Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-18
THRILL Of CIRCUS
CAP7IvATES WORLD.
Lure of Tented Shows Revived by
Barnum & BaiIey's Exhibi-
ton Announcement
PROMISE NOTABLE FEATURES
Managers Will Offer Extraordi-
nary List of Attractions
in Los Angeles

There are three particularly happy
days in the American calendar, Christ
mas. Fourth of July and circus day.
OF these, circus day is easily the mer-
riest. AS if drawn by an irresistible
magnet, youth and age respond to the
lure of the posters, the same old post
ers that have charmed and controlled
our Imagination since boyhood.
In the worlds history circuses have
always been. interesting features in the
entertainment of humanity. They
bring into each city or town visited an
amount, of enjoyment for old and
young which cannot be calculated. The
children are simply wild with delight
from the earliest dawn of circus day
the eager expectancy of the street pa
rade, home for the hurried dinner,
then the show grounds, all the mar
velous Wonders of the menagerie tent
nothing but joyous merriment clear up
to the last act of the enormous three
ringed circus. -l--.4I
CIRCUS REMINDS OF YOUTH
The older people, even the "round-
ers," are reminded of the happy days
of youth. Here is one occasion in lite
at any rate. where every one may be
young again, may feel and act like
bows and girls in a good, old-fashioned,
wholesome manner and yell and ap-
plaud when particularly daring
equestrian or bicyclst performs some
astounding feat.
The circus, like most earthly things,
may have it's follles; but somehow 1T
holds a steady place in the human
heart It strikes sensitive chord,
however old we may be. There is no
a1.h .h1onHa1 hllf feels the
thrill of merriment when he hears the
circus bands and gets a glimpse of
the parade. Its novelty never grows
stale
To the youthful imagination this is
particularly so. The recollection OF
circus day in. our youth Is sincerely
cherished Those gay and fearless
bareback riders--were there ever NOR
tails so favored, especially when they
vaulted through a hoop alighting on
the steady back of the beautiful white
horse? The old clown-was there ever
anything in life so funny, or so wise,
as he .grimaced with his painted face,
and ran against the tent pole, mourn
ing the accident to his unharmed'
gilded nose? A.SS
The, equestriennes, irErspotless pink
andJwhite with gauzyG skirts, to the
childish fancy seemed like angels fly
ing Through the air on the cushioned
back Of a softly canteg$ng horse.
GLORIOUS RING sRaoTACLEs
We recall the old shabbily dressed
sailor coming into the ring, mounting
a rushing steed, and, throwing off his
ragged garments, appearing in his tin
seled glory, Then the wire rope walk
er, as dainty a fairy as ever f1uttered
out of fairyland; the trapeze perform
ers fitting from perch to perch ike
q bird in the woods; the man who
could do q double somersault oven the
backs of sixteen horses and three ele-
phants. While imagination waits on
memory there is no end to the reml-
niscences. ST.
No. institution in the world gives so
much wholesome pleasure and instruc-
tive amusement to the little folks as
the circus. The modern creator of cir
Gus programs, arranges his perform
ances to include many special features
which will appeal to the children, rec
ognizing at the same time the fact
that what amuses and edueates the
children has an equal attraction for
their elders. The proprietors of the
Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth are really commercial philan-
thropists. Immeasurable happiness
will permeate the entire Los Angeles
atmosphere Tuesday and Wednesday.
The circus is irresistible. You can
not escape the fever. You laugh and
chatter with the little folks, to whom
a circus is the great event of their
lives, more anxiously anticipated
than the joys of Christmas or the cell
ebration of Independence day.