Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-06-12
THE CIRCUS,
A Colossal Assrekation Of First Class At
fractions

A Colossal Assresation Of First Class At
fractions.
When the Greater Norris and Rowe
circus exhibits in this city tomorrow
Saturday. afternoon and night u
family of circus performers will be
seen by the name of Orion. There
are eight members of this family
which includes young men and wo-
men. Their father before them was
in the circus business and conducted
rather pretentious circus in the
New England States under the name
of the Myles Orion circus. This
family are indeed versatile. for they
have clowns, wire-walkers, jugglers,
trapeze artists among them, and their
bicycle riding on very slender wire
at the very tip of the tent, and divers
other hazardous and thrilling feats
are astounding. During the run of
Norris and Rowe circus in San Fran
cisco, this spring, of sixty perform
ances, 279, 1913 persons paid admission
to the big show. The Orion family
were among the distinct hits of the
big programme which contains the
names of performers of worldwide
reputation; performers from every
cline in the civilized world.
Units issue of Monday January 18th.
the Euening Bulletin of San Francisco
said: The Greater Norris and Rowe
circus, museum, menagerie, hippo
drome and congress of nations. began
an indefinite engagement in the large
Auditorium building, situated and
occupying the block at the corner OF
Fillmore and Page streets. The per.
Torrance given were a revelation,
and mark new era in the evolution
and transformation of this class OF
amusement. The large audiences
were taken by surprise at the magni.
tude and excellence of the enter
tainment. Among the peformers
and there are upwards of POO of them
appear the names of artists of Inter
national reputation. Among then
being the Peerless POtters, aerialists
the HOney-Mora troupe, aerialists
the Mcdonald family, bicyclists; the
Orion troupe, wire walkers, clowns
jugglers, and trapeze artists; the
SuigOmoto family, Japanese perform
ers; Herzog's high-schOOled horses
direct from their long run at the Hip
podrome. New York city; Geisler's
comedy and dancing elephants; RUN
leys trained Siberian bears, stag
hounds, llamaS, zebraS and Other
animals in a big combination act
Settlers educated Shetlands; Mile
Flni's Arabian stations and the
wonderful Pizini troupe. All these
acts have appeared with the
big European circuses and hippo
dromes and any one of them would
be strong enough for the future Of
any show, The riders are Rose Dock
rill, Miss CASTILLO, Mile Fini, Nellie
Ashton, Geo. Holland, Frank Miller.
Austin King, John Deere, Mickey
Feeley and William Gibson. The
performances are first-class in every
respect, and if Norris and Rowe
don play to standing room at every
performance, they will not receive
what is due them" The date of ex-
hlbltion in this city is set for Satur-
day June 18th, afternoon and night.
The performances will be the same
as those given in San Francisco, in
every particular, and to which 49,
o73 persons paid admission to see
during the phenomenal run of sixty
performances, in that city of the big
circus. BY arrangement with the
blg amusement combine, Norris and
Rowe will be the only big circus to
visit this section.