THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 16, 1920
ART OF CLOWNING IN CIRCUS IS ONE THAT
REQUIRES EDUCATION AND DEEP STUDY
Men Who Make Fun in Big Tents for Business-Weary Audiences Are Really Serious-minded Fello
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everything else. I've seen many of
the old-Ximers epass and some realised
their life-Ions desire that they die
in harness. When I go I can't wish
anything more than that I also have
the harness on."
Al Miaco, the oldest clown In the
circus same, is of exactly the same
opinion. Recently stitl In harness he
celebrated his 81st birthday. More
than 40 years ago. he headed his own
pantomtne comedies which played
"Huropty Dumpty" and "The Maglo
Talisman. Later he appeared at
Tony Pastor's old variety theater In
New York City as Jocko the Brazil
ian Monk. Back in the days when
the old Dan Rice shows made our
grandmothers and grandfathers shout
with glee. Al clowned all through,
the Mississippi valley. He is still able
to get out in the ring and make them
laugh, and apparently by his amount
of "pep" he has still some years of
clowning in his make-up.
While many of the leading clowns
put forth their best efforts towards
winning the smothered chortles of
tha grownups, believing it is fully as
necessary to make them laugh as it Is
to amuse the younger element. vert
Hart takes social delight In playing
up to the children, because of which
fact he has been called the "children's
clown." All of his time out of the
ring, is spent in thinking up new
stunts which will meet the satisfac
tion of the little people. For their
particular amusement he has devised
all sorts of gigantic animated toys,
grotesque, imitation animals, and out
landish makeups. Were he not up-to-the-minute.
Hart would not. he
believes, be the success that he Is.
Outside of the arena he In no ways
betrays himself as a clown. He Is on
the same type as Hartzell. wrapped
up in his profession and taking a
most serious view of It.
Corean Women Organize
Exclusive Company.
40000-lfeii Corporation Which Has
o Mea Stockholders la Formed.
J" urrc zS3 fef 2y Jom1' Circus ljj
H the bright erpring days
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W comes the best of all tonics,
the circus. At this time of the
year few of the grownups as well as
small boys who crowd under the can
vas, munch peanuts, drink pink lem
onade and forget their cares and wor
ries, while they go into ecstacies over
the merry antics of those jovial jest
ers and gingery cutups, the ever-
popular clowns of the big top, have
any conception of just how these buf
foons of pantomime gain their ef
fects and appear outside of the ring.
After a performance as they walk
quietly down th'e street to their ho
tel, it would be hard to distinguish
one of them in their street garb from
the ordinary business men of the
town. .Clowning in these times of
efficiency in all lines of human en
deavor is a distinct, and, it may be
said, a dignified profession, and one,
as a matter of fact. In which very
few aspirants have the ability to
reach the top spots -of genuine suc
cess. In order to be a first-class
circus laugh provoker nowadays It is
necessary to know a little about
everything and a great deal about
most things. In brief, education
counts. As Al Miaco. the dean of all
clowns ,Jhe world over, recently re
marked,, "Many circus performers are
such because of some special apti
tude which just had to come out into
the light, and in these particular
cases th& circus was the light. Most
successful clowns, however, are so
because they know everything that
is to be known about the circus, and
considerable about other things."
Anyone who is at all familiar with
these cutups will fully agree with
this remark. Take as an illustration
George Hartzell, one of the foremost
clowns in the country for years and
still in the ring. Georpe has been
clowning for more than 30 odd years.
yet he appears to nave some tew
years more ahead. Outside of the
ring he la of a very serious turn of
mind and appearance. In fact, his
ability ..In business is such that he
has been able to Invest the savings
from his profession so that at pres
ent he owns valuable real estate in
Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, and
has earned the sobriquet of the "mil
lionaire clown." He may not have i
million dollars, but he is not worry
lng just yet about the high cost of
living. ' One of the best. Hartzell all
In all typifies the modern 20th cen
tury circus clown.
Clowns Are Serious-Minded.
