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[[start page]] [[left margin, newspaper article with photo of W.H. Shippen]] [[Left margin]]Scotsman Bobs Up in Circus in Guise of a Zebra [[large black font in bold. Specific font size unknown]] [[Line below is skipped and centered with smaller black print in bold. Font size unknown ]He's Sold on Argentine, Although He Has To Get up at 5. [[line skipped in smaller sized black print in bold. Precise font size unknown. Centered]] By W.H. SHIPPEN, Jr. [[Line skipped with smaller font than usual. Centered. Precise font size unknown]]Star Staff Correspondent. [[Line skipped]] [[New line is on left margin. First word in capitalized]]LA PLATA.--It was an odd place to find a Scotsman, although travelers tell me, they can bob up,from [[tab to make room for photo of W.H. Shippen]]time to time, almost anywhere. [[right margin]]This one was with a circus, a one-ring animal show that travels by truck, 12 months a year, the length and the breadth of the Argentine, south in summer, north in winter, west when fruit and grain crops are harvested. [[next line with tab]] For 15 minutes our ringside party watched a calico zebra [[next line left centered to make additional room after photo of W.H. Shippen]] gambol and frolic ahead of the whip of a midget clown without suspecting the presence of a Scotsman. The latter half of the zebra emerged at conclusion of the act and took a how. He even made a little speech in Spanish. [[next line with tab]] But his flaming red hair, his accent and his sandy complexion gave him away. I chatted with him after the show while Dr. William M. Mann of the Washington Zoo searched (and found) the friends of circus performers he knows the world over. [[new line is tabbed as new paragraph]] The Scotsman seemed a bit sad, even after we exchanged tobacco pouches and his pipe bowl proved twice as capacious as mine. [[ next line is centered and in bold] Dislikes Arising at 5. [[next line is returned to left centered]] "In the States, now," he said, "the artists are organized. We do not have that here. It is now an hour after midnight. I must get up at 5 of the mornin'. We move then. In the States, now, where the artists are organized, would I be getting up up at 5 of a mornin' to help pull the stakes?" [next line tabbed] As a boy he had run away with a circus to England, had worked in London, and later in Germany before coming to Argentina 12 years ago. [[next line tabbed]] Of my 42 years," he said, "I've spent 30 with the circus. I'm no bloody amateur, you know!" [[new paragraph tabbed]] I agreed and complimented him on his technique, especially the artistry displayed with the zebra, driven to a jump by the clown ringmaster, balks at first and then climbs the fence with its forelegs, leaving hind legs on the other side. The Scotsman was the hind legs. It was his job to swing them around, not over the jump. The act got a big hand. I thought one gaucho who sat next to us was going to choke. [[new paragraph, tabbed]] Even a few Indians scattered among the spectators laughed out loud. All this I told the Scotsman without penetrating the gloom in which he wrapped himself like a cloak. He sighed and puffed at his pipe. He used more of my matches. [[new line and paragraph, tabbed]] "Why not try for a job in the States?"I asked [[next line centered and in bold with standard print]] Argentina Galloping [[next line new paragraph and tabbed.]] "Because I like the Argentine better. This country is not running, it's galloping, man! Every time we go back to a town we fine thy have built more to it! Cities are growing and the country is getting more prosperous all the time! [[next line, new paragraph tabbed]] "Our little show, now. We take it to Buenos Aires soon to get new tents, and trunks. We're going to be bigger. I'm working on a bigger act myself'! [[next line, tabbed, new paragraph]] The Scotsman stared at me over his glowing pipe bowl. There was a significant silence. I ventured to ask about the new act, and he became at once evasive in a way that implied he was guarding a pofessional secret of no little consequence. [[next line new paragraph tabbed]]As our party came together and we prepared to leave ,the Scotsman sidled over. [[next line new paragraph tabbed]] "Man," he said, "if you hear of a giraffe in the ring, that long neck may be mine! But, mind you, it's that gave it away." I said--and smiled when I said it. [[next line new paragraph tabbed]] The Scotsman grinned back [tabbed line]]"Now, now!" he said, "how about a bit of my tobacco, I am still smoking yours!" [[next line centered and in italics]] Next:picking a husband a^[[La Plata-May18]] [[a table, centered with several different cells in red, brown borders]] Below left brown margin and within first cell; inside table, centered and in bolded red]] EN ESTA LOCALIDAD [[Red bolded line under wording and in very large red bolded print. Font size unknown]]ZOO-CIRCUS [next line left center with much smaller bolded red print. Font size unknown]Empresa J. SANCHEZ [Same line right centerd in small