Arizona republican., 1908-09-28

 dencies. Much music will enliven the l air. some good and some purposely otherwise. The "purposely otherwise" will be furnished by clowns. Stress is laid on the beauty oe some of the floats representing foreign lands The | float flying the stars and stripes is sure to be applauded. The leading band wagon will have an enormous hitch of Norman horses. One of the novelties will be band mounted on white horses. Will there be a calliope? Circusly. With it's mass of waving banners and nOdding plumes the pa rade ought to furnish a kaleidoscOpic picture.
 The circus entertainment which won so much success in New York and throughout its western tour, consists of one hundred and ten acts divided into twenty divisions. It opens with spectacular entry in which fifteen hundred people take part The spec tacle is 'of Oriental coloring and goes back to the times of CfeoDatra.S . The bill is full of features many of which are astonishing. not a few absolutely bewildering and a number truly sen sational. There are strong men and women who can tie and untic themselves from knots with more ease and less language than the ordi- nary man can unite a shoe lace. There is a man who balances himself on his head on the bar of d swinging trapeze and calmly smokes a cigarette The man who says that there is nothing rew under the sun had better beware Of this circus or he will get a bump in' his beliefs. All of the aerial and the acrobatic stunts and much of the rid ing is of the sensational order One of the big riding acts is furnished by kthe F'redianis. in this country for the first time. These riders perform most of the difficult feats that most aero bats perform on the ground while on the back of a galloping horse. They are particularly strong and agile. They somersault from the back of one horse to the back of horse that follows One man somersaults from the shoul- ders of a man on the horse to the shoulders of third man in the ring At the finish of their act they build a three-high stand on the back of the horse. Among the other noted eques- trians are Fred Derrick, Orrin Day. export. William Melrose, the Meers sisters. Julia Shipp and Ella Bradna, Messrs. Kraft, Winslow and Lowanda form Q trio of clowns in a burlesque riding act on mules. In the gymnastic display the Fassios and the Georgettys stand out with prominence. The Fas- sios Were first seen in Paris last win ter and made an enormous hit The Sada Carmen troupe and the Silbon sisters do graceful acts in- the air. An interesting division is given over to the tightripe performers. These peo- pie, dance. skip the rope and seemingly do the impossible on the invisible wire The biggest division from the point of the number of people employed in it is that given over to the acrobats Five troupes take part in this division The MetZettie and the Dollar trOupes con- tain some of the greatest acrobats that ever entered the arena. They perform what is known as fOur-high stands with the pinnacle at the break throw ing double somersaults to the shoul- ders of the anchor. In the aerial cir GUS the Viennese troupe and the Fly ing Fishers make some wonderful som ersaults and flights through the air
 There are fifty clowns and they are really funny. A big fat pig runs off with a small clown and another Merry Andrew is draw in little cart by four cackling geese.
 It has become the fashion of the cir GUS to have each year a thriller. The one this season is a thriller in the true meaning of the term. In fact. it is so much or thriller that it has all of those which have gone before it knocked into a cooked hat They are released with the red car in front This car increases its lead Reaching the foot of the incline it's great speed causes it to shoot forty feet in the air and turn complete somersault In the meantime the white car has gathered speed and jumping the chasm directly underneath the somersaulting car it lands on the receiving platform in the lead and thus wins the race. Two French girls. the La Rocque sisters make the daring journey nj the cars.
 As is customary two performances of the circus will be given. one at two and the other at eight o'clock. The gates will be opened one hour earlier so that the menagerie may be inspect ed. Just now the geological collection is of particular interest on account of the young that it contains.
 For the convenience of the public a down town office will be opened in the morning for the sale of tickets at the same prices as are charged at the ticket wagons on the show grounds. An Inside View of Emperor William
 In the September American Maga- zine octave Mirbeau writes a re- markable character sketch of Emperor William. One of the most eXtraOrdi- nary stories told is that recounted by the late Prince Bismarck of how the Emperor showed his authority over his mother the day he came to the throne. The author tells a great deal about the Empress, too. He says that to a friend of his who knows her well she is the most boresome person In the world. Williams attitude toward his father is fully explained. William, it appears, gives his late father scant honor. The relations between William and his mother were very much strain ed, so strained, indeed, that William placed spies around her. Another in teresting point Is that King Edward laughs at Williams pretensions, and xNsIl;ar, oroe, o,~av