Arizona republican., 1910-09-27

their riders executing graceful tandem with exhibitions in each of the rings, demonstrating their superior intelli- gence and remarkable cleverness. It would be useless to attempt to enumerate the clever acts, for they were all clever. They simply have to be clever to be identified with the cir GUS. But the act of La Belle Victoria CodOna, who performed sensational and daring feats on slack wire, was probably one of the best received and most fearsome exhibitions. Without protecting nets or other apparatus to save her from injury in case of a fall this little woman executed feats as absolutely opposed to the laws of gra- Vitation as were ever attempted by any human being. Dozens of times it seemed that she must certainly plunge to the platform only to right herself and stand smiling before the awe struck audience. A novel act showing the remarkable strength of a beautiful woman was that of Mile La Faille who forms with her body an arched bridge and supports the entire La Faille troupe of four, together with all the paraphernalia weight of over half a ton.
 The six Neopolitans, the Imperial Viennese troupe and the La Troupe Lamar presented acts of skill and sureness in which the performers fly like winged birds across the dome of the arena or are tossed from hand to hand like bttrnan ha
 The appearance of the marvellous ChimpanZee, Charles I, was greeted with applause and the act of this missing link" was worthy of every bit of applause it elicited. His trainer, oswald Hillardt Liar, has succeeded in training this little wonder until his actions are most intensely human. Charles 1 sits at a table and orders his dinner the same as any frequenter of the best cafes. He disrobed and prepared for bed without assistance and he rode bicycles with greater skill and daring than any human rider ever appearing before the public. It was the unique act of the entire circus.
 And the entire performance wound up with the great hippodrome races and track contests which sent a thrill through every person in the great au- dience and brought a sigh of relief when it was all over. The act of Des- perado, who dives from the dome of the tent to the arena, alighting on his chest on an inclined pltform, was q fitting climax to the Greatest Show on Earth.
 The most highly amusing and enter taining feature of the show was the great troupe of clowns who drove dull care away and whose antics were eX- cruciatingly funny There were so many of these that it was not possible to obsetve more than a small portion of their acts.
 There were clowns on four legs, clowns on two; clowns the cutest you ever knew; clowns on the earth, clowns in the air, clowns in the water. clowns everywhere; clowns in seal skins, clowns in hair; clowns with whom no others compare; clowns in motley, clowns with wings; clowns that accomplish marvellous things; clowns in dress suits, clowns in kits clowns in long skirts, clowns on stilts, clowns that mimic every fad clowns that make the millions glad, clowns that cause the buttons to fly, clowns at whom you laugh till you cry clowns of every nation and cline clowns uproarious all the time, clowns and more than you ever saw, clowns that make the world hawhaw.
 It was one of the most orderly cir cus-day crowds ever seen in Phoenix Of course, the police had their hands full, but they arrested no desperate criminals and received, Do reports of serious disorder. There were the usual number of drunks and the city jail which was well filled with these before night. Officer Hosmer arrested an Indian po- liceman who was intoxicated and who was toting a gun. But that was prac- ticaIly the worst case taken in during the day.
 A large measure of credit is due Chief Moore and his officers for their watchfulness during the day and last night and it was due to his watch fulness that greater disorder was pre- vented.
 The afternoon performance was re- peated last evening in the big tent and late at night the cirsus in it's entirety moved out with four trains and will show today at Tucson. And when the last act was performed, the band played the inspiring strains of the national hymn while, with the poet, the crowd surging through the en- frances murmured:
 "The show is oer-the races run
 All out and over rings the cry. The lights are lowered, one by one;
 The crowds depart-'Good night
 Good byei'"