The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-04
.BARNUM g. BAlLEYS
OPENING AT MADISON
SQUARE APRIL 9Th

Barnum & Bai1ey's opening day on
the afternoon of April 9Th at Madison
Square Garden, New York, means a
red letter day for the old as well as
the young and they, too, welcome the
excuse to accompany the children to
see the circus
To typify interest this year and to
knock sky-high the belief that there
is nothing new under the sun, the
Barnum & Bailey circus is Offering a,
wonderfully new spectacular pageant,
''Persia-Or the Pageants of the Thou
sand and One Nights which teens
with life, action and color and has
400 persons taking part besides $50
horses and camels.
This mammoth pageant opens one
of the biggest shows ever produced
under the magic name of Barnum &
new and complete in every detail.
Three herds of elephants presented
by Barnum & Bai1ey's first and only
lady elephant trainers, are one of the
features this year.
There are riders of note in the cir
Gus world, which include The Five
Hannefords, three women and two
men, whose wonderful feats in horse
manship has never been equalled;!
Fred Derrick, Charles Siegrist, Orrin
Davenport, Victoria Davenport and
Fila Bradna. Teddy the Jumper; Luz
evolutions in midair which has no like
or equal in all realms of the circus;
the Paldren Troupe, balancing pyra-
hiding and head jumping ong the tops
of burning lamps; the Imperial Wen
ese Troupe, the Siegrist-Silbon Troupe,
the Six Neapo1itans in desperately
dangerous and daring aeriaIism are
collective and individual gymnasts
whose claims to pre-eminence are not
disputed; Three Ar1eys, perch ba1anc-
highest European honors; Harvey. Rit-
tley and Mile. Rittley and the DeKoe
Troupe dispute with all others the
title of worlds champion balancerS
and trick acrobats; Moran and Wiser,
who throws hats about the arena in
much the same manner and with
equal skill as boomerang throwers.
They actually perform with hats the
tricks usually performed by boomer
ang experts; SWANS rats, cats and
dogs, a distinctly unique animal act
in which felines and rodents perform
individually and collectively astound
ing feats; The Four Daring Sisters
are a, qAartette who perform seeming
~ impossible aerial feats with rare
grace and dexterity; "Pallenberg'a
Wonder Bears which ride on BIZ
cycles, skate on rollers and do aero
batic stunts just like human beings;
Lady A1fce's Pets, performing rats and
The Baker Troupe, cycling
coniques, trick b1egc1e riding and
roller skating; Henri Fsillis and COM
pany q big family of equestrian stars
who introduce dancing girls and%denc-
ing horses, dancing the Same steps
and movements in perfect time; The
Marvellous Bedford Troupe a family of
five people in "a risky acrobatic act,
Juggling hunAu beings as if they
were toys; The Millets and Frank
Smith in head balancing trapeze fea-l
lures; The Four Mel1fIo Sisters equi1-
iFristic contortionists; Horace webb
in a startling whirIing aerial act of
intreuidity; Marcel1a's Birds, a big
troupe of parrots, cockatoos, ravens,
ETC., featuring Marcellas Talking
Birds; Four celebrated Chinese
trodpes, the Yum Schin Troupe, Su
Fong Lin troupe, Chung Ling Hee
troupe and Zai To Lin troupe were
imported directly by Barnun &
Bailey; Rodriguez Brothers in a novel
perch act; Max Petroff's Comedy Cir
Gus complete circus of laughter with
clowns, ponies, mules, original me-
chantca1 novelties, properties, etc The
Weisse Family in astonishing innova-z
tons; Resua Sisters. tight wire per-
formers; -Four Vu1ysteke Troupe in a
pyramid gymnastic act. Clowns, a
bunch Of them and right up to the
minute.