The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-03
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FIRST PERFORMANCE
PLEAsEs BIG AUDIENCE
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.:zz y /. Of Much Enjoyment.

ureds OF people thrOng the streets
this afternoon, coming from miles
around to see the performance of the
Walter l.: Main Fashion Plate shows
which are exhibiting here this after
noon and will give another perform
ance this evening.
Kids galore and gr0wnups, too,
were at the Great Northern station
early this morning to see the train
OF double-size circus cars switched
onto the siding and unloaded These
quickly spread the news that the
show, judging by the number of cars
carried, was one of the largest, If not
the largest, ever to exhibit at this
place.
Those persons who witnessed the
unloading of the huge, gaudily> dec
GRATED circus wagons at the fair
3 grounds where the mammoth tents
were raised, were struck Immediate
ly with the unusually clean and new
appearance of the circus parapherna-
liza. The scores of beautiful, we'll fed
horses also came in for their full
share of admiration.
~ The. snowy "big top" covered, at
the afternoon performance, crowd
that filled almost every seat. The
: tVHSAAAAAo VI bAO LulS al.
ternoon was very appropriate to the
times, being in the nature of a pat
,riotic demonstration the bands dis
sc0ursing patriotic music and the ma
tiOnal colOrs being inurIr In evidence;
! The crowd was put on tip-toes of
expectancy when the grand process
sional was held around the arena. =
The circus performance this after
;noQnss'was a very creditable one and
9p1eased to the highest -degress of en-
tertafnMent: Among the many fea-
lures presented upon the program are
acts that for years have been the top
most attractions of the larger circuses
but this season have been secured by
the management Of this worlds
toured organization to appear ON its
; program at a. vast expenditure of
money. For instance Joe La Flure,
the man, who dives from the top.most
pinnacle 'of the big circus tent back
,ward and turns tsomersault after
'somersaHltE when. he reaches the
ground below ABLY assisted by two
small dogs he was the recipient of a
sthunderous applause and was accord
ed the honors of the day. The Rid
ing Hollis Family, the society eQues-
Etrians supreme are. no doubt the best
troupe OF bafeback riders ever seen
in. llis city. and. their performance
this afternoon was awarded the hand
which they were / entitled to. The
performing bears under the direction
OF Capt Hellfott pleased the kiddfes
but when the elephants made, their
appearance the program was stopped
and this act is the wonder of ages.
Monstreus beasts as. they are their
performance: ;is wonderful and, each
trick is, wolf done, pleased the ;au-
"dience and 1t can be truthfully stated.
BY the press that this is the best ele-
phant act ever. seen with any circus
for travelling Organisation of this
kind lin this city.
The menagerie which one views
before entering the 'fbig top," is
large and contains beasts and birds
~lf- -zaaay" kinds r--,:.->-, .,,-. w.,
4 Taken all In all the circus is up;
sto-date, clean and most enjoyable and
Undoubtedly the good reports, which:
will be given by those who attend the
show this afternoon, will have the,
EFFECT of jamming the tent to the en-
frances at this evenings perform
kance. -.