The Ely miner., 1928-06-08
CHR|STY SHOWS
HERE JUNE IS.
ADVANCE MEN CLAIM THIS THE
BIGGEST CIRCUS EVER IN ely
PARADE AT NOON HOUR.

A miniature world, picturesque, biz
ARE, colorful, as foreign to hundrum
every day life, as existence in the
Jungle is to the hectic life of the
crowded mart, will settle among us
for a brief space, when the Christy
Shows pauses here Friday June l5 on
its annual hegira The white city OF
the performers and menagerie ex-
hibits will rise with the dawn, like a
huge mirage on the eastern horizon.
and with the dusk it will blazon and
sparkle far into the night. And then
with the coming of another dawn 1t
will fold it's tents and silently steal
away.
When the Christy Shows village is
established and the seventeen cano-
pied white tops are erected, seven acres
of ground are covered, and almost
every trade and profession is repre-
sented. They are BARRIERS, restaurant
teurs, lawyers, doctors, blasksmlths,
wagon makers, detectives and so on
down the line of village life, and there
is everything that goes with a well
regulated village except charter.
Nearly every language is spoken in
this strange colony, and all religions
are represented. Most show perform
ers have strong religious learnings, for
every time they enter the show arena
death stares them in the face, and
they want to be prepared to meet their
Maker. And rarely Sunday goes by
that the majority of them may not
be found in the churches OF their
choice.
| Everybody with the show is fed un-
der two tremendous dining tents. A
chef and seven cooks prepare the food
and thirty-seven walters serve it.
AS for the show itself, there is the
! same old story of unstinted praise to
sing for it. Without the shade OF
dissent it is reported to be the best
! show given in the world under canvas.
An army could not be handled with
greater precision. There is not the
semblance of hitch. The instant one
act nears completion, in one OF the
five rings, the other is standing at the
ring curb, ready to rush in and keep
up the pace. The eye is never rested
and in all quarters there is something
continually happening. The circus
moves along in sections and each typi-
cal or some new form Of circus dar-
ing or feats of professional accom-
plishments, calculated to surprise even
the old stagers.
Ingenuity and variety distinguish
the show program. There are Won
derful trained wild animal acts, upon
which primarily the fame of the show
was founded, beautiful equestriennes
in swagger raiment, aswish with silk
and aflame with color, in hazardous
feats on the back of galloping horses
make an effective ornature to the
show arena, and add just the Whit OF
that je ne sais quoi that denotes in
dividuality. Wonderful acroba tic
groups tumble in the different arenas
like cascade. 1t is hard to catch the
breath in trying to get the details
Numerous aerial stars keep the lofty
canvas dome alive with flying forms
and there is an army of funmakers
clowns galore, whose sole mission is to
entertain with amusing pantomimic
stunts that will surprise even the ole
show fan.
The parade will leave the show
kgrounds promptly at noon. Perform
ances are scheduled for two for the
afternoon and eight for the night
show. Doors will open an hour earlier
so that all may pay leisurely visit
to the big menagerie with its hundreds
| of rare wild beasts.