The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21

most elaborate educational and amuse- |
ment feature ever devised: the Frax-
zls. ! fun palace for old and young:
Nut College. where there II : laugh at
every turn: the funny Bumps: Cupid's
Travel. q surprise feature: the Figure
tight. ever popular: the Miniature
Railway, the Tower and Scenic Rides:
the Carousal: the Ball room: the
great bathing beach with mile OF
dressing rooms for men and women;
the beautiful clsb house. the charm
ing lake with its boats and launches:
the Submarine Bridge; the immense
new popular-priced cafe and restaur-
ant which can feed 10000 people
daily; the free vaudeville theater: the
free band concerts, free Illustrated
songs and a score Of other attractions.
Chester opens May 9Th.
Haaenbeck-Naiiace Shows.
The circus parade having become an
honored institution with the public,
and the event looked forward to with
keen interest, the great Hagenbeck-
Wallace Shows. which exhibit here
April 30 have not abandoned feature
SO essential to complete realization OF
all circus day calls for and promises.
Rather. there has been greater effort
than ever before to make the pageant
of the present season more inspiringly
beautiful and novel than those that
have gone before With complete re-
construction and enlargement of the
Hagenbeck-WallaceS Shows the task be-
came comparatively easy, merely call
ing for a financial outlay in proper
ton to that in other departments. The
thousand people and four hundred
horses we're sufficient in number. but
the demands Of the parade designers
were for new floats, dens. cages, lairs,
tableau cars, band vehicles. chariots
and new costumes and trappings
throughout. An appropriation amount
ing to small fortune was called for
and made. Artists who have made q
speciality Of festival decoration design
ed the many new wagons, directed
their construction and personally
worked out the splendid color schemes.
Expert costumers designed and con-
ssructed the variegated uniforms and
regalia, using the richest clothes and
finest materials. The clothes Of gold
and silver and the howdahs with
which the elephants are covered and
bedecked are of Oriental design and
architecture and rich in color1ng be-
yond description. The ffiigreed trap
pings Of the horses and their bejewel-
ed brides and headdresses are tri-
umphs Of the art of the harness-maker
and silversmith. Banners and heral-
die devices are of embroidered silks
and satins. The Oriental section lends
picturesqueness beyond compare.
Animal cages containing rare and
wonderful wild beasts. trained to obey
the master-will OF man. are disclosed
to the astonished gaze, while the mar
velous geological exhibits are shown
in all their savage beauty. Such is the
veritable fairyland Of pageantry out
shining the famous Arabian nights
and feasts of India. gathered together
in a parade that has never before been
equaled by circus aggregation.
Litchfieid Trio.
The Neil Litchfield Trio, the popu-
lar entertainers, who are to give the
next entertainment in the Y. NJ. C. A.
and Earlham college course present
one of the most novel and genuinely
humorous entertainments in the I.y-
ceum. It is surprise after surprise
from the opening to the closing num-
Der. II you want to laugh go and hear
the Neil Litchfield Trio.
At The Arcade.
Wednesday, What three little tots
saw in the Land of Nod"
The tots are put to bed and snugged
up for the night by the tender hand Of
their mother, who after seeing that ali
is we'll retires to her own quarters
leaving the youngsters to snooze in
innocent bliss. Suddenly there is q
great transformation scene and the
dollie which is lying at the foot of the
bed turns into good Fairy and we
next see her taking the three little
tots for trip to the beautiful Land of
nod. They go away to an unknown
place and there enter q submarine
boat. after which we see them diving
to the bottom of the sea where they
are waited toward the north pole, and
they thoroughly enjoy the perilous
trip as they skid along the bottom Of
the mighty deep. They then enter the
palace of Jack Frost and here they are
shown the most profound courtesy
and the sight that greets their eyes
Is indeed marvellous.