from for- mer ways will come.at the entrance to the big tent. The dirty canvas drop, the unornamented iron stakes joined by cords forming the entrance lanes and the consistently shabbily uniformed ticket takers will not be features of the entrance to this tented hippodrome. I stead, the entrance will be composed of two big papler mache figures, similar to those used in Luna Park, except that the latter are white and of plaster of paeis, whils these will be colored fan- tastically. Each of the figures—th will be mythieal monsters—will reach to & height of twenty feet, their necks and heads close to the ground, forming the beginning of the arch composed of their bodies and taills meeting at the top. They will be built up of six-foot sections and will be fitted with tele- scoping extremities of metal. For a ceiling, extending back fiftesn feet from the dragons and carrying out the arch- ‘way, will be curved sections of papier mache, also decorated fantastically. Heavy plush portieres of good material ‘will screen the interior of the tent. s have I crow@ed Into them every “While the work is belng pushed eivable detail you will be able at this end of the lot another gang of perhaps nd how I am able men are assembling the massive ‘front’ to descri w the hew show e R and the fourtéen Park shows = given twenty-four - wtllci ;.Il‘l the Court u':.r' Bach hours of its season on the road. Y - ot the rtesn t - e We've played Harcford, let us say, CENERAL WNIEW OF SHOW AS IT WILL APPEAR ave s tont 1o ieselE The tnta, how- =nd the next stop is Springfield. Pos: ble of explanstion-eniy as one of those peyehological inconsistencies which the ON THE ROAD ever, will not be visible from the Court of Honor. Lining each side of the wide promenade the shows will present a showman meets in r series of metal fronts which will look dey of season (an 3 every bit as sybstantial as it they wers ceased to marvel at), not one of the big town is told In a blaze of light to all “Generally our arrival will be timed permanent, The entrance in each case rowd which had seen the night per- formance remains behin striking of the tents an to see the 4 the loading ot 4 gh the whoele coufitry turns out at 4 o'clesk in the morning to see eircus, no one ever seems to think h to witness the much nteresting spectaclie of a big show's departure from the ‘lot’' As t is true everrwhere it is safe to ume that the new show will meet the same éxperience. Se we Shall e striking of the show and happens efter the cams are d the trains are on their way field the eountryside bordering on the rail- road: The farmer who sees those trains never go back to bed He'll get dressed, hitch up and makeé for town ae fast as he did twenty when the old-time & particular bene- years ego as a b circus unloaded for ‘We face one difficulty at the outset h the oldtimers never had ‘to cor Of course it was out of the que tion to reproduce the walks of Luna Park: but; on the other hand, T was determined that our ‘Court conorete side- and the entrance to the big tent will be for 4 o'clock in the morning. In the un- loading, which will begin as soon ag the first section is on the siding, we wili have the benefit of the train’s illumina- tion and not have to depend on flicker- ing ofl tofches until sunrise. seats, stage 7looring. scenery and prop- erties used in the hippodrome produe- tion, Theso will be drawn on the lot, already graded as nearly level as pose ble. ®ere they will be formed into &n oblong, 100 foet long and 75 feet deep. Tnside the wagons. wiil be lined up in four rows of nine wagons each, §li placed three feet apart. The outside Irst oft the cars will be hauled the sixty-four wagons containing el the has been carefully worked out for in- dividual eéffect and with an eye to se- curing a harmonious whol At least T feel confident that it will be an im- provement over the old style side show ‘ballyhoo’ of hideous painted canvases stretched along on poles. “Although we have not Included It In our plans as yet, and while so far I have not had time te work out a prac- tical way in which to ¢arry a roller coaster, I am bound to provide some kind of a ride for the crowd—and T think it can be done. % “The performance will bs simflar {o that seen on the Hippodroms stage. It will be as elaborats and, as far as the ‘A# the trains pull out éf the sidings conform as wagons will bo run close together, mechanical gide goes, as complate as en to the n track—three sections possible to the idea the name suggests, forming an unbroken line all the way the New York show. Thers Is nothing of twenty ocars each—the first evidence made up my mind the hummorks and round the four sides. To bring their that can be dome on the permanent new order of things will ap- The entire surface of both sides of all three trains will be studded with light bulbs, with outline Jet- ng who we are, running the whole length of esch train. In the forward car of each section will be six decorated wagons, each containing 2 gasoline engifie and 2 dynamo. When the train starts thé generators start, 00. Wires conpect all the cars, and e fact that the eircus Is coming to upturned sod we all have stumbled over in the circuk test must be s we shall usc ar men, who will alw ahead of the maln show an do nothing but grade the soa over the space to be uted as the Court of Honor to level off the hippodrome inclos- Also they will dig a aitch four 3 deep, seventy-five feet long and twenty wide, in which the water stage will be dbullt. tops to a level jacks will be used. “Among other things the wagons will contain sections of the flooting of the stage, which ére lald directly on top of the fvagons, the lattef forming the foundation. The water stage will also be ‘formed out of wagons, métal lined, all being built with Interlddking ‘enas and sides. Thess wagons will be drawn into the switch, four feet below the level of the rest of the lot, and placed together tightly. Waterprooféd canvas, B e e T T e I S S I N some of the publie