The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-02
Large Crowds Delighted at
Y. M. c. A. Yesterday.
STREET PARADE FEATURE
Procession Wends way
Though Association Building
There was the Strong Man, the
Menagerie and Usual Features of
a Big Circus Acts Cleverly Done

There was some class to the big
gym circus which was pulled off at
the Y. NJ. G.. A. New Years after
noon and evening. The attendance
at both performances was very good
and the public was delighted with
the novelty of the affair.
The circus was planned and di-
rected by II. L. Male, physical di-
rector of the association. MIR. Male
labored consistently to make the nf-
FAIR a success and his expectations
were more than realized.
Probably what might be consid-
erred the main feature OF the circus
was the grand "Street" parade which
preceded the main performance. 1t
was street parade held i'm the Y.
M. G.. A. Anl kinds Of ferocious
animals such as are known only TO
the wllds of Africa, were in the par
ade and there was DIR. N. #. Tilton,
the ring master, who handled them as
though they we're so many children.
The audience screamed with EN-
thusiasm and the STRONG man broke
his arm to amuse the people.
The fun makers, more commonly
known as clowns, were quite clever
and their work was much appreci-
ated. The clowns were J. Neldhart
F.. F'le!ds. and C. Myers. The Of
ficers of the police force who had full
change OF law and order throughout
the tents were DR.. Lawson, DR..
NIann, John Clark, @. Tueller, u.
Burke and Il. Zachman. DR.. N. II.
Tilton acted as ring master through
out the ceremony. II. McEldowney
was stage master and he played his
part with credit TO both himself and
the circus.
The program opened with a few
wonderful feats of strength which
were put ON i'm artistic style by Will
liam Hill and A. IIebscher. A troupe
of perfectly trained horses ridden by
Dr.. Lunger, II. Dollar, c. Long
shore, S. Folk, X. Marble, w.
Schaffner and w. Bull proved am in
teresting feature.
"a remarkable showing OF dexterity
and skill was shown i'm the forming
of pyramids, which was put on by
NIessrs c. Taylor, r, Fields, H..
Young, III. Crock, l.. FDsher, ID.
Bell, w. HILL, II. l.. Male, j.
Messenger and ". Mealey
II. f. Bond had charge of the gi-
gantic pachyderm, the largest ele-
phant i'm captivity. He displayed
great sloill I'M handling the beast
and was warmly applauded for his
bravery.
An electric wand drill was cleverly
put ON by II. Young, w. Hill, f.
Fields, II. Crock, IL. l.. Male. A.
Lebscher and G. Messenger put ON a
clever equiTibristic performance in
| the mid air. Frank Smith, the
man with the mighty arm, showed
some remarkable ietes OF strength
breaking nails, bundles of sticks etc
with his teeth and hands.
The Leader corps displayed some
clever athletics on the elephant and
the dance of the jumping jacks by
w. Hill and IL. l.. Male was some
! thing unusual and exceedingly clev'
en-. The volunteer Sunday SchooI
Messenger corps gave an exhibition
of fancy drilling which was much
appreciated.
The final number of the occasion
was death defymg- soul stlrrin2
and hair raising leap for life which
was put ON by C. Myers.
Red ''lemmo' was ON sale through
out the evening at various stands
and the small boys sold peanuts anl
pop corn i'm the large TENTS. The
side shows were quite we'll patron,
lied and they proved am important
feature of the occasion.