The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-15
AUTOS LEAP PAST
EACH OTHER HIGH
Up IN THE AIR
Barnum & Bailey's New Thriller
Most Sensational of Many
Dare-D Devil Acts.

Ffv trains of railway equipment,
carrying the circus outfit, will reach
Newark early Sunday morning. Siren
uous activity will be the order at the
railway yards. At the show grounds
visitors will be highly entertained by
the many unique sights incidental to
establishing a great show in its tenn
porary home.
AS circus day approaches. the inter-
est of both old and young grows mani
lest. The performances of the Barnum
d Bailey Greatest Show on Earth will
materfalize Monday.
ms mammoth institution is the rec
ognized leader of all arenic amuse-
ments. Starting it's season each year
IN the colossal Madison Square Garden,
New York City, it gathers from the
larthest corners of the world all the in
teresting, entertaining, amusing and
edlfylng features which diligent pursuit
and unlimited means render possible.
This same performance is taken on
tour exact in every detail as given at
Madison Square Garden. not the slight
est detail being overlooked. The pro-
gram for the present tour surpasses all
previous efforts to attain the absolute;
the vast crowds which thronged the i'm
mense garden were warm in their ap-
proVal; the newspapers, without excep-
ton, pronouncing the performance by
FAR the most satisfying ever witnessed
in New York.
The sensational thriller this year is
named autos that Pass in the Air."
1t is described as the joint effort of
two Partisan scientific engineers; two
automobiles driven by two young
French women are started from the
dome of the canvas down a steep in
elm plane, and reaching a given point
the red auto glides upward into space,
making a complete somersault in mid
air. While the red machine is up in
the air the blue auto, timed to the frac-
ton of a second, glides swiftly under
meath, leaping a yawning gap to the
continuation Of the incline. A second
later the red car lands in the rear of
the blue car. AS a terrifying thriller
this stunt certainly realizes the inten-
tons of the Mephistophelian inventors.
One cannot but help holding ones
breath, while electric-like sensations
move along ones spine. and ones hair
fairly bristles. The double flight and
somersault occupy less han eight Sec
onds, but the amour of action ones
eyes and nerves endure during that
short period of time cannot be calcu-
lated by the timepiece.
Among the arenic features are the
Three Menstins, Partisan pantomimists,
with their monkey and dog clowns;
Mary and Petrol, presenting their
pony, dog n donkey circus; Pro-
lessor Wormwood's trained animals,
including a quartet of bears which are
said to be just a little beyond the limit
of possibilities in the way of animal
training; the Ten Metzettis, acrobatic
marvels from the Berlin Winter Gar
den; the LeVans In their comedy bar
act; the Lowandos, rolling globes and
dancing rope experts; Adair and Dahn,
high wire and trapeze artists: Vuerom
sisters, four accomplished performers
on rolling spheres; the Yamakota
group of Japanese entertainers; the
Florence troupe of acrobatic artists;
Sylo, the contortionist; Joseph LeReX,
aerial centre; Vincent Kiralfe, comedy
Chinese juggler; the Five Flying
Fishers, in their sky-high flights; the
Dollar troupe of Risley acrobats; Net
tie Carroll, queen of silver thread; the
Three Trina Sisters, in their triple
aerial trapeze; Alberta and Zee Jardys,
equilibrists. acrobat and contortion-
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on the high wires, tricks which are
difficult to execute on the stage; the
worlds most noted equestrians, includ-
ing Robert Stickney, jr., h has been
aptly named the apollo Belvidere of
the circus ARENA" Miss Julia Ship, In
a delightfully."- entertaining exhibition
of eauestrianism; Orrin and Victoria
Davenport and their beautiful horses
in an up-to-date bareback and pad
riding exhibition; the Meers Sisters,
showing the highest degree of eques-
trian training; Miss Stickney, assisted
by her dog and pony; William Mel
rose. the worlds champion a~crobatic
eouestrlan; Fred Derrick, who turns
somersaults from the back or n
swiftly moving horse to the back of
another moving horse; the Fredianis
Trio. presenting a distinctly unique act
of acrobatic equestrianism; the Fassios,
European equilibrists; the Three New
SONS, presenting a balancing novelty;
Alex Brison, contortionist; Hardig
brothers. comedy hat jugglers; Reno
and Begar, aerial experts; the Pacheco
troupe of acrobatic marvels, and the
ten Viennese in a most captivating
aerial performance high up in the can
vas dome these ten humans (mostly
women fly from perch to perch with
the ease and grace of forest birds.
The Barnum & Bailey free street
narade, which is said to rival the oren-
tai splendors of the Delhi Durbar, VIII
leave the show grounds at 10 o'clock
Monday morning.