Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-20


came out crying and carrying an old
doll by one foot-a really tragic
looking figure. Peg" Bomar',
Back Home in Tennessee was 6
scream. She put on her song in rea
stage style. Misses Querita Brown
Margaret Hodgson, Murree Holmes
Manora Cornelius and Eunice Grubt
formed chorus to finish off the act
Miss Corrine Larimore now sang
Somewhere Voice is Calling" very
sweetly. The grand finale of the
minstrel show came when Misses
Margaret Hodgson, Mae Skeene and
Alene Bomar took the lead parts in
THE Good Old U. S. A." with the
whole chorus helping them.
Now came the circus proper
There were eight acts of good fast
work of all kinds. The first act was
real three-ring circus. The small
girls performed on the mat and the
small boys, divided into two groups,
worked on the rings and the trapeze.
Some of the girls were really small,
too. But that did not make so much
difference in their work, after all.
They could do better work than some
of the larger ones. The work was
all good. The boys did stunts on the
rings and trapeze that it had taken
them all year to learn-good stunts,
too. The second act was a stretch.
ing exercise. AS Prof. Larimore
said, "the exercise to take after you
get up in the morning to wake you
up" Some of the small oys in ttc
drill did not keep their eyes glued on
the professor, and so were not al
ways with him, but did you ever see
a bunch of boys who could all watch
one man for five minutes? On the
whole the exercise was very good.
Now came a short interlude in
which the larger boys set up the hor-
izontal, which was to be used in the
next exercise. This exercise includ-
ed all the old pinwheels, etc. Now
came very exciting tunnel ball race
between two teams of girls. The
''Neversweets," as Mr.. Larimore
called them, won. AS part of the
race act the boys had tug-of-war.
"The Old Swimming Hole was rep
resented in the next act. Twelve
boys in bathing suits showed how
swim. Mr.. Larimore lectured at the
same time on swimming, life saving
and resuscitation. He told how to
learn to swim and what strokes are
best for different purposes. He
showed with the help of one of the
boys how to approach, take hold and
break away from the grasp of the
drowning person. 1t was an interest
ing talk and one that may prove val
liable to some one who heard it. He
then showed how to resuscitate
person when he has been rescued.
This was also very interesting. He
has been taking his classes in swim
ming every day during the session,
and through his efforts thirty pupils
who before could not swim a stroke
have been taught to swim we'll This
is more than worth while. The next
act was very pretty dance by twelve
of the larger girls. 1t was the Span
ish La Czarine." This was the pret-
tiest dance that has been put on here
for quite a while. The Joy Pole is
a game which is at the same time
very funny and wildly exciting. A
round pole held up off the ground
loosely so that it will turn. Two
boys get astride it, facing each other,
with a pillow in one hand and
fierce look on his face. They try
their best to knock each other off
the pole, but usually both roll off
when one makes a move. 1t is
fine game and very good exercise.
The last act, the grand finale, con-
sisted of wand drill and pyramid
building in the foreground. The
wands at first looked like ordinary
wands with red and white stripes
painted around them, but in the
grand finale to the tune of "The Star
snangled Banner" they turned out |
% be flags rolled UP on their sticks.
The spreading out Of all the flags,
he pyramid behind and the singing
If all the members of the classes
made very imposing sight and was
fitting end for the best circus ever
,ut on the Chautauqua platform.
Prof. Larimore has done the usual
,ood work this year. This year he
vas ably assisted by his two daugh-
ers. He has had large classes and
as had the best results that could
e obtained from them. There were
3 boys and 70 girls In the classes.
heir names are as follows: