New-York tribune., 1905-08-22
CIRCUS FOR CHILDREN.
Fresh dir Fund Little Ones HaDDu
at ashford Hill.

Ashford Hill, near Ardsley N Y, was the scene
or wonderful circus yesterday afternoon More
than three hundred Tribune Fresh Air Fund chill
dreh' who are having two weeks outing at that
place. witnessed the performance For two hours
they passed through the entire scale OF emotions
shouting with JOY ar the antics Of the clown one
-loIueIl' ana the next quiet While the acrobats
went through their death defying leans for life
Although the talent came entirely from, tha sts-,
al the nome. the circus was exceedingly good If
"ouid take Tody Hamilton to Justly describe the
petIoIhahce The afternoons fun began with a
VISIT 10 the side shows Queen Nepera" dressed In
oIiehtaI robes sat IN tent and told fortunes for
Two pms Sambo." the colored man. wabbIed his
mead through a hole in sheet and lodged the
pals thrown by the boys lemon stick was the
reward or the lucky boy who hit the coon souare-
80, oI 'he mead In the museum of freaks and
AaAsS ~ could be seen 'Dreamo' the fat vonnan.
Zlmo and Trimor the wild man ard hts yifa
co IN the wilds OF Henry-st.: "Greenbaek'
He human oulfrog. and other celebrities too nu-
Iherous to mention.
after the side shows had been Thoroughly done
the crowd rushed for the choice zezts aro,,rd the
tt.s uhoer the trees. where the stellar attraction
u the DAY took place. NJ KennadIe the ring
master Ieo the grand procession Following him
ie Iour soldiers commanded by Clancy. the COP:
-Epo' me oaoy elephant; the educated giraffe
the TAT lady the strong man. the wild man and
MS wife. a troupe OF clowns and last hu+ not
leas'' the band wagon, with a genuine coIored fe-
maze oahd' which rendered popular airs or COMBS
and other musical Instruments
hardly had the performance bezrn when FTapoy
Hoolgan "butted In" while Mike the Hebrew
o~ilco -steerer was trying to work con game
on on + arrner Skewbald. OF course Mike resented
siiitaG - inlerIerGnee and fight ensued which re-
sSa'eo sS IN peer Happy being taken in by C1a-scy
LIE cop, much 10 the delight cf the children
arsip vas irrspressible however, and time and
asa4n mace MS appearance. only to get into some
trouble. But for the frequent interruptions by
6I9appy me show progressed with only hitch
tIppo Iho baby elephant. stepped on the log that
was to be broken by the strong man. and he was
undOle 10 exhibit his wonderful strength The
weight of the elephant announced as 500
pounds, so the spectators knew it wasn't a
Popo-Cata- -Pela, the educated giraffe did his
stunt ana then came the Airrio Brothers, in their
startling leaps through space. They were encored
time after time but finally gave way 10 the Mis-
sippi sisters the only original cake walkers
ana Plantation melody singers. The performance
came TO a close with a thrilling chariot race. in
which the pony team in a driving finish II
was runored about that the race was "hxcd.' The
winners carried lot OF wise" money.
Before the whistle blew for supper the troupe
had visit from the picture man. At supper the
chudren talked about nothing but the circus. and
judging by their conversation, Happy HoOligan
had scored the hit of the day.