Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-07-19
THE GREAT WALLACE SHOW.
Is Without Doubt the Finest
That Has Ever Visited
THIS City.
MAGNIFICENT IN EVERY DETAIL.
A Grand Parade, A Complete
Menagerie, and an Excel
lent Performance.

Lack of space and time will not
permit the Transcript to do full JUS
tice to the Wallace show. which Is
in the city Saturday, but we can
without hesitation say that 1t Is the
grandest and most up'to-datec circus
that has ever visited this city. Al
though this fact was not generally
appreciated before the shows ar
rival, our citizens realized 1t soon
after.
The magnificent horses with their
brilliant equipage IN the parade
was feature we'll worth the trouble
of a days travel to see. The horses
are a special feature OF the Wallace
show, and SO carefully are they
handled and groomed that one
would think their seasons work be-
gan but yesterday. when the fact Is
they have been on the road since
early in April.
While the horses were q magnjti-
cent feature, there were many Others
and to go from one department to
the other, one would think that each
and every department was a special
feature, so perfect is every detail OF
their management. One very pleas
ing feature of the show, which goes
far to raise it in the estimation OF
the public, is the courteous and gen.
tlemanly manner Of everyone con-
nected with the management. The
immense crowd which attended the
afternoon performance, number
full $500 persons and probably more.
were handled without hitch or any
dissatisfaction among the patrons.
And another feature which highly
commends it to the public and make
it more worthy Of patronage is the
entire absence OF fakirs and "sure
thing" men.
The Wallace show has special
officers who see that none OF that
class operate around their grounds,
and everyone is safe from being
tieeced by the sharpers.
The doors for the afternoon per-
formance were thrown open at
O'Clock, and the circus performance
began at 2. The hour Intervening
was devoted to a band concert, and
it was musical event worth hear
ing. The band Is composed Of forty
members, all musicians and the
music rendered was excellent.
The menAgerie of the Wallace
show is deserving of especial men,
ton.
There are perhaps larger ones, but
none with a greater variety OF wild
beasts gathered in foreign lands.
each one of which represents small
fortune in itself. Three large male
lions occupy one cage. female lion
with four cubs but few days old 1s
in another, and are sight that the
public seldom has the opportunity
to see for the reason that travelling
menageries are seldom able to keep
young lions. as their mother In
variably Gevour them. An especial
favorite with the management OF
the menage,ie is the Young zebra,
only five days old. 1t is as risky rs
a kitten, and has all the vicious
traits of it's untamable mother.
The menagerie also includes two OF
the largest elephants In captivity,
one of which Ia kept securely chained
because Of its vfciousness.
When the hour for the performance
arrived it began with a horse show
that Was grand III spectacular effect.
Then followed the performance In
three large rings, which found the
audience at it's conclusion lOath to
leave their seats, ~ highly pleased
was it with what was there to wit
ness.
Among the most prominent people
IN the show are the Nelson family,
famous all over the world; Earl sis
ters, trapeze performers; Mile French
who ascends a spiral while enclosed
in q hall; the great Stirk family of
bicylists; the comical roller skaters;
the Angelo sisters, mid air perform
ers; the Vortex sisters, In their Ferris
wheel trapeze act, and many Others.
Exciting races were given at the
conclusion of the show, and after
wards an excellent concert was
given.
The performance begins this even
inc at 8 O'Clock, but the doors will
open at Z, and the performance will
be preceded by the hand concert.
The performance this evening, with
a few variations. will be the same al
this afternoon. The Wallace side
shows are also good. exhibiting
some very strange freaks.
The Wallace show certainly gave
satisfaction in this city, and the peo-
Ole who patronized 1t will un-