schebls of New vintages that have been found in the less, stralght up-and down style Wwith Is every prospect, si Yeork City there has been started & ld vertical handwriting. Those school which pupils Bave been struggling for its being entirely s prineipa)s who have given the latest five or six years {8 doom: ing letters a fair trial vertical penmanship is are of the opinfon that thée character- on teachers and principals, but thers resctionary meVement In penmen- eip. A new style of Writing is be- ing introfueed, to evércems the disad- CHANGE HE, BEGIN 08 08B B4 BB B0 Bt 1 G811 01r 11018 B e BB B B BB B e IN RANDWRITING PENMANSHIP BANISHED IN FANOR OF_THE OLD STYLE - - 1* b e Already latest sing its hold very shortly, top. The advantages of th approved penmanship, DIAGRAM - SHOWING CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE AND TANK 1 ~ "~ SLACKBOARD INYTRUCTIONTN ~ciuec by the chiefly the vertical, are many. and this most rtant one is ; v gain in . for the time is actually pleasing to the eys than the vertical and is far easier to write, while the chances of getting writer's cramp are reduced to the smallest degree. The new writing appeals to all pupils, and, what is equally to the ‘point, puplls do not seem to tire of doing it. A child of 10 can after a few months’ practice write as well as an expert bookkeeper, and she can do two-thirds more in the same time. Her writing will bs ma- ture, clear, legible, smooth and per- fectly formed. All this is claimed for the new method, and results are shown Sproving that all things claimed for it ere true. The reaction against vertical writing came about in a very natural way. The round upright letters have had a fair trial and have been found unsatisfac- tory by the majority of teachers, while the puplls cared little for the round characters and laborious chirography and parents ralled against ft. After pupils who had learned vertical writ- ing were graduated from grades and were sent into the world to fill positions in offices and with business Toncerna it was discoversd that “they were handicapped by their penman- ship, and, worst of all, their queer round writing was in great disfavor with employers. Altogether there was little to recommend the vertical style and much to be said against it. When these facts were brought to the atten- tion of public schuol teachers and principals the most progressive of them decided to make a change. One of the first to de so, and prac- tically the leader in the penmanship revolution, is John Fruauf, prin- cipal of Public School No. 14, No. 225 East Twenty-seventh street. About a year ago Mr. Fryauf introduced the new style of penmanshig™o his teach- ers and pupfls. Public §chool principals of New York City have the privilege and power of choosing the style of writing, jo be taught in their schools, , providing, of course, their choice does not meet with the direct disapproval of the ;Board of \Education. 3 After a year of the new freehand penthanship Mr. Fruauf is of the opin- jon that no other should in the future be .ttampto‘d lchaln or pupils. In speaking of revolutionary action Mr. Fruauf d: “When you think that we have cut @own the time of writing a given line or page by two- _thirds, no better recommengation could ‘be offered for changing the style ‘u stage that we shall not be able to do as well on ours. The wagons and the flooring will be solid enough to support elephants. “Although I had hoped to be able to announce the exact date of the first performance it is impossible to dé so now. Practically the entire produc- tion will be assembled and the proper- ties builit at Luna Park and we hope now to be able to take the road By the first of May."” writing from the old vertical. Consider what this gain in time means to girls end boys when they leave us to take up positions where their chief employ~ ment, day after day, will be writing. Consider, too, what it means to smploy- ers. I suppose that it would be safs to say that one-half—yes, nearly three- fourths—of the puplls in our pudlle schools are being educated to All cleri. cal positions when they will have com- pleted the grammar course. Many are destined to becoms bookkeepers, somae will be clerks, but all wiil find the ac complishment of rapid and legible pen- manship of inestimable valua And if thess employes are trained by us to do & ceértain amount of work in two-thirde less time than clerks and bookkeepers are doing it now it means a great save ing of money and energy. “This is not an idle or exaggerated statement as to the saving of time by the new writing. Pupils have been tested and timed day after day, and they can actually write as much faster as 1 say. The method is sasy to learn, though it takes considerable practice before puplls of the old style master the “‘swing of the new. They struggle with {t valiantly, however, and sud- denly the knack Or secret comes to them like a flash, and then all traces of tormer vertical training disappear. Sometimes it takes a month of daily work with them and again it takes three or four. “Rapidity without legidbility would be worth very little to & clerk or book- keeper, but the faet that in the new writing both are combined Is a tre- mendously important {tem when one is going over ths advantages of Both. The perfect legibllity of the new pen- manship was one of its strongest re¢commendations to me, and after I became thoroughly convinced that It was the thing for our girls and boys to learn I began at on instructing the teachers, for naturally they had to b eome familiar with its principles befo: they could essay to teach their classes. In order to write at all in the new style it is necessary to write smoothly, evenly and without hesitancy. Therein lles the secret of this penmanship. You cannot make the letters unless the pen moves Jreely, consecutively and rapidly, and when you are able to keep the pen in the position to do this and have mastered the muscle movement then perfect penmansiip 1 bound te result™ /