The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-10
THE BIG SHOW CONES

tstic ~ pes Of the romantic and tragic
sixteenth eentnrs. pass In acting re-. /
view in the blazing spectacle Tsrlye
hundred characters are In the great
cast and a bale, 81 3on and chorus
OF GOO Young voIccs arc employed
The musical accompaniment ~ fur
nishesi BY band of fifty instruments
ApprsrlaGiye attention xaE given
the herds of performing elephants.
which seem 10 be better than on ans
81 the previous visits, Five OF The
big pachy derms are In each 81 the
three rings aud do practically the
same things. One OF tho big fellow
gets on a headless barrel and rolls
himself from one pedestal 10 another
One walks long row Of pegs and
another gets la "a gigantic swing and
rocks himself TO sleep The keeper
or trainer climbed about the tusks
and feet OF his pets while they sat
on their launches aud Tapped their
ears approyingly
A race between two ostrichcs each
ridden By "A man was OF special in
terest Readers OF Guiliver's travels
have been told of the value OF the
ostrich as a steed. but this was the
first opportunity many of them had
OF witnessing the sport OF a race be-
| tween two Of the birds.
The acrobatic acts were especially
good The woman in the pair under
the name OF Marguerite and Hanley
excited special wonder She lifted
heavy objects with ease and threw
her fellow acrobat about as If he were
a baby. The man then swung the
woman TO and fro by means of rope
which he had in his teeth.
4 staircase act In which a man
walked up and down a flight of
stairs with man on his shoulders
and a third man who stood head
downward on the head of the second
man. was thrilling.
One athlete climbed to the top of
a ladder and balanced 1t without any
support Then standing at its top,
he turned the ladder round on it's
base. One woman jumped the rope
while walking tight wire. The rope
was throw II bA TWO Oilltl "biitu Nhp
were on the same wire.
A horse ballet is one of the new
acts in the program this season.
Three squadrons of housekeeping
horses are gracefully put through in
tricate figures of dance with the rhy-
thmic action of human experts. No
stage fayorite could convey a keener
regard for time and picture effect
than these equine dancers, with their
human mounts, bedecked in gorge
Gus finery The animals are beau1-
full specimens of aristocratic breed
ing, amazingly educated, and go
| through picturesque movements with
J a daintiness and precision of step
| that is thrillingly enjoyable. This
| feature in its varying entirety is one
of the most fascinating ring acts ever
| invented.
The daredevil feats of circus in
yention have reached the pinnacle OF
| human achievement in the blood
| curdling performance of Herr Fuss.
This intrepid performer rides a bicy-
Gle down an almost sheer incline,
/ and when within thirty feet of the
ground shoots into space like a
rocket, turns a complete somersault,
and. seated in the saddle of his wheel
alights safely upon a distant plat
form and rides proudly away into the
lhippodrome track. The downward
plunge is fraught with the grayest
Ip,ri. and the slightest deviation in
1.-The poise of man and wheel in the
lightning flight would precipttatt
dIrest disaster
In the blood-curdling flight OF
Herr Fuss down the almost perpen
dicular plane. only an iron nerve an'
iufauble skill stands between hin
, and tragic death The act is one o.
] Unprecedented daring, and calls to
a quality of courage. which is iouu'
only In The greatest deeds OF huma
u triumph and sacrifice In spite %
the fact that the performance
D, amazingly hazardous, the frail stru'
ID ture of the road OF life or death. 'h
highly polished wheel. scruuuit'n
J." attendants terrific etp, and f1f
Iys4r, rider combine -a ia-giuIt, Pa
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