The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-11-01
Now for the Circus.
The Big Barnum & Bailey Show
Positively to Exhibit in Hen
derson Thursday, Nov. 18th
Many New Features Presented
for the First Time this Season

1t has already been definitely Announced
on Earth will exhibit in Henderson nm
Thursday, November 18th. And thi.
fact is further emphasized by the fam.
ing billboards in iowa and country
and their big display ADVERTISEMENT
which appears in this issue of the Corn
LEAF. The coming of the big Barnum
& Bailey show will be gratifying new.
to all who appreciate and enjoy a high.
Barnum & Bailey show, according to all
preliminary reports not only retains its
supremacy as the leader in arenic amuse.
ments, but even q cursory glance n,
the list of this years big features com.
records have been surpassed: 1t seems
to be an established fact that when the
American public wants to see the latest
European sensation it must go to Bar.
mum / Bailey's show. From time To tim.
during the winter months newspaper
readers have their interest aroused by
by daring performers in the Old-World
arenas. These performances are often
SO remarkakable that important Amrri.
can newspapers devote columns and
even pages, OF their Sunday magazines
to describing and illustrating them,
This is not done through any solicitation
on the part Of interested persons, but
because the feats are SO startling as To
constitute news" Of the most interest
ing and inportantc character The public
reads these notable acts, dimly wonders
perhaps. whether they will ever be seen
in America; and then almost before the
first impression OF wonder has passed
| away, a definite announcement il made
that the fnrore-creating sensation has
been secured as q feature with the Bar
UNI & Bailey show. The amount Of
clever work and the extent of the tire.
| neutrality-suspicious. involved in securing
these epoch-making acts can only becon.
| iectured.
| This seasons talk-compelling sensa.
tons embrace the exciting Two Twiris
OF Terror" in which two death-iefying
bicyclists turn complete revolutions on
their wheels while shooting through
space; the dip of DEATH" in which
beautiful young American girl loops
the gap" in an automobile, and several
other "Thrillers" that Lave created I'm.
limited discussion.
IL 10 evident, however, that these start,
ling acts are not permitted to interfere
with the general excellence OF the circus
performance for the roster of great
riders, acrobats and a.ealists is an e1.
ceptionally long and varied one. There
are also scores of original and novel
offerings quite different from anything
hitherto presented in the American circus
arena; the trained animal features are
described as unusually novel and eff Ct
i've; there is an amusing infusion of come
| dy by q company OF up-to-date clowns,
the old Roman races are revived on CO.
lossal scale, and a notably complete col.
lection of rare animals offers an interest.
ing study to the crowds that visit the
big show. This years spectacle is en-
tirely new and in keeping with the spirit
OF the times 1t is entitled Peace, and
is described as the most brilliant al.
legorical and militay display ever de
vised.
There will be no parade by the Bar
mum 4 Bailey circ us, but a sensational
Tree show is prom Used for the hour prol
to the opening of each performance.