Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley), b. 1869 · New York : Funk & Wagnalls · leaf 268
those alongthe Bowery of our own Coney Island, butmany spectacles may be witnessed inside the en-closures of these claptrap barracks of canvas andboard that are wholly foreign to us. Their orna-mental fagades are adorned with marvels of pic- CIRCUSES AND FETES FORAINES 231 torial art representing… … A SUNDAY CROWD—FETE DE NEUILLY ised within, a good barker to heighten thedesire and imagination of the gaping crowd infront, and a tame ape tied outside to attract thelittle ones. That there was after all nothingworth even two sous to behold behind the mys-terious portal, the spectators in front…
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