El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-12
Ell PASO ANA TEURS PUT ON COMIC
OPERA AND A BURLESQUE CIRCUS

~ INGALING Bros. circus-cIowns.
acrObats, kilties and Dutch
dancers-played its opening en-
gagemeut at the y. NJ. C. A. show
grounds Friday evening. There were
but three things lacking to make the
circus complete. No peanuts were sold
during the show, no "gentlemanly
ticket sellers" passed through the au-
dience and the rlngmaster lacked his
whip of authority.
The Y. NJ G. A annual circus started
with grand entry of all the perform
ers the gymnasium classes and clown
in the parade. This was preceded nv
a concert by the y A. c. a. orchestra
A demOnstrat ton OF free hand calisrau-
les and abdominal drill was given by
the small boys Of the association undc-
the direction Of H L. Mitchell the
uhvsical director The entire gym
floor was filled with little athletes i'm
gymnasium suits and sleeveless shirts
They executed the free hand drills to
music and demonstrated the methods
empIOyed in developing the bodies Of
rbe BOYS. Indian club drills and gym
DaStic dances were also given during
vas in charge of the program and an
nounced each number like u regular
equestrian director
The character costume dances was
one Of the features Of the circus. These
were given by the boys of the Y. M. c.
A the girls and boys from the High
school. who did the Highland fling in
I5iItie costumes: girls in indian costume
slInbonnet drill by the Catholic arh-
Ietic association girls The indian
dance was a really artistic conception
under the direction OF Miss VI. A Davis
II was given around a camp fire BY the
Y ". Z. A girls, TO music and the
accompaniment OF indian chants. The
girls who took part IN this number
we're Misses Y. Hickman. V Bretney,
q Cook L Pollard y Porter, =. Sta
Dletou,- D. kiefer, J. Beer, L. Butch
ofsky, l. Bethea, l. Howard, E Bell,
N. Laughlin, T. Loughlin, b Gibson, D.
Hart. c. Lacy, F. Golf
The High school kilties, composed OF
bows and girls. dressed in plaids and
kits did the difficult Highland dances
in perfect time and with much grace
Those who took part in this number
we're Girls. - Block. u. Nsfe, i. Luz
cas-. NJ Barnes, e Middleton, y. Ed
wards. " Hardie. l. Parker. l. Mayer,
A. Kedrick, J. Young, II. Youngsters,
r Morris. Winifred Woods, Leading.
Miss I. Kelly, patrOneSs- Boys, y. BiSgs,
+ lIagruder. A. Woods, y. Clark, II
BIumenthal. a. Schlemmer, Z. Schu-
macher. W Race. c. Anderson, T. EOuL-
ledge, Il. Wright; Leslie FOllett, lead
The sunbonnet drill by the Catholic
Athletic association was novelty num-
Der The girls wore false faces under
their double SunbOunets SO that NJ
was impossible 10 tell whether they
were coming or COINS Miss r NJ
Stone directed The dance. These girls
were: n. Hankins, 3. Garvin, y. Null
cahv. NJ Redmond, G. Gray, c. MOlch,
/. Cunningham, NJ Andrew. r. Phillips,
II. Kelly. I. McEsliry, q. Roman. NJ In
derreiden, / Inderreiden, B Byers,
pianist.
Six little Deutschers did a wooden
shoe dance in Dutch costumes that was
clever for Riddles of their age. The
DeUtschers were: NJ SeamOn and r.
Widdis, c. Gross and l. Goodman, H
Laskin and r Lewis The dancing
jumping jacks were NJ SedmOn, r.
Widdas, W. Mcconnell, l. Jones, c.
Overstreet. B. Bevan, F. Magruder, j.
Biggs, A. Schultz. ". Schultz, B. Romero,
H Thomas, E Carpenter, c. Brown, E.
RoUtledEe and John Drew.
q. King and H. Irvine did a hand
balancing act that was as good as
many seen in vaudeville. A. Z. and VIII
Schultz, II. /. Mitchell and z Hull
lesheim. assisted by the clowns, did diff
ficult stunts on the flying rings and
horizontal bar and the clowns cloWned
on every possible occasion These
clowns were: ! Biggs, J. r Clark, II.
Thomas. L. Carpenter. A Briesch, B.
Romero, 4. kutJler, J. BigEs. II. Col
Inns. r. Routledge and y. Schlemmer.
They kept the crowd laughing at their
baseball games and spOoning scenes