New-York tribune., 1911-03-20
SHE'LL LEAVE THE CIRCUS
May Walk Telegraph Wires,
Carrying Soup to Rebels.
STILL, THERE ARE OTHERS
The Romance of the Big Show
and Some Others Narrated
by the Press Agents.

The circus is in town. It's press agent
received representatives of the newspapers
az Madison Square Garden yesterday. He
said In part:
Say. fellows, set wise. It's something
awful What do YOU think? You know
the girl who's going TO do the big tight rope
act? That's the one-La Bella Victoria.
feature of the show Some girl. too, be-
lieve me- Well. it's about her. Hold your
breath and don't let your heart stop dead
when ] tell you. She's going to leave.
We'll any way. they said she might
Her dad, YOU know. is a personal pal of
that guy Madero, who's running the mix-up
down IN Mexico. Wouldn't come 10 town
until he was sure Mr.. Limantour had got
cut. He wants to go back To the old soil
and help his feller countrymon fight for
liberty. And If he goes-well, he's the
boss. You know; he's her manager. | sup
pose she'll have TO go along Red Cross
lassie. Pretty sight she'd make, walking
telegraph wire 10 carry soup TO wound
Cd nsurrecto.
But, can the crouch. there's others that
are worth looking at, too. And maybe she
may not go after all. Old man Cordona-
rez-ha5 just got touch Of memory over
the times when he used to stick the bulls
at Juarez and Guadalajara. and he wants
to get back now and stick some federals
He's an old matador. you know; but he's
100 old for that game now. and somebody
will probably remind him Of 1t If he starts
IN vamOose.
and, az / let on before. there's others.
Look at the Slegrist-Silbon bunch. Maybe
you didn't sec them when they were here
| three years ago. Well they made such a
lit then that the greatest show on earth
saw n would have TO bring them over from
England again this season or get run out
Of business. There are twelve OF them,
YOU know-count 'em--twelye all in the air
at once There isn't light in the place
when they begin their stunt, and the little
Girl on top flashes the colorod incandescents
until your blnkers nearly melt trying 10
follow her
But the aninals-take Il from me. YOU
have TO hand II to the animals There are
going TO b. ten horses playing real tunes
on glass bells. and Boss Patterson says
hes got twelve Arabian ponies that do a
cake walk Mt for a ballroom. Then there's
Chmmie Fadden; everybody knows Chin
mic. Poor little monk. he's sick. Looks
almost as IL he was going to die. He sits
IL a Morris chair just like human being,
and shakes his little head slowly once or
twice. and coughs and leans back with a
sigh that goes right to your heart.
And Bambino-but they had 10 leave
Bamhino behind. In his one year Of life
ne has grown 10 he as dig almost as his
mother. and she's got neck like n tele-
graph pole. Bambinos the young giraffe,
you know They're building a cage for him
UP in Bridgeport now.
Don't forget the elephants. They're all
with us again. Pilot and Babe and Big
, Babe. and they're all swinging their heads
up and down. UP and down, or else getting
their whole big hulks into the game with a
sort Of a fore-and-aft, starboard- port mo-
ton. They're just as anxious TO get pea
nuts as they ever were, too. and when you
breeze UP 10 the Juice Joint for the first
time next Thursday night, don't forget q
good, big bag of elephant food for Pilot"