The Washington herald., 1908-02-28
NEAR -CIRGUSIN TOWN
Pseudo Clowns Do Stunts in
Y. NJ. C. A. Gymnasium.
SIDE SHOWS ARE ALSO BUSY
Small Boys with FiddIes Make Dis
cOrdantIy Merry, While Spectators
Hope Bass Drum Will Break-Bed-
ticking Man-eating Python Vies
with Airy, Fairy Human Whale.

Right this way See Jaw-Jow-See. the
w.lds of Alexandria. Only half human.
The other half is bare"
on entering the marble halls of the Y
NJ. c. A. last night. ones eyes would
have rested on q sign Of this description
painted on the kind Of everlasting seen
only in side shows. If the hay-eating.
hair-tearing variety of semi-humanity did
not greet the eye, Maj. Dodo. the tallest
man on earth, did, or else Nine. Non
tunn. the human whale, who tips the
scales at sc pounds, and whose dainty
figure even canvas failed 10 wholly con-
cea;.
A mid-winter circus. with side show
and peanuts. was the Y. NJ. c. \. last
night. A real live circus. minus the sGw-
dust, held sway in the gymnasium of the
q streeI building. when clowns and aero
bats provoked laughter and applause.
In the gymnasium a mob OF small
sized boys fiddled to hears content but
the music was mistaken by many for an
overheated radiator. O. a pack of fire
crackers going of haphazardly. The
base drums steady roar was so proni-
nent that one could almost imagine a
real circus band had come to town.
sure Enough Cireus Ring.
From the mutiny in the juvenile band
ones attention was attracted 10 a sure
enough circus ring. surrounded by crowds
on all sides.
At the last dying thud OF the base drum
he
heralded the grand parade and review Of
the entire circus in a eonglomerate bunch.
Prot. Maurice L. Joyce acted as ring
master. The programme said the parade
was 'the entire company Of performers in
a series of bewildering marching evolu-
tions in the ring" and it was not far from
wrong
Looking at the parade from a stand
point Of the number of persons in line
and cut Of line, New York's Hippodrome
was rivaled. Clowns and pseudo-clowns
and other kinds Of white-capped and pale
faces romped and We'd with each other
to create smiles.
To give the evenings fun Il martial
tinge, the Y. NJ. c. AS Company Of Ma
tional Guards went through an exhibition
drill. and gave the spectators an idea
what the regular army of the United
States ought to be like. Then horizontal
bar feats were accomplished by gym
nasts from the Columbia Turnverein.
August Duehring and Fred Rider did truly
remarkable feats in jumping over barrels
and jumping out Of barrels blind-folded.
Turnverein Does Stunts.
c. Taylor performed hair-raising stunts
on the flying rings, and then clowns did
side-splitting acts.
Ballets performed by a trio Of jump
ing-jacks provoked hilarity Then the
Columbia Turnverein accomplished a
few crack stunts on the parallel bars
Some more clowns then took up some
more time. Club swinging followed the
clowns, c. T. Howard being the perform
er with Indian clubs. The Bruno troupe
did some wonderful tumbling acts More
clowns came next Then rope dancing
and songs and dances were performed by
Miss Madiline Smithson, Miss Adrian
Schreeves. and Miss Leona Callen
Sensational hippodrome races closed the
programme, and the crowds fled out and
spent few minutes looking in at the
side shows with Lulu, the snake girl. and
her man-eating python, which was made
Of bed ticking
The circus viii be repeated this evening