NOVEL SIDE-SHOWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 2

NOVEL SIDE-SHOWS.

l>oll THE CITIZENS' CARNIVAL,. fte Finance Committee of the Citizens' Carnival hare accepted the--offer" of Mr. Treiwvry to provide a nuiubcv of ■novel side-shows, which, iiavc been doing duty at the Wondovlaiul- 'Park ie tile Auckland Exhiliitioß. The terms are ittat Mr. U'rcaerry sii.tll pay the ■Carnival Committee 5-0 pur cent, ol tin? gross ■receipts, wjfli u niiuimumpayment-of £20. Oi.io of the novelties proposed to ■ho introduced is "Splash/ 1 ' or "the J-Ta-lui joke," an ingenious'' American in* -vculion which caused endless utmisc* ineitt at tJiu Ksiiibition. It consists of ft pl,ii?ik cliv'if.lc-d iii the centro, , and sujipitffcrf by a small bracket attached ta a iflvoj-, vrcetvd over a tn.nk of svstw - . A s cokn'red man sits ott the vii.tnk in a-bathing suit, behind a shield nf vhv netting;, smd on cither side ts him are painted a ».'otip.le of. liiijji! negro faces with wide-open mouths. The ifroirth is really, a disc, and wlte'u this h hit by the iVoodC'H balls supplied to tlio puhlfr, it Telwises the lovor, Uie ;>lttpk opeiis iip, and its Dccupaut drops'into'the srater. Ah , , (korsio Frost, chairman of Itio •SidiJ-'Shuws CiiiiiiititU'i", etalps , tliot 31r. CvEinp has ofFflred U» fiwvicle an kißptiifcujif'shon , free of chari*. , for two .nveuiwus'' of' : iW"."Uartiival. 'Hio eife" fan's b«'«i Rtwptcd Kith thanks. ' '.lit. Frost- lifts siigsostcd to "tho ibyor •Ur'rfS tho public might lio-ppfniittcii to viifc an the ilhitninntcd cjir. whk-h is i)a«- tntVi-Tsiiij; tho city ronio-s every .■cvpnißtc tot" .a, chawse of one shilltns; por ■fjoa.d i%i' l")ic"'\vTi()le cvcisiny;. ;At pri , - si'tit, ssys .Mr. Frost, the car is IravplItng 'oVer Hi*' thiclss wrfjjmit aiiy pnsspMKorirat all,-'ft)id if a little- iMfliicy can bn wi-iicd isi tliis way it wm'A bt> n liiucli thft better for'.the Uiiniival funds. Ttie proposal is being eonsid'ercl by tht 1 '.Trnmways llnard. ~ . . In ooiiHcr'fion with tiio hpttiilinsi rtariulp called lor the Senior Cailofo on Saturday. ;« vrhtfarsal pai-adp will ho hold in jn'fijnration for tin , carnival. CatWs will pfl.rtic'iiMte in mniiprui'. , ! , fvi-iii-s, and it is . espected tli«l. fully IOiJO nnits wilt be on tho ground.