Evening star., 1928-12-16
JUNIOR LEAGUE
CIRCUS REHEARSES
Three Ring Show to Be Given
Wednesday to Aid Chari-
table Work.

With the performers, both man and
beast, going smoothly through their
acts after weeks Of rehearsal, the finish
ing touches are being administered to
the Junior League Circus, which will
be presented Wednesday afternoon and
evening at the Washington Auditorium,
under the direction of Mrs. Walter E.
Edge, president of the league in Wash
ington, and Mrs. Sidney Thomas, vice
president. The proceeds of the circus
will be distributed among the charities
to the support of which the league has
contributed several years.
The last of the costumes arrived yes
terday morning and yesterday afternoon
and last night the first dress rehearSals
were held at the Auditorium. The direc-
tors of the various acts expressed them
selves as highly pleased with the show
ing of the performers.
Performance For Children.
Special attention has been paid to
the afternoon performance features.
This performance, which will begin at
8 o'clock, has been arranged especially
for children. Arrangements have been
made by the committee in charge also,
for taking care of the children while
they are attending the circus. The
While Mrs. Edge and Mrs. Thomas
have had general direction of the circus,
the actual work of training the per-
formers has been under the direction
of Lehr Knowles, of Fostoria, Ohio, a
professional charity show director. More
than 100 socially prominent young men
and women of the District are taking
part in the circus.
The circus will be a regular, three
ring affair, with all the features of the
regular circus and some innovations in
the matter of circus production that
p. T. Barnum missed, according to the
directors. A clown band will lead the
entrance procession and horses and
ponies viii bear other performers In the
parade. Former Representative John
Philip Hill of Maryland will be the ring
master and Leonard Block will be the
barker A complete midway Of side
shows has been arranged, with exhibi-
tions of many strange creatures, in
cluding many as yet not known to
science, such as goofs, what-nots, why
fores and what-have-yous, according to
the program.
BoxhOlders Listed.
Boxholders for the afternoon per-
formance, registered up to yesterday
included: Mrs. Edge, Mrs. George
Hewett Myers, Mrs. Irving Laughlin,
Mrs. McCook Knox, Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman, Mrs. F. Trubee Dawson, Mrs.
Ridgeley Hunt, Mrs. c. c. Glover. Mrs.
s. Stokes Halkett, Mrs. Donald Nc
Knew and Mrs. Robert Ransdell. Miss
Virginia Hunt, who has charge Of the
boxes, reports that there are few left
which can be obtained from her.
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to long list of charities, including sup
port of one nurse of the Instructive
visiting Nurses Society, maintenance
of a ward at Children's Hospital, and
aiding the Associated Charities, the
Girls Friendly Society, the Juvenile
Protective Association, the Noel Home,
the Neighborhood House, the Friend
ship House, the Children's Country
Home, the Child Welfare Association,
the Home for Incurables, Emergency
Hospital, Columbia Hospital, the Sal
vation Army and the National Memorial
Fund.
Those who win take part in the circus
are:
Prof. Bumplayer and his Clown Band
--Harmer Reside, leader, and William
Sturtevant, Moran McConihe, William
Gilbert, Randolph Burke, Yandes
Wheeler, John Whelan, Donald Thomp-
son, Edwin O'Donnell, Heath Davidson,
Frederick Lee, John Davidson, Guy
Dove.
Sixteen Happy Hollanders - Mrs.
Reber Littlehales, Mrs. Frederick H.
Siddons, Katharine Snyder, Frances
Winslow, Anne Carter Greene, Mary
Louise Johnson, Mrs. Howard Tucker,
Winifred West, Mrs. Dabney Maury,
Emily Mackall, Mrs. Wwinn Rust, Mrs.
Nathan Scott, Mrs. e. K. Morris, Mrs.