New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-24
ChlarInI's,

The age has long since passed whan
the circus was made 10 contain 10000
spectators, when emperors aspired to the
laurels that were to be won in the arena, or
when the State was torn by the rival factions
ofthe ring. Still the circus, though greatly
modified in the character of its exhibitions
continues to hold its place among popular
atausements, and, as Goethe has remarked
the feats of bodily strength and activity will
awaken the applause that is denied to more
intellectual exhibitions. The triumph of o
prima donna in the full eeldt of her beauty,
with Eher worsl1ipers at her feet, has been
pronounced by a profound critic the most in
toxicatinggtas being an immediate yield) of
all earthly 'hattcry. But the applause of the
circusTalu1ost equals if it does not exceed that
accorded to the former what it may lack in
refinement it makes up for in sincerity and
heartincss ,'and we have never heard any one
admit that the pleasure that was experienced
from hearing the divinest enchantress that
ever held a world in exctacy, equaled therap-
ture, the intoxication the wonderment of
soulsproduced by the sight of his first circus.
He remembers the first performance of this
kind in the same way that the Hover does his
first kiss something to which no after en-
ton can at all compare.
If the circus is into eating in the sensa-
tons which it for the fist tine inspires, it
must be confessed on the other baud, that the
effect produced is somewhat weakened as we
see it oftener and as we grow more refined
The circus has its limits one begins to t7'i1k,
aud like certain branches of mathematics
appears incapable of any new additions or
discoveries. We have to admit that until the
arrival of ChiariDi we had been led to enter
tain this opinion, and not until we had actu-
ally seen the glolies Of his ring could we be
induced to modify our opinion.
The performance we think is somewhat linn
tied in allowing any remarkable display Of
feats of strength or Craftsmanship beyond
what the public has already seen. But there
is undoubtedly in this a much larger number
of novelties introduced than in any other cir
Gus we can now remember, However, it is
not novelties that one looks for in circus. so
much as the physical beauty of the performers
and horses-the perfection of their training
and N these points the present troupe is un-
surpassed.
We should Ike to give something like an
extended description, did our present limits
allowus, of some of the feats that we have
never hitherto seen performed; and the Gre
vase of erinoline which we see every Satur-
day issuing from the laughter-loying portals.
merits more than a line Of description itself
but we shall at present conclude by remark
ing that these nlatinees constitute more Of a
show than any other class Of performances we
can now remember seeing in the city. This
fact appears in the popular character of the
exhibition, in the compact construction of the
auditorium itself in the dense crowd with
which it is filed, and in the rapport-the
thorough understanding that exists between
the performers and the public. It is not
often that an exhibition embraces all Of these
qualities, but it certainly does in the present
case, and as we have just said, is worth some
attention from the thinker from this consid-
Grafton alone.