Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-05
SHRINE SIRCUS
ONE ROUND Of
FUNNY STUNTS
Monster Crowd Kept
Laughing
Over -Four Thousand People See Mem-
bers Of Al MaIaiI<ah Temple
Make Their Debut as
Performers

Were you there? Where? Why at
the Shrine society sircus, of course!
The man, woman or child in Los An
geles who missed it will have cause for
repentance forever afterward.
Spell circus with IS" or spell it with
&C. it is all the same, but put Shrine"
before it and you have the greatest con-
glomeration of fun and enthusiasm ever
put together for the benefit Of the Los
Angeles public.
Three rings with something doing all
the time a full accompaniment of side
shows, heaping measure of music and
fun! fun fun!
Such briefly was the Shrine Sircus.
The big tent was crowded 18th fun
seekers, old and young-four thousand
and more of them bent upon gampling
everything from pink lemonade and
peanuts to the sta. numbers of the
sircus concert, which was the after
thought.
They filled every seat from ring to
roof and nobCdy climbed under the tent
Two blocks away from the sircus tent
the husky voices of the spielers could
be heard advising everybody to see the
fat lady, visit the side show, watch
Bosco, the only living fire eater, buy
pink lemonade, Shriner brand, the only
original lemonade made. in the shade
and all the rest of It,, to see the king Of
strength and not to forget to buy a
Shriner balloon. These were every
where. A perfect sea of balloons.
Everybody Buys Balloons
Fred Hines in the garb of celestial
wandered around the seats advising
everyone to "ketchem balloon" and
everyone took Lis advice. The men tied
them in their buttonholes and the wo-
men clasped them in their dainty gloved
hands. Now and then anfugitive gas
bulb would get away and go wandering
skyward to dot the ceiling of the tent,
Fred Hines was not the only balloon
man, for his brother Shriners, some of
them country rubes just in for the show
and adorned with checkerboard trous-
ers, scarlet vests and sunshade hats,
also traded in the colored bubble. 9th
ers sold popcorn and peanuts and
some carried trays filled with pink
lemonade. The ticket sellers were
there in garb ridiculous and fantastic.
Al Levy, in a green vest, checkerboard
trousers and a flaming red tie, invited
people to attend the concert at 25 cents
per person, and there were no regrets.
Arthur st. Clair Perry as a bewitch-
ing country boy had lemonade in ex-
change for nickels and big burly John
Burr, erstwhile sheriff, sold peanuts.
Oh, yes, there was fun aplenty while
the crowd was gathering, but it was
nothing to the merriment which the
circus brought.
Sircus Begins
At signal from Ringmaster Edward
Shipp the red robed Shriners' band
marched into the ring playing the
Jolly Shriners'' march, composed by
Ernestine Wolf and dedicated to the
sircus This was but the announce
ment of the grand moslem spectacle
the holy carpet en- route to Mecca. 1t
was a rare procession. Companies of
wandering Arabs and BedoIins in ma
tive garb tripped over the sawdust,
causing the multitude to applaud as
they passed. Educated animals of all
kinds, two-legged ponies, bears, tame
pigs Sis Hopkins and galaxy of
funny men, trouble-makers and other
curios, such as has never before been
brought together on this or any other
continent.
Following the grand pageant came
two of the hits of the evening-the
conical clowns in a burst of mirth,
music and melody.
Leo, the handsome, otherwise Young
worth, and Henry Krohn in classic
called "Lo-Tidly- -Idly-Um !" Leo,
the handsome, with his broad eXpanse
Of smile, all covered over with white,
and Krohn not one whit better. Ev-
erybody howled, but the two men re-
mained calm and carried off their
stunts with the air of we'll seasoned
professionals. They were rollicking,
roistering clowns and both revealed a
gymnastic tendency Of mind and body.
Three Rings Are Busy
The professionals had a turn then
and daring flights on the high trapeze
by J. L. Won, muscular exhibitions by
Riva brothers, flying trapeze stunts by
Charles Leora and flights on the fairy
rings provided amusement in the three
rings for the second turn.
on gallant white charger Walter
Mccarthy, brave in silk tights of
golden splendor, dashed into the ring
and caused the spectators to pause for