The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
Big CIRCUS STARTS;
BIGGER THAN EVER
Darnum l. Bailcy's Justifies All
Its Adjcctivcs This Year,
Say First Nighters.
BALLET Is 'SPLENDIFEROUS'
Bird Millman's Tangoing Stunt
on Tight Wire Is One Of
Many New Thrillcrs.

Once again the Farmers Almanac and
Guide to Plantin' Proper fell down on Its
foolish face yesterday. Spring. instead Of
beginning ut 6 :o3 o'clock A. NJ. as the
almanac had II. really began at 2:15
o'clock p. NJ. or the instant Bandnaster
Eddie Brill waved his baton for the OF m
ing OF the splendlferous spectacle and bal
ut. The Wizard Prince Of Arabia"
which started Barnum 4 Bailey's Circus
q it, stride at Madison Square Garden.
There was q great stretch Of dancing
Dlatform covering the Garden arena. with
lts sides decorated with q wealth OF roses.
And whenever the plot Of the "tremen-
dovs. new. Oriental. fairy romance" As
ehe programme had u. permitted dancers
and chorus 10 have the many spot lights.
Onto the Field Of the Cloth OF Gold came
ail that part OF the East. male and fe-
male. whose rank entities them to wear
~ karat clothes crusted with karat
rhinestone buttons and things. until the
Garden was literally paved with four
alarm br,iiiancy.
VIII r Barnes. who designed every
th,ne. rven down to the gorgeous circus
suitings and hsttings OF the camels and
elephants and the weirdly shaped rnusi-
cal Instruments TO be found only In spec
eacie land ouidId himself. The authors
o. THE w,xard" outdid themselves too.
Eddie Briii. arrayed to remind one OF
John Philip soura wearing all his clothes
and medals while In the act OF Jumping
cut Of an explosion In a cosey corner.
simply was the last word In tumultuous
settlement. II was some spectacle!
And then. without even a rest to permit
Jimmy Gibson johnson. Of whom Burgess.
the popular poet Of Port Washington, Is
father. or Carroll Case or Jacob Shu-
k..A g. -
the boy si1ed celebrities In sight-to
ret back to normal. along came the Prin-
cesa Wee Wee Eddie Washer. the human
skeleton: Andy Sturts. the tattooed lad.
that some one referred to thoughtlesslv
a. the human movie. and all the rest OF
the freaks In gladstone procession. while
the Garden was cleared OF the platforms
that had just held the groves Of dane.
ine girls
whereuron Babe logically named. be-
cause she IL the biggest elephant In the
show. trumpeted impat,ently In the WINS
and amid the applause Of her friends
amone the hrst nishters. not to mention
q welcome from all the rest Of the Gar
den. big Babe with several treefuls OF
elephants In her wake. padded into the
rings. and the circus and springtime gol
20 work simulta neously.
Out OF the pha ntasma ~oria that fol-
lowed. one came away with distinct Inn
pressiors OF the work Of midget hare
back rider. featured "a Mr.. Baeouchi or
.he programme Of the tsngoi-@ stunt or
the t'eht wire o1 Mise BIRD Millman: oil
troupe OF remarkably trained white
statue ho-s~s': of the Desval animal
act and OF the aerial work OF the FIR"
stonions. tn mention but q few Of al
the mad. clad tumble.
Two hundred newspaper artists win N
the guests Of the management Tomorrow
niphf when the circus gets down to II.
re~r'ar day In and day ont business OF
kickr~ up tov for all children up to thu
ace oS % and hevond. The mana Remen
Of the Greatest unhesitatirg,v saws tina,
this year II has done It's darndest." and
an audience that packed the Garden fro'y
arsra to roof Yesterday rave one tn,
impression tina, II was ready to back VI
the arrangements boast