The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-29
THE CIRCUS GIRLS
 RETIRE TO FARM

From the Providence Journal.
 Helen Englehart, one time sharpshooter and champion swordswoman of the world;" Betty Rose former hurdle rider and strong woman with Mir, Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth, and Marie De were, who has been tripping her way through life in Oriental dances and sval- lowing .mswords with as much apparent relish as an epicure devoms raw oysters. have spent the best. years of their lives beneath the "big top or before the foot ngnts, and as matter of choice have settled down on Rhode Island farm.
 It would be difficult to find a more in- congruous trio or one better adapted for carrying out the plans which the "circus girls have formulated. They differ in nationality, in personal appearance and tastes and their professional careers were in no way alike.
 This dissimilarity may have been re- sponsible for bringing them together, and if there Is any truth in the old saw rela- tive to the inability of likes to agree the Farmhouse should be an idylic shack of perpetual bliss as far as it's domesticity business is concerned. For contrary to the general opinion of their neighbors. they are not sisters, neither are they Ger rlans. One is native of America an- other of England and the third of Aus tria, and in practically everything with the exception of being former show girls and having desire to provide a home for themselves in their old age they are as widely separated in their tastes as are the countries in which they were born
 But withal there are few hearthstones iii the old South county about which there is quite as much jollifcaton as there ap- pears to be in the "circus girls ]" retreat on the hill. No one within the township pretends to take a roser view of life, and native tillers of the soil, who seldom get a glimpse of the great outside world to make them dissatisfied, are probably less contented with their lot in life than is the strong woman," sword swallow err and champion fencer," who are set ting down to spend the evening of life in the strange environment. -
 While in Boston Miss De We're usually boarded at a house which was run by the Misses Englehart and Rose and with tho idea of providing a home which she could call her own she suggested to the others that they club together and purchase a farm.
 The suggestion was favorably received. Helen Englehart, who is credited by her companions as being a wonderful cook and having remarkable head for busi- ness, save the wisdom of the proposed change. On farm which they could manage by themselves they would be as- sured of a much better living than they couiu Set III tic ldrSe cllieS anu the lH- come derived from their savings would have greater purchasing power in tfss country.
 They pooled their savings, purcha sed a 4O-acre farm on the crest of Teffts hill and are proceeding to settle down. Tho work on the farm logically divided itself Miss Englehart, witfbher head for business matters and skill in the culinary department, was made chief cook and general manager. Betty Rose, with her great strength, was the logical candidate for outdoor work which ordinarily falls to the lot of the boss farmer and hired man. Miss De vero found congenial em- p,oyment as goddess of the poultry yard