Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 182, 29 July 1906 — Page 3

Page Three. rorm No. 165. M. T. THE WESTERN VNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED 24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting ltt liability, which have been assented to by the sendt of the following mesane. Error can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold Itself liable for errors or delays In transmission or deliTery of I NRKPEATED MESSAGES, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor In any case where the claim Is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This la an JSKl'EATED MESSAGE, and Is delivered by request of sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, Presiier.t, aril General Manager. RECEIVED at 63 in. SX 25-PAID 4 ex.wds? lTd Indianapolis, Ind 27 JulyThe Starr Piano Co Richmond, Ind.' Sold Starr Pianos to Metropolitan School of Music. Their initial order is for fourteen Grands and Uprights

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HOW SYSTEM RULES THE CIRCUS

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C. Lee Williams of the Great Hagenbeck Shows Tells of the Wonderful Work of a Tented Aggregation Both In and Out of the Season

"How do they manage to , unload sixty circus curs each day, give a parade and two performances, and then load up a?aln and get away without confusion? ' repeated C. Lee Williams, vice president and financial director of the Carl Hagenbeck Greater Circus, wha was in the city yesterday, arranging for the visit to Richmond 'August 7. "It can he explained in a few, words: 'a thorough system. Without system of the modern kind wo could not ac

complish one-tenth of the work that fulls,, to us daily. "Each and every one of our numerous departments is conducted in a nystfmatic manner, so arranged that each, department dove-tails with the other and the work of each contributes Its share in bringing about the success that is ours, . t "You will be loath to bc'lievi?, however that , the hardest woi;k a'mf a circus crops up. In the winter months when the big amusement enterprise is lrt quarters. Drain work is linked there with . manual labor, and that's when a circus proprietor's hair begins to turn gray about the temples and wrinkles appear that can never be effaced. N Rebuild During Winter. "We rebuild our circus every winter. First ' wo thrust aside . for sale, at what ever price wo can get, the cars, wagons, harness, horses ",and other paraphanalia that have ouftived their usefulness. I will take back what I said about the horses. Mr,; Hagenback is a tfreat lover of animals and is such a human man that h& insists upon nil superunuated horses being turned out in good pasture on one of our farms near Cincinnati. There they are to live in comfort until they are called to horse heaven. lint the other no longer useful articles, as I call them, are immediately disposed of and we buy new stuff to replace them. We decide whether or not to increase the circus and then we purchase more new paraphanalia accordingly. Rehearsing Animals. "In the meantime all of our trained animals have been given rehearsals by the numerous trainers. Every day during the winter they are put through their old tricks and feats and are taught new oiies. Sometimes animals forget, and for that reason we Lave the rehearsals daily.

"We are also busy during the winter months making out' a program for the summer's performances, engaging the most sensational circus acts procurable, not only In this country but also abroad, and deciding what cities to visit. "The matter of selecting a new route, the engaging of a large staff of men for the advance guard, and the selection of proper advertising paper is not the least of our trouble, by amy moans. . We pore over large railroad maps of the United States and Canada, select a route that is subject to change, discuss the cities selected

turn to our books, look up the business we have done there in the past, dis

card some towns, add others, and final ly make a decision.

The Performers Report. "Three weeks before our opening date-.'' the' nerfarrners report for duty, with them come the hundreds of employees, canvnsmen, hostlers, drive seatmen, blacksmiths, wagon repairers, chefs, kitchen men, waiters, sideshow performers and freaks, doormen, women and children get their dining cars and cook tents in order, and then rehearsals are in ordei. Then the word is given for the start. "Then everybody and everything takes to the ears. Next morning the circus trains reach the city selected as near after daybreak as possible and is greeted by the twenty-four hour man who keeps twenty-four hours ahead of the show and sees that all

contracts for feed, etc., are filled, and that the circus lot is in good shape. He also lays out a route for the wagons to take from the trains to the lot and makes all necessary repairs to bridges and culverts so big wagons and vans can pass over them without danger to "accidents. Unloading tha Circus. "This man arranges with the local yardmaster relative to the selection of several good crossings - where the show can be readily unloaded. The workinjmen on the first train are awakened and get out the baggage horses, while the master of transportation and his men rapidly roll wagon after wagon from the cars. As soon as a wagon reaches the ground a driver with a four, six or eight horse team is ready to hook on and whirl it away to the circus ground.

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STACK COMPANY ' AT THE GEHMETT

Cutter Company in Repertoire Will Be the Attraction This Week.

VAUDEVILLE AT PHILLIPS

MANAGER MURRAY WILL GIVE PATRONS OF HIS HOUSE SOMETHING OF UNUSUAL INTEREST DURING THE WEEK.

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ing me Jong run inai uie uenneii nas had In vaudeville, the Cutter Stock Company will inaugurate a week's engagement at that house, putting on popular plays that are established successes, at popular prices ten, twenty and thirty cents. On Monday evening the usual rule in regard to ladies free will be observed a.nd all the matinees will be played at ten cents. The bill on Monday night will be "A Wife's Sacrifice," and a well-acted,' beautifully staged production Is promised. The production is full of good dramatic situations and comedy which never fails to please even the most critical audiences. In addition there will be six vaudeville acts, Including Harry Garrity and the England Hook Indoqr Circus, said to be one of the aighest salaried acts of the kind on

the stage. Tee Cutter company, according to the notices it has been receiving elsewhere, is one of the most successful of the popular-priced companies, and comes to the Gennett highly endorsed. "Sheridan Keene.7 "Camille" and "Robinson Crusoe," art among the other productions that will

be put on. " Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is also produced. The plat is open at the Westcott Pharmacy.

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- t 'SZ V MR WABRV- GAftKHEVr, COMEOIAN . WITH-THE CUTTER STOCK COMPANY.

Vaudeville at the Phillips With no attempt to cut his program or reduce the coet of the bill that he gives the patrons of the New Phillips, for whom the best Is none too good. Manager Murray has arranged to give nine numbers this week instead of the customary eight. He feels justified In doing this because of the fact that his patrons have been so liberal and faithful to his house through the many weeks that he has been running vaudeville. The New Phillips la to remain open through the entire Bummer, bills having been arranged . , i ' . , t.tk'fi

lur buwe e;L oucou, auu ji w vuw intention to merit more and more the

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