Evening star., 1920-01-29

Real Animals and Star Acts
From Big Shows Coming
to Stay a Week..

The circus Is coming to town! 1t
Is gong to stay a whole week. Real,
Iive animals and star acts from the
K1ngling Brothers and Barnum IL Bal
ley shows are going to be seen in
,LI aIe sawdust ring. Elephants. too
Inc circus will be here from Febru-
ary Ia to II, inclusive, and will be
given under the auspices OF and for
the beneht of the American Legion
of this city.
Col e. Lester Jones, superintendent
OF the coast and geodetic survey. who
established the first post. is In charge
oI Ill arrangements aa chairman of
the general committee. John c.
Chevaher is vice chairman and How
ara .. Fisk is secretary.
Liberty Hut. opposite the Union
station, viii serve as a hippodrome
Workmen today are remodeling the
interior to stage the doughboys' cir
Gus. There! will be afternoon and
evening performances.
VIII Bring Real Acts.
John r: Agee. former equestrian di-
rector OF Ringling Brothers circus,
MT Agee and Lawrence Heyworth,
managers of the show. are expected
to arrive In the city tomorrow. Agee
was with Ringling's nine years. He
Is going to bring with him from the
Dig ows-which are now in winter
riding, novelty riding. acrobatic per-
formances. tumblers. aerial perform
ers, menage high school horse acts.
such as cakewalking, marching,
mounting pedestals, etc.
. There Will also be posing and
statue acts, trapeZe and wire perform
ers. educated ponies, revolving tables
and trained dogs, butterfly or teeth
acts-in fact. everything that goes to
make up high-class circus perform
ance. A feature of interest to the
children will be large company Of
funny clowns fresh from the saw
dust rings.
Mr.. Agee has Travelled extensively
all over the United States with his
circus. He holds medals as the cham
pion trick rider of the world, having
appeared in Europe as well as in
America.
Col. Jones is putting the finishing
touches to his program for circus
week. It was through his efforts that
the circus was secured. Tickets of
admission are to be sold and the pro-
ceeds turned over to the District OF
Columbia department of the legion:
Recently the legion has been called
upon to do much forswounded and
sick soldiers in the hospitals here,
but has lacked the necessary funds to
carry on the work efficIently-for in
stance, the sending of men to places
of employment. and also providing
other necessities of life which are
not otherwise provided by other or
ganizations For this reason. the
legion is in need of funds. and has
enlisted some of Washington's most
prominent men and women to back
the movement to secure them.
Tickets will go on sale tonight at
general circus headquarters, at the
southwest corner of Pennsylvania
avenue at 14th street and at S23 18th
street. They may also be procured
through representatives of the differ
ent posts. Later it is expected they
will be placed on sale at the leading
hotels and department. stores, and
it is anticipated that large crowds
will turn out to see the circus. since
it is to be a professional one and. in
cidentally. help a worthy cause
The list of patronesses is as fot-
lows: Mrs Woodrow Wilson. Mrs.
Thomas r. Marshall. Mrs. William
C. Eustis, president American EVom-
ems Legion; Mrs. George Barnett,
Mrs. Blanche A. BeIlak. Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins. Mrs. F.. Lester Jones
Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mrs. Walter
Marlborough Churchill, Mrs. James A.
Drain, Mrs Robert H. Dunlap, Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe. Mrs. John Lewis
Smith. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh.
Clubs and civic organizations are
going to back up the circus. each
selecting a day upon which to turn
out for the affair. The names of
the prominent men constituting the
local committee will be announced
tomorrow.