New-York tribune., 1911-03-24
CIRCUS OPENS IN GARDEN
Returns to City Rich in Novel
ties. Surprises and Delights.
ELEPHANT HERDS TRIUMPH
It's Performance Rewarded TO
It's Excellence by Henry
Mooney with Carrots.


NV peou'e did we'll to-nicht." said
Harry Mooney. the boss elephant man, as
he stood IN the basement Of Madison Square
Garden last night beside line Of shape
lces gray masses that wesved from side tn
side in tho semi-darkness Mooney had
shucked his scarlet uniform Jacket and
dirty blue Jumper did not 80 particularly
wen with glossy patent leather knee boots
and white pith helmet But that didn
matter 10 "his people" They were siad
erouah 10 see HIM and 10 squeal and uuW-
re' with delight as he passed from one I"
another. dolng out delicious bits Of carrot.
That's for good performance. sald
Mooney.
DO they know 80 asked ono who STOOD ny
Yen" said Mooney. As be turned to feed
tho last piece 80 zig Babe. the work Ole
rhant. who never figures IN the grand
march AT all. but who IS All there when II
comes 10 hutting the red wagons ont of the
mud when the circus gets ont INTO the
sticks
I-nstairs I'm the arena. three rings
coupIe Of stages. some upper air apparatus
3 score Of busy clowns cold searchhsh'S'
reanuts AMI a band We're hustline 10 make
the greatest. crandest. biggest, best show
on earth success And for satisfaction
In a circus line II is easy E" set No"'
r,orev's worth. There are no acute 'n'''S
this wear. Nobody loops the loop cats hFe
snakes. gapS the gap or cuts MS H'd" ,.'
and sticks - back It's more INK" an on
,ir,e circue And there Is action from '''
i'm, that "Egypnaus ph'listines. fh%m
cans Sabrrniaus. Africans. AramAhS'
,b,ssinians and others. together win
mounted guards. trumpeters. heraids, char
,o,aer. knights. mobiles. hen priests root
.oid,ars arcbers. warriors. idol men. han
nor hearers. dancing girls fan girls s"a.
INK hours. pages. houSeh"id S'' '''
slavoe servitors. horses. sacred beasts
trained animals. triumph7I cars
,,a,s,e ,roruSes. otc." ." enter the ring 10
Tho very last "thunderirc. desperate an"
fYrioue four-horsc Roman chariot race
sf,or which an climb ont of thor S'al' '''
hustle to tho subway
Some Of the things boSt worth src ne arc
the icamy Ladies. group Of 1.-the fenai'7
who do trapezc work with their oNeidSh'S
I'D o. sune~b DISREGARD for life. the SIX
t.crvot.. . Magyar bareback ridiuG troupe
charlie, First and other monkeys. -" con
Gated to a consul standard. and tho Azo'''
aggregation If Japanese acrobaiS
rl.rc D., am Amazonian lad> VII" J'-
elce her 1S,-pouud husband around NI''
lie etl1 OF biscuit shooter carr ins az
arr,f,,I of dishes in Sixth avenue f'Sld"-
,ar.- only size never lets lru fall ana so
there IS 40 crash
Gee. she's almost as big As our cook
amt shc rapao" said ouc small hoy 10
his father
A. usual the seals 'amc in for 'neH
.rs,c or appIausc. The animal men say
shat the seals are only fishes after all. ana
isvo to bc fcd al the tim" or they won
,rnrl. and that they really haven't mH'
moro sense than the sirades hat they
i.,~rl. halls of fire aud ride horseback I'D
!. startling fashion The big shows seals
-rc tlo ,'cvercst out of water performers
seen horo ,n many O. moon. If Herbert ih'
Troemap f., excepted Herbert. CARING Tit
no or uotIiu. for bis person. ties himself
fo au .t l shapes. ending up with
CROSS lf'n,.u o. lovers Not and Tho 'ia-
ono of ;br sensational features ~ The
SNOW b. tine balloon horse Jupiter. which
Is drawn upward on n platform suspended
heneaih q huge airship Mile. Carroll. his
rider exhibits an array of white teeth as
the spotlights play on hor and Jupiter.
far up under the iron .irGcrs Then q tor
rent Of vari-coored freworks splashes out
from every part Of the apparatus. greeted
bv the Obs ana Abs that always
follow when q rocket bursts.
TO get back TO the Lean. Ladies. they
are not the only aerial actors in the snow
Near the end of the progammc there is
a galaxy of air stars that are breath
taking. To most people the trapeze work
has the call Of all the circus, and the big
show seems TO have recognized this appeal
This year. over twenty Of 'cm in the air
at once is A sight 10 see. ana tine hazard
Of danger seems al there. even II the big
jute nets are stretched below.
After all. La Belle Victoria did not 20
down 10 Chihuahua 10 help ont the Ma
deros She was there last night, swinging
on the slack wire while the band played
the Barber Shop Chord" just as she did
last year. La Belle Victoria seems 10 have
something on Eva Tanguay when il comes
10 the I-don't-care stuff. for she's swinging
the wire deeper than ever this season. Two
life insurance agents in centre box gaSpcd
and hurrIcdly left the show.
All OF o'H n'S' hu"NH H''I' 'I'"S press
agents. such o. Dexter Folowes. Whiting
Allen and J. Ryal. are with tho show ~
usual Standing with them I'm the lobby
last night was MAJOR Burke. of the "Bill
show" who. as over. wore white ~hiskcrs
sud the decoration conferred on him by tho
shah Of Persia, the Sultan If Turkey. the
Sultan Of Sulu. or somebody or other.
''Oh. New York's very well. and I like TO
Of these. but ] Ike 10 got ont ON tho
road The roof of tho Garden h. very fine
and big but when SEQ the big ton swelling
in The wind | begin 10 feel real circusy.