Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-29
sELIs-FLoTo BIG SHOW.



figures on horseback.
Then appeared Nadgie at my end
of the ring. No wonder Mrs. Clara
Winthrope wants her daughter to re-
turn to her happy home, for absence
would make even that big circus tent
lonely. Nadgie Is billed as aero
batic contortiOnist extraordinary.
She is that and more, for she doesn Z
have to prove that she hasn't bone
In her body. We all admitted 1t.
And she certainly was the handsomest
woman in the show, until the next
ring act came on, when a young
woman in black tights and tulle
skirts with silver trimmings showed
how to perform the ultimate OF bare
back riding with all the class of a
grand opera donna. This Is Mrs.
Corriea, and she is an object lesson
for any student of the theory of
evolution. Five generations of her
forbears have been circus riders, and
have transmitted to her, evidently,
all they knew OF their business. She
is certainly the Melba OF the horse
opera.
A quarter Of mile to the east, in
the other ring, there was young
woman in pink. Mrs. Nellie Low
ande; she may have been equally
clever. but without the assistance Of
opera glasses I'm not ready to admit
II.
She few through the air with the
greatest Of ease, this daring young
girl on the flying trapeze; her move
ments were graceful. all tastes she
could please" and her name Ia Mile.
Ethelea. She held the medal only
until the sieggrest family showed.
II was no fault Of Ethelea that they
beat her out; she took just as many
chances at breaking her neck, but
they played four aces In their two
little girls and two men. One of
them turns four somersaults in the
air while plunging from the trapeze
20 the net. II looks very easy. Sup
pose you try It, and I'll write a
story about II with a diagram. and
an X showing the place where the
body struck"
Perhaps one OF the most beauti-
full features OF this or any other
circus 10 the golden troupe Of Rus
sian singers and dancers. They sing
with real color OF locality, and their
dancing II most curious combina-
tion Of the graceful and eccentric,
There IL one beauty show In the
troupe, and she at once won the at
tention OF Uncle Hiram, and Aunt
Lueindy had to climb down from her
seat against the roof and march him
out by the ear. A fake? Certainly,
but the real thing could not have
been more real.
Another one OF the best-eveF acts
ID the Ieaping contest. which includ-
ed oil the clowns. aerobats and Inn
agine some OF the ''razor-backs. .
They all could jump as II they knew
something about board bills and rope
ladders, Chad Wertz let them go
their pace and then he finished with
. double somersault from the spring
board over elephants. camels and a
earelessly numerous amount of space.
There In not a moment that some
thing good Ii not doing. and with
each act there Is constant merry
making around the ring with not a
stale Joke or turn working overtime.
While the gentlemanly attend,
anita are passing around the tickets
for the concert" land It Is a splendid
concert. know, for doc" Waddeli
told me sol. keep your seats and
walt for the races"
They are ell stirring and danger
Gus, which means enjoyable. But II
you want real nerve-shaker. watch
the finale with twenty-one horses
tearing madly about the ring with
Austin King riding the last span like
Rhodan colossus, As those horses
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breath hot In your face; you see their
painting tanks rise and fall. their
eyes are glittering with effort and
you know II one should make a mis-
step there would be several dead
horses and probably dead man at
your feet.
1t h magnificent. good old barbar-
Gus sport. that makes you feel happy
In feeling that civilization has not
eliminated all the traits your grand
dads OF the stone age left YOU as a
heritage.
And II beats Santa Anita. for you
have no tickets to tear up as you
walk away.---Los Angeles Examiner.