[Article] Barnum in modern dress Adjust Share By Elmer Holmes Davis, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Biography Grover A. (Grover Aloysius) Whalen New York New York (State) New York World's Fair, 1939-1940 Public officers More from Elmer Holmes Davis The Ideal State People in Chicago will tell you that there is a happy land not far away. Sitting on the ash heap of their own miseries, they mournfully explain that just over… Votes for emptiness Votes for emptiness Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > October 1938 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close