Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-08

have presented for the delectatiOn of
the public such Il wealth of gorgeous
costumes, such an array of talent, and
such Il diversity of program. 1t has
been SAID that the Ringing show. this
year. is better than ever. AS the show
mas never visited Augusta before, the
crowds who SAW it. yesterday, are nos
qualified TO say. but on" thing that they
did say was that it was the best circus
that they ever saw.
The show is what the owners have
tried to make it, ana that is, thorough
~ uD-to-dute in every particular. Many
of thu sensational feature acts. such as
| looping the loop on Il bicycle ana other
kindred hair raiStrS, have been elimi-
mated, 50 that those which constitute
| the elaborate program combine to pro-
| Curc what may truthfullv be called IL
| straight circus in every sense of the
| term.
The opening number of the program
| is Il magnificent production called THE
| Field Of The Cloth of Gold" and is a
grand musical eXtravaganZa. unlike
| :,nything ever seen before under cam
VAS. 1t is supposed to be a reproduction
Of III, historical pageant which oc-
! Henry VIII of England ceased their
| warfare ANA agreed to become friends
| The scene opens with Il pageant, fol-
| lowed by a tourney on horseback. and
| cone !udes with Il ballet that is some
| thing that borders on the magnificent.
| The girls are really pretty and their
| dancing is very graceful. The entire
| production is one of novelty ana pre-
| III,
eye ana holds the spectator spell bound
| 10 the end. No indoor show ever had
such a chorus, such dancers, and such
Il wealth Of gorgeous costumes.
At the conclusion Of the spectacle
came the circus proper. Il great aSgre-
cation of acrObatS. juSSlerS, clowns,
-"ucStrihns, dancers. performing ami
mtlS bareback riders ana other f"a
lures almost, it might be said, with
! OUT number. 1t WIS such n gathering
/ together Of high grade artists as is SCI
dom seen.
Another feature was til" three herds
Of performing elephants which respcc-
| lively appeared To open the show. and
| went through Il series Of performances
snch as these big brutcs seldom give.
1t WAS the largest herd of elephants
ever seen in the city
Then followed series Of mid-ar
| performances by the tti iHl Smiths, 4
man and u woman, which WAS one OF
tn" hest acts Of The show. The act in
rluGcS some marvellous equilibrium
and artistic posing on the double ira
pee, away up in the dome Of the tent,
ana has for 4 climax. after the young
woman has done some very pretty
work on the trapeZr. held by the man,
Il drop of fully 80 feet by the letting
out Of the rope. The woman shoots
down like a bullet ana just as every
one thinks she is about to strike the
rope catches ana She swings ont in an
enormous half circle.
other acts in this display were fur
nishCd by the Milvo brothers, in COM
ely revolving ladder work, the Antonio
BROTHERS, on the double flying trapeZe;
the three AlvoS on aerial bars; the Ca
mile trio. comedy horizontal bar work:
Horace Webb. on aerial ladder. and the
pa Macos, on the flying trapeZo.
Following these came the Wiltons
Miss Nellie Showers and Miss III Salto
III cont"rtion acts, Sig. Carlos head
balancing with dog: Les ortneys