Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-30
CIRCUS IS JUST GORGEOUS
BIG SHOW DE-
SCRIBED BY A "KID."
Record Breaking Attendance for This
City-Courtesy on Part Of EN-
ployes Noticeable.

know pop took we. He said he was just
doing 1t for accommodaton, but I think he
enjoyed himself all right. He liked the
bareback ladies best. Say. there was one
of them that was pretty But liked the
clowns. There was all sorts Of 'em. There
was lot Of them just like the pictures in
the comic supplements and a lot of others.
One of them had a base ball bat with gun
powder in the end Of 1t, and he hit another
old fat clown In the stomach and 1T went
off. the bat did, and the clown rolled over
In the hay. There was lots of hay, and
the clowns rolled all over in It,
Il think the best bareback riding was a
lot of those clowns we saw in the parade
that rode on mules. First they rode on one
end of them and then they rode on the
other end. and then the mules ran away
and the clowns ran after them and held
onto their tails and got trampled all over.
Say. 1T was great. And there was a man
that stood on his head on wire up in the
air and another man that stood on his head
and held on with his teeth to a little stick
about as big round quarter. and beat
a tambourine with his hands And. oh,
there was another man in yellow that stood
on his head and his hands and on one arm
and walked around on his hands same as
if they were his feet. And he had two little
dogs, little teensy dogs and one of them
sat up on the back of tlis neck with his
paws folded when the man stood his
head | asked him afterward if he wouldn't
sell the littlest dog but he laughed and
said he had only had the little dog two
weeks. and it was the best dog he ever had
and he couldn't sell it for anything.
Fighting the Flames.
And then they had whole house inside
of the tent. and the house burned up. Gee,
it was a fire There were people at the up
stairs windows that couldn't get out. and
the tircmen came with the little lad ierS
with hooks on them. and they hooked them
into one window. and then climbed up and
hooked them into another. and then climbed
up and hooked them on the roof. And the
tiremen carried the people down the lad
ders and slid down ropes, and there was
one old woman that jumped ont of an up
stairs window and fell in big net. And
then two old men got to fighting, and the
control wagon came out and the policemen
put them in and as fast as they put one in
the other one got out. and they had to chase
him and put him in, and then he other
would get out. And then there were the
bears. They sat on stools and drank out
of bottles and rode bicycle, at least a
bicycle that had three wheels. and they had
little black pony in with them that
turned merry go-round.
Seals That Are Talented
"And they had seals that played ball and
balanced sticks on their noses, and had
torches on fire at both ends that they
pitched up in the air. And you ought to
have seen the jockey race. Gee, they went!
1t was Just like a real horse race out at
Benning, only not SO big. and they went
round more times And they had whole
lot of people up in the top of the tent on
trapeezes. and one lot had red clothes and
the other had pink. and they flew around
in the air. and sometimes they were on the
trapeeZes. and some of the time they were
just flying around in the air. just like flying
squirrels. But, gee, you ought to have seen
those Jockeys race. And then the people on
the trapeeze all got through and came tum-
bling down In the net, blOp, blop, and
bounced up In the air again.
And there was a long gentleman who
folded himself all up and got inside of a
table and old clown came around and
put pack of firecrackers in the table and
blew him out. And a lot of people rode on
bicycles and one woman rode a bicycle
across long wire rope and lot of girls
and boys got up on a little silver wire and
dane just like they were on the ground.
1t was just like me walking on top of a
fence. only better. And those jockeys, gee,
but you ought to have seen EN-.
And then they had lot of animals out
in the front door tent, lot of little lions
Ike kittens. only bigger than cats, and
some more lions like big setter dogs and
then lot of great big lions that hollered.
And there We're bears and monkeys and
deers and a great big hippopotamus that
looked ike ne was maze out OF lnQla rub
Der. but he wasn't because he breathed, and
camels and great big giraffe that they
couldn't find any cage big enough for, SO
they had him done up in a tennis net. And
the elephants were out there, too and one
of them went into a boys pocket after
some thing to eat, and l scratched their
noses and they liked it. And gee, you
ought to have seen those Jockeys
Courtesy is Noticeable.
The foregoing is account of the Fore
paugh & Sells big circus, actually given
by one of the kids who attended yes
terday. 1t is accurate and indicates the
impression the circus made on the little
folks, for whose exclusive entertainment 1t
was erroneosuly supposed to be provided.
AS matter of fact while the little folk
were out in large numbers, they hardly had
working majority in the immense crowd
more grown-up little folks than there were
little folks and they seemed to enjoy the
show equally well. The arrangements for
handling the crowd We're unquestionably
the best~ever noted at a circus in Washing
ton, and one Of the most noticeable things
was the courtesy shown by the attendants
and the fact that visitor felt that he was
being taken care of and not merely al
lowed 20 be in tie big tent on the suff er-
ance of a lot of employees who were the
lookout for chance to act bouncers.
A large and distinguished crowd attended
both the afternoon and the evening show 6.
Most of the diplomatic contingent was
there and one of the most interested and
least conspicuous spectators at the after
noon performance was Archie Roosevelt
with Lieut. Blumer. Archie and Quentin