The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-05-26
BIG CIRCUS OFFERS GRAF
FE-NECK WOMEN
Golden Jubilee Tour OF Ring.
ling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Brings Mighty
Feature In Weird
Burmese Bellies

r The Ringing Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Combined Circus, on it's Ring
| ling Brothers Golden Jubilee tour,
will positively exhibit in Baltimore,
May 20 and 80, and a golden opportun-
| ity will be afforded the residents of
this vast territory to see one of the
wonders of the world-the renown ed
royal Padaung giraffe-neck women
from Burma, the most sensational i'm
portation ever achieved by even III,
| Greatest Show on Earth Thes'
astounding Oriental human odditie
are not freaks; they are proud menu
bers of a proud race, set apal, from
the teeming hordes of Far East Bur-
ma by their high station as rulers
their copper encircled necks, stretch
ed to unbelievable lengths by rings
superimposed constantly from birth to
maturity. Since the Ringing Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus
recently began displaying them-and
they appear in the main performance
hundreds of thousands of people
will have gazed upon them in awe be-
fore the gala Golden Jubilee tour is
ended.
! Outstanding among the Jubilee fea-
lures is the mighty spectacle The
Durbar, gorgeous, dazzling, be-jewel-
ed reproduction of midas great coro-
nation ceremonial at Delhi, where
thousands of potentates with their
royal elephants and huge oriental re-
tinues parade for the pleasure of the
newly crowned ruler of Great Britain
and India their vast wealth as SYM
bolized by gem-studded trappings on
elephants and horses, by their native
forces and lavshly CARRIED house"
holds. Over 1000 people and animals
take part in The Durbar, and it's back
ground is opulent and bizarre with
imported Hindu temples, tongas, carv-
ed gold ears and royal howdahs. The
Durbar is the proud achievement of
the Ringing Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Combined Circus on its Golden
Jubilee tour, and it heads d list of
features newly assembled that will
compel the vast five-ring, foLr-stage
program to be recalled with deep
pleasure for lifetime.
Among them is the .Marcellus' Fly
ing Ballet Plastique from Paris; the
great Vabanque in his leap of death;
the marvellous Con Colleano, returned
from his recent European tr;iumphs as
the tumbling. forward somersaulting
star of the tight wire; the incredible
Alfredo Codona, worlds only triple
mid-air somersaulting star to a
catch; the Wallendas and Gretonas,
dome high tight wire thrillers; the
Uyenos, the Yacopis, the Danwills, the
Rublos ana the Ben Hands, leading
unit of fifty in the quadruple somer-
saulting acrobatic displays; the great
Rieffenach, Walters and Davenport
bareback riding stars; Dorothy Her
bert, sensational equestrienne; Luicita
Leers. aerial gymnaste; AL POWELL
flying bowKnot; Antoinette, only mid
air girl star accomplishing n double
and-a-half somersault to catch;
Hugo Zacchini, human projectile, in
longer and more terrific flights from
the lannon's mouth; the Hugony sis
ters, acrobatfc pinwheels; Maxine.
stellar comic of the slack wire, and
scores of others equally notable.
One hundred of the best known
clowns will make merry in the con-
course of the worlds largest tent.
The great combined circus will ar
rive on four long trains of 100 double
length steel railroad cars, bringing
over 1900 people. so elephants, zoos
menagerie animals and 700 horses.