Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-27
GREATEST COMPANY OF CLOWNS
1arnum and Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth Chock Full Of LAUGHTER.

SQrnum ana 6aiIov Greatest snow on
Earth Choek Full Of Laughter.
Among the fifty clowns with the
Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth are the representatives of ten
different countries, besides America.
The clown speaks a universal Ian
guage. In this respect he has an adj
vantage over the stage comedian. No
matter if he does not know word Of
English, he can make an American
boy or man. girl or woman laugh. He
tells his stories with motions. antics
and grotesque aphernalia.
1t would be useless to bring 4 for
eign stage comedian to this country If
he could not speak English. He would
have to return home on his trunk But
a Persian clown who has not enough
English at command to order a plate
Of ham and eggs can go out on the
sawdust of a circus arena and make
the biggest kind of a hit With the
Barnum and Bailey circus there are
two funny fellows. the GarCenttiS. who
are the greatest clowns in the world.
They are Italian by birth. but they
have lived long in Asia and for many
years have been court comedians in
the palace of the sultan OF Turkey.
There are the Geromes and James
Duval. from France. who can't speak
English but can make an Englishman
split his sides with laughter. There is
Waldo from Spain and Ford from
France. There is Rosie from Italy
and Olifant from Germany Glenn Nc
Intosh and VIII Scott are from Scot
land, and H. La Pearl is from Belgium.
Sam Bennett Is an Australian and so
Is Harry Shinr, while Dan Winslow
How Rjl1
Robinson are from England. These
fellows are the children Of Old King
Jolly. They invented sunshine and
taught the children of men how to
laugh.
One of the things that has made the
Barnum and Bailey circus famous is
it's clowns. The clowns Of other cir
cuses have looked to them for ideas
and have copied them. but not with
any success, for the imitator is like an
Alaskan diamond that merely reminds
one Of the genuine article and dsap-
points rather than satisfies.
When the big show comes to Mar
shalltown on Saturday, July 49, the
man who has no mirth in his makeup
had better lock his door and climb I'M
der the bed. If he gets within a rod
Of this army of care-killers he will
have to surrender A stone man could
not resist them. The performance has
so many thrills 1t needs a great deal
Of comedy for ballast. The versatil-
ity Of these-madcaps is pronounced.
Their work is. carefully thought out
and dovetailed into the performance in
most unexpected way. There are
tall clowns and short ones. There are
fat clowns who radiate humor and lean
chaps that compel laughter. They
seem to mistreat each other shame
fully at times, but that Is merely part
Of their art for they are good friends.
They get tangled up with tricky air
ships. blow up in funny automobiles.
fall out of rubber neck wagons and
now and then are so unruly that the
clown policeman has to take them off
in the blue wagon.
Among their various specialties are
an African hunting expedition. voy-
age to the North Pole. a trip to the
moon in crazy aeroplane. a burlesque
bull fight and hilarious barn dance.