Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08
Luna Park.

Luna Park will open the seventh week
OF Its season this afternoon with Rosati s
Royal Italian Band in the big musical shell
that ever popular spot where lovers of the
best In band music are wont to linger. Ro-
sati himself, the famous leader. whose
name the band still retains. died recently
in Kansas City. but his baton has fallen into
the hands of a musician of worldwide
reputation, Sig. Giuseppe Salvatore, who
has for years been the assistant of Rosati.
He has launched number of bands among
his own countrymen. but his engagement
at Luna Park this afternoon will be his
first American appearance as g. conductor.
On the hippodrome stage the Four Lon
dons will appear daily at 3:45 and 3:45 m.
In their noted casting act. The Londons
engage In the line of acrobatic work SO
long identified with the Four LukenS-of
circus and vaudeville fame. With their
complete setting of horizontal bars they
will perform all the daring feats known to
the art OF casting. Their act consists OF
throwing each other from bar to bar and
engaging In novel and surprising feats
which are more or less familiar with lovers
OF this difficult form of acrobatic attain
ment. Their engagement at Luna Park Is
limited to this week only.
The management has arranged for three
big dates during the month of July. On
July II the surrender of Santiago 0ll be
celebrated. the United Society of Spanish
War Veterans and all the military organi-
cations that took part In the engagement at
Santiago taking part in the celebration. On
this occasion Manager George e. gill has
arranged for great fireworks display,
which wifi be reproduction of the battle
of San Juan in miniature. The battle is
scheduled to last thirty minutes, and dur
Ing that time several thousand dollars
worth of fireworks viii be displayed. July
70 will be Alexandria day" and 1t is like
ly that Mr.. Claude A. Swanson, governor
of Virginia, will be among the prominent
speakers. On the program for this day are
included base ball games, military drills
and an exhibition by the fire company of
which George Washington was a member.
During the evening OF 'Alexandria day"
there will be several speeches and the days
events will eliminate in q masked ball on
the floor of the dancing pavilion. at which
the customary prizes will be offered for the
best dances and costumes Part of the pro-
ceeds for the day will be devoted to the
work of the Alexandria Hospital July so
had been set aside Washington day, but
has been postponed to a later date, which
will be announced later.
Mr.. Frederick Ingersoll, the director of
the park, has branched out into the circus
business. and his aggregation of circus at
fractions will be one OF the features OF
Luna Park during the latter part OF the
season Negotiations are now In progress
with Carl Hagenbeck, the noted collector of
wild animals, for some of the biggest and
best specimens secured in his recent hunts
in the wilds of Asia, Africa, New Guinea
and South American tropics. What is de-
clared TO be the largest elephant In the
world has been already secured at an enor-
nous outlay of money and labor. Il is said
to be one-half again as large as the famous
Barnum elephant, Jumbo" Mr.. Ingersoll
has named 1t Hercules. 1t is supposed to
be one of the remaining species of pre-his-
toric ages when the modern elephant would
have been considered only fair sized ami
NAL. The entire circus will be brought in
tact to Luna Park here.