The Butte inter mountain., 1901-08-20
THE CIRCUS SEASON WILL BE
~ HERE AUGUST TWENTH-
NINTH,
It's Moving Toward Butte From the
Coast-Press Notices Give the Show
First-rate Send OR-Unique
Attractions Seldom Seen in
a Travelling Aggrega-
tion Barebacked
Riders Fine.

The 2?th day of the present month will
be memorable one for the small boy.
The circus is coming to town. The
street parade, the numbering elephant,
the band and the monkey-like acrobats
and the acrObat-like monkeys, all will
be here. The steam calliope and the man
who sells red lemonade. and. in fact,
all the wild and woolly appurtenances
that go to make uD a circus with a
menagerie attachment will come to
Butte. August 90 is the day. The show
belongs to Sells & Gray upon whom the
mantle of the great Barnum appears to
have fallen. 1t is good show. so say
all the papers all along the line. This
is what the Seattle Post st-Intelli2encer
had to say of It when Il performance was
given in the coast metropolis:
Sells & Gray's circus has come and
gone Crowded houses witnessed both
the afternoon and evening performances.
The small boy has been duly tempted to
leave his harry home and win mortal
fame under the canvas. The small girl
has held her breath. while larger and
considerably older oiils have performed
daring feats on tie tcaDeze or swung
high in the air with only strap clenched
in their teeth for support. 1t was great
49,
older America or at least, for goodly
portion the eof.
Sells and Grays show is worth the
price. There are scme mighty clever
things in it. The place Of honor must
go to the Eddy family. all-around aero
rats and tumblers. The family consists
! Of men, women and a clever cid, years
! of age. This precocious youngster was
brought on the stage IN basket OF
flowers, and he can tumble to beat the
band. The kid has n native humor about
him. and his face dimcles with pleasure
as he goes through his act. TO him it
is not business, bat pleasure.
TIE hddy family does not appear In
tights. On the contrary. the men do
their act in dress suits, and the women
! in long skirts. They are the orignators
of this kind Of work, and they do it
WELL Tumbling in a Darlor dress is not
easy A detailed description Of their act
| cannot be given here. but it is scientific
/ tumbling. and pleased the audiences that
! witnessed it.
TO Miss Edna Marietta. the bareback
rider should be given the second place
of honor. She is a wonder. She sits
| lightly on the back Of beautiful milk
white horse while that animal canters
! around the TlF-. ara pel "iS "o""eiA A"'
feats. A streamer IS raised over the
horses hack, and Miss Edna first jumps
! over this streamer as the horse passes
under it, and on the next round she turns
a somersault over it and lights on her
| feet. 1t was this performance that
caused the audience to hold it's breath
shes the only woman who ever came
| to Portland who could do that" remark
ed an old time circus enthus asst who wit
| messed it, Miss Edna was born in Ore
| Son. Baker City claims the pround honor
| of beir~ her native heath.
! One thing that can be said for Sells &
| Grav's circus is that things happen when
they ought to. Everything moves like
! clockwork: there are no uncomfortable
delays The circus drew big crowd
| both afternoon and evening. There was
no disorder and no accidents.