Evening star., 1923-05-01
It's good old world. after all.

It's a good old world after all.
After a season of hit-and-miss pros
perity. Einstein, national issues. Coue-
ism, high sugar prices. poison liquor
and King Tut fashions. as a result or
which the average American citizen
had begun to lose his grip on MS
senses and his faith in life in general
It is all-powerful pleasant to know
that there is still left some semblance
pf the old order of things-the circus
And. as though to bear out this
deep-seated, welcome feeling OF rellel.
thousands Of Washington's represent
ative citizens, young and old, male
and female, laid aside yesterday and
last night the cloak of worry with
which their minds have been fraught
during the recent era of novelties and
settled back against the knees or
their fellow men and on to the hard
plank seats of Ringing Brothers and
Rarnum a. Bailey's greatest SHOWS on
earth. which opened three-day en-
gagcment at the Camp Me1gs site, on
Florida avenue northeast.
Same Old Joy Givers.
1t was the same old bunch of clowns
acrobats, bareback riders and per-
formers and the same old aroma of
the arena, augmented. it Is true. by
4 number of new attractions and en-
HANGED bv many new trappinGS, new
costumes and new tents, but 1t brought
back that same old feeling of worth
whileness and optimism that used to
prevail Oh Main street. when the
medicine fakir came to town.
Let it not detract from the shows
glory to admit that even the circus
has fallen victim to a slight extent
TO the wave OF modernism; instead
of the former aggregation OF fem
mime "heautics" and GaudN costumes.
both of them good to look at far
away, the big show this year bios
SONS forth with some really pretty
eirlies in iinery that bore up com
mendably under the scrutiny of
woman spectators ard the admiring
gaze of practical but nevertheless
esthetic men.
Shouts From Riddles.
Excited shouts Of l.iddies mingled
with the cries of adults from the
time that the grand introductory
rageant" appeared in the oft:nG to
the final mad da: Il of rdcehor*es
around the tent. in which the trailing
srrinter. as usual. hugs the rail on
the turn at the stretch and noses ont
the others to the finish ing point.
To atterlnt to enumerate and de-
scribe everything that went on at the
Two performances yesterday Is too
much of 4 task for one storE. In
trtef, ther" were twenty display acts
breath t. king, death defying and
blood -Curdiing events. all proceeding
in the three rings and three plat
forms simultaneously.
Tho trained animal acts need hE-
pIenated adjectives to describe their
effect on the kiddies and. indeed. the
crown-ups. too. When Capt. Ricardo
nulled open the lions jaws and stuck
I. - %, II -
Miss Mabel Stark wrestled with Ra-
jah, the royal Bengal tiger. many
bench was gripped as though it were
q beasts throat. And many bottle
of pop was smiled down the collar OF
persons in front when the bears,
seals and monkeys performed with
human agility on skates and bicycles
and with juggling balls and clubs.
Mile. LeitzelI Is Star.
Nile. Leitzell upheld her reputation
Of being queen of aerial gymnaSts
when she dangled her little body
numbering more than sixty in success
sion. that would have torn Ieoso a
limb less accustomed to the strain.
BY the way, Mile. Leitzeil was among
the several stars of the show who
sported a maid to the ring and every
thing.
Among the outstanding gymnastic
and acrobatic acts were those put
on by the Nelson 1amliy. Whlcn IN
cludes six pretty sisters with dimDled
knees and pretty faces; Bertha Bee
son. premier tight-wire danseuse:
the Joe Dekoes troupe. the Aljos etc.
On lofty trapeze others balanced and
iuGgled on their heads. and mean
while Mons DeLong turned himself
into a human n1onorail. riding down
a wire on skate attached to his
head. Mention also should be made
Of Miss Beatrice Sweeney, who gy-
rated from rope at countless rev.
olutionS per minute and then landed
on her feet without so much as a
tendency toward dizziness.
Elephants DO Wonders.
The elepha nts did their turn in