The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-02
BING-BANG! IT'S HERE!
THREE RINGS AND ALL
clowns, Acrobats, Trained Animals, Thrillers, Wild
West Show; Everything Bigger and Better Than
Ever-Sure, It's Barnum & Bailey's.

Penrod. YOU watch the west ring and
let the Maddigan girls look at the cas-,
ring. They are war elephants this year
DID you see that? See that elephant
fire cannon at the little elephant am
see the little one fall dead and roll over
What do you think Of that Now
they're playing bail with the lady train.
ers oh. shucks! It's over too soon
Well. YOU can't have elephants all IN,
time. and. believe us. there's lots more
to come.
Will you listen TO that hullabaloo
It's the clowns as sure as you're alive
They have "A lot OF new stunts. Loo,
AT the jitney bus! That's the kind Now
York will have some day. they sa;
Out West the towns are full OF 'em
Gracious powers. IL has blown up! Did
you see those clowns shot up 20 the
roof and fall asqwash! oh. they're only
dummies. Here comes the clowns steam
roller. Look at that joker lie down and
let the steam roller run over him AMI
fatten him out like a paper doll. All
right, Mr.. Smarty Penrod! II did fool
you. didn't It? lie didn't get run over
at all. He Just crawled inside the steam,
roller and hid himself and they trailed
out Nat figure shaped like him. Sec
Here's more of 'em Look at the biz
white rabbit shooting the hunter. Look
at the ee-normous bottle OF milk and
the human hand walking alone!
There goes the whistle. DO YOU see
that very pretty girl on the slack wire
the one tangoing In midair? That's Bin
Millman. the star of the circus. and
something tells me that the Maddigar
girls will have a slack wire rugged ur
In Pa Maddigans cellar about to-mor.
row. They're coming pretty fast now
aren't they. HuckY Hut don't mss
Signor Bagonghi. the midget bareback
rider. He's only about a foot and a
half tall and they have him suspende,
at the end Of long rope 30 he can,
fall from that horse and hurt himself
Hey. listen TO the crowd yell He's
missed the horses back and is swinging
by its tail. Some act. Riddles. Now
look at the Davenports in the other
ring. Victoria and Orrin. bouncing or
and on the galloping gray. can sec
you. Huck. trying that tomorrow OF
Uncle Jacks old roadster.
wild West show Too
Crash Blare' Whoopee, Yow-ee 20
You thought YOU had seen the best II
the show. didn't you? No stree. Here
are Inc cowboys and cowgirls of the
Frontier Days wild West par, Of the
circus. Watch Tex Mcleod lasso first
one. then two. then eight horses all gal.
looping full speed Look at Otto Kline
that tall. slim boy with the fine blue
eyes and the nice smile riding like an
Misunderstanding himself first to one
side and then the other of his racer.
standing OH his head. turning som ~
saults. grabbing up handkerchefs from
the tanbark. Did you ever see the beat
or IL And look at that dark faced
girl coming down the arena like a whirl-
wind. DO you see she's an Indian =
Wonder where they got her? Ret she
ran away from home. Her name :
Rushing Water and old Mr. Fellow, =
says she had to leave home because
who had 10; Of ponies
That's over. Take "A long breath now.
For here's the very end. the Grea,
Golden Globe--there IL In clinging to .he
ceiling like an immense hornets nest
OF gold. There goes Ce-Dora. the girl
who Is going TO laugh At death by driy-
ing motorcycle upside down around
the inverted cup OF the inner globe
They're swinging her up. Now she
steps on the little platform let into the
globes side. Now she's on her cycle.
Hush A tremendous blare from the
band Go. Zzzzz- bang bang bang, All
''H N''i SIT VI 10 u NI.Tll0S shape ~
pink and white. There It's over and
done with. She's safe and bowling from
the platform.
Quick now The crowd is rushing
for the exits. Hold fast. Why. YOU
Riddles look AS II you had been in an
other world. and so YOU have. hut tn :
is only the first night OF the circus and
we'll have To come again and pick out
the things we like best 10 watch all IF
the time.
Every day for the next three weeks.
twice day. AT =. VI. and 3 T.. NJ.
they will do this all over again.