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The Seaforth News, 1937-06-24, Page 7THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 193'7. THE SEAFORTH NEWS I I 1 1 1 1 1 plicate. Monthly Statements We can save you money on 'Bill and Charge 'Forms, standard sizes to fit ledgers, white or colors. tit will pay you to see -our samples. Also best quality Metal •Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Andes. The Seaforth News Phorc8 84 1 1 1 d I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 R4 •—tea v *mil �+�,,•.� .u'—gun.--+r �o q CUCUMBER BEETLES ARE FAST WORKERS Cucumbers, melons, squash, pump- kins, and watermelons are the favour- ite .food of the striped cucumber beetle which is found in all provinces of Canada. To some extent, these beetles also feed on beaus, peas, corn and the blossoms of wild and cultivated plant.. In appearance, the beetles are about one-quarter of an inch long, yellow in colour, with a black head and three long stripes down the 'back, and they make their attack shortly after the plants appear through the soil. They feed for preference on the under sur- faces of the unfolding leaves, com- pletely destroying them, As a result, the tiny plants die quickly. Growers with large patches, states the !Division of Field Crop and (Garden Insects .of the Entomological Branch, 'Dominion Department of Agriculture, would he well advised to watch the plants closely for tlie ,first appearance of the cucumber beetle and take con- trol measures atconce. 'The plants should be dusted with a mixture of calcium arsenate and gypsum (land plaster), using one part of the calcium arsenate to 20 parts .(by weight) of the gypsum. If it is im'possi'ble to obtain gypsum, hydrated lime may the substituted, alth'oug'h this material is not so good. It tends to dwarf the plants and teni.porarily stunts their growth. ' The plants should be thoroughly covered with the dust, both on the up- per and lower surfaces of the leaves, 'because the insects feed in both situa- tions. To be successful, dusting should be commenced at the first ap- pearance of the beetles, for these in- sects work very fast and much dam- age is often done before the ;growler, who is not on the lookout for them is aware of their presence. Three' or four applications a few days apart, ac- cording to the severity of the attack, are usually sufficient to hold the beet- les in check. THE ELEPHANT'S In the circus towns these days they are putting on the .final touches. In a score or more of southern and west- ern towns railroad fiats, stock cars and sleepers, big, heavy mo'tortrttbks traders and house cars are getting last-minute attention. In the railroad yard, and nn winter -quarters 'lots' they stand, their 'newly painted fresh- ness heralding the only authentic. harbinger or Spring. in the big (banns trainers put their horses, their eleph- ants, ,dogs and 'kindred performers through their paces. Yes, the circus season is almost 'here !again. In fact, some of the shows are already on the road, hopeful of a long season of "'straw" houses—meaning 'crowds 'so great ,that attendants have to spread, straw and canvas on the arena track to provide softer earthen seats for the aud'ien'ce that has overflowed from the stands, These troupers are going iforward - with hearts fill o hope—they don't know what will happen before their weather -stained trains or mud -spattered trucks move back into these same winter quarters next fall. A most 'particular business under any circumstances, the circus has witnessed many startling changes its the past two seasons, Whether it was the anticipated up- turn in 'business or the reports of large crowds a ,couple of seasons ago, or the 'belief that .people needed some- thing 'to give them old-fashioned re- laxation, circuses 'filled the roads last season. True,- some of them 'bloomed in new canvas only to wilt in financ- ial difficulties that followed cold and rainy spring weather, and summer'•s intense heat. But, some of them had many "straw" houses. 'Some of the circuses, too, that did wilt were re- organized and sent out again. It was a year of 'battling—battling for choice cities, showgraunds, spots for 'bill; posting and, above all, for the most patronage. The competition was waged in Chicago scarcely 'before the ,last snow disappeared—in Ohio and (Pennsylvania, and in New 'York; then in 'Canada and on the west coast. It continued down into the South as the season's end approached, Last season's circus competition and strug- gles will have a definite effect on the number and ty.pe of shows the hund- reds of thousands of circus fans will see this season. The 'crux of the tent- ed 'battle royal was -found in the op- position of the Mingling, !Cole Broth- ers interests. Since 1809, the 'Ring ling interests had -the railroad show field to themselves. 