The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-07-07
A TOWER OF BABEL.
The Carl Haaenbeck- Wallace Shows
is One Of the Largest Circus
Organization in the World

Organizations in the World.
Circus life is not without its reward.
The work is hard, but the life is in the
open. The fields and the trees are
green. The skies distil health for all
nature. Husbands, wives, sons. daugh.
ters, uncles and aunts trayel together.
Like the snails, they take their homes
around with them. These :homes are
the sleeping cars. Necessarily, they
are modest in space, but they are made
to bloom cheerily by a genuine domes.
tic pride.
The most wonderful circus in the
world is the Carl Hagenbeck. W allace
Shows 1t is tower of Babel The
employees, numbering about 1000,
speak almost every language under the
sun. The social side of this big family
IL interesting. There are card clubs,
q woman's club, clown society, cosmo.
politan club and baseball team.
The feminine touch of refinement is
to be seen about the living parts of the
circus tents, as we'll as in the cars. The
dressing tents have no hardwood floors,
but soft carpets are spread over the
grass and on these each artist gathers
her little party. The cosmopolitan club
was started last season. Very few of
its members speak English and they
stumbled hopelessly. 1t is a polyglot
crowd, working far from home and
needing such fellowship. At present
they are learning to speak English un.
der the guidance of little American
rider. There are fifty children with the
show. Many are the sons and daugh
ters of performers; in sense born to
the business. Others are the children
of relatives. Some are apprenticed.
The boys and girls go to the circus
school and study with greater zest be-
cause of splendid physical health and
six months separation from school
routine. Their teachers are furnished
by the management
When the big show comes to o wosso,
Wednesday, July 10, the first thing
that will be noted is its vast improve
ment. From its first day of existence
it has grown rapidly year by year, but
never before has it sho wn such progress
as in the recent years. In every large
city in the world the Carl Hagenbeck-
Wallace Circus maintains an Office. In
every jungle, forest and everglade trap
pers are on the constant hunt. Thus
novelties are assured. 1t matters not
what the cost may be, anything that is
curious and interesting, and any per-
former whose methods are novel are
secured at once.
The performance of the Carl Hagen
beck Wallace Circus this year is divided
into two departments; one Is the fa-
nous Carl Hagenbeck's animal show,
where several hundred animals per-
form almost human stunts. There are
educated elephants, three herds of them,
seals, monkeys, lions. polar bears, leop-
ards, royal Bengal tigers, ETC., etc.
In the circus department there is the
Great Wallace Show with its 400 artists,
among the most famous OF whom is
Herr Won Ritter, who slides down a
slender wire on head from the summit
of lofty pole; the Six Flying Wards,
sensational aerialists; the Lindsay Trio,
who fox trot on tight wire; Capt.
Richard Ricardo, the worlds bravest
wild animal trainer, and fifty clowns,
headed by Art Adair and Arthur Bor-
ella.
Performances will be given at and
p. m. Doors to the geological paradise
will be opened an hour earlier. A three.
mile. long street parade will leave the
show grounds at 10 o'clock.
When the local committee dis.
continues the sale of season tickets for
the Chautauqua, single tickets only can
be purchased. The afternoon admission
will be 35 cents; evening, so cents; San
Carlo Grand Opera, 70 cents. Seas n
tickets for the fourteen entertainments
C IN be purchased for 81 90, or about Ia
cents each.
l. P. Royce, representing the rural
carriers of the county, is attending the
state association meeting In Charlevoix
Alton Rundell and family leave Sat
urday for their cottage at Topinabee.
Seth @ Pulver and family l,ave Sat-
urday for their cottage at Beulah.