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over the loudspeaker, "Ladies and
gentlemen; boys and girls, take
your seats please.
"We now take pleasure in pre-
senting two of the greatest trick
artists of the rope in the world
. . . the Oklahoma Kid and the
beautiful Princess Blue Cloud," it
continued.
she handed two boxes of popcorn
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to an eager youngster.
"lie has always said 'They'll al-
ways cheer you when you're on
top but they won't even send you
a card when you're in the hos-
pital.'"
After a denionstration of "artis-
try on the trapeze" a "precision
trained dog act," and several ap-
pearances of "Ricky the Clown,"
the show drew to a close.
"Stop in next year," Patterson
said as he counted the morning's
receipts. "The circus business is
starting to get better . . it's been
kinda bad these past few years."
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expert service . . .
JS FUNNYMEN-Sending up a rocket to the moon, lighting a whipped cream bomb, or just
rg state regulations on possession and use of firecrackers; three clowns delighted spectafors at'
lay's performance of the circus. Ann Arbor youngsters watched intently as the clowns cavorted
tempted to get the greatest possible number of laughs out of a simple stunt.
Princess Sells
Twirling his "hand-made" lariat,
the Oklahoma Kid went through
his, "famous wild-west" act. Prin-
cess Blue Clouct, garbed in powder
blue buckstin, bore a striking
resemblance to one of the women
selling cotton candy before the
show.
Patterson mumbled a few orders
to the next act and re-lighted his
well-worn cigar. "I used to worry
about getting the acts on in time
but that was a long time ago," he
said.
"'You get over it after a while,"
Patterson added.
Clowns Caper
A galaxy of "some of the great-
est stars under the Big "Top" fol-
lowed.
Three clowns, complete with
oversized shoes and red noses,
cavorted about a giant size fire-
cracker. "Wad 'ya mean it won't
git lit," on clown shouted at his
partner.
A shout of delight went up from
the crowd as a fourth clown tip-
toed into the arena and exploded
another firecracker at the first
clown's feet.
Corn Pops
A small cluster of hungry chil-
dren were already gathered around
the popcorn booth when the loud-
speaker announced the intermis-,
sion had come.
An antiquated popper kept Mrs.
Patterson busy filling the chil-
dren's, requests. "My husband
doesn't like to talk about his days
in the 'trap act,'" she said as
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FLYING YOUNG LADY-Seated on her flying perch, Consuela
goes into her act as the star acrobat of the Patterson Brothers
Circus. Billed as "one of the greatest trapeze artists in the wdrld,"
she performs before a crowd of cheering Ann Arbor youngsters.
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or children as they cluster around her popcorn dispensary,
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