The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-29
MANY STUNTS At
SOCIETY CIRCUS
Much Like Real Big Top Show,
Only You Didn't See Any
Rough Nccks.
RING MASTERS MAKE HIT
Local Clowns Tumble AMI
Sprawl, While Others
Sit in Tents.

For the nrst time since Franklin
street extended purgeoncd forth into
Monument Avenue several of the va.
can't lots ON that fashionable speed.
Way ana demonstrating course have
been converted into a circus lot. and
upon II was given last night the first
performance of the great, the truly
stupendous. the marvellous. and in
crcdibly amazing Society Circus" foi
the beneht Of PINE Camp.
Partly because everybody love. n
circus partly because everybody want.
cd TO see what sort OF tent perform.
ers might be made Of amateurs; partly
because the ring management Of two
such famous showmen as Messrs. Bar
ton II. Grumpy and J. T. Anderson
guaranteed the excellence of the en-
tertainment. but chiefly because the
whole city wants TO help the little
hospital in the pines which helps thos.
VINO suffer from the white plague
me crowd began to gather about tho
Dig top long before the time set for
the performance.
All the indispensable adjuncts OF
the big circus were in evidence: TO one
Side was a booth for the sale of lemon
ace peanuts and little buttons, whitN
We're badges OF merit because they
We're worn for Pine Camp; on the
other side Of the great entrance was
platform from which the lusty
iunged bankers yelled out the unbe-
Hevao!e wondert to be seen within the
main tent and the imported freaks
and savage animals housed in the side
show
Only, the lemonade booth was con-
Quoted BY women who go every
"here, and the bankers were Young
men and boys whose fathers have
helped to make Monument Avenue and
richmond in general In the side
show were seen fercc animals from
the jungles OF Africa and the bo,
SANDS OF Asia, who when stripped OF
their st!iling hides were persp!ring
boys; sitting in solemn dignity were
oearned lady. human skeleton.
iat boy. and all the customary mon
strosities OF the best conducted for
aaimetencents" cxhib!tions-aIl bur
lesques and all amusing
Forsaking their lofty calling as
Ministries extraordinary and singers
rlenipotentiary. Blanchard Forbes and
'harile Sickel descended TO the rrosaic
and sold tickets TO the cia,noring
multitude which surged about then,
After passing the ticket takers
warren p. Taylor and Lewis d.
Aylett, who, clad in short coats. high
hats and many huge diamonds. tore
Off coupons under the watchful cve
-
&c HFman and up to the tricks of the
Willy youth. the audience entered Tho
big tent. "a"
In circle about the ring-tbere
was only one. thus preventing tho
madness that arises from the effort
10 watch three at one time-were the
boxes, and back of them tier after
ter OF seats, all filed boxes and all
Colonel Barton II. Grundy presented
Governor William Hodges Mann. who
advanced to the centre of the ring.
and In brief and graceful speech
commended the performance and the
charity which was It's object to the
people OF Richmond. who, he said,
nave been noted always for their ub-
crafty and generosity to all chart
ties.
Then a breathlcss pause from the
populace. fanfare from the hand
and the Grand Entrec and Parade"
was on. Out from the dressing tent
Med the clowns. the acrobats, and all
the strange. unseenly animals that
had been collected from the widest
parts OF Richmond for the occasion.
and fell Into line behind the Joint
ring masters. The band struck up
march in purest circus style-which
every musician knows and laments-
and the stately grotesquc, dignifed.
y
masters drew near. n sigh. a breath of
heartfelt admiration arose from those
assembled. while many kissed their
hands to Heaven in ecstatic gratitude
that they had lived to see these mon.
Nor solomon nor the lovciicst OF all
the lilies of the fields of Israel was
ever arrayed like either one of these.
Colonel Grundy shonc rcsplendent In
a pink" coat faced with baby blue.
In glisteninE top hat and irreproach-
able hreeches OF white and boots of
sheer beauty. exhibiting the very last
cry in American ringmasters costume.
Mr.. Anderson was equally Elitterinc
and striking as to coat and hat. but
there his conventional conformation to |
the costume of the circus In America |
ceased. Instead of boots and brooches.
ne followed the Viennese. whose styles |
are those OF the day after tomorrow.
and wore long white flannel trousers.
with a narrow cuff at the bottom |
Each cracked an authoritative whip. |
and. together. they were magnificent. ]