The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-01
TWO GREAT CROWDS ]
ENJOY BIG CIRCUS
Barnem s. Bailey Shows Of
fer More Than Hundred En-
tertaining Acts.
HAS LARGE MENAGERIE|
Spectacle Representing Egypt
in Days of Cleopatra Is
Gorgeous Pantominle.
las LARGE MENAGERlE|

Barnum s. Bailcy's "greatesi sho,~
on carth' is a wbirIwind circus. 7. !,
big thing show with two stages. thrss
rings and the air full of trapczcs and
slack and tight wires. 1t has a menao-
erie that is extensive enough to fill
tent all by itself and one which eon.
tains some rare specimens of wild ami.
mails as well as numerous specimens of
tame ones.
The most popular attraction in tbA
meuageric is n baby giraffe. The bahv
giraffe is only as tall as the Walkc,
bank building now, but when he shall
have blushed into full Young giraffe..
hood he will doubtlessly prove a credit
to his proud parents.
Blood Cludling Thriller Absent,
4 happy feature about Barnum b
Bailey's circus is the absencr of
thriller. The modern circus no lopger
use the blood -curdling leap of deafh
the hcart-stilliDg dive to. eternity: the
modern circus has learned that tho peo,
pie have no consuming desire to ala
from sudden fright,
There are more than 100 acts in the
circus,
The stock in Baruum & Bailey 4 SHOW
is IN good condition, which is sufficient
praise for circus stock after a lone'
summer of strenuous campaigning. The
horses arc still sleek and apparently|
contcnted and the other performing
animals give little sign of having
passed through season of circus life-
Clever Bareback Riders.
There are several bareback riders.
aristocrats of tho circus world. or
these perhaps the most promising young
performer is May Worth. who, though
only IS years of age, IS already won-|
derful rider Orrin, Victoria and Mae
Davenport, Ella Bradna and Fred Der.
rick and The Seagrist family, are grace
full and skillful in their work. Hem.
and Frau Ducander present tvo we'll
trained high school horses.
Exceptional daring is shown By three
troupes of aerialists who close tho|
show. save for the bippodrome races.
The Six Neapolitans, the Imperial Visn.
nese troupe and the La Troupe Lamar
perform astonishing and audacions
feats In midair.
Champion Strong Woman.
A feature of the show is Katie Sand.
wilma, who is said to be the Strongest
girl on earth. Miss Sandwiua makes
good her claim to the distinction. In
her hands .puny. man is shown his prop.
err place in life. Miss Sandwina NOT,
only winds men around her finger, al
feat accomplished by many a woman
who does not pretent to be lady Her
cules, but she also winds them around
her neck, throws them into the air,
tosses them abont FROM one hand 70
the other and otherwise clearly proved
the superiority of the eternal feminine.
The women Of Barnum & Bailey's last
Sunday at Portland organized wums
an s suffrage association aud elected
Miss Sandwina president. Need it be.
added that the BaTnum 6 Bailey woni-
en- will vote when, where and just 90
often as they please.
Elephants Play Ball.
Ono Of the three herds of performing
elephants has become imbued with the.
spirit of the day They are baseball
players and politicians. One big ele-
phant represents President Taft and his
acts as the pitcher. Colonel Roosevelt
Is inc Catcher ana w OOurO" Wllsun ~
the batsman. Threo balls and two
strikes arc called on the Democratt.
when he gets three-bagger. He tries
to strtch it into home run and slides
into the plate with the same grace that
Salt Lakes own Brick Devereaux So
often displays. Whether he makes it
or not does not appear, for the umpire'
refuses 70 make decision, but "beats'
it, over the fence.
Days of Cleopatra.
The show opens with A grand spec
tacle representing Egypt at the time
when Cleopatra and Marc Antony ran
the steamroller in that country. The,
spectacle is gorgeous. Tt is we'll en- en-
acted and calls for the services of ~
performers, a dance by more than lu
young women Is beautiful scene.
Tho circus did tremendous busI-'
ness in Salt Lake. The ''hig top" was
crowded at both the afternoon ana