Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-22
AMATEUR CIRCUS
TO CLOSE TONIGHT
Dances by Little Society
Misses Big Feature of
Show.

+. The big circus of the Common
wealth Club, of Upper Montclair, VIII
be brought to a close tonight. Inc
Harrison Park show grounds have
been crowded every night since the
opening of the show, and the AFFAIR
has peer one of the most successful
undertakings eve attempted by the
club. The exhibition last night was
an especially good one. The partlci-
pants, prohting by the experience OF
Thursday night, carried out their
PARTS without a break, and every
thing ran smoothly.
A part OF the show that is attract
ING considerable favorable comment
Is the dancing of the follow
ing young misses under the
direction of Miss Gertrude Littell'
Ella Harrison, Frances Mallon, Janet
Berrien. Dorothy Stanley, Blanche
SummerfieId, Doris Noble, Dorothy
Pearson, Margaret Summerfield, May
Earnshaw, Elizabeth Henney, Eliza
beth Bruggeman. Charlotte Boyd
Margaret Stillman and Misses Ber-
nard Mills and Sidney Valentine.
The grace and skill shown by these
mIdgets was remarkable.
The clowns automobile introduced
last night was a feature of the per-
Torrance. T. Norris West was the
chauffeur, Donald Powell h gaso-
line, Russell Lord the smell n Ste
phen A. Powell, jr., the policeman.
The testers, Howard Bliss. A. Bill
lard, Donald Powell, T. Norris West.
Russell Lord, Charles Cole, Bert
Greenman, Marc Gould, Frederick w.
Mayes, Kenneth owen. E. Worries,
s. A. Powell, jr., Charles Bettinson,
w. Haley, C.. King, Gerald Burieigh,
Clarence Burleigh, William Lyman,
Percy Ayres, Clair Kobler. u. Grimm,
Donnell Lyman, G. Cokefair, Bruce
Malcolm, were a whole show In hem
selves and kept the spectators in
good humor, while Ringmaster Ben
nett II. FISHER cracked .his whip like
an expert. Joseph r. Buchanan and
Harold Anderson, the , announcers,
could be heard distinctly all over the
mammoth tent and Sweets Concert
Band did its share.
While the men of the club deserve
all credit for the management OF the
big circus 1t must not be forgotten
that the Ladies' Auxiliary of h club
is doing its part in gathering in the
shekels and making the affair a big
financial success. The booths which
line each side of the Midway" are
solely in charge of society women of
Montclair, and their grace and smiles
have brought many a dollar to the
cash register.
The Princeton booth is presided
over by Mrs. William II. Brown, who
Is assisted by Mrs. II. II. Sheppard,
Mrs. ]. w. Surbrug. jr, Mrs. Edgar
S. Wiers, Mrs. H. p. Wierum, Mrs.
Jeffrey Graham, Mrs. Ernest C.
Hinck and twenty young misses;
Yale booth is In charge of Mrs. Sc
ward Davis, Mrs. John Josten, Mrs.
william Packard. Mrs. o. E. Schaefer,
Mrs. G. C. Summerfield and a corps
of young women; Cornell booth by
Mrs. William Young, Mrs. Newton
Soper, Mrs. r. c. Abbott, Mrs. Fred
Brown, Mrs. N. L. Steers, Mrs. S. K.
Pugh, Mrs. : George Holmes and
u number of young women;
Harvard booth is looked after by
Mrs. II. II. Howells. Mrs. Paul
Bruyere, Mrs. Thomas w Dorman,
Mrs. A. C. Fetterolf, Mrs. Percy
Thomas, Mrs. Romano Mace, Mrs.
Frederick w. Upper and a corps of
assistants; confetti booth, Mrs. j. w
krichbaum, Mrs. l.. V. Hubbard, Mrs.
q. e. Higgins. Mrs. b. e. Noble, Mrs.
Thomas Conyngton, Mrs. Bennett
FISHER; Booth No. 6. Mrs. Herman
Strullers. Mrs. P. Mulliken, Mrs. r.
M, Goddard, Mrs. r. w. Dunbar;
Booth No. I. Mrs. Harold Anderson,
Mrs. Howard Ayres, Mrs. Daniel w.
Farnsworth, Mrs. Frank Chapman
and a corps Of assistants; Booth No
s. Mrs. Union Noble Bethel, Mrs. w
l.. Conwell, Mrs. S. w. Clement. Mrs,
Clarence Rapkin, Mrs. e. s. Ives,
Mrs. ii. Rowland and a number of
assistants; candy booth, Mrs. Frank
lin Dorman, Mrs. J. A. Neville, Mrs.
r. S. Williams. Mrs. II. M. Horr,
Mrs. y. w. Robertson, Mrs. James
Stephens, Mrs. c. w. Anderson. IT.,
and n dozen assistants; Japanese
boofi}s Mrs. E. w Sparks, Mrs. p. S.
Arthur, Mrs. William Ewald; soft
drink booth, Mrs. Harold Cole, Mrs.
Henry Ware Jones, Mrs. j. r. Tink-
ham and a number of assistants; ice
cream booth, Mrs. d. w. Bigoney
and q corps of assistants; catch
penny booth. Mrs. H. A. Somers. Mrs
Charles Cole, Mrs. George b. MallonI
Mrs. j. c. Marsh, Mrs. Robert Ander-
son, Mrs. r.. V. Delaphena, Mrs. #. f
White and a number of assistants;
Japanese booth No. 2, Mrs. w. r.
Bell, Mrs. Robert Roger, Mrs. James
Cannon. Mrs. Arthur Coates and
ayoung lady assistants.