Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-05
LARGE
CROWDS
ATTEND
The Arnold Shows the Center
Of Attraction This
Week

in fact each afternoon and evening wit
nosses a larger concourse Of people un.
der the big tent than the previous day.
There is only one cause for this, and
that is-the shows have caught the
public fancy. Through the entire pro-
gram the acts are Of high order, and
there is something doing all the time to
keep the audience interested and
amused.
Mr.. Arnold has this season gathered
together a highclass Of artists and per.
formers, and everything throughout is
Of clean and interesting order.
Last evening the largest crowd of the
week attended the show, and, from the
unstinted applause given the different
acts, the audience was evidently pleased
and put in good humor from the start.
In the main pavilion the performance
opens with De Elmer on the single
trapeze, and the Kobers, double trapeze.
The work Of the former is great, in fact
he being one Of the best single perform.
ers in his line before the public today.
His balancing act is fine, and always
gets good hand. The Kobcrs in their
double work, caught the appreciation
Of the audience, and were loudly en-.
cored. Next on the program came Prof.
Hornes with his trained dogs AMI
monkeys, and this is an act that al.
ways appeals to show crowd. The
professor has his pets well trained, and
entertained the people for 20 minutes,
by putting the dogs through all kinds
Of antics and tricks. Sam Kitchi, hand
balancer, and Madame Telswari, lady
wire artist, the famous japanese, took
a turn at amusing the audience. The
work Of both these people is Of a high
order, and caught the fancy of the spec.
tators, yho were unstinted in their APP
plause.
From the main pavilion to the stadi.
nm the performance was then changed,
and in this department the acts and
turns were Of high order. The cot
tage act by the Dore family is one Of
the funniest parts Of the show, and, in
the language of the show people,
- worth the price of admission alone" "
The Dores are finished acrobats and
fun.makers, and keep their audience on
the broad grin all the time they are in
the lime light. Baby Irene entertained
with the song 81 am Dolly Mamma, "
which caught the fancy Of the crowd,
and she was warmly eneored. The ring
and single trapeze act Of the Kobers
was one of the top liners in this part
of the show, and was followed by the
Traviolas with the hoops. This duo
did everything imaginable with the
hoops. DeOmzo, the man with the bar
rels, was one of the main features Of
the evening, and his blindfolded work
was very clever. The performance in
the stadium concluded with the sensa-
tional bicycle act by the Hoffmans--
Lou and George-who produced their
Madison Square success, the cycle daz'
zle. This is one of the eleverest bicycle
feats ever brought before the public,
and must be seen 10 be appreciated.
Next ON the program was the "Dixie
Land" show. Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hun
entertained the folks there, and Mr..
viii NJ. Brown, the versatile comedian
kept the audience in good humor with
his funny sayings and songs, and
caught the popular fancy when he
sang the song, "Oh, Lord, if You Don't
Help Me, for Goodness Sake Don't
You Help the Bear" All the mem
bers of this company are good enter
tainers.
Back again 10 the main pavilion and
there was something doing to attract
and interest. Sam Kitehi in his SEN
sational rope slide held the audience
breathless for the moment while he
performed his thrilling act. The Fly
ing Vietorellas on the aerial bars, as
sisted by Farmer Austin, the Rube
clown, held the peoples attention for
fifteen to twenty minutes with their
daring feats in mid air, and many were
the "ohs" and "ahs" from the au-
dienee as one after the other of the
thrilling high air acts were performed.
Farmer Austin as fun maker and
aerial artist was immense, and came
in for large share of applause,
Taken all the way through, the Ar
nOld shows are entertaining from be-
ginning to end, and those who fail to
attend viii be missing a good, clean
One of the noticeable
features of the shows is the uniform
,Ourtesy shown by all the employees
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