New-York tribune., 1906-03-23
ANTATHRILL-CIRCUS
The Limit 7Cith the Lid off in
automobile SOmerSaUlt.

The Barnum & Bailey Circus opened yesterday
afternoon at Madison Square Garden. It's still
the Greatest Show on Earth" for the old young
folks. the young old folks and all the betwixts and
betweens. Collectively and individually it's the
circus, the circus perennial, the circus or one a
forefathers and the circus OF ones children.
The man woman in search Of a thrill need 90
no further than the circus. It's got the thTiliest
thriller that thrilled. 1t has vbratory treat
rnent that beats any discovery Of modern science
hair restorer and quckener Of sluggish heart ac-
ton, all in one, in the act described as 4ha
Limit" or lie TOurbillon de Ia Mort II IS the
limit the limit with the lid of. Automobiling the
automobile or sl1idding a into your was the
description Of a peanut gallery god when he found
his breath after the act Mile Octavia Ia
Tour is the person whose daring sends lit
tie waves up and down your spine and gives
you a numb sensation in your shoes. She
sits strapped in an automobile which goes
like lightning down an incline. shoots off It into
the air turns a somersault. lands a narrow
padded platform. and brings up against bumper.
Doubtless it's all been worked out by logarithm,
diferential calculus gravitation centrifugal force.
dynamics and molecular attraction that Mile, La
Tours performance Is not dangerous. This seems
plausible, because II # were as dangerous as It
looks. and the public insisted on seeing It. it would
be a race suicide trust. Nevertheless. while you
may thus reassure yourself, you breathe hard at
the start and don't breathe while the automobile
is moving and when it is over, and you make your
comment. there's quaver in your voice.
The circus opens with glitterng pageant, repre-
senting the bringing about Of peace between Russia
and Japan.
A mixed reconnoitring party OF Russian cav
airy and infantry enters and proceeds to bivOuac.
A Japanese spy is discovered approaching and is
fred upon by a sentry. but succeeds in escaping.
whereupOn call to arms is given. Before prepara-
tions for defence are completed, however the Rus
SLAMS are surprised at the appearance of contin-
gent OF japanese who are about TO attack them. A
conflict Is averted by a Japanese officer advancing
with flag of truce announcing that an armistice
has been agreed upon.
Representatives of nearly all the nations on
earth then pass in review their way the
peace congress. France first comes in view with
Joan of Arc escorted by Dragons, followed by
Germany, with corps Of Hessian infantry, Aus
trta with a detachment OF Hungarian hussars,
Italy with a company OF beTsa glieri, Russia with
troupe of Cossacks preceding allegOrical float
and followed by infantry; Spain and Mexico, rep
resented by people in national costumes; Africa,
by Moroccan chiefs mounted on camels; China, by
a princess supported by mobiles with an accompani-
ment Of mandarins while closely behind followed
a gorgeous Japanese float suggesting the domestic
life OF the nation Great Britain, with the repre-
sentatives Of her European and Asiatic posses
sions, is followed by the United States, with a su