The Lambertville record., 1907-06-26
A GREAT SHOW.

aio chSSiiy awaiting thO houi W WhSh
the trains will pull in and unload
their human and geological freight.
The fact that the great Snowman,
w. l.. Main, is directing this big
show which is called the Great
Fashion Plate Shows-has aroused
more than ordinary interest, as Mr..
Main has never yet broken faith with
the public, either in the class of at
fractions he has had to offer or in
giving other entertainments than
that which he bills Everything an
nounced on the Autographs and bill
boards will be seen, and a great deal
more, as Mr. Main is ever improving
and adding to the galaxy of attrac
tions which he so ably directs.
Moreover, Mr.. Main, both as owner
and manager of circuses, has never
failed to give parade A circus
without parade is like a hastv pud-
ding without the raisns taste eless
and uninviting and rain or shine the
blare of the bands will be heard, and
the gorgeous trappings of the SNOWY
horses and gilded wagons aud cages
will be seen to the delight of old and
young.
Among the many novel and attract
tive features of The Great Fashion
Plate Shows, which includes trained
animals, circus, hippodrome and
| Society Horse Fair, is the grand spec
tacular ballet -''The Return of the
Egyptians. Egypt. once so power
full and famous under the Pharoahs,
was conquered in the Ptolemaic dyn-
asty by Rome and was afterward
swamped by the Moslems, The
crescent was supreme in the land of
the Nile, and the aforetime naughty
Egyptians We're slaves for thousand
wears. The scenes taken for this
spectacle revolye around Cleopatra y
are historically correct and true color
and life is added by native Egyptians
and fellaheens which were brought
from Alexandria,, the ancient capital
of the Pharoahs. aud from the Upper
Nile, where the natives have not had
their naive primitiveuess and old time
customs contaminated with the false
gloss Of European civilization. Their
native dances, including the "Gantos
Cantena" ale performed with all of
that oriental grace and lessome deft-
ness for which the Port Saidans and
Cairienes are famed, aud this one
feature alone has never been attempt
ed by any enterprise before, simply
because of the tremendous detail aud
expense involved in presenting such
stupendous spectacle historically
correct.
Another foreign attraction will be
the first appearance of Mile. Rose
Edythe, Parisian premiere danseuae
and stunning ballet dancer. The
Nicholas family will appear i'll Their
aerial act which il 80 thrilling as To
give this qnintette of performers the
right to be called the greatest of wire
experts. Others include the Garuels
who are unequalled IA aerial comedy
bar performers; the Curzou Sisters
| Introducing serpentine teeth ascen=
sions; Patrick Kelly, the Tipperary
Boy, who dives backwards from the
| dome of the canvass to the ground
| Russian dancers, direct from Odessa
the four Mangeans, new corners from
Australia, and who make their first
| appearance IN this country; besides IL
host of funny clowns led by the inim-
| table King of testers, james Ruther-
| ford.
The animal features of the circus
| include the wonderful performing
| for two years been the sensation of
the New York Hippodrome, enter
tanning ten thousand people daily
with marvellous acts which have been
| the sensation of the scientific aud lay
worlds. Professor Whites dog pony,
horse aud mule circus will prove par
| ticularly edifying to the children
There are many other features too
numerous to mention, but all com
bined constitute the greatest aggre-
CATION Of circus novelties ever gather
ed together beneath one big tent.
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