The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-12-06
WITH TWO BIG SHOWS.
wtHru's COLOSSAL riUJus ANu
IVANs' JAPANESE mourn.
brew Great crowds aud Ut,r satIaf.s.
tors Performance ~umu ut the
Ionturcs.


/ f,tmances in Honolulu. aud many hume
dreds Of people went home 90 dream of
/ dying HORSES. expert oquIstuaus. dizzy
| ing gymnastics aud gauiiIy dressed
japanese riding tight rope 5u % hicy
Gle. It. WAS the opening entertainments
Of both Wirths Circus and The famous
Ttkizawa family of aarouatH Both Doc
gan 90 So'clock At the Circus was
dense audience of 1000 people There
wa. nearly a8 many more ut Tom Evans
opera house ON Richards streets
Both of the entertainments were
grand succcssrs. Audience greeted Che
Performance at the Circus and no the
Acroh1tic show with great applause.
At tine Circus the gNmuu.tio perform
auces of Burns aud Alberto were of the
first class aud would take we'll iu most
favored cities OF the Western world
The intrepid walking oi the little
Muriol With uu 600 Invisible wire took
the house by storm, and did also che
riding of The sumc Nuuugster latCg boo
the evening.
The riding displayed boy Miss ldB Yer
non and p. III. Montgomery, riding tu.
gethor and siugIy was but little short OF
marvel Both possess great skill ril-
ing boz almost iucnuoeiVlh|U positions
and performing MOST daring leau grace
fully and with perfect ease. Miss lyd.
hurstH trick off holding with one foot
alone 60 O. flying horse and gathering
handkerchief, iitDmlIYatrewu along tho
way. missing nome was % capital feat
and was loudly appIRudod. Mr. Monte
gomery's Imitation of an American Too.
a. fHs HHN.|.fu#
riding, was unique and WIS well re-
Cetved.
special feature rf the entertainment
was the unusual strength displayed by
MIR. Burns At one time six persons
were taken up and Che strong man bore
the great weight upon one foot, ON the
trapeze the same feat was displ aged, he
at one time catching Mr.. Alberto Ou IBIS
hands from "a dowushoDt after snmer-
sault from % high traIezc. After Hll
these things he was physically fresh
enough 60 DO the clown act to perfection
and plunge headl0ng into the magic
tube several times.
The riding and driving three bare
back horses az once boy Miss Nellie
Iyuihur.t was also very clever The
Japanese Star Eucelil covered himself
with glory in what might he called %
hurdle race over and under flying
horse.
Singing OF rhe Little Alabama
Coon by the three children Muricl
Wirth, Katie Montgomery and Elsie st.
Leon was eucored and che ny repeat
ed. The work OF the three clowns.
parts taken by yariOls performers at
different stages was very good aud
keep the audience in roar
The program concluded with unique
riding contest. Mr.. Wirth offered a
purse to the rider In the audience who
would stay on horse in
"a standing position the
longest One Of the Wool boys,
young VieSa and Sylvano volunteered.
Woods failed to reach his feet at all and
was ruled ont. Sylvanos mounted well
and rode for six seconds falling rather
hard upon the ground. Nierra rode and
tumbled second earlier. Sylvanos
mounted again and beat his former re-
cord three seconds. He sustained
severe fall, however. and barely missed
the horses heels. lie won the purse and
il was Immediately handed over by Mr..
Wirth.
The Evans entertainment lasted three
hours. Tent was brilliantly illuminated
by electric lights and was Handsomely
uttplultus mere were f'.liN lbl lNNNs
Many stood. Audience was made up of
all nationalities, haoles composing
large per cent Nearly all of the truly
marvellous acrobatic work was done by
the Takizoma brothers, whose names in
plain English are, Chigoklchi, kokichi
and Hidikich.
The first number on the program was
a series of clever feats Mt rope balancing.
These were performed by the first
named in the above list.
The ball balancing and tIapeze per-
formances of Hidekichi, were, some
think, the best ever witnessed in Homo
lulu. Chigokichi. in his bicycle per
Torrance. riding the wheel on a tight
rope. was a special feature of the enter
tainment and was pronounced as good
as is to be seen in the great circuses of
the world The tub juggling act was a
marvel OF balancing and showed the
wonderful endurance of the performers.
For nearly half hour the man CHICO
kich held weight of 1850 pounds on his
upturned feet with apparent ease.
The entertainment closed with Won
derful ball performance by Chigokichi.
Mounted on a large ball he successfully
rolled twenty feet up a steep inclined
plane and up and down on a see saw
board. The return was made with the
actor in net work of hoops. During
the performance, which must have taken
all of fifteen minutes, his feet did not
leave the ball and he never got out of
balance.
Mr.. Evans Show is a great success
and deserves large patronage. All who
visited it last evening concede that the
performances were the best of their
peculiar character ever witnessed in
Honolulu.
The second entertainment will be
given this evening. Mr. Evans attends
personally to the reception and comfort
of his friends.