The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-11
SELLS Mos MIG ENTERPRISE.
viii Be Seen In Savannah Next Week
wednesday.

wednesday,.
Circus enterprise has undoubtedly reach
ed its limit in the combined Adam Fore
paugh and Sells Brothers shows, which
are to charm and divert the votaries of
"sawdust and spangles" hereabouts next
Wednesday, The big tent of the i-Paw-
Sells combine has from year to year grown
larger and larger, and has heretofore tax
ed even the visual capacity of cross-eyed
people; but now that a length of 625 feet
and width OF 275 feet has been attained,
one can hardly perceive any possibility of
further extension. Fifteen thousand peo-
PIE can be comfortably seated at single
performance in this great ampitheater,
The actual daily expenses rain or shine,
reach the unprecedented figure of 1920.
The Forepaugh show, one Of the largest
on earth, was in 1896 combined with The
entire Sells Brothers plant almost its
equal in size, and the combination is
stated to be most decidedly the greatest
unihcation of circus features ever seen in
one enclosure. The foremost showmen in
the world are It's joint owners and mana
gers, viz: James A. Bailey, now daz-
zling the Brihshers with the Barnum-
Bailey show; the famous managerial trio
the Sells Brothers, and w. w. Cole, who
n9ent after a ten years career in circus
exploitation in Paris, Berlin and Vienna.
The advance business of the 4-Paw-Sells
combine is conducted under the direction
of Peter Sells, while the immediate man
agement of the show is in the hands CT
Lewis Sells. The general office and head
quarters of the show are at Madison
Square Garden, New York.
The menageries of this aggregation are
IN h.af phenOmpnal pOllnQfiOnS
of the kind ever assembled. Among the
performing animals are two distinct
groups of trained elephants, taught in diff
ferent schools and entirely unlike. Eight
of the largest of the Forepaugh contin-
gent dance a quadrlle, which Is said to
be the most remarkable exhibition of ami
NAL training on record. Woodlands Tea
lions and seals-the only troupe of the
kind in the world-will rejoice the young
sters, especially. Another rare treat for
the children will be the unique perform
ance Of the baby elephant Cuba and
Indian zebra, and a group of Hungarian
ponies in one grand frolic.
The equestrian, gymnastic and hippo
drome acts are numerous and novel. Most
of them are especially engaged in Europe.
Among those most notable are the Living
| ston. DeAora and Devere troupes; Ryan,
Zerella and Weitzell, known in Europe as
| the Shooting Stars Lozell and Garnella,
| and the four Buckets, Austria's premier
| gymnasts. The superlative equestrian tea-
| ture Is the simultaneous appearance in
| three rings of the three champion lIdy
| riders of the world-Maude Livingston,
May Davenport and Estella Hobson, who
| hail from England, America and Austria
| liza in the order named Another pre-emi-
nent feature is the Octavian troupe of
sixteen Roman soldiers and athletes in
| thrilling exhibition of the sports, COM
| bats and evolutions of the Caesarian era.
Nine Yucca, the strongest woman an the
| world is also one of the most startling
acts of the plural ring circus. THO hippo
drome races are stated to be the most ex-
citing of their kind up to date, and VIII
| furnish many surprising sensations
Paul Splash Tustin, the champion high
| and trick diver of both hemispheres, has
/ created a tremendous sensation this season
| by his daring and soul-stirring perform
| ance of diving from the apex of the hip
| podrome tent into a small tank of water
| thirty-six inches deep. Prof. Tustin -ov-
| ers a distance of sseVenty-two effect, and
| executes a complete somersau1t In this
perilous and unparalleled performance.
| other novel and amazing features occir
so frequently in the three hours pro-
| gramme that a mere mention of them will
| occupy more space than Is at our COM
mand
The inaugural event of "4-Paw-Sells
Day" will be the street procession display
of the combined shows that will leave >the
| exhibition grounds at $3.50 a. m. and ira
verse the principal thoroughfares of the
city. The Forepaugh-Sells federation is
| the only important tented exhibition that
| will be seen in Georgia this season. Its
only possible rival, the Barnum-Bailey
| show, remains in England another year,
and Buffalo Bins route does not include
/ any territory visited by Forepaugh &
| Sells.