1119315 season found the Cole Brothers Circus launched by two circus veterans, and before the season was scarcely under way the new tented baby had made a mark for itself: It immediately entered the lists with what had been Ringling's FRIENDS ! We are combining our newspaper with these two great magazine offers, so that you can realize a remarkable cash saev- ing on this year's reading.. Either offer permits a choke of top- notch magazines with our paper, and, regardless of your selection, you will say it's a bargain. YOU GET THIS NEWSPAPER FOR 1 FULL YEAR CHOOSE EITHER OFFER SPEC/AL OFFER No I ANY 3 MAGAZINES FROM THIS LIST - ❑ a ❑ Maclean's (24 Issues) - National Hone Monthly Canadian Magazine - Chatelaine Pictorial Review - Silver Screen - - - Al'nerican Boy - - - Palents' Magazine ° 1 yr. 1 yr. 1 yr 1 yr. 1 yr. 1 it 1 yr 6 inn Opportunity Magazine - 1 yr. 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III•Iagenbectc - Wallace Citrus, but which, !under the 'threat of new com- petition, !became the lHagersheck- aI- lace,Fore.paut,"h-Sells Circus On the west coast the 'Reneging re- presentative also encountered opposi- tion, this from the ntot,iriz'< t Toni Mix Circus. (For a duple or months, the Mix ,,arav to and tile :Ring -ling show, the Al '1 . Barre, Circus, got in each other's way. Then the 'Barnes show went off into the N'u•rthwest and into Canada. 'Mix headed toward the Middle West. Going into Canada, and trekking eastward, the Barnes show also found the !Cole Circus had 'been in many cities. That season was the first For the. Mix straw under the movie- actor's own name. Previously it had •been operated by :Mix and Sam Dill, veteran Indiana showman. Well, what has - happened as a re- sult of that season? The most stun- ning. surprise Of the winter was the announcement of the Diwghng corp- oration that the famous long estab- lisped Hagenbeclai Wallace Circus would be disbanded. The announce- ment declared 'higher taxes were !forc- ing the show off the road. Circus ob- servers later added their (belief that i the show 6uished in the "red" that' season as a •result of the competition, weather, and other factors. Star acts and valued executives were shifted to the IRingrlin.g and 'Barnes circuses. Thus, that year's hopes of circus per- formers that the entrance of a new major cirrus into .the field •would create more jobs and improve salaries collapsed, and the organization that had. seven years before, • control of six big and operating railroad cir- cuses„ in +11P36 had only two shows in operation--(Ringling-Barnum & ,Bail- ey and .Al G. Barnes. The rest - have been disbanded, the titles either "merged" or dropped. From an idea to what is claimed the second largest circus on the con- tinent in little mare than six months is the story "of Cole Brothers Oircus and ,Otyde Beatty Wild Animal Ex- hibition. A paragraph or two of re- cent circus history may lay the back- ground for • the story of the rise of a new .circu's. A dozen years ago there were between eight and ten railroad circuses—those that travel by rail. The Ringling Brothers -Barnum •& Bailey show was—and is—the largest, the grandest, A syndicate, the Ameri- can Circus Corporation, - owned the John Robinson, Sells-IFloto, Hagen - beck -Wallace circuses and many other "titles" or names of circuses that were no longer on the road, Al G. 'Barnes and Sparks circuses were independently owned. There' were several others, too. The American Cirrus Corporation 'bought the Bar- nes and Sparks circuses in 1628, then sold all of its holdings to john Ring- ling in 1629. Lean yeaps 'kilted off other railroad shows. Jess. Adkins, veteran circus man and manager of'.Hagenbeck-Wallace, dreamed. So did Zack 'Terrell, man- ager of Sells-1Fdoto until it "folded." When the circus season closed in No- vember, 16314, they cast aside their previous connections. obtained the "title" of Cole Brothers and proceed- ed to .build themselves a 'circus. The 'first to join the new outfit was Clyde Beatty, wird animal trainer and one of the most colorful personalities in the circus business. Beatty was made a partner; his name vas used to show people that the unknown Cole Broth- ers was really a "bg show." !Tlie first engagement in the competition be- tween the .new Cole Brothers show and the established Hagenbeck-Wal- lace Circus occurred in Chicago, one show taking the Coliseum, the other the 'Stadium. They played for three weeks, bomlbarding Chicago with more circus posters than it ever had seen ,before. Then they went out on the road to battle, and so it went. Before there were railroad circuses, there were wagon shows. The Ring- lings got their 'start with a wagon show. So did every other early circus magnate—"Mud shows" they were called ,then. With the 'big railroad shows gars - .ring the cream of the receipts in the large cities, the small caravans found !sigh railroad equipment expenditures tnd maintenance costs too heavy. Ther', too, eam•e- the depression, 'shish had no more respect for ir- :us2s than it did for the stock ntar- iet On the trail of these .