Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1915 — PREMIER CARNIVAL AT KANKAKEE [ARTICLE]

PREMIER CARNIVAL AT KANKAKEE

WORTHAMS BRING BIO* CLEAN AGGREGATION. The Midway at the Kankakee InterState Fair, September 6th to 10th, will be occupied by C. A. Wortham’s Carnival. This is the same company that presented the unusual set of tented attractions last year, and now they come with even a stronger bill. Worthams stand high in the world of carnival amusement companies. The name itself is a guarantee of the best, cleanest, biggest. They come in thirty-eight car-loads, carry 350 persons, and put on eighteen distinct shows. Among the head-liners are “The Hippodrome,” an animal show with two rings and a platform. “Essie Fay's Society Horses,” “Russell’s Dancing Models” and “Neptune’s Daughter” are all classy attractions. For the children there will be a large, new “Ocean Wave,” a “Merry-Go-Round” and a “Ferris Wheel.” Several times each afternoon and evening Professor Jameson’s Silver Concert Band will render select concerts. This band comprises 30 musicians, some of them bearing international reputation. Their concerts will -be free and alone will be worth going a good distance to hear. Dazzling Night Fair. It Is especially in the evening that these carnival features take on luster. Lighted by the radiance of thousands of electric lights, the Midway possesses the glories of a metropolitan white way. Merry-making crowds surge and push In sheer gladness, and the clear evening air is rent with their joyous cries. It seems as if the whole population has turned out to celebrate a gala night All the brilliancy and hilarity of a Mardi Gras is there. These will be evenings long to be remembered by the fortunate ones who make merry.