The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
4-PAW AND SELLS DAY.
Fifteen Thousand People Saw the
Big Combined shows.


BiE Combined Shows.
The circus captured the town yesterday,
and for the first time since the Seventh
Army Corps has been i'm Savannah the
soldiers had TO give up the center of the
stage. The show was Adam Forepaugh's
and Sells Bros. combined. 1t gave two
performances, afternoon and night, and 1t
would not be wild estimate to say that
1900 people witnessed the show.
A large percentage of the people at both
performances, but especially at that in the
afternoon, were soldiers. There were more
of the boys in blue in the city than there
have ever been at any one time before.
The regimental officers were not nearly so
strict as the superintendent Of public
schools. The children were not allowed off
to see the circus, though they did see
the parade. But the army officers thought
differently Soldiers must have some re-
taxation from their sterner duties and
surely none could be more relaxing than a
visit to the circus. Every soldier who
could be spared from camp end who want
ed TO see the circus was given leave. Many
of them did not have money enough to
see the performance, but even a glimpse
of the parade was something.
The street parade was through the prin-
cipal paved streets and was a spectacle
in itself. Naturally the rain detracted
some from the glitter. The female horse
back riders and gorgeously gotten-up at
tendants looked little damp and some
of them looked as though they were in
anything but pleasant mood The wealth
er did not dampen the enthusiasm of the
lookers-on.
AS the figure of "Uncle Sam" seated
on top of a high wagon, passed Bull and
Broughton streets, a soldier, who had the
appearance of one who had looked several
times on something that was red. was
struck by a happy thought
Look here" Uncle Sam, he shouted,
"why in HI don't you turn us loose2'
This was one of many incidents that went
to make up circus day.
Somebody has said that all circuses look
alike, and there is probably a good deal
of truth in the saying Circuses are very
much alike and yet there must be some
thing in them. Year after year they come
and year after year the same people go
to see them. 1t may be the high trapeze
artists, the elephants and the bareback
riding that fascinates, or 1t may be the
smell of sawdust the red lemonade and
stale peanuts. But there is thing.
Everyone remembers when a child the
first circus he ever saw and no one ever
saw one to equal it. They were many
among the spectators last night
no doubt who thought of that.
But as to the performance. There were
three rings and a platform. At times
there were six acts on at the same time,
and that was when everybody wished they
had several pairs of optics. The perform
ance lasted about two hours. There were
many acts and they We're gone through
with rapidly The trapeze work and that
on the aerial horizontal bars was of the
best ever seen in Savannah. Lorella and
Garzella, with Denny Ryan as the clown,
went through the most marvellous and dar-
ing feats on the aerial horizontal bars.
The performing animals and seals were
a feature of the show. Nine large ele-
plants marched and bowed and drilled
ending UP by dancing a quadrllle. Col
Shuts and his troup OF Danish dogs-large,
handsome animais-gave a remarkable
performance. 1t Is something unique to
see dogs of large size do tricks, but these
did some good ones. One OF the best was
the turning of somersault backwards
The act of the educated seals and sea
lions was an interesting feature, They
showed wonderful training; shot guns
played musical instruments, sang, in their
way, and did all sorts of funny and enter
tanning things.
Mime. Yucca, billed as the strongest wo--
man on earth--and she certainly looked 1t
did feats of strength that were amazing.
She lifted heavy weights, sustained the
weight of three men on her arms and
then lifted an elephant on a platform,
weighing 1000 pounds
Another feat of daring was that by Paul
Tustin, who dived from the highest part
Of the tent into pool Of water less than
four feet deep.
The Blcketts, four in num-
Der, went through a series
of startling acts on the aerial trapeze
consisting Of leaping from dizzy nights
and hand-to-hand catches. Another aerial
act of much merit was that of Ryan
Zorella and Whizzle, Ryan making a mar
velous flight through the air blindfoded
The performance concluded with the hip
podrome races.
There was a provost guard at each per-
Torrance and Maj. Harrison provost mar
shall, personally saw that order was kept
in the big tent. The circus attaches say
they have played at several towns where
troops were encamped, but at none was
there the order that was maintained here
There was the unsual concert after the