People's voice., 1898-07-28
A Good Time Coming.

OIICus enterprise mas undoubtedly
reached its limit in the combined
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers
SHOWS, which are to charm and divert
the votaries o. "SawduSt and spanglesr
nereaocuts next Monday. The "big
tent" OF the Paw-Sells combine has
from year to year grown larger aid
larger, aud has heretofore taxed even
the visual capacity uf cross-eyed pe,,.
PIE; but now that length of $50 feet
and width OF 275 feet has been
attained one can hardly perceive any
possibility Of futher extension. l5,.
QUO people can be comfortably seated
at single performance in this great
amphitheatre.
The Forepaugh show, one of the
two largest on earth, was in 1895 COM
bined With the entire Sells Brothers
plant, almost its equal in size, and
the continuation is stated TO he most
decldely the greatest uDifcatIon Of
attractive features ever seen in one
enclosure. The fOrem0St,circus men
10 the world are its joiLt owners and
managers, viz: James A. Bailey, who
Is now dazzling the Britishers with
the Barnum and Bliley show: the
famous Sells triO-Ephraim, Peter
and Lewis, and W. W. Cole. who has
just returned to American manage
ment after a ten years career 10 cir
Gus exploitation in Paris, Berlin and
Vienna.
The menageries of this aggregation
are said to he the E:rst phenomenal
collections If the kind ever assembled.
And this feature alone has involved
an expenditure Of over a million
dollars. Among the performing
animals are two distinct groups of
trained elephants, taught 10 different
schools and entirely unlike. Eight of
the largest Of the FOrepaugh contin.
gent will dance a Quadrille, which Is
said TO be the most remarkable exhi-
clifton OF animal training on record.
Woodward'ssea liUns and seals--the
only troupe Of its kind 10 the world
will rejolcethe youngsters, especially.
Another rare treat for the children
will be the unique performance Of the
baby elephant, "Cuba," an Indian
zebra, AMI a grOupe of Hungarian
ponies 10 one grand frolic.
The equestrian, gymqstic and
hippodrome. acts. are numerous and
novel. Most OF them we're especially
engaged In Europe for this seasons
tour of the big dual show. Among
those most notable are the Livinston,
Delfora and Dovere troupes; Ryan,
Zorellaand Weitzell, known In Europe
as the shooting stars" Lozell and
Garnella, and the four Bicketts,
Austria's premier gymnasts. The
superlative equestrian feature Is the
simultaneous appearance in three
rings Of the three champion lady
riders Of the wOrld-Maude Liviags-
ton, May Davenport and Estella Hob.
son, who hail from England, America
and Australia in the order named.
Another remarkable feature Is the
Octavian troupe Of sixteen Roman
soldiers and athletes iu a thrilling
exhibition Of the sports, gaines, com.
bats and evOlutlOnS Oi the caesaian
era. Madam Yucca, the strongest
woman In the world, is also one vi
the most startling and attractive
"acts" OF the plural rlug circus. The
hippodrome races and rrveis are
stated to be the most remarkable Of
their kind up TO date, and will furnish
many most surprising sensations.
Paul "Splash" Tustin, the cham
piOn high and trick diver Of both
hemispheres, has created a trench
dOus sensation this season by his dar.
Ing and Soul-stirring performance OF
diving from the apex of the hippo.
drome tent into small tank of water
thirty-six inches deep. Prof. Tustin
covers distance Of seventy.two feet,
and executes complete back somer-
sault, in this perilnus and un.
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