The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-15

Famed Talent" Attracts Crowd.
There was a circus, a real. modern,
clown and acrobatic circus. with a side
show appended. at the Y. NJ c. A. last
night, and so successful were the per-
formances that they will be repeated to-
night
For the modest sacrifice Of two bits"
which. translated into English, means %
cents, a spectator might witness hair
raising feats unequaled. it is said, by
professionals in Georgetown, Anacostia,
or Alexandria.
/ If by any accident the spectator had
the price of Decent cigar. he might
also have wandered through the intricate
mazes of a side-splitting side show, and
also, II he had not succumbed 10 laugh
ter in the side show, he might have pur-
chased peanuts by the bag, ice cream by
the cone. popcorn by the roll. and otheE
edibles usually found on the menu Of
modern knock-about circus.
"Barker, Gets Money.
Entering through the main doors OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. Building, the spectator
was reduced 20 AFFECT terror by the roar
ing OF a barker" who took the specta-
tors money and pushed him in the side
show. There sat Nine. Gree just like a
human being. charming snakes and look
ing pretty-pretty ugly. Nine. Bon Annie.
so the card read, dissolved in tub Of
water while bathing in preparation for
the show, and therefore could not be
present Nine. Bon Ami, they said, was
the Partisan heart-breaker.
Bridget Malone. recently imported from
a Massachusetts avenue kitchen, was
also present. but why no one seemed TO
know. Mithra the Persian princess, who
had just arrived by special airship, ap-
peared for one engagement and occupied
a throne against the wall. Some one said
her family tree had taken root in an
tiGuity.
Dame Darnasok, colonial belle. had
paint on her face when she arrived, but
most Of il had run on her dress when she
left Queen Menelik. nee Anjemna
Johnson Jones. blushed until she was
blacker than coal. flrted with every
body and enjoyed life a barker" said
she was the largest piece Of dark meat
ever served TO a sensation-loving public.
She weighed 723 pounds at the beginning
Of the show and was still growing when
It closed.
Just Chewed Gum.
Zallah. clad in pink gauze and gold
spangles, created thrills. and did moth
ing else except chew gum. There was "A
card pinned near the bottom Of her booth
which read. since the arrival Of Zal-
lah, the Egyptian beauty, there has been
no Mary Garden, Genee, or Ruth ST.
Denis" Every one expected Zallah 10
indulge in little exhibition Of the terp-
sichorean art. but she was a man in dis
guise and felt bashful.
When the side show closed rs doors at
o'clock, or Whereabouts, its audience
moved to the big snow" in the gymnas-
ium. Here were gathered fathers and
mothers. sisters and brothers. and q
fair assortment Of friends. who applaudej
the grand parade OF acrobats, tumhlers,
aerial swingers, high-divers, horizontal
bar performers, and the like, until sore
palm refused TO applaud.
Ringmaster c. A. Watson announced
the acts in a deep bass which was not
his own and snapped a whip at imaginary
horses in high glee After the overture,
the grand Introductory pageant other
wise known as "a panoramic procession
Of the worlds famed talent" wendell its
way about the gymnasium in tennis
shoes and bowed to the storm Of APP
plause.
The horizontal bar stunt" was per-
formed by the crack gymnastic team
composed Of Messrs. Sigel, Young, Han
sen, Long, Nesmith, Nelson, and Zorro
causing intense excitement by aerial
surprises" Clowns who filled the ring
with their antics and the spectators with
merriment were Messrs Wood, Peaslee
Strausbaugh, Owen, and Young. They
were a drol set, those comedians and
burlesquers.
Escaped from Chains.
Marvel Smith, who is really marvellous
escaped from chains and padlocks and
bags in a way that was mystic mar
: velous, and miraculous a fancy stick
drill was performed by quartet Of jolly
tars in simple life known as Messrs
Beckett. Long. Tenny. and Hansen.
The great aerial performers" who
improved on Halleys comet" were
Messrs. Nelson. ZORRO, Eliason. OFT. For.
tier, and Leonard
Tumbling acts, which were featured az
''the best porturing numbers of acrobat,
stars" was performed by Messrs. Nelson
ZORRO. McPhilomy. OFT. Hansen, Nesmith
Holyoke, and Ansey. Messrs. Young
Bockey. Sigel, Long. and Hansen, pre-
mier artists of the dual bars" performed
hair-raising tricks on the parelel bars
real nonchalantly.
Pyramids. which rivaled those OF an
cent Egypt were formed by Messrs
HOlyoke. Faustman, Rouse Blundell
Finucane, Nesmith, Osborne, Tenny
: Young. Warning. Ansley, Hansen, Mans
-, | field. Rudolph, Long Morgan Roberts