Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-23
SOCIETY CIRCUS
PROVES SUCCESS
CLOUDS BRIGHTEN AWAY THE
MORE TlMlD
Brilliant Scene Greets Visitors to the
Fairy City and Enthusiasm Runs
Riot In Keenly Appre-
elatiVe Crowd

Dull care took a vacation AT Venice
last night when the denizens of the gay
CITY took to the opening performance
of a society circus in the big Venice
auditorium,
Echoes of the brilliance of society cir
cuses in the east have been waited to
the far west, but heretofore Southern
Californians have had no such enter
tainment. The audience was keenly
appreciative Of this fact and greeted
the different performers with generous
applause.
The refusal of El Sol to show his face
for more than a brief time yesterday
scared some of the people away who
might have attended, but the audience
made up in enthusiasm what 1t lacked
in numbers
The gay lights of the fairy city
cleaned welcome to the visitors from
Los Angeles and the big auditorium in
which the circus ring was arranged was
made brilliant with flags and bunting.
In one corner a floral bower was
erected and there prominent women of
Ocean Park, Santa Monica and Venice,
in their charming gowns of white, sold
pink lemonade and pop corn. Quanti-
ties of carnations for which the bay
cities are famous were used in the dec
Grafton of this booth, and the women
wore punches of the blossoms in their
hair.
Sensations Like That of Yore
Before the circus master cracked his
whip as the signal for the big show to
begin the women went among the Wis
itors with their baskets of goodies. and
in true circus style they cried their
wares
The audience was in holiday mood
and greeted the charming vendors with
merry jests. The preliminaries to the
circus were almost as interesting as
the circus proper. Well known citizens
were greeted with applause as they en-
tered and several who recognized boy
hood friends recalled the times when
they crept under the tent together.
The audience held it's breath with
some of the old-time suspense which
circus always stirs in boyish hearts
when the opening entry song announced
the beginning of the first act.
Acts Are Delightful
More thrilling performances may be
seen on the vaudeville stage most any
week, but the circus setting and the
blare of the circus band sent some real
thrills through the audience when the
various members of the Eddy family
pranced across the ring on wire. They
did all the old wire tricks with several
of the new ones and received round
after round of applause.
A charming little blue eyed miss who
could not have been more than 10 years
old at the most, with her remarkable
acrobatic feats completely won the
hearts Of all who saw her. She con-
verted herself into a human pinwheel
and bounced around like a bubble.
Del Fuego and Davis, two vaudeville
stars, appeared in a prima donna bur-
lesque. Their horse play was at all
times most genteel and they We're re-
called
A trapeze and Syrian act by Won and
Bergey gave the audience a few mo-
ments of breathess suspense while the
acrobats shot through the air in their
daring act.
Copper Didn't Savvy Stunt
The riding act came near having an
unlocked for conclusion. Prof. Watson,
the star of the act, put on the old-time
farce of entering the ring in the guise
of a drunk and being thrown out. It
worked beautifully, and having been
thrown out of the ring several times,
he was prepared to make his triumph
ant entry and astOnish the audience by
leaping on the horse when he was
seized by Policeman Mulcahy, who evil
IDENTIFY had not been able to see that
the thing was a frameup, and dragged
toward the door. The man whispered
to the gallant officer that it was all
arranged and that he was one of the
performers, but the officer could not
see 1t that way and dragged him up the
aisle preparatory to throwing him out
AT this point some attendants stepped
up and explained the situation. The
professor finished his act in a blaze of
glory.
Captain Sharp's high school saddler
was one of the features of the even
ing. The horse displayed remarkable
intelligence in cake walking and waltz
ing about the ring and in other equine
specialties.
Pony Troops Drill
One of the most cleVerly trained pony
troops ever seen on the coast performed
a pony drill at the command of John
Carroll, the director, which was a sur
prise to even the most ardent lover of
this small animal. The ponies We're
named after the months of the year and
responded by name to the slightest
command of their trainer. Beautiful
little creatures, all of them, and they
brought forth eXclamations Of delight
from the younger members of the audi
enCe.
Miss Pearl Herndon. the popular Hol-
lywood girl, whom Los Angeles also
claims as one of her daughters, gave "a
society monolOguC i'm which she repre-
sented a Chicago girl at a dance, fol-
lowed by little encore with some good
advice to girls. Miss Herndon was
brought into the ring i'm a festive cam
opy cart ana her admirers around the
bay, of whom she has many, were quick
with their applause.
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