Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-06

Sixth and Mahantongo streets and
seen from distance; with their
Haunting flags they look just as at
tractive as they did when grandfather
was youngster and carried water for
Jumbo to get free ticket to the mar
vels concealed within the big top"
Many small boy offered to curry
comb the zebras or fetch hay for the
sacred cattle.
witnessed by thousands and another
complete performance will be given
at s o'clock tonight
The opening pageant which opens
the circus is called "Lalla Rookh" and
represents, in professional form the
Journey of that princess from Delhi
to the Vale of Cashmere Students of
historical lore spent months of labor
in digging out and devising the cos
TUNES for this spectacular display and
the result is pageant that dazzles the
eye.
Practically all the circus perform
ers take part in this. The oriental cos
TUNES are wonderfully barbaric and
beautiful and the weird music, fur
nished by a curious com bination of
tom-toms, triangles and other queer
instruments, adds much to the atmos-
phere.
Pageant, Then the Circus
After the pageant came the circus
proper. Thrilling acts from all parts
OF the world followed each other in
rapid succession. The circus this wear
has specialized in novelties, and il has
plenty of them. Perhaps the best of
the lot, from a real circus standpoint,
is the Hannaford Family of eques-
tr1ans- There are five of them, three
men and two women, the elder wo-
man acting as ringmaster. Circus pat
ni ~ IL.
past but they never have seen such
feats as are performed by the mem
ber of the family who plays the
clown.
Pallenberg's bears is another won
derful act. The three bears do all
manner of stunts. One walks the tight
rope and does some extraordinary
balancing feats. Another spins about
the stage on roller skates, and another
rides a bicycle, weaving in and out
between obstacles like a human be-
ing.
Nine. Marcella and her trained
cockatoos and macaws also held the
interest OF the audience. These birds
do skirt dances, turn somersaults ride
bicycles and do all kinds of tricks that
birds never before have been trained
to do.
Many Star Features
1t is hardly possible to enumerate
all the features of the circus this year
There are equestrians. equilibrists.
1ugglers, gymnasts, aerialists and aero
bats galore. each man. woman or team
being absolutely the best of its kind.
One of the star features is a gather
ing of Chinese athletes, who after
number of the familiar tricks, do
slides for life on a rope from the top
of the tent, hanging by their hair.
Among the animal acts Mile. Adgie
and her lions hold one of the places of
honor. The daring of this woman
trainer with her ferocious pets never
fails to thrill the audiences. but she
handles them with as little fear as if
they were trained cats.
There are three herds of trained
elephants, each displayed this year for
the first time by a woman trainer.
The posing horses are back, inter-
spersed with groups of women in clas-
sic poses. There are games Of basket
ball on bicycles, trapeze performers
who risk their necks every second.
bareback riders who perform seeming
ly impossible feats, wire walkers in
cluding Bird Millman the queen of
them all, and thrilling Wild West
show, in which many real COWBOYS
and cowgirls do rough riding and rop-
ing
The clowns-an army of them
were better than ever, and altogether
the entertainment was one of the best
ever given he0eath a circuS tapt