If anyone has the idea that clown
ing is nothing more than getting out
before an audience and making a
gosh darn fool of one's self they
wtuld change their mind very quick
ly after a few minutes' talk with
some of the circus funmakers back
behind the scenes of the big tent. In
the dressing room in the rear of the
arena, where 40 clowns were mak
ing up recently, to bring Joy 'to thou
sands of growndps and kiddies, there
was little or no tom-foolery. Within
the space of a few minutes, however,
40 apparently serious-minded men
were disporting In the ring in cos
tumes which were enough in them
selves to create a riot ot laughter.
"But it's not alL as simple as It
looks. The make-up plays only a
small part in the business of clown
ing." The speaker was Hartzell, who
was getting ready for his role in a
burlesque burial of the lamented John
Barleycorn.
"To be a good clown, he contin
ued, "it is necessary- to be a lot of
other things. . Tou've got to be able
to paint signs, to sketch, to model,
to dance, to juggle, to turn hand
springs and to do numerous other
things. Most important of all, you've
got to bo Ingenious and well read,
fully abreast of the times Audiences
tire of seeing- the same things .time
after time, and in order to make good
and get a laugh you are obliged to
give them something new all the
time.
"A good clown must know what is
going on in the world; a comprehen
sive knowledge of political issues and
other problems which are attracting
public attention are a great benefit
to him in his profession. No ac
tually gosh darn fool makes a good
clown; it must be pure make-believe
on nis part. Take tor Instance, pro
hibition. In our mock burial cere
mony we get the best laugh of the
day."
Hartzell stopped applying the
make-up for a moment and pointed
to two large posters which were
tacked on the wall above his head.
In large black letters the first was
inscribed "Manhattan island was
traded by the Indians for a bottle of
booze. The one beside it read "1
would trade it back again for a bot
tle of booze."
One Is Sign Painter, Too.
We always get a good laugh out
of taose two signs," Hartzell con
tinued. "I painted them both, so you
spa T bad to be a sis-n nalntpr s.s well
as a clown. I also have to model in j
clay by various make-ups. In no
other way can I judge of their ef-1
fectiveness. I've just finished mod
eling this humorous head from which
intend to have a new mask formed.
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I carefully design all of the costumes
which I use in my act. and also paint
many of the scenes."
He then explained how h was con
stantly reading and always looking
for some new issue to make use of
in his act. At one time Hartzell
caused a sensation by his burlesque
on the late Theodore Roosevelt's ex
pedition to Africa, which for years
was the most talked of clown stunt
connected with the circus. It was
copied by clowns all over the coun
try. At present "he is planning to
work up a caricature of a possibility
for the presidential nomination. He
mentioned no name, but it cannot be
denied that without his make-up he
bears a striking resemblance' to a
noted prohibition advocate who has
run for the office of president more
than once.
Hartzell was not exactly born into
the circus game. His father, Leonard
was well known years ago on the
minstrel stage, but his mother was
not connected with the theatrical pro
fession. At the tender age of 13,
George joined a small circus and won
his board and traveling expenses
through his tumbling and gvmnastic
I ability. On and off he took turns
at caring for the camels and ele
phants, and later did a bareback rid
ing stunt.
When he was 22 he had the job
of. drfving the clown cart through the
streets in the circus parades. This
was not to his liking inasmuch as
the small town boys took great de
light in seeing which one had the
most success In trying to hit the
driver with ripe apples, tomatoes,
stones, sticks, or anything else that
was at hand. Of course they did it
in a spirit of fun. but Hartzell never
quite saw the joke. It often hurt
some.
At about the time he was tiring
of this particular work the propri
etor introduced three new lions to the
troupe, and Hartzell asked for the
job of taming them.
CEOOL, Korea, May 15. Korean
O women are forming "an exclusive
ly feminine corporation capitalized at I
400,000 yen to buy and sell "clothing.
lingerie and toilet accessories," ac
cording to an advertisement in the I
first issue of the new Korean dally.
the Chosen-Ilpo, Just Issued here.
None of the capital stock, divided into I
20.000 shafts, will be sold to any man.
