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Uwtingi n.twothenew rlo«-Co-le a lohl-helr it veroule.medoatseastimeIn-ould’the*TfTF! CIRCUS 1TVRTT.1 ■ ■ -INDIANS HAVE THB WILDEST CRA28FOR THE TENTEO SHOWS.Adv*raosIp ofcred ears tlcut is ofose.Per-Ihatwasout»ber.' the azon tveroriee, n a haslefalAtttf Ihr Red Mrn.tbr XfCfOMiWill Go to lh«* nrrstril LpnKtlm tu He*the Performance, and Third riecc , I» Held hr Chinamen. r i^JasIfttclM• You may talk about your city elrctls '»h-goers, said the old circus mao, Mbotl/ »n the Indian, the wild, untutored rod man }■ of the plain®, has got them all beaten ' to denlh. There's no circus goer In the world like the North American aborigine. He will travel farther, endure more privations mid skimp himself harder to get tho price of admission than any other human being In the world. What's more, I believe ho really lt;siJoye the circus letter than the negro. though he doesn't make any'fussover It, ■ :k . ~ j“The negro, as every circus _ man knows, will sell the family cook stove to get money to see the elephant, but the Indian will barter ofT ills papoose, bis squaw or even his most cherished possession. his horse, to get a ticket After the negro comes the Chinaman.The Mexicans, too. are not slow in responding to the toot of the calliope. Tho laziest greaser on the Texas border, who never paid a debt in his life, bobs up promptly on circus day with his RO cents, though nobody knows where he got It. But the Indian Is the greatest circus flood of all. *“fn iho west our elfctu* is known among the Indians as ‘the heap big brothers* show.* It la the only circus that attracts the red man, and he waits for its yearly appearance as confidently its ho awaits tho return of spring. In\\s
Newspaper Details
Wilmington Evening Journal
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Mon, Aug 12, 1901
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Fred P.
OH, USA 08 Jul 2020
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