The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
ALL DAY LONG AT TIE CIRCUS
HEViER ~ IDLE WOWENT RICk
STAGE IT THE iRDEN..



from a airls' seminary IN l,ndon straight
way took 20 the calling ct her ancestors
ard becamr an acrobat had things %
say back stage hefurs the sho~ hogan
the other dAv about the talse oplnion II
.srasricr and England concerning the
ecircua girl
she had just rot her NAH a, he stage
door and she throw aGeciiunais arms
sboait tho shoulder ~ Two dim'nutivs
nephcws az she spoke uephcws Who IN
los than an hour Vould prSnce loon the
a&wdlHt with auntie and the rest NJ the
family in gorgeous rcd and tinsel and
Re whirled across their particular ring
ain they locke like circular puffs or red
smoke
Sir rhilip ,irue-.IoneS once Objected 10
the eiTrontery OF the American phrase
sAn EnGlish accent bat that was Iust the
accent nG-nevsr ulnd h"r real name.
She IN billed ~ Nine n~k". and tn quote
George Monr,s shes very nioe and Ver'
uweet. and very. very pretty lfi, she
con grow indignant when certain topics
are brought M. indignant ~ the pro
vincfalism 81 America and her % N land
On the Continent. -hs -aid folks have
sense enough 70 resliz. that = circus SRI
can't st around IN an all night restaurant
and then expect the next day 20 swing In
tyfulA souncrsaults from trapeDs to
@apeSs
sYoun find good and bal everywhere"
RaiA Mime Dekc in cir~uaes and every
place slse: but among the crcua per
formsrs the moral standard IL higher.
much higher than IN pardon me.
hat ne must AL run upstairs to dres~ now
az yell be late and Nir Ship, our stage !
director. you know. will be iiapl~aSed |
TN be- glad to talk 10 you later
And YOU rho early in the morning had |
reported NJ the Garden for an all day ,
lock at the circus from point Of view
other than that enjoyed hy the audience. .
auiclEiy noticed that you hRd DELAYED the 4
youthful madam tDr already Tick Ford .
tho star clown. and George Holland. next
In authority in Glow nland. were made up
with powder ard paint and fo'.lishness
and were standing among the wagons .
And Mrs. Holland Helena Holland in a
xorGe,Ius chAntecler costume 81 feather.
and squire and things was putting final
tonches 60 Georges makeup While George 1
.traixhtened out her feathers. The /
DAINTY Spanish girl. Corduna. - No - the /
real star cf the show had just tripped ,
Down from her dressing room
D,1t no matter how anxious We may he
to roc a. the actual performance &c the I
early afternoon lets start Ia with the 4
day that 10 never started properly until
Nuko. the tiny bronze bantam who lives
with The nraHcs and makes believe he's
n GIRAFFE himself. crows and crows and |
90 causes the sun to rise.
On the recent dawn in question there .
had nos been . sound from a single cage |
-. -.
lse loose. GroomA and csinvasmen and .
workers. Of various kinds began to assem- /
hlee hen. Scarcely had little Mike stopped :
growing when q yell cane up from below
stairs for Doctor Nobody knew
whiah horso had kicked which particular =
Groom. but the circus is a family aud 80 =
tho high sslarled artist who had just
arrived. tho Erooms ard the nondescripts
known ~ roushnecks dropped every
thing else 90 waken the doctor aud tell
hina % hurry TO tho cot where Danny
HaGAn lay with q fractured ankle. When
me doctor had bound up Danny every
body stood around Cor q while 80 talk
u over aud then they went back tn work
The Garden interior - gray a. noon.
but IN the early morning hours 10 - irah.
Wh-p the horses hove finished thew
morning stroll you can make on rlohs
~ dAnnelled pers~us sJ-'tted here and
there all over the great oval ~ savdrst
fooling with nets and tackle and mats
Hoots and groans and snarls are begin
ninR TO come from The tar menaEeris
Black haired girls IN shiT, waists ana
bl0omers stroi! out on the saWdiIs' chat
ting and begin to practise thsir stunts.
You would think that the lending and
t=sseing and somersaultlng Il the two
q day" would he practice enough. but
circus folks ever want TO ne better.
Then there are elderly men. . bit corpu-
lent, who own an act and Who come out
on the sAWdust Ia the early hours accom-
panied by red checked little boys and
girls. some day these little apprentices.
who now are being taught ever 30 care
fully 90 whirl through the an. also will
thrill the thousands. but tor ten years
they must work without nav unless they
show particular aptitude. The little Ap-
prsntices are mostly foreign horn
On the morning m question a pretty
Spanisb girl all bed~cksd ia Nile green
Nounces. her eyebrows pencilled as "
for q Performance and her hair looking
- N che had just come from the hair
dresser suddenly blossonied out ot the
dressing tent door u the Garden. Pc
ntnd Der we're ADl. harrts IN evening
clothes and the Colonsls wife, Nine.
MArsntette. high hated and spurred
and riding hahiied ~ u u we're not early
IN the forenoon
rhsy we're going W On the roof ~ the
Garden e. be photographs. NJ YOU
started up with them there was an Uproar
IN the msnagerle. S~noritA Cor,bona
aDd tho Others were going peacefully 70
he photographed. but the roars 81 Mimi.
the mother honess. Shove ID that she alto
xBther disApprovsd Of the efforts ~ John
Patterson. the Tnsnageris magnats. when
gchn tired 10 take one IL Lena three
littls Cubs from her "a take IL 10 the roof
sud ~ pictured also.
ThS recipe for emitting . lion cub ont ~
the group huddled about she mothers
tawnY side - simple enough. First
you disregard the high pric~ ~ beef and
band mother a choice soup hone A. she
lands ou " az the far side - tho cage vO,I
shut her on there 10y showing IN am iron
partition. Then all Won have b. do ~ 10
wAlk IN among the cubs and pick no a
rod one nv fhe ss-rtiH 81 the neck ~