The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-14
OUT OF TOWN ELKS TO COME
LARGE NUMBERS WILL ATTEND
MIDWINTER CIRCUS.
Letters Are Received DaiIy-Some-
thing About the Show From
Start to Finish.

From all appearances Ships Midwin-
/ ter Circus, to be given under the auspices
of the Elks, will draw large crowds from
other places. For the past week he ex-
allied ruler, Mr.. Bergman has been re-
ceiving letters of assurance from Elks in
other cities promising their support and
stating that the show will be largely at
tended by members in their towns This
Is quite encouraging and means that the
circus is going to be the grandest sue
cess Of any entertainment ever under
/ taken by any fraternal organization in
the city or the state of Kansas.
From Hutchinson comes the following
very enthusiastic report: Il assure you
that a goodly number Of Elks and others
will attend the show. From Winfield
the following word was received: THE
Elks here are very much Interested in
the show and you may depend upon a
good attendance from this place"
These are exemplary Of the hundreds
of encouraging letters which are being
received every day and it shows that
there will be an enormous crowd from
outside of the city to attend the greatest
midwinter circus that has ever been
given.
There are many things about this IA
nous show which are worth coming miles
TO see. They have enforced themselves
with the best talent in the world and no
mistake has been made by The managers
from the magnitude Of their recent sue
ceSses.
Mr. Ship has surrounded himself with
the elite Of the circus world. Selecting
a group Of the best performers from the
FOrepaugh- Sells Bros. show, Ringing
Bros. and the Barnum & Bailey circus. he
is able to offer the public the best show
of its kind on the road today. The cos
tunes are bright. new and pretty, and
there is not an Objectionable feature con-
nected with the exhibition. Mr. Ship,
the proprietor and manager. is the eques-
trian director Of the Forepaugh-SeI
Bros. circus and takes show of his own
on the road nine weeks during the winter
The performance opens with a brilliant
Introductory equine ballet. which is very
pretty as well as u decided novelty.
Following the grand entree are fifteen
other aces which take place in the ring
and in mid air The bills are made up of
the following people:
Mile Annetta. in graceful and daring
exercises on The flying rings: Pete Bell.
the champion double somersaultist. in
lofty leapiug over horses. assisted by the
entire company; Miss Julia Lowande, the
peerless queen of equestriennes: the fun
ny clowns delight the children as usual
and are the same ones who were with
the Forepaugh show last summer. The |
clown aggregation is composed of Messrs /
Steve AIiaco. Phil King. George Zammert /
and others. Bell and Henry in a comedy 1
and acrobalic pastime; Burt Mayo and /
his highly educated equine wonder. ana
the world renowned DaComa family. /
This is company of lady and gentleman !
acrobats in full evening dress executing /
most marvellous and hazardous feats, I
and other features.
THAT premier Of all bareback riders.
John Rooney. is also with the show. He /
is assisted by Carrie Rooney in a double
yaulting equestrian exhibition. riding
upon single horse. Signor Ponsol with
his wrestling Russian bear makes
great hiJ. and then comes the great Pas
catel. the man with the 100 forms.