Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-16
CIRCUS A GOOD ONE
THRoNa BIG TENT
YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

The youngsters of Washington were In
their glory yesterday and today Tor the
reason that the circus is In town. 1heS
had talked to parents for days In expecta-
ton of the coming of the animals, and the
fond parents who no doubt had promised
time and again that they should be taken
to see the animals, discharged their obliaa-
ton at the earliest possible moment. They
took great interest in feeding Jumbos de-
scendants peanuts as well as delight IN
throwing peanuts into the cages which con-
tanned the small monkeys. They no doubt
wondered at the presence of SO many grown
UP folk who, when they had generally asked
to be taken to the circus, had told them
that all of tine shows were alike and that
when they had been to one they had seen
them all. Well they might ponder, for IL
seemed though every child at the big
tent yesterday afternoon was accompanied
by at least three grown relatives. They
must have wondered and thought that 1t
took a lot of big folk to take care of one
youngster.
After the orchestra had rendered the first
part of the program yesterday afternoon,
which consisted of selections from Verdl,
Luders, Gruenwald and Dekoven, the per-
Torrance opened with an elaborate spec
tacle, 1.-The Field of the Cloth of Gold.
About three hundred persons are engaged
in the production, which vividly embodles
in changing scenes the meeting of Frances
L of France and Henry VIII of England,
together with the flower of the nobility, the
ecclesiastics, the attaches of state, church
and military of the period to consummate
a treaty for the maintenance of the peace
of Europe. The meeting and all its multi
tude of details were arranged by Cardinal
WoolSey and occurred on the plains or
Ardres, France in June, 1920, and eclipsed
in magnifcence, pomp and splendor any
similar event in the history of the world.
he IF
tunes, the utter reckleSSnesS of cost In ap-
pointments and prodigal expenditures in
entertainment, resulted in turning the arid
plains of Andres into Veritable field or
cloth of gold.
The consumma ton of the signing of the
treaty was celebrated by a feast of mirth,
song, dancing and banqueting, and most
magnificent pageant, in which the youthful
sovereigns of France and England strove
to eclipse each other in dazzling displays of
pomp and splendor. The pride of ambition,
luxury of royalty and majesty of tradition
were never more magnificently portrayed.
The production of the Ringing Brothers
of this magnificent spectacle is much APP
plauded. At the conclusion of the Field of
the Cloth of Gold the three rings and two
stages We're at once occupied with per
formers. The elephants surprised the
twelve thousand people In attendance by
their exhibition of brute intelligence, which
is not often seen. Fifteen of them did all
sorts of stunts, including waltzing, stand
Ing on their heads, walking on their hind
legs, forming pyramids and sitting upright
upon tubs. The clowns were there in abun-
dance and many in the rings impersonating
characters who have come into prominence
recently through the press and which in
cluded Mrs. Cashie Chadwick and several
others.
The fancy riding was much admired by
those in attendance, including the daring
aerial feats which were performed by nu-
merous artists of the trapeze. The Roose-
welt children, Quentin and Kermit, were
at the performance and enjoyed it to the
utmost with about five thousand other
young Americans. There will be two per-
formances today, one at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and another at o'clock this
evening, after which the great tents will
be folded and the circus will be thing OF
the past.