Automatic World

Twelve
April, 1930.
THE BALLY-HO
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Carnivals -- Parks
Concessions
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BIGGER AND BET TER, WHAT SAY?
A NEW CARNIVAL ORGANIZATION
How goes the day, Mr. Carnival Man? What do you
see over yonder rising above the western horizon? Do
you see your business growing to a higher standard or
dropping to a lower one? What type of concessionaires
do you cater to? Do you really believe the old "anything
goes" methods are upbuilding? How is your shows along
the midway this season? Do you have anything to offer
the ticket buyers except a flashy front and a good, strong
bally-ho? These are things to think over because this
paper is anxious to see you launch forward and upward
and only clean, legitimate, honest and sincere methods
will do it.
Onward, men of the carnival world! Keep your head
up. Shoot straight. Give value for every dollar and we'll
make all America doff her hat in respect to a business
that has risen from oppressive ranks to a high standard
of perfection.
The Dee Lang Amusement Company is one of the
new organizations on the road this season. This com-
pany is one of the brightest and most distinctive carnivals
now enroute over the U. S. A., playing fairs and some
"still" dates.
Mr. Dee Lang is the manager and - owner; Harry
Moore has the flier ride; Charles Klarsch is manager of
the caterpillar; F . J. Klein, special agent; Geo. Weise
will handle things around the ferris wheel and Mrs. Dee
Lang is secretary and treasurer of the new amusement
enterprise, which opened in St. Louis.
The shows take t he road with a newall-white
enameled ferris wheel which was purchased at Jackson-
ville, Ill., last February while Mr. Lang and Mr. Klein
were returning from the Illin ois Fair meeting. The show
will carry four rides. five shows and about 40 concession:.;.
Their motto is : "Clean, Moral and Refined."
TALKING PICTURES IN PARKS?
NO!
We have arrived at the day of "Make It Snappy, "
and the folks don't mean "maybe." Show me a park
crowd that you can pull into a talking picture show amI
get them to stick for an hour or longer. It can't b e
done. There's too much desire to see during the visit.
They want to keep on the move. They want short, snappy
shows and rides. Out of this and into that, is the idea
of the usual park visitor.
And you can 't blame them. Who wants to ruin the
whole evening by spending it in one place, with so mUCh
going on all about? We don't see anything bright for
talking pictures for the park as yet. Give them good,
well arranged, snappy shows, short and direct to the
master portion, and you've pleased them, but drag them
in and hold them for an hour or an hour and a half and
you've killed them in their tracks. Besides, why not
give all the other fellows a chance? Don't hog the deal
with a talking picture.
GREATER SHEESLEY SHOWS
The Greater Sheesley Shows opened at Norfolk,
Va., April 5th. Mr. John M. She elsey, manager, is very
optimistic regarding the season of 1930.
Some of the spots they will play include Brockton,
Mass., Gastonia, N. C., and Greensboro, N . C. The shows
will have a long find well arranged season .
MORRIS & CASTLE SHOWS
The Morris & Castle Shows will be found blooming
in all their glory at Houston, Texas, April 4 to 12. T hey
will show on a downtown street location, sponsored by
three newspapers of that city. April 14 to 19 they will
pitch their tents at Austin, Texas, Riverview Park loca-
tion, and will be boosted by t h e American Legion . April
21 to 26 will find them in the f lower garden of Texas,
San Antonio, playing the famous "Battle of F lowers."
Morris & Castle Shows have a number of outstand-
ing dates for 1930, among them are fairs at Oklah oma
City, Okla.; Waco, Texas; Davenport, la.; Tulsa, Okla.;
Des Moines, la., and St. Paul, Minn. The shows have a
live bunch of concessions this season.
PENNY ARCADES FOR PARKS
Parks that have real neat and attractive penny ar-
cades are finding this end of their business paying. Chil-
dren often have pennies, and they will spend them in
the arcade. A number of our largest amusement parks
do not have any arcade. Th ere is nothing more attractive
and wholesome than a well arranged and well managed
arcade along the board walk.
We say again, that every park should feature its pen-
ny arcade. See that all amusement machi nes show good
stuff, not the old worn out "bunk" of pioneer days, but
good, clean, wholesome features. Such an arcade can be
arranged, and when it is, it will bring home the bacon.