Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-17
REAL CIRCUS HERE
AImas Temple Is Sponsor for
"UnrivaIed Aggregation"
SHOW AT CONVENTION HALL
Shriners Present Star Performers in
an Attractive Bill to Crowded
House.

The circus is in town! Whoo-op-e-yi-e-e-e
Something new in circuses. A winter
indoor, two-ring. unrivaled performance
Hang OIL to the rope. all who know
the secrets OF the crescent and scimeta.
and the desert sands. For Almas Tenn
pie brought to Washington this latest.
greatest tan-bark show on earth.
And such a circus! Were not the
Shriners a great part Of the entertain
ment!
Have your tickets ready
Peanuts, cents a package: also
popcorn"
Lemonade, lemonade"-the pink sort
and sarsapar.lla and other harmless bot
tied stuffs.
Always Cling to the Rope.
And Shriners will not forget to hang
on to the rope Wear wraps If it is a
cold night.
All the Superlatiyes are provided
world-renowned artists, unexampled acts.
daredevil thrillers, fun unsurpassed Ac-
robats, trapeze performers. jugglers con-
tortionists, bareback riders tight-rope
walkers, clowns, thoroughbreds Arabs,
trek horses. dogs, donkeys, geese, a
trained turkey-all are there, and more
besides. And there is an atmosphere OF
the wild and woolly west as the per-
Torrance draws to It's close.
And last night Almas Temples Arab
Patrol drilled. These Bedouins may drill
again. but never again like that 1t was
a fine cavalcade and did good footwork.
work.
Potentate Kendricx's Dignity.
And didn't Potentate W. Freeland
Kendrick of LII IIu Temple maintain his
dignity in his ride about the arena.
mounted on q milk-white ass of the
desert? He was Lu Lu already. but
the home Shriners put one over that
time. Still, he hung to the rope.
The crowd in Convention Hall filled 1t
to see the circus. Nearly every other
man kept his head warm under feZ. 1t
was shriners' party
Almas Temple. the hosts, had as their
guests the members OF Lu Lu Temple OF
Philadelphia. And the Arab Patrol of
Almas Temple went through all it's tricks
or evolution on the tan bark ana was
rewarded with loud and -long-sustained
applause. The carnival spirit was on TAP.
The band began to play at about $3.50
O'Clock. Then, with loud fanfare OF
trumpets, the grand opening pageant cir
cled the hippodrome track. The circus
was on.
And nearly all Of the specialties and all
Of the performers were top-liners. The
latest the best and the most exciting
acts were assembled for this occasion
For Mystic Shriners were behind the en-
terprise.
There were horses and horses-those
that were just swift and well bred,
trained horses. fearless horses, horses In
troops and single performers.
Rinaldo Was "It."
Chief of them all was Rinaido, the only
two-stepping horse in the world. 1.-The
most perfect product of training" and
claimed by the Shriners as Washington
bred equine. He danced and cavorted as
can no less-perfect horse. Then Omar.
the airship horse. who, dauntless In his
aeroplane. flies to the roof OF the hall.
and bllnks not one eye while pyrotechnics
dazzle and sputter all around him.
The famous Nelson family-three
generations of acrobats. one OF them
small enough to be carried In Glad
tumbling. The seigrist family. just
as famous In their field OF entertain