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THE BALLY-HO
and managers without cold feet will put the gate ad-
mission over.
New ideas is what the public likes. They "jelly"
on the same old stuff season after season. Dress up
your shows, display some progressiveness and watch the
cash register squawk for oil.
V. J. Yearout is general agent and traffic manage r
for the Isler Greater Shows.
C. B. Ludwig, former circus agent, is handling the
publicity and press work for the L. J. Heth Shows, Inc.
The Bernardi Greater Shows will play the Virginia
State Fair at Richmond, starting Sept. 8th.
The county fair at Jasper, Texas, will start Oct. 6th.
Thad W. Rodecker is general agent and traffi;:
manager for the J . George Loos Shows.
Ever figure out why they call a boat load of good'S
a "cargo," and a carload of goods a "shipment"?
Give 'em snappy shows, boys. Good, clean and en-
tertaining, but not lengthy. They can't stay "put" long
at a time with so much going on on the outside.
April, 1930.
Hagenbeck-Wallace
show,
remembers
the
time
the
"chumps" threw dynamite at the J. E. Henry "gyp"
camp aggregation in Street, Texas, blew the bottom out
of a cat cage, except one lone six-inch floor board, and
the animal took refuge thereon. Cheerful was some con-
cessionaire them days. He used to open up his layout of
peanuts, popcorn and candies during long drives, ballyhoo
a little and clean up. Kinder good to think about old
times, eh, Cheerful?
I wonder where Mr. Woodruff and his charge,
"Tony," the alligator boy is now. The writer used to
mitt ducats on the front of the show. Tony was a real
attraction, no fake, and he was a pleasant little fellow.
Tony. where are you? Write to Randy, care The Bally-
Ho, 1345 East Richmond Ave., Fort Worth, Texas. Do
this just for old times' sake.
Hey! Tom Ford, where is ye at, these days? Swe~t
dreams it is, thinking about the good old days out through
Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Utah, Nevada, etc., with
the steel ball Evans, flat wheel, what? Uncover yourself
and send in a line to Bally-Ho.
Elmer Jones Roy Leonhart, Arthur Burrison, Tom
Fanning, J. E. Henry, Doc Cartwright, J. W. Gentry,
send your best wishes along to the Bally-Ho. We'll ex-
pect them.
The Acme Tent & Awning Company, of Fort Worth,
has turned out a lot of tents for the boys this season.
Got a real tent man in charge.
Dick that's what they called you, Dick. The writer is
the fellow that kncoked you cold with his balance pole
while doing a wire act in Stonewall, Okla. Write to us.
Come on in with some news, you Pacific Coa',t
shows. Tell us all about the business out where the
Pacific Ocean greets the good old U. S. A.
A lot of managers should be shot at sunrise, espe-
cially one that exhibits a "fake" whale, made of com-
position, etc. Oh, boy, ain't it the limit? But, shucks,
Hey, wake up, don't you know they are picking
cotton down south? Get a move on yer, grab that bunch
of maps and let's go. Such has been the cry for ages,
and the cry is still in evidence every Fall. There's gold
in them there states, boys.
must be gossip.
RA NDOM RAMBLINGS
By RANDY
We had the coldest weather in Texas the past winte~
since the days of Dr. Brown's Medicine Show and Jac.k
Lighthall's tooth powder days.
I wonder if Cheerful Gardner, Bull Boss on the
One thing Randy will do this yeal', he'll give you
a real honest-to-goodness report on southern conditions.
Watch for it in this column. Many other reports will
be made from time to time.
A real "pitch man" can still get the dough. Folks
are more anxious to be entertained than ever and will
always buy good products and articles. Get something
good, brush up, keep a neat front, shelve all the slang,
use good English, be courteous to your audience and·
you'll go over.
So says Randy.