- orditions .eunr improved- autanuhit:' tucks anti hard -surfaced highways. d'h, re - orb: has been the :flood of :i,uorizert r'vusus that have brought ttrtain- itient to thousands who otherwise might go for years without the sigh,:! of a performing elephant. One of the first shows to go in for trucks on a large scale was that or he late Sant !Dill. In illgt3n obtained a large number of trucks and trailer. and put out the !Gentry Motorize( Circus. Later it became the Sam Dil Circus, 'then the tram Dill-Tntn Mix title was used. i't i' -nnw the Torn Misr 'Circus and one of the tttstand Mg motorized caravan:. It was bat tl'in,g the much larger Barnes'Circa on the west coast. *mother of the outstanding motor PAGE SEVEN N Earns High Past R. (.1-. tioNeillie, widely known and popular Canadian Pacific Railway official, who on June 30 suceeds C. B, Foster as passen- ger traffic manager of the Com- pany wtth headquarters in Mont- real. IVir, Foster retires under the pension regulations after 46 years of service. Announcement 01 Mr. Foster's retirement and Mr. MoNeillie's promotion was made by George Stephen, traffic vice-president of the Company. ized Mal WS is now billed as (Downie Brothers owned :and managed by Charles Sparks, whose railroad show was one of the 'finest of the smaller circuses. 'Other motorized shows are Barnett Brothers. 'Russell Brothers, Lewis Brothers, the Harley Sadler shows and 'Rice Brothers. The Mix, Downie and Barnet shows are mov- ing on more than 11101) motorized units --trucks and trailers. The motorized circuses' methods of operation differ. of course, from those of the railroad shows. The truck shows eliminate railroad ex- penses, first. All traveling is done 'by truck, the .performers living in house - cars and using the house -cars, too; for dressing rooms. These circuses also eliminate the several hundred baggage horses needed •on the nail - road shows. Only ring stock, the performing horses, are carried. The truck shows enter a city as townsmen are eating 'their breakfasts, equipment -bearing trucks •coming first, the performers later, or as they wish. There is no haul from railroad yards, the trucks trotting directly on- to the circus lot and being "'Spotted" whenever needed. Tents go up and, if a parade is giv- en, that takes place near the noon hour. When the evening perform- ance is ended, the sideshow custom- ers sent on their way and the last nickels taken in by the concession stands, the tent, are struck—all but the menagerie, which ;generally is left -landing to it.,u.:e the horses, ele- thant, and the Bayed aaimals. Circus tt•orktnen sleep in their trucks, in house -earn for sleeping purposes. All oars have Water tanks, ,once showers, most electric lights. - 'With the break of dawn the work- ing personnel is aroused, fed coffee and •doughnuts and started on to the next town. The perfortners, with their own automobiles and trailing house -cars, move on later. They are required to be on hand for parade if one is given; otherwise, they may stay on the previous day's lot until they are ready to move—dust so they are in time for the afternoon per- formance. Many circus sten claim advantages and .disadvantages in the motorized shows' lack of 'iaggagge stock—the the horses used to draw wagons to and irom the circus lot. The a•dvan- sa.ges. of course, consist in the elim- ination of investment in horse ;flesh, working personnel and crews. 'On the other hand, many showmen declare the best circus 'ballyhoo is the rum- bling wagons being pulled through the streets front railroad siding to circus 'lot. The motorized circuses are .able to "haste their routes quickly to suit good or had conditions or to flee the 'opposition."- They •don't need the railroads. There are highways into all soetione. new .'t them good. and :here', no difficulty ,a'tour finding gasoline to send the trucks on their way. Ia!•,:t nt it ir. �,_.I rta,e ,s,vti . are -a are_1 the'- future in the -circu-�bud- e--: 1 titin the motor -driven truck. They believe their :boas can he further ri'rarnel, made a;utost as ot,l :is tine railroai cireus.