The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-03
THE CIRCUS THRILL
Visions of Paradise for Eitt1c FoIks by
the Hagenback- Wallace Shows.

Whas a thriH Che simple word Gig
Gus" sends through the heast of the man
who is still boy beneath the sherI
his battles with the world Mas given him.
That the circus of the past generation
has become the gigantic moving city OF
canvas covering a myriad OF features is
exemplifcd i'll the HagenbaCk Wallace
Shows which exhibit in Shreveport on
Tuesday, October II, and what VISIONS
Of paradise ana JOY supreme are these
greater amusement enterprises.
Swcef memories Of CHILDHOOD how OFT
-recaled, and among them stands or
prominently in the mind's eye the cir
Gus day as the star oS alI g4adsonle holl-
days shat passed 3Do yoU remember
Ihow sou watched Che men putting up
&c posters, those fascinating announce
ments Of Che Jog so come? do yOu &c
membeT how yon dela oser sheir buckets
oF pasee IN your desire COB ne the 6Sss
90 see, what Che aerial artists on the
nexV Sheet weTe going 8O do? no fairy
story ewes appealed sO gOH as afid chose
brillia11s pictuges on che billboard. fence
OF basn. To be spoken 60 Ey one oS Che
'actoVs was glosy enough 60 offset Che
securing Of any JOB shaS would allow
VOC 90 walk inSo she tene withN1t pay
ing Qua yoH7 money Sos Che privilege.
You wese proud Of Vous distinction and
VOC 6ugged % so goug Bosom as you
Joined the procession ana agod Che tam
bark path irrso Che Big snow. PeanuSs
ana pink qemonade was food zoe tfie
irnmortals ana necsas OF she gods COM
bineiq Voc gent 60 6he &ircUs expEt-
ing 60 Be q seclifess spendes and mo
petty economy could hogd you. Out into
the glare of she sunlight VOC came aftes
the Gepncera was ovefs blinking like an
owl in the daytime. OF sourss you
walked, We you felt as though sou
were floating on wings through crowds
in dream. The lot on which the gircus
had spread its tents was transformed
into something new, and strange, and
fascinating. You forgot that you had
ever played ball OF 1t; you did not re-
cognize anything about It; even the
streets m the distance seemed Infamil-
lar, or turned around, But JOY COM
pIete and permeating every fibre of your
being, was yours Though you must go
back to hunBdrum existence tomorrow
to school, or doing the chores about the
house, this they could never take away
from you. YoE had seen the circus and
for days after you would 1--we it over
again and again, waking or sleeping
YCu probably attempted some OF the
less difficult feats in your own back yard
with long stocnfngs for tights and
trapeze made OF a broonIstick and the
clothes line, to Keep the dream from
fading; but this was only fun and the
but die shadow OF a glorious reality that
had gone before. The circus had. CDn1e
and gone, and dizzy with happiness that
yotr would never Know ag9fn you went
slowly into the Ep0use.
Doubtless whem the Hagenback- Wal
lace Shows come to town you are going.
''NoH that L care for suotn things" you
may say to your neighbaF, "but the
children want to and they must be
amused" THAI sounds well; but sup
pose, Just for once, that you be strictly
HONEST with yourself LIZ you do that
you will say: Z am. gong because l
want to bring back a little Joy that was
ming in childHgod's happy days.