Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-23
BIG CIRCUS TO Be
HERE TOMORROW
Two Performances to Be Given
at Exposition Park-Pa-
rade in the Morning.

Five special trains of circus para
phernalia will reach Rock Island early
tomorrow morning. The animals and
property will be detrained and taken
to the show grounds, where prepare
tons for the parade and the perform
ances to be given tomorrow afternoon
and evening will be strenuously car
ried out The interest OF Dotn young
and old grows manifest. The coming
of the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show
on Earth insures joyful holiday.
This mammoth institution is the rec
ognized leader of all arenic amuse-
ments. Starting its season each year
in the colossal Madison Square garden,
New York City, it gathers from the
farthest corners of the world all the
interesting, entertaining, amusing and
edifying features which diligent pur-
suit and unlimited means render pos
sible.
This same performance is taken on
tour exactly in every particular as
given at Madison Square garden, not
the slightest detail being overlooked.
The program for the present tour sur
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absolute; the vast crowds which
thronged the immense Garden were
warm in their approval, the newspa-
pers without exception pronouncing
the performance by far the most salts
flying ever witnessed in New York.
This years arenic performance COM
mences with a dramatic spectacular
pageant entitled The Wizard Prince
of Arabia 1t tells in pantomimic
gorgeousness the story of the good
fairy who watches over the destiny of
lovers. The spectacle is given with
a cast of 1850 characters, 700 horses,
elephants and camels and $50 dancing
girls.
The interesting feature this year
will be the Mikado troupe of royal
Japanese athletes and jiu-jitsu eX-
perts: Josefsson, the Icelandic China
wonder; Signor Bagonghi, Italy's CON-
ic equestrian, the rider who has made
all Europe laugh. There is also a base
ball club, composed of elephants, play
ing the national game to the delight
of old-time fans.
Among the arenic features are Bird
Millman in high-wire tango dancing;
the w eiSS troupe Oh dCrODdllC dTtlSlS,
the Flying Neapolitans, in their sky
high flights; the Dekoes troupe of
Risley acrobats: Lupeta Perea, queen
of high trapeze. The worlds most
noted equestrians, including Fred Der
rick, who has been aptly named the
Apollo Belvidere of the circus arena"
John Ducander, in a delightfully."- en-
tertaining exhibition of equestrian
ism; Orrin and Victoria Davenport and
their beautiful horses in an up-to-date
bareback and pad riding exhibition;
Charles Siegrist, who turns somer
saults from the back of one swiftly
moving horse to the back of another
moving horse; Ella Bradna, present
ing a distinctly unique act of eques-
trianism; the Vittoris and Georgetti
troupe. European equilibrists; the
Schiavoni troupe, balancing novelty,
and the 10 Viennese in most captivat-
ing aerial performance, high up in the
canvas domes, these 10 humans (most-
ly women) fly from perch to perch
with the ease and grace of forest
birds. The largely augmented menag-
erie contains many rare specimens of
the jungles.
The Barnum and Bailey free street
parade, which is said to rival the
oriental splendors of the Delhi durbar,
will leave the show grounds at 10