+. ()II the , ttc•r stand. 21!r, s ree that it is al- tnn+t ituposd le for shows the size sf Hagen te,sk-V'tilace. AI G. Barnes t -d C'oi ttrn'li•rr tc say nothing ,of w1,11. i', Iit9 railroad cars-- i0 e•e •me, tritons and tit)t Wiles L> thy t.7.n..-,.., e.nne fretu'r Weld from e'nry a her:. Ring!int-g'c Circus winters in Saris:*t1. 'Fla. Cole Brothers' haste t: tRor_hester, Ind.. a town of - iSitulD. lidaganhe:k.Wallace has a .Bone and farm at 'Peru, Ind., isteassamarmagarmasseaaaso edit gni i J i 83 chiropractor Ele.tro Therapist — Massage 011ti.:'e — Commercial Hotel H curs—Mon. and Thurs. after moons and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat - meta Phone 227. SPR JAMES ;BARRIE PA SES. Sir James M Barrie,-creato. of the immortal- 'Peter •Pan, died in + _on'don on Saturday. He was 717 yea is old', The British 'playwright and :novelist, who gave to the world the piquant story of the little boy who would'n't • grow' up, .was 'taken to a Londloil, (!England) nursing. hotne on 'J+un'e x111 suffering 'bronchia! 'pneumonia. He had been ill a long ,time. Early Saturday manning Peter Da- vies, who as a little boy inspired Bar- rie to write .the story of Peter Pan and his. "never -never-never land," reached the dying author's bedside. Thirty-five years ago Davies and his three brothers were playing in Kensington 'Garden in Lond!o:n when Barrie walked through. ',they 'made T:hey made him one of 'their play- mates anti 'told him ,their childish schemes and secrets. Thus was Peter Pan of s'tag'e and story •born. When the boys' father died, .Bar- rie adopted them. 'Davies' son, four years old, today's Peter (Pan, is Sir James' goldchild. A doctor who attended 'Sir James announced; "Sir James Barrie has passed away. IHe passed away ,quietlly and peacefuld. There was no pain." That was the way he died, this myon whose career in •the field of literature and drama was a•' success almost from 'ts start—so much so that he early works, like "My Lady Nicotine" and 'The LittleMinister," the latter dra- matized to great acclaim, were 'better known than he who 'wrote them. Sir games ,sitcce rII9122 had. ,written but two. •plays, one of w'hic'h, '`!The Boy 'David," had its premiere in Ed- nburgh on 'November tali 191116. The 'play, the ,first ,performance of Which the 'autho'r-missed tbeoause he was kept in bed by lumbago, scored a hit lboth in Scotland and at its !Lon- don premiere, on SYecetnber d14. Elisa- beth Bergner, sitar of the cast, an- swered a dozen curta'in"ealls. "The Boy David" 'followed closely the Old Testantentt :story of -David and his conquest of Goliath. Sir James also write "The Two Shep- herds" in 1181316. u Before the *presen'tation of "The Boy (David," Sir James' most notable work of recent years had been the adaptation of t'P•eter Pan" for the screen. The film version was su'ccess- fu'l, but the modest author objected to what he thought was ton much personal advertising in connection with it. In 182,5 it was:. disclosed Sir James had lost the use Of his right hand. The Scottish comedian Sir ;Harry- Lauder has a fund of laughable stories with which he agreeably .,:- cupies the .pauses between 'his 'lilting songs. For .exattyple: ' "Yon's a great place." said Sir 'Harry, speaking of a north country town that he had been visiting, "and I had a great reception there. 'Every- thing was just great and"the women too—some of them. Ln one street while I was there a 'tramcar collided with a. milk cart; two milk cans were upset into the road, and the milk splashed across the -street. 'Soon a crowd gathered. A very short man— just a wee bit smaller than myself— was standing behind a stout lady, 50 that he couldn't very well see' what was happening. When at last''he did get a glimpse of the Milk flowing in the street he exclaimed: 'Lutitine! What a waste!" "The stout lady turned' and glared at hien, 'Mind your 'business,' she. said sternily, 'and tls t make personal re- inarksl. rsona1re- marks! Tile foltotri r cnn motion lite .prosec4Atint4 dt,trrtoy and prisoner was heari in a cottrt room far n;t in the ntonatain of West Vir- ginia: - "Fr•soner, do you know this titan?" "I'• a seen him." - )id you maficiausly assault hits?" -'s hit him." IT a use t 1 sngrh> .s weapon?" 'No. I had a thih.' I)i l r t r k+.t.>c H fell.' '1)it t nt h•tr nti?" ''h• 5 aiti )u: i r -saner ntile,t for rhe Fe time. -Ask- Viet 'le es:plied- ,t.,t•toss,'; ..... r , tli: a.int r ttt,nttli tate .i t ._. sira gnat bz £,altos!' in Los An:gales. Mix in Comp - Calif.. Downie itt Macon, tra. Nearly every .tate has spate cireus wintering .within its confines. Want and For Salle ads, :i` wks. bloc.