Evening journal., 1916-07-15


Because of am unexpected delay In
getting to Wilmington from Newark.
n. j.. the Barnum d Bailey circus was
Obliged to dispense with It's street
parade today. This was a disappoint-
ment to thousands of men women and
children, who lined the streets await
ing the glittering cavalcade and the
wild animals.
The circus did not get done unload
ing until well after 9 o'clock and
strive as they did the circus folk
found they could not get everything
In shape for the afternoon perform
ance and give parade. too. SO they
decided 10 dispense with the parade.
Had a parade been given the after
noon performance could not have been
started until o'clock.
But they're an here the elephants,
the "rhno' the eiasticutus the mar
velous snake charmer. the smallest
man ever born to 1--we the Twins skele-
/ ton, Vicente Wee. the animated choc-
olate eclair. clowns. riders, hoo-you-
/ t-full horses and hee-you-ti-full-er
/ riders, acrobats. iugglers. magicians
all are here. Boneless popcorn in
bales, freshly shucked antiseptic pea
nuts, lemonade as pink as the blush
Of n maid, tinsel blare of horns.
music, pomp and circumstance. the
odor of tanhark and sawdust all arc
on tap red-letter day for
youthful America and his elders as
we'll.
Twenty tents-big and little-ar'
pitched at the show grounds, and seeI
from a distance. with their Haunting
flags. they look just as attractive a
they did when gray grandfather wa
a small hoy and carried water fo
Jumbo in order 10 get a free ticket {
e the marvels concealed within the obi
e top" Many q small boy offered toda
a 10 curry-comb the zebras or fetch ha
for the scared cattle. and the suddei
, industry they displayed was marvel
Gus to mothers and fathers who havl
heen trying for days to get those sam,
oftsprings to do some chores abOu
home There was not a boy i'm towr
today who would not have carried Z
I bale of hay in installments for tn,
privilege OF gazing on the holy COW
from India.
The performance this Afternoon
was witnessed by delighted thousands
r and another complete performanc,
will be given at o'clock tonight
I The opening pageant IS an orienta
Z prelude depicting the ancient clorie
p Of Persia and the Thousand and on
Nights. Practically all the circu
! performers take part in this. Tn
{ oriental costumes are wonderful
. barbaric and beautiful and the weir
Il ] 10 faI.
- bination Of tom-toms. triangles an
\ other queer instruments, adds muc
h to the atmosphere.
p The circus this year has specia
r lied IN novelties. and it has plenty {
- them. Perhaps the best of the 10
S from a real circus standpoint is m
y HannafOrd family Of equestrian
d There are FIVE Of them. three men an
two women, the elder woman actin
as ringmaster. Circus patrons hay
seen circus riding in the past. bl
, they never have seen such feats {
l. are performed by Richard Hannafor
. Pallenborg's bears is another wol
- derful act The three bears do a
~ manner Of stunts SWANS train,
10 cats. rats and dogs provide a new an
a., UNUSUAL act
is Nine Marcella and her train
= cockatoos and macaws also held n
,e interest of the audience These bir
do skirt dances. turn somersaul
ride bicycles and do all kinds Of trio
that birds never before have be-
II trained to do.
as There are equestrians, equilibris
20 iugglers. gymnasts, aerialists al
a acrobats galore. each man. woman
IS. team being absolutely the hest Of
be kind One Of the star features is
at gathering of Chinese athletes. VI
he after q number of the familiar tricl
he do slides for life on a rope from I
an top Of the tent hanging by their ha
The Morse Ballerina is taking fe'
ure and n new one.
There are three herds OF train
re elephants. each displayed this ye
N for the frf time by a woman train
Is The posing horses are seen, int
IN spersed with groups Of women
n classic poses. There are trapeze p
n formers who risk their necks eve
second: bareback riders. who perfo
"a seemingly impossible feats; "
~ walkers. and a thrilling wild "
'o show, in which many real cowb'
Of and cowgirls do rough riding a
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