Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-26

WIN SuPpO' leu OIi TVS odNN q WV
ing Car Loaded with Four Men
kcpletc with novel acts. Hailum ana
Barncy's 'N' Cirmus made its second
annual appearance Thursday evening at
City hall and. as had been promised II
proved to Ec digger and better than
,'tcr'' and pleased an audience that file I
the han. From the t,mc I've doors open
ed ana the Side SHOW commenced TO tie
end of the big show there WAS not a dutl
moment, for between tho high GuaiitF
acts Il large squad Of clowns held the
floor and kept the audience i'll laughter
THE circus will be repeated this evening
and will undoubtedly be even better thaI
AT its initial performance. The same actS
will be given and as feature NUMBER
Leslie j. Davis. the handcuh KING. mas
accepted challenge to get out OF =
NAH, Of handouts which were used hN
former Sheriff Became y years aS"
The side show was the first attraction:
Of the evening and there the audience
y,o. given "A chance to see freaks anI
animals that would do justice TO a mucl
wa. rs follows: Snake charmcr. N;upi
Brown: bearded lady, oscar Snhtn "oH
faced boy Everett Mower: 9'ah''SN
twins. Gerald Wardwcli and \. i. MOE
roc: living skeleton. tarro't 'iu'c''''S'
.,.on.d 10Y. d; Cooper: wild man from
Eorneo and wife, Lyle Patterson a""
James Harvey: dwarf, Herbert SAWYER
Sio,,x Elyiou Williams; administration
Richard Hight: tiger. Richard Benn
,a,,,rd {, sherwood; bear, W. NJ. Nc
curdv. monkey, Lawrence Morton ire
barker was Harry Poole ana ucketS
were sold by Ray Marston, Elliot Board
man and Arno Bittucs.
Promptly at $ "'ciovN the main
show opened. lie first number hle'
ire band selection by Dennis orchestra
nci;,c the grand parade, in winch u"
took part headed by NaEan N"Sa
Main, tie Sioux Indian.
\ clown speciality entitled "The Pnf-
s1lit of Villa" came next and was TOT
lowed bv an Interesting act. 'Fhc SIX
BroncoS on the HorSc." in which the
mon who have Leon working under tn"
direction Of g. +. Hcnna, physical d
unon tho horse and exhibited many diff
fcult stunts. The gymrasts were; NJ.
uenna. l.. T. Goodman. Elmer Bragg,
-. II. Thompson, Give sylvester. con
rad Bragg Waiter Bur'lc and Roy
Wiley. other excellent acts GiNcn dur
Ing the evening by :ho -Nmnasts We're
the work on ~" parallel bars. ~"
high horizontal bar work and the mat
tumhling. G. y. king%man and perleN
NJ Lawrence alsu showed q few tricks
On Tie hich horiI"ntnl bar th9t Ven
much applause.
"icy- Hav In" second" the trained
mule then made hi. appearance l,n"Cr
the direction of I;oNal ". 6"dWc1 ana
ti,i> animal nceiGCS Icing ahlC tn dance
could solve deer mrthcf1A'lrai pr"n-
Icms, This was. of course. tn" result
of The careful training Ivy his uaS'e"
anG exhibitor. Mr Rodwell. Eut il must
he admitted that h" was as}.r5tru ~
lis WORK hy Flcd K. Lord and II. T..
IIawley.
John cagnon the Frencn Sampson.
was the next attraction and n" gave
an entirely new repertoire IT strength
feats from last years and ono wei
worthy Of professional mrUti"n We
bent a Gc-nenny spike, broke j. with m
teeth. and he held horseshoe while
four men on each side pulled. II" til@n
took "A horseshoe and stl'3IGhir'lrd 7
with hjs hands and he held by "in-"
in MS arms I. mer pUili"I: nh "hrh
side. The stroi. man then hc&' y 3
inch iron bar With hi@ tccih ;'"h '1
the final stunt he lifted - Fc"d c'r
and four occupants. total WeI2nt "
about .4CO pounds. Needless !" saN.
his act won large applausc.
Keith Ryan then gave vocal sol"
which found favor with VI" audicnc"
and this was followed by til" act Of
Leslie y. Davis. the handcuff king.
Davis proved that handouts and pad
locks would not hold him and he sue
cussfully performed the feat OF getting
out of mail pouch after he had been
hundcuffed. chained and tied int" the
bag. His tricks amused as well a.
mystified.
The next act on Tho program Was tn"
dance of the Hula Hula SeNtettc exc
cuted 10y Il. ". Bodwell and Kenneth
Twitchell who representing the heavy
and the light We're well paired and
were assisted by Kendall Davsi. Walk
err Noble. Lawrence Wakefield. Frank
Sprague and Walworth Simpson. The
costumes were fully in keeping with
this dance. lately imported from the
Hawaiian Islands, and the act was a
scream.
A lightweight wrestling match be-
tween Kid Dion of Lewiston and Jim
Of I fnIlnu;nI and
although both fought hard there was
no decision after 10 minutes of wrest-
ling This act was under the direction
Of Arthur G.. Legendre of lewiston.
Melodious and Soulful was the title
Of the next attraction in which Mr.