The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-16
THIS is CIRCUS DAY.
WalIace's Popular Show and Rain
Come Together.

| The advance agent Of the Wallace
shows announced that his circus
would give Topeka one of the finest
array of horses it has ever had. and
this mornings parade made good his
prediction, and the performance this
afternoon added emphasis. The Wal
lace people make much of their
equine department. They carry more
horses in the first place than shows
I of their size, and OF infinitely better
quality. The range Of breed is more
varied than usual, and the condition
I of their keeping, something that easily
shows in a horse. is one of the i'm
portant factors that neither the big
crowds which lined the streets and
watched the parade or the wall of
people under the tent quickly
noticed The trappings and caparison-
/ ing Of the animals adds much to their
/ beauty, and taking it all IN all, II
makes one think OF horse shows as
much or even more than of a circus,
if one is at all partial to horses
But there are circus factors which
disturb that idea and impression very
quickly. The clowns. in their dia-
bolical ''foolishment," the bands, the
brightly colored wagons, with their
plumage of flags, with all the tinsel and
gauze which forms so much of the
"hnishing touches" bring home the
fact after all that it is a circus and
not a horse show.
AS usual it is circus day. That is
an old theme, interlaced with a lot OF
boyish sentiment, which time and
work cannot even undermine. The
fakirs the blind musician and his or
gan, the boy with his balloons are all
there-they always are It IS their
part of living and they make of it
what any man does of his own BUSH
ness.
Despite the cold and showery day,
the people came out both to the pa
rade and the performance They al
ways come. as long as snowshoes or
diving suits are not necessary
A new feature made itself apparent
today--namely, the enterprise or GER
tain merchants in the city, who hung
advertisements of their business on
the elephants backs.
Among the other excellent features
of the Wallace shows, the work of
the Heras family of acrobats was es-
pecially good this afternoon There
are seven people in this event Ihey
We're the first to introduce acrobatic
work in full evening dress, ana are
! consequently the premiers in that line
of work. The four Melassos also
| reaped their share of the applause
They are whirlwind dancers from the
| Grand Opera at Vienna, almost I'M
able to speak a word of English.
Their acts are full of eccentric and
! odd features and made a hit as they
they have appeared Tizamura's i'm
perial Japanese troupe of ten people
was one of the popular things with
the audience. These famous artists
are here, according to the statement
of the manager, by special permit of
the mikado of Japan. Like all ORR
entails, they are voiced in the tricks
of magic. Jugglery and kindred mys-
teries, and these things always make
hit wherever they are displayed.
The three great Navarros, fresh from
their indoor season of the winter, took
the hearts of the crowd by their head
and hand bouncing, which is prob
ably the best of its kind on the road.
These people are BOhemians and
have been in the work for years. The
Polos introduced an act which was
new and in reality wonderful. Ordi-
narily the trapeze and bar athletes
cast or swing a youth Weighing but
rs or so pounds from one to another,
while these people cast a full-grown
man, weighing 135 pounds This feat
has much of the element of danger in
it. which made it of course of excep-
tional interest The horses everywh ere
received a great share of applause,
but Madame Marantette with her
troupe of high jumping and high
school horses took the premier place
among the other fine equine exhibit
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