Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
SOCIETY MEN
REAL ACROBATS
AND CLOWNS
Shriners' SirCuS No
Imitation
New and Novel Features viii Be In.
troduced by the Greatest Agare-
cation Ever Gathered Un-
der Canvas

If interest in the Shrine society sir
GUS continues to increase the Shriners
will take In q stack of money so big
the clown will not be able to run and
jump over 1t. When more than 210
representative business men of a city
take hold Of proposition and pool
their brains, their time and their
money to make 1t a success 1t general
ly goes. And what the Shriners have
not lined up for the circus in the way
OF amusement specialties is not in the
books
Herbert Cornish and his trained
goose and Mabel Rex, the trick horse
from Pasadena, will be whole circus
In themselves. The goose is an almost
uncanny marvel of goose intelligence.
Its repertoire includes such clever lit
tie accomplishments as doing a cake
walk in time with the music, drawing
pictures in the tanbark and playing
catch with its trainer.
shrners Buy Trained Horse
Mabel Rex, the horse, is a trained
high school saddler and is said to be
one of the most proficient animals in
this line of horse specialties ever ex-
hibited. 1t is the property of the Los
Angeles Shriners, having been pur-
chased for the circus. A. ]. Copp Jr.
and Walter Mccarthy will do the bare
back riding stunts.
Big Dave Martin finally has concluded
that his aim In life is to be an Irish
policeman. He has been studying in
dustriously for the role and says he
has mastered it thoroughly. He is
pleasing to look upon in his new uni
form and will be one Of the prize dec
orative exhibits of the show
Lewis Houser of Hollenbeck lodge at
tin1a hi Tn l,o
cornet but has found a higher call in
the education of a remarkably intelli-
gent pig. All of last week the pig at
tended grand opera and Louie" claims
he has rival to Nielsen in the vocal
art.
Steve Brodys makeup as little Bo-
peep is one of the drawing cards of
the circus. 1t is really one of the most
fetching things that has left the shops
in years. Steve visited some friends
about holiday time and received as a
present a little lambkin, and he and
the lamb will be one of the main at
fractions of the big tent.
Zouaves crowning Feature
The Freemont zouaves, seventeen in
number, the most perfectly drilled body
of men in America, will be one of the
crowning features. The Catalina band,
thirty-flve in number with Dave Rose
brooke as cornet soloist, will furnish
music.
The famous Eddy family, high wire
artists and acrobats, will be a feature
The Eddy performers are at the top
of the ladder in their profession and
have stock of thrillers in their list.
Leo Youngworth and Dave Martin
are the regular clowns, with fifteen
other jokesmiths, including George
Fitch in his famous baseball act and
Baby Krohn in the great perambulator
scene. Herman Glass, who took the
first prize at the st. Louis exposition
on the Spanish rings, has been added
to the aggregation. The reserved seat
sale for the circus will open tomorrow
at the Birkel music store. Popular
prices will prevail and $5 show will
be given for 81.
Professional Trains Riders
Edward Sipp, who is equestrian man
ager of the Sells-Forepaugh circus, is
devoting eighteen hours day to the
work of bringing the local artists to a
state of perfection. He will leave i'm
mediately after his engagement in this
city to go to Columbus, Ohio. to open
the seasons engagement with the east
ern show.
More than 250 Shriners will take an
active part in the entertainment, which
will include the grand entry, the Ro-
man hippodrome, acrobatic stunts,
clown contests, chariot races, flying
ring acts, high trapeze work and a
lineup of new and novel antics never
before seen or equaled in Los Angeles.
The big tent now being erected will
seat more than 5000 persons and it's
dimensions are $50 by 200 feet. There
will be sideshows and a menagerie and
a concert after the big show, Just
like a real circus, with additional at
fractions never before seen in any
circus. In addition to Mabel Rex,
Queen, the peer of circus horses, will
be there. Dick Bronson, the great cir
Gus clown, will open a box of abso-
lutely new clown tricks.
The daily rehearsals are being en-
tered into with great zest.
All the proceeds of the circus will
be used for the entertainment of the
visiting Shriners during the meeting of
the imperial council Fiesta week.
Well-known society young men are
being coached and are developing rap
idly into real circus riders, bareback
riders, wild animal trainers and gen.
uine clowns. Director Shipp is setting
some hard stunts, but he says the
western boys take to it gamely. The
big circus tent is scene of action
at all hours of the day and the arnica
is always on tap.
The concert after the show will be
under the direction of George Gold
smith and Sam Behrendt. The concert
will include a number of vaudeville
features.
"All of the attractions for the con-
cert have not yet been secured" said
Mr. Goldsmith, "but we guarantee to
provide the best vaudeville perform
ance ever seen in Los Angeles. We
have arranged for two acts from the
Orpheum and have engaged troup
of six Japanese who do excellent aero
batic and other stunts.
"The Shriners' infantry will be the
real feature of the circus. 1t is going
to be the surprise of the show"
A professional lion tanner, Signor
Anronio Carburetti, who was once with
Barnum, has been engaged and is now
on his way to Los Angeles.
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