Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-21
h0WE'S CIRCUS
PLEASES CROWDS
IN Pine BLUFF

Howe's Great London Show" one
OF the best circuses that has been
in Pine Bluff in number Of years,
and certainly as large a circus as
has been here in four or five years,
visited Pine Bluff yesterday, gave a
big street parade and two perform
ances, and departed last night, leav-
ing behind quite few thousands of
men, women and children who spoke
highly of the show and all its ap-
purtenances.
The attendance was very good, at
both performances. At the matinee,
there were some general admission
seats vacant, but the reserved seat
sections were crowded to capacity. At
the night performance, there was
present the largest crowd that has
witnessed the performance since the
company entered Arkansas. The
weather was almost uncomfortab1y
cold outdoors, but in the big ten, SO
great was the crowd, the conditions
were quite satisfactory, in this re-
spect 1t was noticeable that very
large proportion of the crowds were
of people from the surrounding coun
try, who had come into the city to at
tend the circus. y
What most impressed Pine Bluff
people was the neat appearance of
the men and women and the genteel
manner in which they conducted
themselves both on the streets and the
"lot." 1t must be said that the Howe
show is one of the cleanest, snap
piest, brightest and most entertaining
| y. to- DsvA Inf f0Ys
some time. ~ EN}
Astride beautiful, prancing white
horses rode petite young women as
heralds and both the afternoon and
evening audiences gasped at the spec
tacular opening. Following them
came a happy-go-lucky gathering OF
clever clowns, who throughout the
rerformance proved themselves enter
tainers of real merit. The merry
makers were headed by Jack Murray
who for several seasons entertained
New York Hippodrome audiences
with his comical capers. Next in line
were the men and women bareback
riders, a troupe O flaps and Arabs.
Ten Elephants in Herd.
Then the elephants-the animal that
brings ioy to the heart of every child.
| There were ten of them, one by one
holding each other by the tail, which
these mammoth creatures insist upon
doing when appearing in public.
| The grand assemble disappeared be-
| hind the doors of red white and blue.
Then in the midst of a burst OF popu-
lar music the big show was on.
| From the moment the show began
something was doing" every moment
until the end. Among the GROWING
features was the aerial work. The
double wire act of the Powells with
seven performers, the Hassan Ben Ali
troupe of royal Arabs with fifteen
acrobats presented mystifying stunts,
and the Uyeno Japanese troupe OF
fourteen gave an excellent exhlpltioh
of Juggling. pole balancing, wire walk
ing and trapeZe tricks. Miss Iltu Rop-
inson deserves mention for her beau
tiful work on the tight wire.
The six high school horses. under
the direction of r. H. Dockrlll. a
scion at the business, and superb
horseman, gave evidence OF the hand
Of an artist and they reached the
heights of their performance IN the
dancing act, when the animals danced
the waltz. two-step. tango, fandango,
"bear" and ..hooche-koochee. me
bareback riders were accomplished
artists among them being Miss Della
Jeanette, said to be the only woman
in the show world who does somer-
lsault on horseback. Miss Amelia Cor
rela acquitted herself with credit as
a bareback rider as did also Cecil
Yawanda and John Correla.
Several Novel Features.
The show has a number OF FEATURES
far out of the ordinary. One little Jap
acrobat was star, his gyrations and
genuflections being of such nature as
to make it appear that his bones are
of rubber. Another youngster. in the
| "Wild West" after-show, gave perhaps
the hest exhibition OF lariat work ever
seen here. even by grown men. tanned
nv wears of service in the cattle coun-
try. The clowns were numerous, and,
as one enthusiastic auditor expressed
"nrofuse" in their work. Prof. Welch's
hand aided much to carry on the snow
with the necessary snap ana VIM tha'
adds so much to the pleasure OF such
an affair.
The circus did not depend entirely
upon the clowns for the COMEDY as
| the trained elephants in a shaving act
produced mirth and was an unique
feat. The Warner bicycle trio gave
wonderful exhibition of cycle work
and deserves their reputation OF being
world renowned cycle artists. Three
hundred well-bred horses are IN the
aggregation, ten elephants and over
ak hundred people. Three trains a.
cars in ALL carry the snow on us
journey through the country