The evening world., 1912-03-22
Serpent of the Nile Queen of
the Big Show Opened
at the Garden.
/ A OF WONDERS.
Bewildering Three Ring Pro-
m and Apt Political
Hits of Merry Clowns.

VAon ne cireus comes - sewn
80 an STAR nsHia' Do ossucA
~ aseus'.
NO shahs him, susn Nh us'ds
iowa
~ see, - he circus ss1ss - sswn.
The foregoing QuAtrsIn Vas con-
ts1buted to this narrative By Charles. the
encs boy. II was entirety unsolicited
ana there may be . motive lurking be-
bid Il. But Il 10 far more charitable to
suppose that II was simply . poetic out
oafst. concesiing no hops Of future re-
verd.
On the other hand. there II the possi.
nifty that the boy thought the chroni-
cter OF this event might Dc lschinx "
roper juvenile enthusiasm and he was
nfostering him . q II 70. Charles.
you are wronE. No n who was In
Madison square Garden last niGht to SEQ
sns opening OF the Bsrnum 4 Bailey
circus could fat OF enthusiasm.
s1he well known catch line. "orvatest
low on Earth" was lived up 10 far
more generously than In any year that
the BIG show has been here. And all
ever tho audience ono could zee boys
from eighteen to eighty who were hav-
lag the Time Of their lives. because. sup
pesing for q moment that the circus Is
. lady. one may well say Of her. - OF
Cleopatra. "asc cannot Nither her nor
custom stale her Infinite variety"
DAZZLING CLEOPATRA MADE A
NIT WITH THE oLo o0vo.
Al. speaking Of Cleopatra. II vas she
80 held every eye last niaht. and when
q last. pressing tho asp to her breast.
- fell dying across Mare Antony's
eoly tand = very sood fall ahe made Of
~ the Garden fairly rocked with APP
tlAuss. Fer the shSw orens tails year
Nth THE spectacle OF cleopatra"
10 the n ost brilhsl. tt!ns OF Us
tiad that has ever b-ea seen III this
ely. Cpon n hisL stIys erected a. the
1burth avenue cnd OF tns Garden th'
1nma Of tile scrpent % OLD Nile an
her Roman lover IN wieaE.t n a wa,
cat the boys OF y~srte.ytAr could ncve'
imagine.
PUpen this stage there are actual,
GUadreds Of play ers and ai'no<t as man,
hosses. There 10 a wonderful brIiiiahc,
= cessume and iisnung and . bale
NO. enough 10 supply crops to half q
1Dneo thsatrcs. Down = wide v way q
- SIDE. extending from the courtyard
uoeoss C~ieopatra's palace TO 8 srea
GeAos ten fest above the ring level. the
1na1ssds Of Egyp.iaus ase Romans. thu
0hsicians and tho dancing eiris, tn,
6~tOnitsries and dandies 81 ths dsy. tn,
6oustsd men and the chsriots come II
. dsssling stream. They nash bsfor,
- audience ~ they pass and then do
ccend again to the ground and twic,
circle the Garden.
II 10 diAhcult TO believe that thfs 10 par
& . circus which 10 to 20 out on TN
Rad. II seems too elaborate. II Is tn
nost ambitious thing that has ever beel
attempted for display under n ''b!s top.
and while It Ii In progress enc Il q
eoucentrated upon 1t that one forget
eae rings and the apparatus. the bar
and trsprzcs overhead. the lndehnabl
somell" o; the circus seems to go too.
And then. with the burst Of applaus
~ the end. M turns and In = flash q
~ old familiar things rome into view
ahers 10 BUD 0ormsn. The eQuestr1s
<eUeter. end Fred BrAdna. his asasi
-, eeuh e them breathing With relic
- % has zone oR - veil; thsre
nSsy Nooney. the saeohaHt man. VII
speak and wrte elsohaat bsttl
Gna any man In the chow business. IN
~ across the way. toWegtn0 ~ Of n
~ coat. 10 DsmosthGnae NAahans. II
saAiss and o~snusaDsa" ssau. Whs CO
Ne Garden With . vol1oot.
IAnA hoverins about sofusUhos In a
Idle distance v All. z. RaaGiing. u
iolker Of Cleopatra, ~ Il were. Z
Mn the praise. because the "spectacl,
Y his-and well may he De proud OF 1t.
And then a. one 10 waiting for Il
6Snderous p~aohydsrms Of the Moo
aSouage. one hears . voice Close by "a
~. Eyes. We have an elephant fout
minute (businsss Of taking
6Gebook from the pocket v the no
h~east)-four hundred and ssventy-s
pears old. Yes. Ser. four hundred q
ooseaty-Ax." A quick slant ever Z
shoulder reveals Dexter ysliows-a
thsa one knows that u v . circus.
WoMpGnFUL AIDING o. PRGrI
LITTLE AUSTRALIAN.
There 10 snothsg feature a the circ
which stood out u shssp vvlisf Il
alght. rhis was ~ si1jnG q Miss ~
With. the little AusteoeAn., n was b
1res appearance - thbs eo1eeyy. and
: bareback rider - shses Mks = a
Rena. II 70 ratheF 1tDeuit 70 cow
W description ths Asish 1t this 1T
Sfrl's performance. II sssms such
sesy thing. ~ she dese n. TO turn 90
ogssults forward and beckwasd on I