Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
MABEL REX AND HER TRAINER, Mr.. HoAe

man, the only one of his kind in cap
| tivity, the albino man, a midget and
a giant. Mr.. Spruance claims he has
assembled the greatest living aggrega-
ton of freaks, monstrosities and mar
vels of nature ever brought together
since the dawn of creation, and he has
hired leather lunged barker for his
show whom he guarantees to make
more noise than hired band.
The menagerie, in addition to the
educated pig, who is a whole menagerie
in himself includes a boxing rooster,
the only rooster ever trained to do
fistic work with his feet He gives an
exhibition with a trained cuckatoo, one
ounce gloves, Queensberry rules. The
other animals up to date number six
camels, q pair of bears, two imported
sacred COWS, herd of elk, noun
tain lion, leopard and tiger, and the
smallest Shetland pony in, the world.
The pony weighs 20 pounds and is de-
signed to be carried about in a muff
or a shopping bag. The menagerie
will be in charge of D. c. McGarvan
and Ben Powers.
Surprise in Store
The four Pasadena maids promise to
make a big hit. The exact nature of
their stunt has not yet been revealed,
as 1T is a secret and a surprise is
planned. The maids are Ellen Gold
smith, Henrietta Krohn, Frances Bry-
son and Fern Youngworth.
There will be a minstrel troupe, with
an up-to-date line of minstrel songs,
Jokes and vaudeville specialties, includ-
ing the famous female impersonator of
Jonathan club high jinks" fame.
One of the crowning features of the
show will be the famous Fremont
zouaves, seventeen in number, said to
be the most perfectly drilled zouaVes
in the world.
Heine Krohn and his cinnamon bear
are out for the blue ribbon. Either
without the other is irresistible and
together they are the best combination
that ever occurred. They have a
brother act that makes Hagenback
look foolish
Show for Every One
The Shriners wish to correct wrong
impression which has gotten abroad re-
garding the circus. There has been an
impression that the circus was in some
way an exclusive affair and that the
local hits and entertainment in general
would be OF interest only to Shriners.
This the Shriners say emphatically is
not true and the circus will differ from
ordinary circuses only in the point of
having most of them beaten when 1t
comes to the merit of the performance,
While the sale of seats indicates that
the capacity of the big tent will be
taxed to the utmost, the supply of COM
Portable seats is almost unlimited and
the crowd is sure TO be handled with
out hitch
Forty Thousand Shriners Coming
Advance reports of the prospective
attendance Of the visiting Shriners in
May indicate that 1t will be nearer
10000 than 10000, as the first estimate
made 1t. Unheard Of temples are
bobbing up with announcements of
their plans to bring along all the
Shriners they can lay their hands ON,
with special trains, bands and all the
trimmings. They will come in punches
from the big and little cities and will
come singly and in pairs from out of
the way places. 1t win be the greatest
run together of any fraternal order
ever held in the west,
The New York and Des Moines Shrin-
ers have taken the lead In the way Of
novel entertainment for their parties
on the train. Each train will be fitted
with a theater and vaudeville artists
viii furnish amusement on the trip. 1t
has been a prophecy of railroad men
for several years that trains de luxe
soon would be provided with theaters
and the shriners have made a good
start.
The New York train will have a per-
feetly appointed miniature theateE 1t