The Washington times., 1906-06-10
THE KING OF THE AIR
ON WING TO WASHINGTON

| In an airship. pursuing the fate OF
Andre. but all unafraid. In France the
sailing Of balloons and airships IS n
pastime, and all nations of the earth
are today contributing 10 the lore or
science in an effort to overcome the nat
ural laws of gravitation. and set the
winds and elements at defiance. o. this
class Of investigators Knabenshue is
pre-eminently in the forefront.
Philippians Second Week.
This is the second week Of Philippians
! Spanish Band. and the patrons Of the
park Will have another seven days IN
marvel at the acru batic and musical
! skill Of the irrepres-ibl Don. His name,
| by the way. is M Iuis Don Francisco
| Maria Philippini Castro Alfonso V
| Huertes- -Morien. VIII ch is not consider
| ed long name arIong the Spanish
! grandees. but in this country would be
almost prohibitive. For purposes of pub
| lication and in order that IT might be
readily remembered. It was necessary
20 cut his continued-in-our-next short
TO Philippini. and when he is out Of
! bearing some Of his band members have
! no hesitancy in cutting even that TO
plain Phil" He is an exaggerated
idea Of Creatore in HIS acrobatic and
.
week gave n passionate example OF the
musical soul that breeds in the Ianguor-
Gus Hits OF the tUneful guitar and the
lyric loves Of sunniest Spain In The
Ioreador." for instance. his acrobatic
stunts lead him 10 the limit of gesticu-
/ lation with his fever-tipped baton At
| the climax he Is on his knees, the baton
still waving, and his hair floating fin
shivery emphasis in the summer breezes.
The band IS composed OF men who
Know how TO play music in a musicianly
way. The musical range of the band
runs the gamUt OF meIodic emotion
from the lightest of opera music and
ragtime, popular airs of every descrip-
| ton, to the most majestic passages of
wagner, and the masterpieces Of BaIfe
Haydn, Schumann, Beethoven. Bach
The programs have included the nop-
ular airs of Tilzer, Sousa, Cohan, I.ud-
erS. Victor Herbert and the army Of
! moderns now writing TO the popular
fancy. Philippians direction has been
characteristic and finished, and the low
ers of music attending have heard skel-
etons Of melody worked into full har-
monies. and the heaviest of compositions
rendered so engagingly that thousands
have sat through the entire programs
entranced by the strains coaxed by the
directors baton.
Amazonians on the Hippodrome.
One the hippodrome this week the
Herzog Camaras will have the full lime
light. There are three of them-women
such as the Greeks and Romans used to
worship. and the gods of war bless.
/ Tough Of sinew. 1.-the as cats and will
| lowy, they are trained acrobats of the
/ highest order. Their speciality is head
balancing and some of the feats they
perform are almost beyond belief. Two
/ of them jumping the third from head TO
| mead one OF them walking up a set Of
/ stairs with another on her head. and all
l the combinations that can be made by
/ the ingenuity of the skilled athlete are
/ among their acts
During the past week the hipnodron,a
/ attraction has been the Norins HIGH
/ divers. Oscar and Helma Norm brotb
/ er and sister. learned their hazardous
| business in Switzerland. and he has
monopoly Of the fire drive. Ieapins into
blazing three foot tank of gasoline
covered water from a thirty-fve-foot
J platform. dressed in a blazing, oil-soak-
ed suit of paper. The act created an in
tense interest nere, because it holds the
element of thrill for which the American
people .Clanior when they seek amuse-
ment.