The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-01
BIG EVENT TODAY.
Ringing Brothers will Give Won
derfuI Entertainment.

I Ringling Brothers will Give a Won
derful Entertainment.
! Today is circus day and any one who
has outgrown his circus days might as
wei select a nice. cool tombstone and
lie down under it and get out of the
way. You can get tired of the theater
| books viii bore you, pictures pail upon
you, and it doesn't seem long to outgrow
/ the joys of a moonlight picnic; but the
circus-the thrilling, whooping JOY of the
circus-never oh. never dies.
For today and tonight the dreams OF
half the youngsters IN Wichita have been
disturbed by the imaginary grimaces OF
the clown and the wonderful elephants
that only come in juvenile dreams. Early
this morning a considerable portion OF
these youthful dreamers viii be out al the
show grounds pryiug under the canvas
walls, trying to discover the roaring
skidigious" and anxious TO carry water
in unlimited quantities for the sake OF a
temporary association with the big show.
! The older element viii be on hand. too.
/ There is a fascination about the circus
the sleek horses. half revealed dens and
tableaux ca!s-that is irresistible at all
ages.
The parade is declared by the press
everywhere to be the most respleudent
spectacle of the kind ever organized by
circus mana gement. it win show scores
of open animal dens. cavaIcades of eques-
triennes in Easter like fnery, troops OF
Jockeys in satin and buckskin. companies
of gay cavaliers, craven and golden
statutes Of the nursery tale heroes.
dozens of pretty ponies. hundreds Of
beautiful horses with uniformed attend
ants, clowns trained pigs baby elephants.
stalking herds of pachyderms, a bewitch-
ing array of everything we have been
taught 10 expect in circus parade
with much more novelty-and then. and
then-the calliope.
The circus performance promises sen
sational surprises, both in the ring per
Torrance and the number and character
of the trained animal features. Particular
attention has been called t. the act Of
John O'Brien. in which he controls with
out a bit. bride or whip, sixty nobly
bred and high strung horses. Also Pro
lessor Iockhardts elephant comedians.
These big animals show "a capacity for
education altogether remarkable. They
do pretty nearly everything bat talk. and
in their coarse. believing way. under
take 10 10 that
The aerial performances of the Dacoma
family ard the Fisher family are extra
ordinarily daring. and Save brought e.
them a distinction of fame which fails
10 the lot Of few who seek honor and
fortune in this field OF work
Then there is the famous Holloway
trio. who do on high wire what ex-
pert sypnaEts regard most difficult on
THE solid foundation ~ the ground They
turn someysaults. waltz. jump over
tables and chairs aad dance rag time
on this slender wire. Also Amelia
Feeley, a Young English Eir. hardly out
Of her teens. who has acquired Europ-
cans fame second TO none as a bareback
rider Albert Crarden and his trick
mrle Madame Noble and her saddler
Jupiter" and JOHN Rooney. the cham
uion bareback rider. ana the French
gyrnnast Joseph l-e FleHe. are stirring
features OF the rims performance.
StuI there are 50 many more acts, as
may BE inferred from the fact that there
arc thcee rings and two big stages. each
aIi.e at an times with star performers
Of the rthlctic guild. that space VIII not
reriait in5ividaai mention To wcuii ROT
be fair, however, % turn troD' this uera-
efa.h without -ueut1iral MllE llrnpur
H,t.ie Carroll and Jessie Leca. zach ~
vfout : ~ l.ieal model % the physical
c,l-tlre sjrI OF today
The hiDpo3rorre features ~ the pro-
gram. for whsch quarter az q uie track
is crowded VIII 5rc,ude Roman stand
ing and chariot races. jockey iaces. ea-
stacle races between F.nglish and whip
pet hounds This track nas been cre-
fully rolled and &c is expected o. p 81
good condition of 1rm1ess that Wi.l make
exciting contests All ID all The hing
lincs circus VIII show u rs patrons t-.a
highest dextlof ment 81 TIE c-rcrs i-ea-
ard present in SWIFTLY moving panorama
pictures OF daring 1a+tt 1a a
sensation the li1s ~ which has 0o-t been
seen s. Fillisa- The srrset llrlie W
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