The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
Make Merry
 in 3-Ring Circus
Veterans of the Circus Business Stage Capital Performance
 in EIk'S Home

Last night it was Follow the Pa rade'' to the big circus at the Elks' club. Little children did not line the streets, the ba1oon-men, the gun" and the usual hawker was not there. Likewise, the simp. the yap, the boob and the rube were not there, but from beneath their coverlet of 20 years re- tirement, some of the most eminent performers, canvasmen and managers of 'fT ose Were the Good Old Days" in cireusdom crept out with the modern heads of the worlds biggest sawdust and canvas organizations and attended circus that was credit to the Eiks' management.
 The smell of the sawdust revived memories of days long past in the minds of many. The staging of the three-ring circus will long live in episode and conversation.
 With the side-show banners floating gaily amidst glaring-colored posters of the Barnum & Bailey 1913 show, and the John Reynolds band playing stirring airs the grand entry into the e'big tent, was made at 8:15.
 When the audience were seated Al Goulden, ruddy of countenance and attired in his Stetson with a 30 carat diamond in his tie, entered the rings and in his old-tfme form announced the acts. It was some CAP whose stentorian voice rang out in charac- tertistic style with "ballyhoo" which only the expert can simulate.
 On the side walls had been hung canvas The fringe of the hall was laid with tables of crystal and white, later served under the direction of "Bill'' O'Hara.
 Seated around the rings were the cream of Elkdom and the kings of Under Canvas productions.
 The opening number was festival i1F iv, ir,4a f51T.1 fT701 diT1or artists of the Roman Perch. flying rings casting troupes, and high-wire walkers, Under the guidance of O'Hara they were put through theaF daring feats.
 Stepping into the ring came, in sue cession the Kennedy, Me1rose and Lynch troupes, tumb1ers of artistic and comic appearance From behind her front on the side-show stage there peeped the familiar face of Baby Victoria, the worlds fattest woman. And so rolled the show until its con cIusion, when the '.b1ow-offs' concert was given upon the raised stage of the hall. Behind the bars of massive cage tHTango," the South American wild man, appeared, who, bowling and munching upon huge bone created uproarious laughter until some one discovered the familiar features of ssWhitey Lew3s.'' Under the orcheS- tration of Reynolds Orchestra, the concert began with a parody by Frank Braithwaite, entitled e'Barnum Had the Right Idea which went across to repeated encores. The Mclaughlin four sent across several hits. Fred Walker rendered When The Harbor Lights are Shining.''s P. Burnes sang .AThe Spaniard Who F sBIighted My. Life Joseph Thorpe rendered My InQuIsiffye Kitty. '.s- and Loren Del bridge Last Night Was the End of the World The Rennick Quartette favored. Through the courtesy Of s. 2. Poli several acts now playing at his big theater appeared, among whom was Dan Mal1ey, who going back to his engagement with George Beban in the Rose 1mpersonated his Italian character in three ringing parodies. and ballads. He was followed by Will lie Hale, whose xy1ophone numbers finished the storm of applause already created by the previous act. LonZo cox, the Scissor artist, was also there.
 A huge circus feast was spread by walters in charge of ''BilI'' O'Hara and the gayety of the occasion was continued until a late hour.
 Many noted guests were present from the circus world. Those who directed the destinies of the event in committee were John H. Schread, Walter Ludlow, William O'Hara, Thos- Flynn, John Gafney, J. J. Coyle and D. Fleming.