Arizona republican., 1922-04-20

downtown streets and will be a
sight well worth seeing. Don't
miss it.
Unrestrained gayety and a spright-
~ spirit Of funmaking marked the
opening at Ell Zaribah temple last
night of the mammoth Shrine Circus
Approximately 5000 people made up
the great audience and took part in
the many amusing sports and enter
tainments prepared for their amuse
ment. Musicians, clowns and con-
cesSionaires combined to administer
double portions of the tonic laughter
which makes of young and old sin
gle unit of eXhuberant JOY.
The multitude was in the mood OF
laughter and the work of the enter
| tainers was made easy. The efforts
of the performers on stage and aero
batic appliance were received with
enthusiastic demonstrations of APP
proval. Filling the vast floor of the
main auditorium and oXerflowing
into the many large adjoining halls.
the crowd caught the spirit of the
circus and milled happily about over
the brightly decorated halls, enjoy
ing toAthe last detail the many de-
vices arranged for its pleasure.
Joy On Every Hand
! Divertisments of every description
had been prepared to ensnare the inn
agination of the participants in the
great carnival of joy. Lining the
walls of the auditorium were the
| brilliant arrangements of the con-
cessionaires. On every hand some fea-
| ture was presented to crafty the de-
| sire for excitement and amusement.
Here a leather lunged ballyhoo art
| ist would extoll the merits of the
-. fas-
| with his many adjacent rivals Every
kind of device for attracting atten-
| tion was used. On one hand the crowd
was spinning the wheel in an effort
to win hams packed by local facto-
| ries under the famous Cactus
brand Brightly colored Indian rugs
| and blankets tempted many persons
| to "take a chance at winning one
| Candy, baby dolls and novelties of
all kinds were to be seen on all sides,
clutched to the breast of lucky prize
winners.
In the basement of the auditorium
| the wild, bad days of long ago We're
enacted under the title of wolf
vile Days" Here the popular gam
| bling devices of the wide OPEN days
were running in full swing Rou-
| lette wheels held large number en-
! thralled in an effort to win Shrine"
money, but the crap and black jack
| tables We're not without their support
ers and the recklessly inclined dis
played their fearlessness by stalking
huge sums on the throw of the dice
| or the turn of the cards.
Daring Stunts
Perhaps OF chief amusement was
| the great program of music, dancing
and circus stunts The trapeze ar
| lists went through their daring per-
| formances and the famous Morrison
Jazz Bandits made repeated meiodi-
| Gus raids on the ear.
| A beautifully appointed cafe open
| ed out onto the main balcony and
| was patronized by large crowds of
thirsty jewellers. Sandwiches and re-
freshments made up the menu and
| vast inroads were made upon this de-
! partment of the circus.
! The first night of the great circus
| concluded with a grand ball on the
| polished floor of the auditorium. The
| dancers We're highly delighted with
| the fine music provided by the two
| orchestras and voted the ball to be
| the chef d'ouvre of the evening.
| Last nights program will be re-
| peated tonight, Friday and Saturday,
augmented by number Of new stunts
which are being prepared for the big
windup.