Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-08
JOINS HANDS WITH CHARITY
Society Preparing to Enter the sawdust Of
the Circus Ring,
Is TO BE MADE THE EVENT OF THE SEASON
Another Rud WAS brought out Last
Week to share the Honors of
Omnhn's socicty-Gossip
of The Week.

The Society circus billed for Wednesday
and Thursday evenings Of this week prom
iscs to be the crCwning social event OF the
season At this time there are indications
that II VIII ovcrshadow the brilliant func-
tons of the past for which Omaha has al
ways been noted.
At this Society circus the swells and the
bellies of the city will turn out, and while
they are enjoying themselves they will labor
for sweet charitys sake. The Society circus
Is to be to Omaha what the charity balls
are to some Of the large cities Of the east.
Some time ago the officers of the Associated
Charities conceived the idea of putting on
sone kind OF an entertainment for the pur-
pose of raising funds to be used In relieving
the wants of the poor Of the city. The Of
ficers of the organization took some OF the
leading society people into their confidence,
and after a number Of meetings had been
held the Society circus was decided upon.
Since that time the women have talked So
cletv circus at their kensngtons, over their
tea and at their receptions With such
following 1t was not long until the Society
circus became an assured fact. After the
way had been paved the working out of the
details was an easy matter. Now the prepara-
tons have been completed and at o'clock
next Wednesday evening scores and scores
of the leaders of Omaha's most fashionable
society will appear In the sawdu3t ring,
Fully 800 persons, both men and women,
will take part, and two nights Of unnter-
rupted pleasure are promised.
To give the readers of The Bee detailed
description Of the circus would be next to
impossible but suffice 1t to say that it will
b. gorgeous in every respect. Promptly at
o'clock the bugle will sound at the front en-
trance OF the Coliseum on North Twentieth
street and Immediately thereafter Ringmas-
ters w. j. Bryan, Frank +. Moores and
Henry ID. Estabrook. heralded by troupe
Of Sandwich islanders, followed by twenty
young society women dressed in Scotch
costume, will walk into the sawdust arena.
There Mr. Bryan will address this assembled
multitude. after which there will be the
grand entree This will take the place of
the usual circus street parade, though 1t
will be none the less magnificent, as there
will bc open cages of wild animals from the
jungles of Africa and Asia. sayages from
Borneo, freaks from unknown lands, to say
nothing of Jo 10, the dog-faced man, who
will entertain the spectators in his own origl-
nal way. The procession having passed
around the room, Chief Ringmaster Bryan
will signal to his buger and halt will be
called.
The program of the evening will open with
an exhibition drill by the Omaha Guards, fol-
lowed by tumbling in one OF the three rings,
after which the performance will be continu-
Gus until the close of the evenings entertain
ment, the whole to close with exhibition
drill by the Thurston Rifles
Among the principal attractions of the cir
Gus will be sixteen of the young society
women of the city on horseback, five deco
rated chariots. driven by women, five bands,
four ballet birls on horseback, ten clowns,
troupe of Arabs, the baby elephant Nit"
Omaha's 100000 beauty, a chorus of 100
trained voices under the direction of Thomas
j. Kelley. Japanese fencers Chinese jug
gers, acrobats from Australia, high wire
performers. the living skeleton and the fat
woman. Aside from these attractions there
will be wonderful people and things which
Manager Short has succeeded in gathering
from the most out Of the way places in the
world.