red print]] Rep. y Dir. Gral. Cap. NIKSICH. [[Solid bolded red line running under text and across the entire table]][[smaller red bold lined with much smaller printing; font unknown]] [[Left centered in large red print with font size unknown.]] HOY-Gran DEBUT [centered small red print with font size unknown]] Noche a las 21 y 30 {Next line larger red print, font size unknown;centered NOVEDADES y ATRACCIONES-HERMOS COLECCION ZOOLOGICA [bold red line running across entire table]] [[next line, bolded in large red print, font size unknown]] [[left margin]] 5 [[right margin]]25. [[Centered in large red print, bold with font size unknown]] Leones Africanos [[red line across centered print]] TIGRES, OSOS, HIENAS, PUMOS CONDOR AGUILA, TAPIR, PERROS SABIOS, PONYS [[ Next line,left margin, bold red print with font size unknown]] Extraordinario Program [[same line left margin]] Director de Pista Julio Lewis. [Next line, two cells within table. [[Left table outlined by red cell, and right table also outlined by red cell]] [[ left margin print within cell, centered]] Sta. MARTINEZ [next line smaller red print toward left margin]] En sus originales creaciones de bailes Españoles e Internacionales [[next line bolded red; first word in left margin, second word (slightly below)and centered]] [[ third word right margin]] BELLEZA! [[Next line large bold red unsure of font size]] "BICHO COLORADO"y NICOLA"[[Next row is comprised of 3 cell borders in red print. Far left is first cell centered]] CHUNKY m[next line is in smaller red print and left margin]] EL PONY calculista y adivinador presentado por el Director General Capitán [next line centered]] NIKSICH [[next line is left margin within cell]] MRS. NICOL [[centered within cell]] [next line is left margin in red]] En el sensacional y escalofriante número el "Rodillo de la Muerte"" Arriesgados ejercios a gran altura. [[ to the right in red] THE ARIZONAS FORMIDABLEE ACTO DEL FART-WEST [[Next line has one cell only with black borders and black print]] [[left margin large number with black font size unknown as well as right margin both]]7 [[to the right of "7" "ELECTRIZANTE!! el joven y valiente domador ANDRES, el hombre de los nervios de acero desafiando a la muerte, presenta el grupo [[centered in black. Font size unkown]] FEROCES LEONES AFRICANOS [[next line centered smaller black ink font size unkown]] Momentos de intensa emoción que recordará todo su vida.[[Solid black top and bottom lines]]. [[First line centered in large caps, black font; font size unknown]] FORMIDABLE![Next line centered in large black font. font size unknown]]EVADIDO de SIBERIA (o sea "El Penado N.13" [[Left margin in regular black bolded print]] Es la atracción más sensacional de la época!! por el célebre Capitán NIKSICH. [Next line contains 3 cells with black borders]] [[First cell on left in regular black print.]] LOS PERROS Comediantes Presentados por el Profesor MARTINEZ, es una ^[[ best guess is nna?] atracción admirable y de buen gusto. [center cell of black font with font size unknown]]1.000.000 de carcajadas por minuto con NICOLITO, el Tony más chico del mundo [[Third cell on right, first word centered and the res is left margin black font of unknown size]]CHIQUITO El PONY más chico del mundo y el MONO PANCHO. [[Next line is of one cell only outlined in black, centered first line not bolded, second line bolded both in black print, font size unknown]] GRANDES INTERMEDIOS CóMICOS POR LOS MIMADOS DEL PúBLICO NICOLITO, BICHO, COLORADO, ADOLF, Y AGUSTIN. [[Next line has three cells from left to right with first line centered and the rest of the lines with black margin. Font size unknown.]] [[First cell]ELSA Y LOBO Sanguinarias hienas asiáticas presentadas por su domador. [[Second "middle" cell]] MR. EVANS Con sus excelentes imitacíones vocales [[Final cell first word centered in capitals. Rest is left margin standard black font]] LOS BRILLI Excelentes Barristas, nuevo en su género. [[Next line is one cell only capital, bolded black print. Font size unknown]]SCHARFFI BROTHERS LOS FENOMENALES CONTORSIONISTAS. [[ Black line below]][[Two cells from left to right]][[right is in stardard black print with unknown font]] Venta de las localidades desde las 10 horas en la Boleteria de Circo Exhibición Zoológia todos los dias Desde las 10 as las 17 horas Visite y vea cómo se amaestran las fieras. [[ Next line centered, in bold, font size unknown with one line underlined]] Venta de las localidades desde las 10 horas en la Boleteria del Cerco Exhibición Zoológica los dias Desde las 10 a las 17 horas Visite y vea cómo se amaestran las fiera [[next line in bold and underlined]] Entrada a exhibición: May,0.20, Men. 0.10 [[right cell first line in bold and centered; other lines of print are standard in black]] Precios de las Localidades Popular..........1.00 Popular menores..0.50 Platea alta......1.20 Platea sillas....1.50 Menores..........1.00 Preferencia......2.00 Palcos con 5 asientos..10.00 [[Next line is outside of the table at the bottom left and bottom right] Empuesto Municipal Pago Imprenta DUPUY-Azul