The sun., 1919-04-14

| sailors were manoeuvring for space on
the north side OF Madison Square. They
had come from these hospitals: st.
| Mary's at Hoboken, which sent 22b
men Fox Hills. 200 the Marine Hospi-
tai. 100; the Naval Hospital, 1000 Pei
ham Bay. 200; East View. 900. Cen
eral Hospital no. 1, 400; Messiah
Home. $50; Camp Mills. 100; Camp
Merritt, 100 Els Island. $50; Debsrka-
ton No. 3, 1000; Debarkation No. b,
1000: Lafayette Home, %. and Poly
clinic 100.
One of the biggest and gayest detath-
ments was chaperoned from General
Hospital No. ! on Gun Hin road by
the knights of Columbus white Fleet"
in charge of Nicholas J. Duffy. The
fleet was ms de up OF half a dozen
sightseeing buses and fifty taxis and
II stretched the distance of a mile when
II got under way. on the trip to the
Garden the long string of cars rolled
down Convent avenue. where 1t was re-
viewed by Supreme Secretary william
J. Mckinley and other X. OF c. on
Gals from the Mckinley home at 420
Convent avenue. On the return journey
the Caseys took their guests to the
Longacre Square hut for hot chocolate
and coffee.
Most of the men we're quite able
10 take care OF themselves, but there
were few parties under the direct care
OF Red Gross nurses and OF army ply
sicians, one Of these parties being COM
posed OF seventyfve officers who sat
in Section D and forgot all about their
shoulder bars and the responsibilities
or rank. They whooped like the rest
OF the kids.
Performers on Their MettIe.
The minute the grand Introductory
began and the human oddities made
the round of the sawdust 1t was evil
dent that the people OF the circus were
on their mettle. keen to give the best
they had. As the performance went
on this Interesting fact became more
and more perceptible. The elepha Mt
trainers worked with more energy and
zest' The aerial artists took more dar-
Ing chances. The bareback riders, and
particularly Richard Hanneford, cham
pion or all. and May Wirth. labored as
II their whole future depended on the
success of the afternoon.
Bird Millman on her slack wire. "a
fairy on cobweb" as the programme
said with unusual veracity. offered her
pest agility and her finest smile and
earned the explosions OF delight that
arose from the masses OF young men
even the beasts themselves seemed to
De happily infected with the spirit OF
doing their best--elephants, trained sea
hons, bears and the whole pack OF ex-
cited bowwows that worked with the
clowns. And the clowns themselves GER
'alnly never tried harder to be funnier
since crcuses have been circuses.
one OF the widest wells that bit tha
ceiling greeted young Strawberry Red
VOL. rough rider. when he galloped his
cream colored bucker into the arena. He
wore his Tank Corps uniform. Red
was mustered out last February, but
he donned the uniform yesterday out OF
compliment to the service, and the Alta
boy" shouts that went up when he went
around the ring must have warmed his
heart.
IL won't do to mention the acts that
the quests of the show liked best, but
they were strong for the girls. Tiny
Klein. wh,rling by her teeth forty feet
above the ground. was saluted nobly. as
was the pretty Nine. Bradna when she
drove out Of the ring behind her white
horse, her white doves and her white
pigeons. Bird Millman. standing up in
her motor car, bowling and throwing
kisses as she was whirled around the
oval at the end or her Slack wire per-
Torrance. got the tribute OF her young
life. one may guess. and there were
other pretty faces that were not over
looked in the general run of the fun.
At the end of It. after the dizziest OF
all the aerial acts, the $500 young men
Joined in one mighty yell ot thanks, a
crashing salute that must have echoed
for a mile. They went back to their
wheel chairs and their beds in the mood
that tho doctors like TO find them-cheer-
full and convinced that there is still a
lot OF happiness and kindness in the
world.