The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-09
RINGLING BROS.
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ling engagement will begin with a
street parade. which will leave the
grounds between $3.50 and 10 o'clock
this morning. IL promises to be The
here. Besides whole strings OF hand
some tableau wagons and allegorical
cars peopled with gayly costum"d
girls there will be scores OF open
cages showing the finest specimens OF
the famous Ringling zoo. pony teams
a team OF sixteen camels wearing bit
and bride and driven like horses. Six
bands and two calliopes Will furnish
melody and the clowns will be on
hand to please the youngsters.
Two Performances.
The circus will give two perform
ances today. at . and 5 p. m. the
doors opening an hour earlier To allow
visitors time TO visit the m~enagetie
or enjoy the operate concert played
by the Ringing military band. The
official program will open with the
new spectacle OF solomon and the
Queen OF Sheba.' which is this sea
sons big added feature. This will be
presented from stages taking up near
Is one-half of n main tent covering
acres OF ground. and will be given
with ali the scenic and lighting effects
Of grand opera. More than 200 PEG
pie will take part in the wordless play
HUI III DtiAhAlllllAf anu ElfdA fAANfiiA-
BILE groups tells the story of Israel
1000 years before the Christian era.
4 big feature OF this production will
De n ballet advertisement of 300 dan
cling girls. The professionals. with
their rich costuming. armored soldiery
and c~avalcades of horses in splendid
t%rappings. are said to be the most elab-
ornate departure in ~pageantry eve
done with a spectacle in this country.
d Spectacle.
The regular circus program viii fol
low the fall OF the curtain upon the
Solomon and the Queen OF Sheba'
spectacle. More han 400 artists will
appear in the arenic numbers. which
for two hours will occupy the rigging.
three rings. interstagcs and hippo
drome track. Throughout the per
Torrance a half hundred clowns will
keep up q fusilade of fun. and the
whole show will move with hat speed
and Kaleidoscope effect characteristic
of n Ringing presentation. Among
the equestrian acts there will be a
striking and unique feature found in
the work of the Balkans. q troupe OF
native riders. whose costumes and
magnificent Arabian stations are the
marvel of audiences wherever they
appear. Supplementary their act will
be the riding OF the beautiful Jose
Dhine Clarke. the dashing Mile. Hod-
gini and petite Lulu Davenport.
The male riders will be led by Mr..
. Charles Augustus Clarke. who has. un-
81 this season. appeared only in Eng
land and on the continent. OF the
aCrobats. the most daring are the Mi.
rano. Andersen and Grau brothers in
their perch acts. performed 30 feet in
the air. The G~erialists include the
C~iaTkonians and the Nelson family.
and IN the Mexican wizard. Niiares.
one finds the greatest slackwire per.
former ever een In America.
Thor will be whole troupes OF per.
. forming horses. elephants who play a
same Of base ball. ~three-round bouts
by boxing -kangaroos. and the hig
1rcn'c carnivals will BE- brought to an
end with races Of every variety. from
that of all nations to the thundering
chariot numbers.