The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-12
BaInum 4 Biley Rule the
Hearts 0fhe Public.
THOUSANDS EE BIG SHOW
Seating Capacity axed to the Limit
Many ForeigIActs and Per
formers ltT0duced.

Three rings urer one tent! Eight
hundred peTformeI The worlds most
stupendous aggregation of talent, wit,
strength and the !urios, all for the
price of one adush-shun. buy your
tickets early and beware Of specu-
Ietorg.'
mus do the enthusiastic press agents
and managers of tie Barnum & Bailey
Greatest Show on Earth describe their
attractions. and i must be confessed
their statements ae only slightly ex-
aggerated. Under tie 8 big top or main
tent, there are sets for 14.80O people
and when all are sid, according to the
veracious press aents. the doors are
closed. As matte of fact it is prob
able that more thanhe seating capacity
are admitted to til tent, and as the
crowds were turnedaway at both per-
formances yesterda! it is fair to esti-
mate that more than3O. coo young wash
ingtonians saw the Iircus.
All Weri Young.
Young Westinghouse is used advised
~ for once within the tent no one
couId be anything ele but young. There
lhey were, all OF TIL old stars and acts
which we admired so extravagantlv
When we played hoky TO carry water
for the elephant OF sneaked in under
the canvas.
The show was gIfater grander. and
more gorgeous than ever. but aeyerthe-
less II was the sane circus with its
git and its tinsel, with its ponderous
elephants, daring acribats. noisy clowns
lady aerialists,'' Chariot races, races
between women riders. stately pageant
great ballet and gentlemen agents to
pass among you win tickets for the
concert at the small sum of dime
10 cents
II was the first appearance of the
big show in Washington since 1t started
five years age on It's triumphal tour of
Europe and aroused the admiration OF
all classes in the Old World. STAYING
50 much in Europe, where circus acts
are more often adopted as a means of
gaining a livelihood than they are in
this country. it was natural that lie
show should bring back a number OF
foreign acts and performers.
a large part of the program was given
by people who could not speak Eng
ish- -0i 10 --se--ar,a- a r,tIa
developed more runy as regards fnisn
and polish than are the American acts.
but they move slowly and are not given
with the headlong dash and vigor which
characterize American acrobatic sue-
cialties.
4 Decided Hit.
The opening number on the program
was The Tribute of Balkis, which was
styled by Tody Hamilton, the creates
circus press agent Of them all, "A gIori-
Gus Illuminated page from ancient his
tory. Unique and most transcendentIy
beautiful introduction TO the regular
performances, which in, and of. itself
embodies an the rare, picturesque and
grand elements of a complete, substan-
tial and sumptuous spectacular enter
tainment."
There you are! If you think Mr. Ham
iIton allowed his imagination to run
away with him, 90 to see the big show
and be convinced that he is the only
Truthful Thomas who ever told a thrill
ing thespian tale. The spectacle il q
ballet of hundreds of people dressed in
costumes OF the ancient Orient escort
Ing gilded coaches bedecked after the
manner Of royal equipages OF the long
ago, singing the wild, stirring music OF
the days OF the lutte and the Tyre. The
ballet WAS well worked out and was a
most effective Introduction to the long
list OF scrobatic and animal speciaIties.
The usual number OF bareback riders,