The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
BANNE [ E CROWDS ATTEND SHR|NER ERS CIRCUS ALL WEEK
Feature Circus And Carnival Program To Continue
 This Week

Hey. the little boy won it. the little boy won it; baby dolls for dime over here, folks; lay 'em down and round she goes, and where she stops nobody knows''-all of which is just a reminder that the Shriners circus and carnival combined is in full blast under the big canvas top, or rather will be again Monday aft ernoon. following a record breaking week which closed Saturday night.
 Hundreds of persons have crowded every available inch of space in the tent for the entire week and every performance of the circus has been witnessed by capacity crowds. Baby dolls, candy, hams and bacon of sui ficient quantities to stock a ware house have been carried off the first week, and Monday morning will find Shriners in charge of their respective joints" replenishing their stocks in anticipation of the overflow crowds expected for the remaining week Of festivities.
 Professional street fair talent abounds in Birmingham, as is attest ed by the showing for the first week. Nobody would suspect that the pro- fessional carnival lingo could possi- blN come from sane business men of Birmingham. but the fact is, many of the so-called professionals in the game should take a few pointers from men in charge of the various booths at the show. Nothing of the travelling carnival spirit is lacking, which is added to by the stellar per formance presented by the Moore Circus company. who are offering ths greatest array of artists of the big tops ever brought to Birmingham Every act is feature act. even to the ''nigger" who participates with the whirling Arab troupe of artists who open the circus performance. With a clean -shaven head, except in spots. he is made up to resemble an inhabtant of the Fiji Islands, but he looks mighty like plain mig ger" just the same. His Is the first act of the kind, proba bly,, that has ever been presented in Birmingha m
 Every act cn the Shrine circus program is a headlner, and includes the Four Merkle Sisters. Europes greatest equilibrists Mercy Broth CTS. in comedy bumps and falls; the dainty Viola combination novelty act; Mile. Emma, Spanish web dancer; the Five Cornallis. society circus act; and last, but by no means least Lottie Mayer and her diving nymphs-some class to this diving nymph act! Bathing beauties. dis playing costumes and everything, jump. tumble and fall into the water like kids at play in mud hole. The act is heralded by the brushing of grandpa's glasses. and a nudging to get little closer to the stage. Hes been there before. In fact. he's there
  Week-it's so hard to see all at one performance, don't you know.
 As an added feature and one that is creating unusual interest is the ladies and babies popularity con test. Nominations are by members of the Shrine only, and big list of candidates have already entered the contest. Votes are 10 cents for the ladies and cent for the babies Cir GUS tickets carry with them free chances on s6.000 worth of automo- piles to be given away free at the close of the festivities. Many hum dred dollars worth of diamond rings are to be awarded contestants in the popularity contest. All three events. including the circus, will round out another week under the big canvas top on the old Shrine property on Sixth avenue. Tickets are on sale by all Shriners and at circus headquar- ters in the Masonic temple.
 The big circus band renders the music for a big free dance imme- diately following the regular pro- gram every night. Boards have been placed over the entire tented area for this purpose, allowing patrons of the festivities an opportunity to shake a wicked shimmy to their hearts content.
 Standing room under the canvas spread promises to be at a premium during the entire week. Doors open at D. m. Performances begin one hour later. One 10-cent ticket sad mitS to eVerythinC