The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02
HIPpODUONE'S Big OPENING.
A FILL HOUSE GREETS EFFORTS
or the NEW MANAGERS.

New circus Acts That Make the Audience
sit Up-'MOtOrlnk In Air" RcaI Thrill
Ier-A B~erIbbOOed Baby Elephant In
the Corridor Handing Out Programme
II tbare we're any that had doubts OF the
success Of the Hippodrome under the now
mapAaemelt Of Max Anderson and Lee
Sbubert they lost them last night whom
he big spheres Of electric lights began to
glow on the towers Of the building and the
colored gem'men in the long scarlet coats
opened the carriage doors at the entrance
and the speoulators cried their -choics
seats" along the curb, and Sixth avenue
and Forty-Hourth street again became 4
theatrical storm centre.
George Lynch, the press agent. said it
was the biggest crowd ever. Stage Di-
rector Ed Temple came out on the stage
and said the crowd was even bigger than
George Lynch had said II was. BE that
ma Il may, there was not one vacant seat
among the 5000 or more seats IN the house.
Folks who had come expecting the same
old show were agreeably disappointed.
Again the curtain went up on h forest
we have all seen and again the gypsies
danced through the forest in motley garb.
But a few minutes later when the Society
Circus" began to make the audience twist
its sew eral thousand heads so az not to miss
any Of the good things that were happening
the twisting heads soon learned that it
was a brand new circus, more splendid than
ever.
Marshall p. Wilder and a recently arrived
haby elephant divided honors in the lob by
A. the crowd filed in-MArshall leaning
against a pillar in his best store clothes
and the baby elephant, who is too young
vet to have aname, standing on q PEDESTAL
wearing a BOW Of red satin on it's No. rs
neck and a red satin garter on the OF fore
leg that certain Of the 'AI9ryx villagers in
the show must have envied. f4Fhe elephant
earned its salt by distributing programmes
with its trunk.
The Tom Davis Trio in their Motoring
in Midair" stunt was Tire hsadliner OF tine
circus show. 1t vas a daring modiics-
ton Of the old vaudeville act wherein the
m ~otorists circle a teacup track like a country
corn crib. but the Davises use motor cycles
in their whirlinR. and after they get 60 ing
the track is . ulled high in the air, leaving
nothing bet ween the motorists and the
floor but an awful stretch Of space.
Mile. Allarty and her performing camels
came on amid the glow Of Pale blue lights
that reminded one Of an Oriental Picture by
GeTome. Those that think a camel liant
hossy and graceful when put TO il should
see the long necked camel with 'is cad
a-bobbin' like q basketful o. snakesr that
circles the wooden ring Of the Hiprodrome
stage while the pretty rider Puts her mount
through a number Of Raits that almost
made Mile. Deloro's trained stallion, which
precedes the camel. yell with jealousy.
The four Merkle sisters, an acrobatic
Importation, have a combination that il
rare among gymnRsts-they do wonder
full acrobatic feats, and besides they are
all very pretty. Then there are the Ues-
sens in balancing feats that brought
thunders Of applause; the Althoffs, a new
equestrian act; the Patty Frank troupe
and a whole lot of others that gave the
show a brand new setting.
Marceline had a collection Of freshly
foolishness on tap and was vcrv well
assisted by Charles Revel, the new Sh0dop
who takes the place Of the DER arted Slivers.
Rose La Harte as Lady Voiumni1, Edwin
A. Clark as Paul Pdsky and John G.. Sparks
the Major DoMo, TepeI ted their past sue
cesses.
At the first intermission Ed Temple came
to tell eN erybody how glad the new
management was to see the biggest crowd
h Hippodrome ever held turn out to well
come the efforts OF Mossrs. Shubert and
Anderson to keep no the. stif pace set by
and Dundy. A flashliRht squad
followed Mr.. Temple to the spot light, and
when il was announced that a picture was
TO he taken Of the crowd there war a hur-
red ARRANGEMENT OF hair dressings by the
women, toilets that we're interrupted with
feminine shrieks when the mighty flesh
exploded. These pictures are TO Re given
a. souvenirs to those attending last night.
The ballet Song Of the Fowers' and the
tableau The Court of the Golden FoUn-
tains, with all its riot of pretty girls, splash
ing cascades and shimmering costumes,
brought the show TO an End.
Col. Bate of the Governor Generals Foot
Guards of Canada sat with his stan in an
upper box. And when the band struck up
Dixie" the yell that came from the orchestra
sears marked the srot where Coy. Blanchard
Of Louisiana and his crowd Of happy South
erners sat and watched the greatest show
earth"