Arizona republican., 1919-12-26
MORE THAN 2OOO PEOPLE
 SPEND FINE AFTERNOON AT
 CHRISTMAS CHEER CIRCUS
Wonderful Weather Makes It Delightful to Witness Out
 door Performance-Show Animals Are Reused from Winter Siestas to Give Exhibition to Raise Money for ., Charity Work of Salvation Army-No Report of Amount of Money Secured from Circus Is Yet Made

It was q most unique Christmas day for more than 2,000 Phoenicians who Journeyed yesterday afternoon to the state fair grounds to witness the Christmas Cheer Circus. Novel as a Yuletide event. it also was a new way in which to raise funds for the Sal vation Army Christmas relief fund, for the circus was d benefit affair.
 The affair was as delightful as it was successful. the entire circus and enter tainment being held in the open air in front of the big amphitheater. the beautiful weather of this Christmas day making it absolutely comfortable for .the big crowd that enjoyed every event. 4 circus in the open air on Christmas day,
 Wild animal, dog and horse acts, wound up with a spectacular airplane performance. provided the interesting program for the open air Christmas circus for the Salvation Army Christ mas fund. Of all the animal events that went on during the two hours of Inc circus the most thrilling were the tiger and lion acts. The beasts put through their paces by women locked Tn the huge open-air cage. Probably the most popular act. however, was the elephant and Shetland pony per for7nance. willie for pure excitement the aerial acrobatic stunts of Dare devil Campbell easily took the palm.
 "Oaredevlr Performs
 Campbell by the way. though he did not specifically hang by his toes. gave performance that equaIled that of Isieut. Ormer Locl<lear during the stats fair, with the omission of Lock- lear4s changing airnlanes in the air. Cannpbeil. with Harold Patterson as pilot, hung by his knees from the WDEss and landing gear of the flying airTGane. walked about the wings and Cthorwise disported himself in dar- ing Hammer, to the great interest of the erotvd
 Hundreds of motor cars and more ;haa45 2,000 people were at the. fair grounds by the time the first act be- sau shortly before 3 o'clock. The big graadstand was two-t thirds filled with meIF. women and children. while many others were elsewhere on the grounds
 The program was opened with a song admirably rendered. with band accoInpaniment. Miss Bessie Harvey of thei Al G. Barnes circus. The other acts given by the Barnes show were entirely of the animal variety with the exception of the performance of the -'iFon- -Jawed" woman who hung by her teeth in the air. After the con venfional pony act, novel feature was staged in the performance of Eddie Bulters trained flames. The wild mountain animals of interior Asia gram.
 i Dogs and Lions Please
 One of the cleyerest acts of the show was given by a score of trained dogs of every variety. The dog that skipped a rope twirIed by his trainer and .another dog, and the dog who leaped into the air and turned com plete somersauit before alighting proved the favorftes with the crowd, though all were clever entertainers.
 Mirtha Elorine. in an act with a group of lions in the big open air cage, gave a hair-raising performance in purring the beasts through their tricks. The lions. apparently in no hurnor to have their winter rest inter-