Evening star., 1909-06-13
.ElKS' SHOW READY
Rural Jubilee Promises Great
Entertainment.
OPENS ON WEDNESDAY
Circus, Side Shows, Daring Spec
tacles All to Be There.
CLUBHOUSE TO BENEFIT
Marine and Naval Bands to Provide
Concerts Every Evening
at Benning.

Tents are up and buildings and booths
are all in place out at Benning for the
Elks' big circus and rural jubilee, to be
given Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
June Is, II and 1S.
Formal ceremonies will signalize the
opening next Wednesday afternoon
Thenceforth it will be matter of fun and
frolic.
If the Elks' patrons do not get all they
wish for, the managers claim. it will not
be through any fault of those preparing
for the big show. Emphasis is laid on the
fact that the fun will at all times be kept
within decorous bounds
The purpose of the rural jubilee Is to
enable Washington Lodge, No. Is. b. p
0. Elks. to repleoish it's treasury for
charitable objects and to help with the
work of furnishing the new clubhouse
completed last year.
Important Entertainment.
The third annual rural jubilee may best
be termed a modernized rural jubilee .
All the acts have been imported" John
J. German. chairman of the circus com.
mittee. will have expert advice on the
way the circus shall rum
The spectacular sensation of the tubIee
is the high dive act of the Nords This
daring couple, man and woman, will brin2
TO Washington tomorrow a platform 11I
feet nigh, mounted on steel rods From
this they will dive into tank Of water
six feet deep.
This act will be performed four times
daily, once in the afternoon and three
times at night. During the night per-
formances the Nords dive with lighted
torches attached to their bodies. There
will be great flaming torches about the
sides of the tank into which the dive will
be made.
Herman Richards. chairman Of the out
door attractions committee. has engaged
as an outdoor attraction Edwards and
Bliss. who perform in a trickhouse act
which is both mystifying and amusing
A big find' for the circus Is Lies
Theodorows." aerial artists, late Of the
New York Hippodrome.
There will be real live clowns, too. The
Rice Brothers. exponents of triple bar
comedy and acrobatics, will also appear
with the Elks' circus. Their act of the
Chinaman, the Rube and the tramp will
be given. Trick dogs and we'll trained
ponies put through their PAGES by the Di
Dios family will be among the features
that should please.
Side Show.
Outside the circus tent. which. by the
way. is the largest the Elks have ever
ndu, Will De SlO0 snow. Under this
tent will be all the monstrosities OF the
age. One of the features is "The Demon
Child
And then there will be cane racks pea
nuts and every other side line that ever
went with well regulated circus
Harvey Ellis is the chairman of COM
mittee having the music In charge, and
he and his fellow-workers have secured
the Marine and Naval Academy bands.
The leaders Of both Of these organiza-
The Marine Band will give concerts
Wednesday and Thursday event, IS in a
specially constructed bandstand. The Ma
val Academy Band will play Friday.
There will be forty men in each organiza-
ton.
Even now the big barn is ready for the
dancers. There will be a good orchestra
for the dance music. This is to be inde-
pendent Of the band concerts.
Near the entrance to the barn" will be
the ice cream booth. where ladies will
serve ices and cream. Across the Main
street. will be the shop of the Candy
Kids" Everybod In the bureau of en-
craving and printing knows Candy
Is ids" They are all employees Of that de-
partment of the government, headed by
Messrs. Johnson and Dooley, chairman n
and secretary of the committee. They are
going to cut few caperS in white suits.
Country Store.
The country store is expected to be a
busy place. NJ. B. Fenton, chairman of
the committee having this in charge has
collected a stock Of first-class goods and
is we'll supplied with assistants.
Some of the prettiest girls assisting at