The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-08

on schedule time. IL may be SAID
truthfullH, however. that ali OF THESE
features were performed yesterday
with a dash and spirit and excellence
that has not been noted here IN many
years. A circus act does not pail,
however Well known it may be It's
value is in its execution. The whirl-
ing leap of Il woman through the air
to grasp the strong hands of the man
suspended to catch her cannot fail TO
thrill, however certain one may be
that the danger is all in the looks of
the thing. The antics of the clowns
have in their prehistoric quality a
humor that holds TO the end of the
chapter and the chariot races and the
other contests of the 'hippodrome"
never fail to arouse laundering cheers,
Notwithstanding the fact that the man
is always put up only to be out footed
by the lady. The Forepaugh-S Sells
Brothers aggregation carried off all
these stunts with a charming perfec-
ton.
There were several features that
were especially worthy of co.. nenda-
ton. Of these the company OF ZOu-
ayes perhaps carried off the palm.
Their drilling was marvel of pre-
cisiOn. AS they broke and WhirIed
about on the stage in intricate man
ocuvres, marching with 81 quick-step
that 1t strained the ear to mark the
rythm of coming into instant and
unvaryinG alignment and bringing
down their sixteen guns with a thump
that sounded like that of an individ-
uel, manipulating their rifles i'm whirl-
ing circles of steel that paused in their
revolutions on the second, the crowd
burst into prolonged and enthusiastic
cheering. When, finally, the COM
pany broke from the stage and ran to
and scaled a fourteen foot wall with
their guns, in scarcely more time than
a second to the man, the applause was
deafening.
Mamma, what is a ZouaVe? Why
don't they have fiag?" asked a little
boy of his mother i'm the reserve seats.
"A ZouaVe don't belong to any
army, dear" replied the mother.
"rhey are natives Of some part Of
Africa
The Eddy family, two men,, half
dozen women and a little girl dressed
in yellow did some of the most clever
paramid and tumbling work ever seen
in Raleigh, the somersaulting of the
girl of the family being highly SEN
satona!.
Miss Maud Hayward, who is a ma
tive of Richmond, Va, drove q horse
around the ring and made him do all
the tricks known TO Craftsmanship, the
best part of this act being that Miss
Hayward was almost as good looking
as the horse.
The bare back riding was excellent
and the female riders comedy, as
were the women who did the rope
Walking-One of the best things in the
shoW-and the trapese work.
The ''loop-the-loop," which closed
the performance, was thrilling while
1t lasted, but one didn't have time
to be alarmed since il was over before
one could draw two good breaths.
Altogether the circus was q success
ana deserves liberal patronage. The
orc er was excellent and there were no
skin games or attempts at them. The
seems to be doing 1
thoroughly legitimate business and
they certainly give value received.
AS the noted preacher of antiquity
is wont to say:
Really, my dear, it would not do to
miss the chance of learning something
Of natural history in the menagerie!"
The menaScrie is there-and so is
the show.
The parade, which came off prompt
~, was one Of The best ever seen in
the city. 1t was viewed by many
and missed by other thcus-
ands who took it for granted that ii
would not arrive IN time
Another way in which the circus
broke a record was in not cutting the
evening performance. If anything the
exhibition at night was better than
that by day.