The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
The Corn Palace At
traction as the Big
gest Thing Yet
WILL COST $4,000
Has Forty Foot Ring For the
Circus Feature and Many
Wonderful Acts

The European Hippodrome has
been engaged to fill the week of the
Corn Palace as the main attraction
in the building The representative of
the company, Mr.. +. M. Barnes, of
Chicago, was in the city yesterday,
and after a meeting with the corn
palace committee and the Commercial
club, it was decided to engage the
Hippodrome Us the main attraction
the NEST expensive attraction the
committee has ever secured in the his
tory OF the palace, and will cost the
extraordinary sum of $40, 600 But it
is in keeping with the policy of the
management to give the visitors to
the city the very best in the way of
entertainments
At the meeting of the two commit
tees esterday the question of what
this year, the band question was dis
cussed most thoroughly Ever since
the corn palace was begun back in
1892, the main attraction has been
some noteworthy concert band, and
they have all been here-Sousa the
Banda Rosa, United States Marine
band, Conway's band, and many 9TH
ers, in fact the best the world has
produced. The band has always been
popular with the general public, al
though the suggestion has been made
by visitors that some other kind of
an Attraction might be secured to
take the place of a band. This has
been investigated year after year, but
at no time was there anything found
which would measure up to the same
high standard OF entertainment and
amusement until the Hippodrome pro-
position was brought to the attention
OF the corn palace management. 1t is
a very popular form of entertan-
ment i'm New York City, where the
Hippodrome has met with marvellous
success, and there is little or no rea-
son why it will not become as pop
ular with the corn palace.
Many Big Features.
The Hippodrome is made up of a
series of best acts of the country,
which will be presented on the stage
of the corn palace, containing a ring
forty feet in diameter, and which will
be sufficiently large as to permit of
the largest acts with the best kind of
a presentation. 1t will be necessary to
extend the front of the stage eight
feet into the auditorium, and an eX-
tension to the east and west for larger
dressing rooms for the members OF
the company, while buildings will
have to be erected in close proximity
for the horses, bears and dogs which
are u part of the performance
The following are the component
parts of the Hippodrome:
Albert's polar bears, 10 in number
and doing fine comedy act one o1
the most wonderful performance
ever presented by animals
Madame Bedini presenting hel
three trained horses, possessing al
most human knowledge and goins
through with the most intricate acts
The Seven Belfords, the world
greatest gymnasts, giving a marvelou
exhibition of expert hand and arm
strength. They do their work wit
brlliancy and speed, and makes on
of the strongest of the Hippodrom
acts.
Headliners are the Marco Twins
acknowledged to be the creates
laughing hit They are really the lon
and short of it in comedy, for one Q
the men is nearly six feet tall, Will
the other is a mere midget Thei
act is uproarously funny, and wi
call to mind, in a way, the great pol
ularity that Hayes and Healey reacl
ed in the corn palace a number {
years ago. This act, without doub
will create the greatest amusement {
them all. They are both accomplishe
comedy acrobats
Martin and his fourteen dogs wi
display the greatest amount of inte
ligence ever seen in the canine far
lily. There have been dog perforr
ances in Mitchell heretofore, b,
none of them will touch the Mart
feature.
The four members of the Lui
Picaro troup stand at the head of Il