El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-06

~ ID you go 10 the circus2 I guess
most everybody did. and didn't
- il make you feel terrifically
I useless. clumsy and helpless. to watch
the various performers in the circus
exhibit their magnificent control over
/ their own bodies2 The way they could
handle themselves. with every muscle
( wonderfully responsive TO any move
ment the directing mind wished to ex-
: press. was wonderful. The trick eques-
TRANS, the tight rope walkers. and,
above all. the trapese performers,
with every part Of their beautiful.
1.-THE bodies so absolutely in hand, and
then the rest Of US mortals in the
audience sitting like so many bags
OF meal, with so little control over
/ our own muscles that If half Of us
were 70 tumble down. the other half.
more likely than not. would have 10
pick US up and stand us on our feet
I again, for all the world like mechan-
zeal toys that can only move when in
q certain position
I don't mean that / like or enjoy
seeing abnOrmalities- COntOrtionists
are horribly repulsiVe and also the eN-
cessive strong man and woman acts.
Il always seems 10 me that the man
Z Is being horribly rude to the woman.
10 stand on her head or body. even
II she IS strong enough to diSdain TO
. be discounted by his antics But
the trick riders the slack wire artists
and the aerial performers. with their
ease, grace and beauty Of movement,
certainly do show w our placid in
capacity for coordinated motion II
made me feel Ike Immediately rushing
off and going into stiff training with
a coach ] wonder if anyone else had
the same feeling2
Speaking OF trick riding. our SOL
diers in the cavalry and officers in
the riding schools AT West Point and
the Mounted Service school get all OF
the trick stunts that the circus riders
do and many more immensely more
hazardous. as all who have watched
the cossack drills and monkey drills
Of the army know. MOnteith Hines
the man in the white suit who rode
the beautiful black dancing horse
castle" in the circus. is a former
soldier. having served for a number
Of years in cavalry regiment OF the
regular army.
There was a delightful little bit OF
the softer and gentler side Of hui
manity displayed behind the scenes OF
the circus Thursday afternoon in the
way that the performers OF the circus
company were gathering about Mrs.
Billy Adolph and her little baby. Mrs.
Adolph was. before her marriage. Vic
tOria COdOna. one Of the star slack
wire artists OF the Barnum and Bailey
company. and a great favorite with
the company. so everyone wanted TO
see "Nictoria's baby" and the women
members Of the company were max
ing the greatest fuss over him. enough
70 absolutely turn the little young
ster's head if he had been old enough
TO comprehend
Mrs Rose Wallace acts as mother
Of all the women performers Of the
circus in her capacity OF wardrobe
mistress. which she has filled for the
past nine years She is the boss OF
everything connected with the women
outside Of the big tent and that is a
part OF the circus life that is quite as
Interesting as the public work From
the girl side of the question. the
women employees Of the circus are af-
forded much Deter protection than is
the lot of the average women in in
dustry. As everyone knows. circus
work seems to have a fascination. for
whole families and often several gen
eratiOns viii have been engaged in the
same kind of work The women circus
performers who are not accompanied
by relatives appearing I'm family
acts" usually have a mother or elder
aunt with them, who serves in some