The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-11
CIRCUS
WILL ARRIVE
TOMORROW

The big Adam Forepaugh ana Selis
Brothers show, which has not been In this
city for two years. but is well remember
ed for the excellence OF It's performances
two seasons ago will arrive tomorrow
and on Monday two performances VIII be
given. -,
This wears advance announcements can
II the "AiI Feature Show" and perusal
OF preliminary proclamations ana
glance al the pictorial posters bears ont
the statement The majority or the Dls
acts 10 be presented are noVeiues snas ss.
will give the lie TO the statement so otten
heard that III you see one circus You
ace them ALL" great many or the acts
and performances have never oefore peeh
seen in this country.
Sells show seems TO have concentrated lis
resources. research and enterprise upon
the production OF especially great ano
novel features. to such an extent thAt
feature hunting has apparently become a
gigantic fad with IT, Nothing at home
worth exhibiting seems TO have escaped
the managers. and tne AnnouncSiasn's. ls, Ia ia
dicate how thoroughly the foreign neld
has been ransacked In search or genuine
thrllers and originaliues.
Only the best and biggest features OF
last season have been retained and pa
volo. the devil. heads the list. Moth.
ing 20 equal In sensationalism his feat OF
looping the loop on his bicycle has yet
been found. Insurance companies con
tinue TO collect big premiums on his poll
cies though daily expecting 10 settle Win
his heirs or assigns Diayolo has the loop
the loop field TO himself. for no one else
has been found 10 successfully accomplish
the feat. Many others have tried and the
doctors or the undertakers nave done the
rest.
But there is another fellow with the cir
Gus this year who is something OF a
death-defying person. himself. on the bills
he is called s,trodipA,us Porthos" He
does a stunt on a bicycle that runs close
second to Diavolo In point OF sensauonal,
ism Nothing like IL has ever been seen
in this country before. Porthos has mar .
row track that reaches from the dome OF
the canvas 10 point below about twenty
feet from the ground. Then u taxes 2
short upward turn OF a few feet and
there ends abruptly. Down this incline
Porthos comes at terrific speed ana sho0ts
OF and up into the air. He covers dis-
tance of fifty feet and alights on another
platform that Is ten feet iigh. then de-
ecends on "A short incline TO the ground.
In new acts brought from foreign coun-
tries for the first time there are La Fam
lille Iecusson who introduce original com
bined four-in-hand and park brake bare
back and acrobatic performances which
are claimed to be the only entirely new
equestrian fcats introduced In the cir
Gus ring for at least 30 years, and which
for continuous months attracted enor-
NOUS attendance and unbounded applause
in critical Paris. France, whence they
now come TO make their first appearance
In this country
Hungary contributes tho Szarvasl
Frencz troupe OF nine male and female
Magyar exponents OF wild acrobauo In
novations, emotional dances and mystic
melodies peculiar TO race whose origin
is lost In the dim resources OF the past.
Their performances are said to be now for
frst time to be seen outside of their ma
tive land Mons Hubert also comes from
Europe TO astonish with what may we'll
be termed prodigfous acts Of strength and
dexterity In these. after exceedingly DIFF
fcult feats Of Juggling. holding sulky
high In air by the thils. he leaps with II
from the ground to the back of his run
nine horse, also has the face TO bal
ance a park cart on his chin.
To the lO-odd clowns who make things
so laughably lively under the big top have
been added the four male and female
Martineks, who ENJOY the reputation OF
being the most tickling of foreign fun
makers Then there will be Forthcoming
the Eddy family. who need no eulogisti'
Introduction either at home or abroad
presenting for the FIRST time their new and
original thrilling and graceful aerial stage
acrobatic act.
Aerial performances galore are prom
iEed. The nylnG Jord3nS Will pe seer
again after a long round-the world trip
Their flights dives and somersaults from
trapexe TO trapcze and into the hands o
each other high in the air are sufficient!
thrilling for the most exact The Ban
ward family of four IN q new aerial ac
will be another feature. Then there ar
I.aCarmens. who perform difficult stunt
on slender cable suspended just under
neither the dome OF the canvas. OF rider
there are a score or more. OF ell school
OF eQuestrianism.
Two-score OF clowns will afford amuss
ment for the little ones and the grown-up
as well.
The already big menagerie has hat
many features added to IL during the win
ter. chief among them being collection
OF IA full-grown beautiful Polar bears. NJ
show has ever before exhibited more thar
one The big bunch Of elephants INCLUDE
the well known Forepaugh dancing ele
plants and the equally az well know
Sells Brothers drill elephants. Ther'
will be many other animal features L
amuse and instruct.
The daily street parade includes Orien
tai and military sections. and is said e
be a brilliant pageant. A novel free fea
ture on the show grounds immediatel,
after the parade will be n display o.
beautiful Japanese daylight fireworks
Two performances Will be given, rair
or shine