Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-07
WILD CAT CLAWS
 KEEPER AT GfRLS' CIRCUS

The Girls Community Center hall on Main street was crowded to the doors Wednesday night for the big circus
 performance. Wild animals howled and
 growIed, acrobats performed marvel ous stunts. and a lady circus rider dashed nadly around the big ring on her fayorite trained horse. and the au- dience watched with bated breath the
 tight rope walker. Madame Wobble. in
 her dare devil act.
 There was considerable excitement
 and cries of horror when the wild cat Ga feroci6us tabDy borrowed for the
 and badly clawed her keeper, after
 wards escaping down the main stairs Into the cellar. where at fast accounts she was still in hiding
 The circus opened with a large pa- rade headed by the ringmaster (Miss
 Marion Swan). who carried huge megaphone and appeared in full re- galla, with vest. white riding brooches and Stovepipe hat. The wild circus riders tTelephone Unit Girls) followed and then came the strongest man in
 the world Miss Josephine Murphy
 who could lift three tons without Mary Swanton. Miss Louise Belleheur,
 Miss Helen Flynn and Miss May Kill day) were. next in line. They were sergeously costumed. Other attrac- t1ons of the parade were the well known tight rope walker (Miss F-reda Blinderman), the beautiful Hawaiian queen, Silly Lulu La1apalozza (Miss Bernice Wiley in private life), who is on tour of the United States and who was secured at great expense by the circus management. the Shewville band, which has attracted much atten- ton of late at Bean Hill. Occum and Jewett City. and who are. according 2 to reports, slated to appear at Brew ster's Neck, the Marlin Rockwell Unit hand and the large and miscellaneous collection of wild animals, and the human, cal1iope. composed of six at tractive young ladies of the Don't You Wish You Knew unit.
 The big performance followed the parade and to say the audience was delighted with the acts presented is putting it niiI~p One of the features play. Wild Nell of the Prairie or Her Final Sacrifice. Miss Gladys Thorne appeared as the heroine and Miss Ger a1dine Dat as Handsome Harry. Tiny. the largest elephant in captivity. en- tertained the audience under the gui- dance of his young trainer. The Barbed Wire Sisters (Miss Holm and Miss kirshall( were roundly applau ud ed for their efforts as was also The Glow Worm dancer, Miss Wiener. Jo- hanna Roessler appeared as Isadore Duncan in an interpretive dance which was well received. The Flip Upskis (Miss Helen Flynn and Miss Helen Murphy were seen in a very them well deserved applause.
 Prof. I. M. Flat and the human cal Hope interspersed the programme with sweet melodies. The side show; were well patroniZed by the eager thronging crowd and the two fortune teIlers, Miss Margaret McManus and Miss Norbertine Gregoire) were all most rushed to distraction revealing the future. past and present love af- fairs of many fair young damsels, The bearded lady was one of the marvels of tine circus. It has been suggested that the girls repeat the circus per form 4Hee in the near future for the benefit of their gentlemen friends as the performance of Wednesday eve hing was only for the members of the Center and their mothers.