The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-06

81 the ErardStand, on frle TWO mann
moth stages and in the arena. the
star attractions were arranged for
specific hours.
Free Attraction Program.
Chairman J, r Anderson conferred
with the manager Of the shows with
the result that the big features will
follow each other beginning Mt ?
o'clock and 2 o'clock In this order:
Lloyd company and Roseau troupe
on the bounding and slack wires The
Lloyd company embracing Mr., Lloyd
and his wife. a beautiful woman In
yellow costume. whu entertain on
stage No. !, do some splendid work
es the bounding rope, while the
Roseaus a man and two pretty and
graceful women, pun off many thrill
ing acts on the slack wire Both acts
are good
The Bard Brothers, four dashing
acr1bats on stage No. i, delight the
lovers Of the graceful. and display
magnificent control of the art Of
equilibrium with a splendid exhibition
of muscular development. Also, good.
The Bobkar Arabs. fourteen In
mum Der including dimtnutiVe black
boy. from the desert of Ss hafa, per-
formed as only real Arabs can, amin
n "a
rnanitv. head OF the troupe. balances
on his head and shoulders the other
thirteen. alt at one and the same time.
And the whirling and tumhling they
do almost make some dizzy. Very
fine.
Mons Gruber and his animals pre-
sent one Of the most interesting ac's-
An elephant horse, pony and a
sheppard dog do tslr.ss almost hui
man. The elephant is particularly
human in Its movements and instinct
This act p1ust be seen, for II cann1
be described, Good lor ladies ana
children
Then the Russian dancers, Eight
Of them. Just from the Other side
They display great activity and grace
in presenting the national and fancy
dances of the domain Of the Bear"
Worth the while
The Lunette Sisters. an act not on
the original program. but one which
the visitors will be glad To see. These
beautiful women perform on the re-
vo1ving "tyrango': whatever that isl
by Their teeth. after passing through
q number of graceful movements
and evoluting in several Geisha
dances
Elma Mater Thriller
Flma Maier. the only living female
high diver. sent a thrill through the
crowd of about 1--WE thousand people
by dropping into "a puddle of water
from the top OF ladder seventy five
feet high Before attempting this
break act, she jumped into a
tank of water and displayed some
fancy diving Thrilling.
Miss Emma Nagel and Baroness
Ciua Tnrl sang hea flttfuily and
were heartily applauded. while VIII
Raymond, the man with the mega
phone tenor. assisted by little Billy
Raymond with a clear sweet voice
who sang from the grandstand,
evoked tumultuous enthusiasm. These
singers could not help being popular
II they wished. They were accom-
panied by Kessnich-s hand. which.
also, received much applause.
The real thriller OF the show Is,
however. Dare Devil SchreYer," who
rides down an incline many feet above
mother earth on a bicycle. and at an
altitude Of ninety feet takes a flying
leap from he incline into space.
finally landing in pool Of water In
front OF the Erandstand. without res
ceiving even scratch
Another feature Of the free show is
tine Statue Of Liberty" man
dressed as Il tackle of the United
States navy, who poses on pedestal
in front Of the grandstand for more
than an hour. without even batting
his eye, He is too. high on mis-
pedestal to stick with a pin, but not
TOO nigh 70 throw bonbons at. Take
look at him when you go to the
fair.
On the Midway.
And now a line about the midway
shows. There are many Of them and
not one into which any one can OBJ
ject TO being seen. There are trained
animal shows. freak shows galores in