The Colorado statesman., 1916-08-05
SELLS-FLoTo A "SAFETY FIRST"
CIRCUS COMING ON MON
DAY, AUG. 7.

The Sells-Floto Circus, Champion
Shows of the World, is to be here on
Monday, Aug. Z, thus affording resi-
dents of this and adjoining towns an
opportunity of seeing what has been
admitted to be the greatest amuse-
ment aggregation ever organized.
There is no show in this country that
mas won for itself reputation for
merit and care of its patrons as has
the Sells-Floto Circus. 1t might we'll
be called the Safety First" circus,
for every provision possible for the
safety of its audiences has been
taken. Even the lemonade of the
Sells-Floto circus is served on safety
first principles. There is no chance
of the transmission of disease, FOR the
reason that the lemonade is sold in
individual glasses. But that is only
the beginning.
Thru the invention of William Cur
tbs, superintendent of the Sells Floto
Circus, no matter how the wind may
blow, no matter what storms there
may be, there is no danger in the cir
Gus. The seats cannot fall; they are
guyed together with cables of steel
instea: of being placed by the old
'toe-pin" system. They can even be
erected on a paved street and hold
safely twice as many persons as the
room provides for. The poles of the
circus cannot be blown down, for the
same reason, that their guy ropes are
of steel. The tent cannot burn be-
cause it has been fireproofed. Not
feature has been neglected about
the great Sells-Floto circus to make it
absolutely safe.
According to the promises that have
been made, there's much that is worth
seeing this year. Among the exciting
things is to be the riding of Rose
Rosaland, who is the only woman to
master the feat of somersaulting
from horse to horse. There's a baby
elephant and three herds of grown
upones, including Snyder, the ele-
phant who walks like a man and the
only elephant carrying it's trainer on
its tusk. There are forty fun-makine |
clowns and Jumping Jupiter, the |
champion auto hurdling horse of the
world. Then as special features there |
are Jess Willard, champion heavy |
weight of the world" and Frank |
Gotch, wrestling champion of the
world" Jess Willard will make his
first appearance in the arena in his |
old role of cowboy at the head of Buff |
falo Bill Wild West Cowboys. His |
second appearance VIII De IN lne con- |
cert when he will appear in ring cos
tune and with his sparring partner
illustrate how he won the champion
ship and the punches given in his
latest fight With Frank Moran at Mad
ison Square Garden. Frank Gotch,
the hercules of the wrestling world,
is the man who has defeated the uni
verse. These two worlds champions,
heading an all chan, sion p1rogram
with the worlds champion circus
cannot fail to attract both young and
old
On the morning of the day that the
show will be here a grand free street
parade will be given, and even If you
do not intend to witness the perform
ance, you should not miss this mighty
street parade. 1t is said to be the
greatest street demonstration ever
seen, and as the show has made near
ly all the larger cities and been laud-
ed to the very limit by the press and
patrons alike, there is no reason to
doubt anything that is promised for
the parade or anything connected
with this stupendous enterprise. Two
performances are to be given. The
afternoon performance at 2 O'Clock
and the evening performance at s
o'clock. The doors will open one
hour earlier.