The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-20
CIRCUS HERE TO-DAY.
GRAND PROCESSION STARTS AT
 10 O'CLOCK.

Usual Line of March Win be Observed What the Providence, R. l., Press
 Says Regarding the ExhibitiOn-In-
 dians and Wild West Show Attached
 --Fighting the Flames a Great Spec
 tacle.
 1 Walter L, Mains circus and Colonel Cummins' Greater Wild West and h. dian Congress, which was the great success of the three worlds fairs, tour of the British Isles and France, and the unparalleled success of Madison Square Garden, will be here to-day, giving per- formances afternoon at 2 o'clock and evening at s o clock-at the West street lot.
 l There will be the usual parade. Start | ing from the grounds at 10 o'clock, the route will be from West to Washington, Congress to Church Chapel to State, and the usual line of march back to the show grounds.
 | The Walter L. Main circus and Colo mel Cummins Wild West show attract ed large audiences at the performances which were given on the Cranston grounds, opposite the Narragansett Driving park, says a Providence con- Temporary. All the features of the old | time circus, from the master of cereno- nies with his stentorian voice to the in- imitable clowns, were happily combined with the daring feats seen In the Wild West exhibition, The spectators came away well pleased with the entertain ment afforded them.
 It is difficult to state which of the many specialties was the particular feature, for a number of them pleased l the audience. Doubtless the delegation of Sioux Indians, among whom were some notable chiefs deserves to stand high ill the list, for the war dances and war whoops did considerable to make the circus the success it was. The cow- boys and ''cow girls" gave an exhibi- tion oof horsenanship which is seldom surpassed in any show.
 The trained elephants should also be mentioned among the headliners, for their performance was a most credita- ble one. A spectacular feature closed the performance.
 In the boyhood days of fathers living in the present generation no circus was complete without clown. To-day no circus is complete without at least half a dozen clowns, and those who witness ed the curious antics of the good-sized aggregation of clowns that accompany the Main -Cummlns exhibition are cer- 1 tain that the show is complete in this particular. Evidently two of them do not belong to the Clowns union, for they worked overtime, beginning to crack their merry jests at the expense iof those in the audience before the "big show began. One of these was dressed as a ''cop' and he created no end of fun by holding up' persons on the way to their seats and pretending to beat them with his billy" which was merely soft piece of rubber tub- ling filled with air The other clowns lwere none the less amusing, and their burlesque performances were among the good things in the show.
 Seldom is proficiency in trained ani- mals manifested to so great a degree as iby the trained elephants connected with the exhibition.
 They showed very little clumsiness, land skilfully performed their tricks. One of these, which astonished all in the audience, was performed when the Itrainer let big elephant lie down over him, So carefully was this done that not even the mans coat was wrfnkled. l Good horsemanship was in evidence throughout the entertainment. The hare- back riding by the redskins was no less marvellous then the feats performed by the Cossacks and cowboys. A novel feature was the quadrille performed by eight equestrians.
 Other things worthy of notice were the tumbling of the Mazette family, the lady Zouaves and the reproduction of the battle of Little Big Horn, the cen- tral figure in which was a man made up to resemble General Custer, who, with all his troops was massacred in Ethat notable encounter. The perform ance closed with a fire and flame" show, portraying the burning of buhd- ing and rescue of several persons. This was made more realistic by the pres ence of fire engine and hose company, whose efforts to rescue those in the building were thought to be infeNor to the local department by some of the citizens present.
 Of course there was "side show'' and also a menagerie attached to the lclrcus, and these contained the usual remarkable features. The peanut ven- ders and pink" lemonade concootors did a thriving business in tents near the big show.