The evening world., 1912-03-18
Man Sore Because tIe 'Crowed
Up; Weeps to Find His
Illusions Shattered.
INTERESTING: VERY !
Snapshots of Circus in the Car
den Getting Ready for
the Opening.

right. but the poprlsss never Will get
accustomed to H. For who o.. heard
a Mile. Dasie. the wonderful lady
bareback rider whose startling act has
thrilled all the crowned heads OF Eu-
rope" putting her "traincd Arabian
steeds'' over the hurdles. while she wore
. red sweater. black boomers. purple
stockings M ballet dancers slippers
tied with q piece Of Irvine!
And who ever saw a gallant Roman
charioteer tfrom Bridgeport. Conn., do
undcrshirt. instead of the 6usksns and
togo virilisf
Such Q circus. gentle reader. 10 as
much OF . shock a. Il vas to learn
that there really wasn't any Santa
Claus.
But that II not the worst. oh. oastics
In Spain! To think Of living to see the
cay when q real Barnum q Bailey cir
Y would abandon the big top" on the
circus lot. the pink lemonade. the high
yG1ed seata the Dig kerosene torches
and play under . roof. whore ushsrs
show you 20 you seats and electric
lights turn night into day.
SOME EARLY DELIGHTS uN.
KNOWN TO THE ciTv-ooRN.
On. New Workers. you to the city
born. you have missed half Of life. You
nsvsr had a chance 10 &c: up ut day.
light to SEQ the circus trains come In.
Yen never saw the husky Snowman build
ramps 'longside the cattle cars and un.
load the horses and tho cages and the
wild animals. You never had q chance
10 carry water to the elephants all day
tus which you wore promised two tickets
sea never Got. You " crawled under
q circus ten nap. You haven't lived!
Darnum 4 Bailcy's monster three-ring
circus has been In the Madison Square
Garden . week getting ready for the
season's opening and you probably
didn't know II.
1rs no fun. this thing Of getting q
thPse.tns circus ready for opening
NIGHT Horses that ara wild from .
winters inactivity have to bs broken ID
the biare OF the trombone and the rattle
Of the drum. the only W instruments
At all necessary In . circus 1bapa.
Muscles that are stin from the winter
OF idlencss have to he softened and
made pliable. Eyes that have lost their
judgment Of distance have again 70 b
trained. 70 that n spill Into the net viii
net spoil the effect Of . thrilling leap
for life."
KICKED DAYLIGHT OUT OF BOSS
or THE ciRcUs.
You remember John Ducanter. don't
youS He's the Immaculate ring master
Who hides behind the greatest pair Of
u~sussachss In captivity. You remember
hon hs cracked his whip and the
pranclAs steed dashed abound the ring
wAus Mile. Dasie. aforementioned. did
oemesDAMits upon its seago;ng back!
Xeo remember how a. . kid you stood
- sws Of this boss OF the circus,
Wei. what would you do n you saw
. eurro. an ornery burro. too. kick the
ov~os1asting daylight out Of the ring
uAstsr. instead Of climbing W on .
oarrsl at the proper crack Of the whip,
1nars whst happens Ia tho rehsarsais
-eut II won't happen In the big show
aoee opening night. for the new burro
~ know his PAGES by then. That's
~ hs's learning now.
3Aok little black haired child over
e1Bss. With Tie red shart wasst, the
oonsk riding SKIRT and the dancers siip-
oogof Oh that's little Lucille (bsinS the
Uuog way TO spell the name. believe
- - knowsO King. she's iittler'n .
uDauts. bat shs's got more nerve In
~ tttis body Of hers than seventeen
0ea and four lions.
Daght horses. two sbreast. were lined
- Tor the initial rehearsal Of the ten.
dam race, women riders. Little Lucille
~ . pair Of blacks that hadn't beer
- the tan bark all winter. The whip
Gvouked. and the race was on. II wa
. real rGos: those circus people may
~ N the land OF Make Believe" bui
Trey DO cry to win those races.
Around the arena crashed the fou,
eAedsms. each woman standing erect
oa5hing her horses Nike mad. Twic,
ehsy flashed around. The child's foo
seppsd. Before she could recover he,
balance she had fallen between the tw,
rearing rteeds, her ief, leg thrown owe
the inner horses neck as she fen. Tn,
other women-with fear for the child b
their hearts-d,d not stop. That ism
pest OF the game. Instead. they iashe,
their horses harder.
LUCILLE KING SHOWS RARE
PRESENCE or MIND.
WIKI rare presence Of mind the cfAi
checked up her horses a. best en-
tn'ght. In the mean time drawing her
seif up ard throwing her body forr-,r
Across the on horses back, Fe,
OWNED her p~urposc-Su, the equestrl
enBes all knew. With a great neay
che threw her body clear Of the horse
and onto the tanbark. clu,ching Tight
" the rssns n holding. though sh
dragged along tho ground. until In
houses had I'm TO a stop.
NO. I'm not hurt" she exclaime,
e~etuiantiy. and TN going to ride zen
why ala you change horses and "a
from the on horsef" she wal asked.
They were turning. and ~ ia ha,
fallen q nrst they'd have stepped q
ne that way" she sald. carelessly. ar