TRICKS OF TUB ROAD.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 29 June 1912, Page 10

TRICKS OF TUB ROAD.

BY A VETERAN SHOWMAN. . Mr. ftaiilc Ihir>!. advaiicc mr'.!'.;:::*-!' for ICctsahd's Amcr;cu!i Minsircis, now in ; toiviv, is aiv experiencfMl <;n. .l.ho world's highS'iiy. lit. ji'is; ihsy he )ia? tiovciled .t'h.oushiids Of: m.i.lcs.. n'Sv'.iii'Sira^ey-^'Ji'ijtl adva'.'.co ri'p.rc«Mi(4\iiv<' oi' iiiaiiv shows in many, phipcs—'iVom ..'Barnuiii-s "Oica!o?t Slto.jv'.ck .Kaj'th?' to I)p. de'jyitfc Taiinftgi', the eminent,. Anu rican divine ar.d ley-: I'.u'or, and. tiio experience's-.'h'?'' caii r.clati ivc.uid Sll many yolmii.es. ' ' . Mr. !hw>i finds it diSiit-.:!t to understand how theatric:!.! companies,, cirensi'.-, and !nin?lix'l slur.vs ran reaiain for, (yvri atui ovt-a Viiiot weeks iii cities of the .oi' lii' Ani.O'i'ica.. r:.. (oyrn; -,\vil Li the population, of tins city v.anld be iii r.iui;l casns a ■''oiic-i'ii'p^Ht .~ti).iid" 01: at i'be. very outside a '"tlir'c'Oniii.giit;:' itat!tt:-' A. I)ig circus v.o.iid Rive it one night', a:\l !s : miii.-trcd Oomnany (wo,. pdrlripV. all coiieeniration iii A.nuriW:,, Mr. ■Hm'st thai ii' Site .pei'pu. want _lo SjiflW yon tlicVn..alr : : i;\ two or fiii'ce instead of strhnir,;;. the foasoii out to a iortnixhf, whicii. appears ta bi!. .st;iyiit^.: ; :iii: .ivVtou : i\ : to "peddle (iat";w:!iat yon have i.i-.-ade in ihe-.fir.jfc i'e«: . 'i'jiat/.a. pany ot merit can do 'big business ior throe lii Slit's- in We'iing'ton s.tii;(.'k him" wit'li: .a'ninze.ment,,

' 'MVliy," fflid lie, "li:irir.;M'.'i bi|r sji.ow . which ■cpmii : eit.c& the scnjoit at the .I!adisan (lardeiH, -^e\v■ l ■Xoill c •^oKl>f"^.*SS^-^^l^cV.pf. , ■ ten nights; end th.-it .with (i,tiO;l,l)i.«:i peoplb to diuv.- '..ipon, anil is L'tven eight ■riigiits, -.iienig' a bij: raih-nad q'entTej.v-'' I.t' ,'is civstomary with .'iieh sbows to bill thein ii'or, ISil .tniics avonud a.li !!\o time, ami ;a:s- it ; -:is njds.tly ■■■'SiiMiißlit stnijdj-' it is 'ii ,c;i se ot' o:■ tf a i i i.-a t i on,,a nv l-ii 11 lo; A iitl . th? i.nviiiiey:they; : tar:o, ; my> ])o.you kno.v.- tiioy take "-o sft^ny;^iyen;i^'fest.'tha!-: .'Miaye, '-;kii.ow:i( tlvenV'iypt..l : o liavey : (n . couiit; ■them-:? .Tuoyy inrornv; .\tlieni: : ii\tpy. 'Mioxps, i stamft.'tltEwi: ;il3Ayii; ■witlp.-.-HVijii^^cf. and pack tliem ofl' to Xew/Yorlyste :lib ;foAinted ; , at tlio liea.dcitnnU'i's oiii.ee. , You. i-an' .-iiiiaijiiie lip.w ii;vi:y v : hen : .aiic! (liera .'ai:e- 1 iji'COO. poor;lev fn :i.j ti'iig-. ; witlittle 1tar bills far tickets,' a'ad ' you have -!o get .on.-ilie. ;road'. liigh'.t after' tlie; show;.' -.'i'!iere : s no tinio ta. iLiyik'c.an acoiircoiinf :tli.«re:o':um?-;tii&ifv,y-v:i i£--j;iie : .. l-tketV: ''boxes' t here's i"° tii'.'.': ; to stafk the biil>— t'nc .^Jle.!:';;.:K';vpep^ lilid lii.s..:iss;:-.lan!s pidi.thepi. np iiiul stacictiieni iiito 1011-dolla'r. b'.ind!;-.5." . ::

■ Mr. Hurst lie. lirehmttiiy distiiiguishjdyiwojdey' , !Jl.p;Syasvman>':' ager-...a.u. one. .tiiue .{or. ,(!;at <doq'iieii't-- ; ii c--: tnrer and prcaidier. .Mr. Henry \Vnrd. ; Bpe'che.r,. ■siife'eq.iKiVtly foL-.;0l : , Talniage. ' ■■ -*<i

.'"lt. .is curious nan- to 'ronipnre. : the; styles of tlii!?p Ivo grokt nun," ! : c>. said. Henry ITecS!ito;r-.. v>h's' elopfftdv,.-"'.As' soon- as ha. ca'mh' oif .tile 'pint lie sc-emed. to ; gri'p his a.h<iioiipeVjr.hii-i tl'' then: .Ptifli.CO'llSd-,. Vfi). t'iV'speaß; with hi? magriVetic. personality,, -He >v'h;s' : gr,o.--f ii'.-Yjeiii-itiK local cpj'oti.i; . tc :i. and scored woiideffni.ly by .li'is. tii.i'i; of being all!,* to .pi;:k iij) mcil.v what mind, To do tiii.s lie. went out of his way to db.cige the wort-, lio' good to hini. He wanted -ilways to lriee.t the:. Mayor, the Chief of I'olieV fa'], ways), (ho Chief of (lvo ]"iu> .Popart, motif, and other official itsads. ami from •ihe=e iio would grasp in an hriur or so Exactly what the town ,iml Stat'o werci V/Sncerrod in. ■ To dp this, lie hid frequently to get., off a train on She 'blind sidc'; !: to ovoid most his his br.pi lut cki-gyricr,. 8r... Thh'u.a'ge, oii llto othor iin;iicl : , al\vnvs lent himself .to these. receptions; lip would frequently ra away with one of the'iu. oil arrival in a town or cite, and stay with hi:u until it was. i : iuio' to *<r down 'to tU<vlial.l.. \yr:s tho greater writer 01 ..the. two. hut. a? 'o lecturer he was dull beside -Henry Ward Bcoriler. T told Trijtiiafl'a' oljout Mr-. Betfcliof's ■habit, aiftl. ,luS 'tjpljfcif'"if.. wifoi iiiiv success. His faculty dit! not rnii in that direction."