The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-23
Married Life
the Third Year
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.

BY MABEL HEH6EHT OHNEH.
Kitten, how would you like to go
to the circus tonight?" asked Warren
abruptly.
ooh, I'd love it"
'All right, get your bonnet on"
An hour later they were making
their way through the crowd. past the
ticket window and into the great are
na Of the circus. The place was bril-
hantly lit and brass band was play
ing vigorously.
They were late. Already a herd Of
elephants were performing In the ring.
One ponderous creature was mfncing
along gingerly on revolving barrel,
while two others were riding on a
huge see-saw, and still another two
were beating drums.
"Oh, it doesn't seem fair to make
such dignified animals do such foolish
things" murmured Helen, viewing the
elephants playground with some dis
favor. "Oh, look-you know he
doesn't like to do that" as one, with
slow reluctance stood on its head with
its tail, absurdly small in proportion
to his large body, waving pathetically
in the air.
Suddenly at crack of the trainers
whip, the elephants came in line, and
by resting thir great paws on the
backs of one another, formed a huge
pyramid, to the top Of which the train
er climbed and held out his hands for
applause.
HELEN is NERVOUS.
"Oh, Warren, look" as an elephant
lifted trainer up by his trunk and
earried him acroSS no RING uhj1o on
other trainer lay flat on the sawdust,
and the other four elephants former
pyramid over him. "Oh, if they should
make a misstep."
well, they won't. Now for heavens
sake don't start to anguish over all
the things that look dangerous. What
do you expect at a circus. Here comes
the horses, as now the elephants hav-
ing finished their act were hurried out
one side Of the ring while the horses
and bareback riders ran in at the 9TH
err.
One of the most marvellous things
about circus is the rapidity with
which the acts are changed. There is
never a moments wait. And now in
stantly in each Of the three rings the
horses were Looping around with their
riders turning somersaults on their
broad bare backs.
The center ring horses were milk
while and with their silver strappings
and til" pax. blue satin tights of their
riders frGTn"1 az effective picture The
man had already shed his dress suit
and th" yOUHE WOni1r her white satin
cloak and ieath1rei hat. with which
they had besu3, the itt. The shedding
of clothes OH hOrs.- back is one of the
many time hoDrred Uarts of the cir
Gus which We would regret TO have
changed
Now the young woman jumped from
her horse and ran across the ring,
leaping on the other horse beside the
man who had been turning the double
somersaults. And then, as the program
expressed it. they performed together
some ''delightfully daring and delecta-
BILE demonstrations Of the latest and
most artistic feats of equestrianism.
"Oh, dear, that's really VERY clev-
err" murmured Helen at some especial
ly skillful feat
Pretty good work. but not so Won
derful as it seems. Look what broad
backs those horses have-and that
easy regular lope. That's the typical
circus horse"
THEN THE CLOWNS.
The next act was an acrobatic one.
and while they were setting the rings
d crowd OIL clowns raced on. CLOWNS
had never appealed to Helen, and now.
she looked without smiling and with
more wonder than amusement at the
grOtesQue figures in their various an
tics which brought out ripples of
laughter fro mall over the house.
"Oh, dear | can't see anything fun
ny in that. as man dressed as an
immense fat woman in a calico moth
erhuhbard fell sprawling down and
showed a wide eXpanse of striped no
sierv.
you never think anything's funny.
Never say a woman with so little
sense OF humor."
Here 4 clown. dressed as back
woods farmer. came chasing q suunai-
Ing pig around the ring. The whole
place was in an uprOar when he final
ly got hold OF the pig s tail and slid
along the ground But Helen could only
feel sorry for the poor little animal,
who. helpless and unwilling. was fore
ed to 90 through this twice day.
Now the acrobatic act was set, and
the jueglers and tumblers went
through many feats, the perfecting
OF which had required years of patient
training. Yet they received not half
as much applause as had he foolish
clowns whose work called for no skill,
except to be as absurd as possible
Dear thar's wonderful, Why don't
they applaud" as after a particularly
mary elCus Juggling act the man step