The New York herald., 1922-03-26

IKIDDIES JUST GASP
/ AT CIRCUS THRILLS
iGarden Filled With Young
!, sters Silent as Wonders
/ \ Are Unf0lded-
iANIMAL ACTS DELIGHT
Everything Seems New. From
Y the Band to the FOOLS Re-
Il union of Clowns.
ANIMAL ACTS DELIGHT

with an emphatic blast from the
hrasses and a tremendous reverberation
of drums the circus band extinguished
;ts melody BY dropping from swing
. ing. crashing jazz into sudden and utter
iSllence il imperatively pointed the finger
=, sound 10 midair In Madison Square
. Garden Suspended there. transfixed by
scnsly. was the little star OF the show-a
slittering woman creature no bigger
! than child-golden hair falling in a
torrent, blue eyes flashing. red lips smil-
! ing through the strain OF unbelievable
contortions--Lillian LeitZel
So arresting was the spectacle OF this
..tiny tinseled woman with the muscular
power of a longshoreman, that the rising
tiers of circus lovers crowded into the
old Garden yesterday to enjoy the hrst
! performance of the 1922 season of Ring
siling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
scarcely made sound.
The charm and the fascinating peril
: in the spectacle of the small lady throw
Ing herself over her own shoulder again
and again-until one quite lost count and
blinked in sheer Observation-Disclosures
And squarely in the heart OF this mo-
-nent. at the top OF the suspense. there
, fame a voice a child's voice, with the
I terrible clarity and carrying power OF
child's voice. and II pierced the silence
like knife:
~ Which was as handsome a tribute
from the only people in the world whose
opinions are really worth while. as
! Ieitzei ever had. How the little people
4 ID TIL. ID
ling was particularly emphasized at the
circus opening, for nothing that could
in any way contribute to the Joy of
/ the children was forgotten. The best
improvement of all is the wide paved
and fenced sidewalk that now swings
! entirely around the great oval between
. nhe boxes and the sawdust. a sidewalk
that children and women can take to
without fear or nervousness while the
show is roaring ahead. AS for the other
. things, there were whips and picture
books. and jumping jacks. and ice cream
cones, and very desirable lines and tag
gers made out of painted cardboard
5000 Riddles There.
II any grownup present at the matt
nee failed to catch the breathless de-
light of the 5000 kids that squirrned
in the Garden yesterday afternoon, then
lhr VI sic 10 q PciSOH IlOpClessty uui
lof perception. Box after box was given
over to whole parties of children. little
BOYS enormously correct with their
Elton collars and large bow ties, little
girls dressed within an inch and a quar-
her Of their lives, and also. it must be
lsaid a great many little boys and girls
ivho were neither very correct nor par
iticuiarly 6ossily attired
What Is new in the circus this year,?
a rftlactinn a farat1iay hn ,,,,.
iescapable talk about the weather. No
THAT II matters. probably, for who 4
There that does not believe that the
.cfrcus could keep going on the singu.
ilar momentum OF its own sttractiveness
without botherhng TO add new features
from year to year? From the first
triumphant concert by the circus ban,l--
aud II may be said that il is one of the
best bands that ever footed brass or
,:humped drum in little old New York
,until the final wild and desperate surge
.sround the racetrack OF the leaping,
ielitttering four horse chariots, there is
! rot p moment that hasn't its valuable