Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-16
BIG CIRCUS is COMING.
Barnum & Bailey Reported En- Route
With Many New Sensations.

The circus is coming to town" The
Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth will exhibitin this city Thursday,
August lst. The coming of this inter
nationally famous big circus is always
an event of Importance among the sea-
SON amusements. Past experience has
proved that it can always be depended
upon to furnish all that is newest and
most novel in The line of arenic enter
tainment. At the time of the shows
last visit to this city the impression pre-
vailed that the limit of possibility in
magnitude and circus sensationalism
had been reached. This, however, was
evidently not the case, for this years
announcements Indicate that the show
Is not only larger than ever before, but
also that all previous achievements in
the way of startling acts have been sur
passed This is the verdict of the New
York press, which undoubtedly echoes
the sentiment of the more than 10000
persons who saw the show during its
four weeks engagement at Madison
Square Garden.
1t is interesting to leaEn that the per
formances given here will be indentical
in every way with those presented in
New York City, and that all the big SEN
sational features will be presented with
ont abridgement, and with all the origi
nal attention to detail One need only
scan the program to realize what this
means. There are, apparently, score
of acts that might with justice be de-
scribed as features" but among the
big acts are several that stand out with
special and startling distinctiyness
Probably the most sensational, viewed
from the standpoint of thrilling interest,
is 1.-THE Dip of Death" and Judging from
the way it has been received, the name
is no misnomer. In this remarkable
display of seemingly rec LESS daring,
an automobile, controlled by young
American girl, makes forty foot flight
through space, with machine aud chauf-
ACaSC hpOlOC 7AON II. n OCOOA0 OJftl blluE
sensation presents tive nervy bicyclists,
who, by the use of "a most iDgeniously
constructed apparatus, are enabled TO
turn complete areial somersaults on
their wheels. A third th.iller is fur
nished by Capt Carl Howelson, cham
pion ski-jumper of the world, who sails
seventy five feet through the air mount
ed on eight-foot skees This act has
been one of the most discussed sensa.
tions of the year
In conjunction with these features of
an ultra sensational character, gem
uine old fashioned circus performance,
brought down to date. with many new
and interesting Egropean novelties, is
announced The program introduces
itself with new spectacle, in which
President Roosevelt's successful efforts
to bring the war in Manchu-ia to an end
~ pictured IN gorgeous military pag
cant aud in series of allegorical tab
leaux under the significant title Peace"
The circus performance that follows in
troduces, it is announced, scores of the
worlds cleverest artists in many new,
pleasing and interesting displays. The
exciting presentation of ancient and
modern racing events on the hippo
drome track, and the great geological
annex, for which the big circus has al
ways been renowned, are incidental
features that undoubtedly add much to
the comprehensive attractiveness of the
show. Owing to the magnitude of the
exhibition there will be no parade this
year.