Evening journal., 1912-05-09
PIC pARAnC
UEU HNHUL
WITH CIRCUS
TOMORROW


gazed interestingly at the circus pos
ters, proclaiming the coming, tomor-
row of the Barnum and Bailey Circus,
until the street car on which he was
riding turned a corner and the cir
Gus posters were lost to view.
still a boy. are you? Still like the
circus posters?" queried a companion.
Boy. boshl That boy and circus
business makes me tired returned
the student of the posters. Il have
been going to circuses a great many
years. | haven't missed one that
gould get to, and / have observed that
while the small boy is always touted
rs being the chief patron of the cir
Gus, the seats are generally well filled
with men and women, with only a
sprinkling OF boys.
"And why shouldn't l go, and why
shouldn't you go2 Take that picture
of the girl on the slack wire, La Belle
Victoria, or some such name. II she
can do what the poster pictures her
as doing, it is little short of marvel
Gus, and ! never found circus posters
exaggerating very much. not at least
what Miss May Wirth, the 1S-year-old
rider accomplishes, TO say nothing OF
that troupe of laps who give us an in
sight OF Japanese wrestling and Jiu
jitsu II looks like a new program
throughout
ME for the circus, every time. The
small boy likes it, of course, and Is
filed with admiration and wonder. So
am /. but ] believe mine is a more
mature admiration and wonder. l al
ways find something educational,
something interesting, something en-
tertaining, The menagerie, alone, is
worth while, and we're it not for the
travelling circuses the average boy in
the average city would never see the
animals of which he reads. The dis
play of animals given free in the
street parade is beneficial, and the
first helpful lessons in natural his
tory. with the average boy, are gained
outside the cage bars Of the itinerant
menagerie. / haven't any boys TO take
with me. and don't know that /
could borrow any if | wished to do so
Anyhow. | don't need that excuse for
attending the circus. | am going be-
cause ] like the circus-because IL re-
freshens me, and renews the springs
Of youth
The circus trains comprising S5
cars will arrive in Wilmington at an
early hour in the morning coming
from Baltimore where performances
we're given yesterday. Detraining will
commence Immediately upon arrival
and everything sent to- the show
grounds TO make ready for the street
parade which starts at ten o'clock and
passes over the principal thorough
fares. The pageant will be over two
miles long and of unusual attractive
ness Many of the cages will be open
and there will be big display of
camels and elephants. over 500 horses
will be in line and the display OF
wardrobe and traDpings will be color
ful and "circusy." There will be five
. bands and the inevitable steam cal
Hope Briefly, il will be a real circus
parade. just such an offering as the
greatest show on earth would be ex.
pected to give. .tsr y
The performances will be at ? and
3 o'clock p. m. doors being opened al
] and Z o'clcci- The program is al.
most entirely and starts off with
the tremendous spectacle entitled
Cleopatra" with q cast of over 1 :
200 people and large ballet of dane.
ing girls. Over 1000 costumes are
used and with all the properties and
appointments are in historic keeping
with the time involved The ttory oi
Antony's undoing and the death o.
Egypt's queen is told i'm pantomimC
and in mighty stage tableaux and en-.
sembles After this comes the circus
proper. given in three rings, two
stages and the hippodrome track
Among the new features are MAY
Wirth, the premier equestrienne Of the
world, who is making her first ap
pearances in America. Eighteen years
Of age, her grace and daring prove
her the arenic sensation of the day
Then the Mikados royal troupe o.
athletes, comprising wrestlers and ex
perts in jiu jitsu will prove a decided
novelty. But to name all the new fea
tures would be TO practically give thi
program intact Sufficient to say tha
the foremost experts in all lines %
arenic and athletic endeavor go t
make up the long circus menu Thi
circus zoo has been enlarged and II
more varied than ever. the stelle
feature here being the baby girah'
born last January.
All day tomorrow tickets may b
bought at the Robelen Piano Store a
no advance in prices