The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-23
Bic CIRCUS IS here
ERingling-Barnum Combination
Shows Arrive Early.
No Parade-OfficiaIs Declare No
Room for Equipment.

Hooray, youngsters! The circus is in
Topeka-came at daylight and will
stay until midnight.
Think of it, One whole glorious
day of trained tigers, lions, Ieopards,
elephants, and everything. Yes, stree
these and a whole, shipload of "act-
ling Barbary stations" and polar
| bears that slide down chutes, and
things like what's been pictured on
barns and fences for weeks and weeks.
All of 'em came to town this morning
on goodness knows how many red and
yellow trains from Kansas City.
The present seasons quota of peo-
pie and equipment exceeds all rec
ords in the amusement world. Those
who gathered to watch the circus ar
rive saw among other things, more
than forty elephants and six queerly
built double-decked wagons in which
are carried six giraffes. 1t is such
exhibits as this that make necessary
a new menagerie tent which is as
large as the big top of previous
seasons.
AS for the main tent, it is the big
gest ever constructed. The center
poles exceed in height the masts of
any ship afloat and this permits the
introduction of a greater number and
more thrilling aerial acts than in the
past. Indeed the properties in the
| tents are of such weight and size that
the entire morning must now be given
over to the tasks of putting them in
place. Because of this work, the street
parade is no longer given-the horse
on this worlds biggest job of making
ready for the performances.
While this seasons arenic program
numbers more than 500 men and
women performers, wild-animal dis
plays and trained horses form the fea-
lures. In steel circled enclosures are
presented mixed groups of perform
ing Siberian, Bengal and Samaritan
tigers; troupes of full grown Nubian
lions, ten polar bears; pumas, jaguars
and other ferocious beasts. These are
the acts the Ringing Brothers
brought to America by specially char
tered ships. The same vessel carried
/ 40 Barbary stations representing the
finest band of acting horses ever seen
! in this country.
Thirty elephants are exhibited IN a
single tableau. Some do stunts at
the top of the 20-foot-high pedestals.
Others kick footballs around the en-
tire hippodrome track. There are
five troupes of trained seals. black
and cinnamon bears that ride old
walk tight-ropes, and such unusual
novelty acts as trained desert camels.
| These beasts, brought to America by
| the Arabs who trained them, do
| horses. Whole companies of dogs
| including LoyaPs famous somersault-
| ing canines-Shetlands, monkeys, pigs
and pigeons are included in the vast
animals displays.
The program opens with a gorgeous
fairyland pageant in which hundreds
/ of picture-book characters appear, to-
i gether with the scores of richly
bcaparisoned horses, elephants and
Acamels. Following come almost three
lIhours of circus acts. These number
Lilly Leitzel queen of aerial gymnasts;
HILLARY Long, performing perilous
slides on his head; Ernest Clark of
the world-famous Clarkonians in
triple twisting blights thru space;
Lillian Kincaid, known as 1.-The golden
girl in the golden whirl''; the Siegrist-
filbon casting act number 5 artists;
the Neapolitans and many others
Such famous equestrians as the Dav-
exports, Rooneys, Bagonghi, Bradnas
Correias, Clarkdons, MarceriIlos head
the riding champions. Noted athletes
include Australian wood choppers the
worlds most daring perch performers
and such arenic celebrities as the Pic
chianis, Dekoes, Arleys and SiIvas
There are eight groups of statuary
dogs, horses and women model includ-
ing Ena Claren, the perfectly formed
woman.
A hundred clowns enliven the per-
Torrance. There are various STYLES
of hippodrome races. And supple
menting the mammoth main-tent pro-
gram are all the wonders of the me
| nagerie- There are scores Of re-
Gently imported beasts including
Emir. a tiger weighing $50 pounds
now first exhibited in America Per-
formances will begin at . and p. m.
I and the doors to the great double
menagerie open one hour earlier.