The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-26
IS WARMLY WELCOMED
Ssih- -fisis perferusa(es largely Atitat-
et IL Spite Of The Rsia.

IL taxes something more th1A
mere rain To dampen the circus en-
thusiasm OF Nssahachie folk and so
dy streets fhere was still a warm wei
come for the big Sells-Floto show.
/ when they arrived In town this morn
ing The big special train came at an
early hour and its size and fine mod
arn equipment was great surprise
TO many people who had not realized
that the Sells-Floto organization had
grown SO rapidly within the past
few years. This wealthy and indepen-
dent western institution is now re-
garded as the biggest tented attrac-
tion outside the spreading circus
trust. the methods OF which it vigor-
ously opposes.
And the present season has been
by far the most successful in the
history OF the Sells-Floto organiza-
ton, it having been one grand tri-
umphal march from the Pacific coast
down to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Sells-Floto show was the first
circus into Texas this year and the
tour has included all of the larger
and most of the medium sized cities
OF the state.
There have been good reports of
the performance, too, all along the
line and what the newspapers have
said must certainly be gratifying to
the managers.
After the enormous show cars had
feen unloaded of all their mysteries
and wonders, elephants. horses, pom
les, etc, this morning there was con-
siderable difficulty in hauling the
heavy wagons to the show grounds
over the muddy roads. To some of
the big wagons it was necessary to
hitch as many as 80 horses before
they could be moved This extra
work somewhat delayed the street
parade and a drizzling rain didn't
/ help matters any. But everybody
about the show took their discom-
! forts gracefully and with a smile and
when O'Clock came the afternoon
performance started with flourish
| of trumpets and parade around the
! hippodrome track that sent all dis
! appointments soaring skywards.
1t is not so much the size of their
show as the quality of the entertain
ment that the Sells-Floto managers
boast and surely they are entitled TO
take considerable pride in their ring
| performance. All the feature acts
are not only thrillers and strictly
| high class. but they are the equal OF
! any circus acts ever presented in TINS
! territory Melnotte, lie More and Mel
notte, on the high wire, presented a
4 positive novelty in their line ana
/ the way they danced and cake-walk-
I ed on the slender thread of silver
made everybody sit up and take no
/ tice. Then the Peerless Potters, five
/ in number. who do an aerial casting
|act. are performers who have an IN
I teruational reputation and who al
I WAYS stand at the head Of their pro-
fe-,iou SJill another striking feat
urs is offered by the dainty and
graceful Ty-Bc.l Sisters. known as
1.-The Human Butterflies" while Jhe
ihyrd of educated elephants handled
Iby Herr Christian Zoitz Do almost
lever, thing am ordinary person would
llmaeiue an elephant couldn't Do.
Aside from these STAR acts there
are clowns galore. mru and women
bareback riders o., ,be -,ofr Ig1pers,
Iumt,,es. tcrobats lapaussy rg1ilih-
'risfs bsuea apd aowen iru5sss ana
.ma, une b1aulsd r.r0as a0s pope
Iula- m childhood das.
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