Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-10
10 read the news as II was bulieuned,
ana 10 take part In the guessing contest.
our.oE.pooR ATTRACTIONS.
Trained wild Animals and Other s'd"'
sbows Draw Well.

though the voice of tho fakir may DC
h,,shed. his absence from q standpoint OF
noise Is fully compensated for ny inc
presence Of the dime muscuin ana s'ue-
show man. The exhibitions, some VI
which are greatly above modloeri'y' arc
scattered all over the grounds, ana "
s,entotian tones, backed by leather '"nss'
the in,mitable man OF oratorleal prochvi.
Tics stands on an elevated PLATFORM anu
by singing the praises OF his pa'ucu'.,
chow alhfes the curious VISITOR 'n w
behold In omen -mouthcd astonishnie"' Wv
Wonderful sighxs unrolleVl TO ms sa"e .
Decidedly the most interesting ana M
s,ructiye exhibition given under CANVAS
IS that OF Wombwers trained mehase'r ~,
Hero wild and fcrocous aninhass y. a
descriptions, some forest-breu anu IT.,
reared In captivity, embracing e! ..s
worth seeing In the an'in", ms 49,
from the trained olephah' jung s'.',,,,,
untarned lion and panther TO the uiiii'nu-
i've nonkpvs. who by their continuous
ar,tcs move a source OF amusement 10
the little ones may he seem ,.
4, striking comparison 10 inc beh'le
.,a,tcnca IN the every command OF Ms
master. Of Jolly. the elephant 'he
Sae,ioss action of the magnificent lions
and uoncsses. who with terror-ihspnlhs
ferociousncss leap about their cage anu
over their keeper, who as II 2raho lihaie
10 the exhibition, Tortrays non huht'
while rcd fire is being burned IN the Dot
tom Of the cage and the Hons are ruShins
,ra,t,callv about emitting roar after roar
no und,inted keeper stands pistol In
hand and fires blank cartridges at the
naddcned beasts. tho spectators mean
while expecting the advent OF some awful
catastrophe
The three Match girls, whose dancing
co much offended the eyes OF several gen
tlemen gave their performance on an
elevated stage. Immediately across the
d,tvewov from tho Wombweil mcnag RE.
and most OF the time. from the opening
performance until the proprietor of the
show was arrested several hours later
the small enclosure IN which the per
formance was held was crowded with
men.
Just TO the east Of the west wing and
I'm the space between IL and the Music
Hall is n dime show. which. from the
display Of distorted pictures which attract
the vision from almost every portion OF
the grounds. would naturally lead one
10 infer that every freak ever in exist
ence was collected within the very small
tent. The show. however. is not without
It's merits A tattOoed man. a Punch-and-
Judy show. a elass-blower. ana cage
Of trained monkeys form the centre OF
attraction. while other minor attractions
grouped around afforded amusement for
the many who entered
In the main building. ana just TO the
right of the Music Hall In a darkened
room. Is a continuous performance OK
Galatea being changed from marble into
flesh and from flesh to marble. While
the transformation scene Ia In itself won
derful. yet il Is not new In Richmond.
The changes. however, have been aug
mented TO some extent and many new
and wonderful acts Of magic are intro
duced.
The large Music Hall is being fitted UP
with acrObatic paraphernalia. and to-day
the st. Belmos-Jnmes and Clara-in
their wonderful double trapeze head. neck.
and toe drops from one trapeze 10 an
other Will appear. They will make n
wonderful leap for life through n heart
OF fifteen daggers. from one swing 10
another, and many other astounding
feats. Their leap-for-lfe-act they have
copyrighted and have issued n standing
challenge Offering 20 forfeit $500 TO any
one who will successfully accomplish It,.
This exhibition Is free.