The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-06-19
CIRCUS AT PITTsFIELo
sarnum & Bailey Show 10 Be There
on June 80

on June 81
The Earnum & Bailey Greatest
Show on Earth" will exhibit Pitts
field. Tuesday. June so, for two per
formances and street parade will be
given. In recent seasons the big ci-
Gus has had spectacular features bat,
his season the management has
gone TO untold expense in investing
the big circus with wonderfully pa
brilliant pageant OF Oriental splendor
entitled "The Wizard Prince OF Ara
bia." This colossal innovation is Of
fered at the Opening of the show
the eby doing away With the old.
stereo,yped grand entreo' idea
which has been worked TO death by
all the tented aggrcgations through
out the land.
In this realistic reproduction OF
he glamsrous. eyentful days of The
land OF the Thousand and One
Nights, Barnum 4 Bailey engage
he services OF more than 2,000 per
sons which embraces the dancing nc
lvities OF hundreds of gaily bcdecked
coryphoes and a grand ballet effect
1t the finale which leaves lasting
IMPRESSION.
The spectacle opens with an elab-
0rately decorated setting OF Arabic
land where there is much confusion
over the departure of the Prince and
lis FIVE wizards who perform modern
lay miracles in helping their noble
master conquer strange domains.
The subsequent adventures of the
Prince and his wizardly retinue
which sets forth from their native
heath with horses gaily canarisOncd
and amid a great and Gorgeous spec
tacle. In quick succession follows
he invasion OF King Babar's realm
in India where by the magic aid of
The five wizards the Prince is enabl-
ed to win the heart and hand of the
Kings daughter. There's a magniti-
cent wedding feast which is produced
in Kaleidoscope splendor, teeming
With life. action and color. The bal
let finale was pronounced by the
press of New York city to be the last
| VOID in circus pageantry.
In addition 10 the grand opening
| here is the usual circus program of
| mid.air sensation, daring feats on
| trapeze bar, tight wire and horseback
| by $50 arenic performers. Imported
| features galore. which includes the
famous Icelandic troupe of athletes,
| two troupes of Oriental plate and cup
| sinners and acrobats, the human
| lies walking head downward on the
| crystal miro. the midget eques-
.rian, Bird Millman. the Tango queen
| IF the tight wire, the wonderful
Neise troupe of equilibrists, wild
west exhibition of lassoing and bron-
| cho busting, the famous Schiavoni
troupe of gymnasts, the Imperial
1 Viennese troupe of flying trapezists
and a great array of stirring hippo
1 drOme events at the close There
are Numerous other big features and
| all combined make Bargain d
| Baileys circus the biggest - 9st
4 Inc Barnum * Balley ci
ries everything imaginable
baby lion TO a tangoiHS
the wild animal line; acts of a
defying nature. novelties eslore
augmented bands, astonishing
animal performers, startling equ
trian features. arenic feats C.
strength and magic, freak congress
and a million and one amusement at
fractions that only a gigantic circus
like Barnum Il Bailey can offer fol-
the price of one admission.
The great Free street parade will
leave the show grohnds promptly NJ
n. m. on the morning of show date
Excursion rates on all railroads