Thn enlertirisc is regarded as a move
toward breaking down an ancient I
TCorpan tradition.
The director and all other officials
of the company, it is announced, win
be women only, and in addition to
merchandise, the company will have
a mwine department. Its aim is said
to be "the promotion of the comfort I
of living and improvement of Korean
women in ecomonic knowledge and
experience."
In Japan, cases of women success- I
fniiv conducting business are not
rare. The head of the Owarlya bank.
one of the most successful- banking
enterprises, was a woman who died
leaving a large fortune to the cause
of female education. The great Su
znici firm, which has a branch in
Seoul, is likewise headed by a woman.
la Seoul itself the Keijo printing
house and the Urao hotel are good ex- I
amples of what women can do.
While Japanese women are entrust
ed by their husbands with the com
plete management of household af
fairs, the Korean woman generally
inoki to her fcDouse to finance the)
home.
Rare Inca Ornament Are
Shown in America.
Exhibit Purchased From Impov
erished French Nobleman.'
Lion Tamer Job Landed.
"Why, you're crazy," replied the
manager when Hartzell made known
his desire, "these lions would eat you
alive."
"Well, Fm taking as much chance
on that clown cart." was Hartzell's
laconic retort, "and I'd as soon be
chewed by a lion as have one of
those kids some day carom a rock off
my head." This proved sufficient ar
gument and Hartzell got the job.
Every day for three consecutive
weeks he visited the lions' den. He
would stick a long club into the cage
and every time one of these beasts
emitted a roar, the juvenile and inex
perienced tamer would whack him.
At the end of the third week the
three lions were as docile as lambs.'
Hartzell then took a chance on go
ing Into the cage with them, and al
though a trifle wobbly in the knees,
got through his act without trouble.
From then on, he says, he had no
more fears of going into the lions'
lair than an ordinary person has in
going into a room in which are three
pet dogs.
"There's a certain attraction for the
circus," he went on, "which cannot
be denied. I've been clowning for
more than 30 years and, although
I'm not as young as 1 used to be,
I have no idea of ever giving It up.
I. suppose some day I will be through,
but at that time I'll be through with
PHILADELPHIA, May 15. Gold orn-
1 aments, idols, crowns, armor and
other relics of great historic value
which date from the' civilizations of
the Incas, Aztecs and other Mexican
and Central and South American peo
nies are contained in a collection of
anfi sneclmens recently placed on view
for the first time in the museum of
the University of Pennsylvania.
The exhibit only recently was
brought to its present completeness
by the purchase of objects which had
been in possession of a noble French
familv for generations, but which
were sold at Paris because the family
was impoverished.
Gold was used by the Aztecs and
Incas only for ornaments, religious
emblems and attire. These objects,
shipped to Spain by Pizzaro, Cortez
and others in the 16th and 17th cen
turies, were melted and coined. ThiB
explains the rarity ot the original
cnirien obiects.
A crave recently opened in Colom
bia Droved a rich trove of them. It
was anoarently the burying place of 1
princess. Enough golden ornaments
were discove'red completely to clothe
a modern woman for her appearance
in a ballroom. There were, besides a
crown, a breast plate, girdle, armlets.
and various other appendages, aside
from a great quantity of jewels.
Rings and necklaces of amazing
beauty are among the objects.
Hawaiians Fete Prince.
HONOLULU, T. H. Hawaiian mu
sic which he said he liked Immensely I
greeted the prince of Wales as he I
stepped ashore in Honolulu for a one-
day visit recently on his way to the
Antipodes. Leis; or garlands of flow
ers, were cast about his neck and
Hawaiians brought koopupu gifts, or l
presents of fruit, in native calabashes.
Wherever he went the atmosphere of I
old Hawaii hung about him. At Rocky
Hill he witnessed the missions cen
tennial pageant, depicting the life of I
the island inhabitants of ancient I
times. At Koikiki beach he rode the
combers in outrigger canoe and on
surfboards.
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women, who cooked doughnuts for
the soldiers in France, have organized
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