Evening star., 1942-02-08
Shrine Circus Opens
Tomorrow Night;
5000 Expected
Motinees to Be Devoted
Largely to Crippled,
Orphon Children

An opening g-night crowd of 5000
Is expected at Uline Arena, Third
and NJ streets NE, tomorrow to
watch Clyde Beatty and 20 other
big-tent acts display their wares
for the benefit Of Alnas Temples
charity fund.
Beatty and his 80 lions and tigers
were due in this morning from his
Fort Lauderdale (F1a) jungle en-
porium. Sharing the spotlight will
be the four Powers elephants, last
seen here in 1917 at a command
performance for President woodrow
Wilson. These pachyderms weigh
q tons. Jennie and Roxie will be
featured in q barber shop stunt in
which they shave one another with
blow torches.
There will be II performances
during the weeks run. Night shows
start at S:15. Matinees will be held
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, starting at 2:30, and will
be devoted largely to the under
privileged, orphan and crippled
children There will be a special
1890 am. Saturday performance
for underprivileged youngsters and
500 carrier boys from The Star.
Service Men IS Guests.
Howard P. Foley, potentate and
director Of the circus, and United
States Commissioner Needham G.
Turnage, chairman Of the commit
tee providing entertainment for
the children, plan to have more
than $4,000 underprivileged chill
dren and 5000 soldiers, sailors and
marines as their guests during the
week. Some 100 institutions Will
benefit from the circus.
BY arrangement with Frank w.
Ballou, superintendent OF schools,
all school children who 50 desire
may attend the afternoon circus,
provided they present written notes
from their parents.
Among the institutions whose
youths will be guests Of the Shriners
are Police Boys Club, Washington
Bows Club, Masonic Eastern Star
Home. st. Roses Technical School.
Christ Child Society, Northwest
Settlement House, Washington We'll
fare Association, Central Union
Mission, Jewish Foster Home, Epis-
copal Home for Children, Salvation
Army, Friendship House. George
town Children's Home, st. Joseph's
Home and School, Juanita kaufman
Nye Council. Barney Neighborhood
House, District Training School of
Laurel. Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts,
Southwest immunity House,
Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A., Jewish
Community Center, Baptist Home
for Children of West Cedar Lane,
German Orphan Asylum. Kiwanis
Club Crippled Riddles, Alexandria
Boys Club and others.
Shrine Night Tomorrow.
Shrine Night" will be observed
tomorrow The Almas Temple Band.
Patrol. Drum Corps and officers Of
the temple and the Acca Temple
Drum Corps from Alexandria will
participate in pre-circus ceremonies
Tuesday will be Blue Lodge and
Eastern Star Night" with 5000
service men from nearby. camps
attending.
Performers will include Hip Ray
mond, Bumpsy. Anthony and IL
other noted clowns. Erne Wiswen
and his exploding jalopy. Bob Eu-
gene and Co, the Great Ricardo in
his wire act, the Wall Doris, the
Flying Antelaks, perch artists;
Ullaine Malloy in a test of human
endurance. the Ward Bell troupe,
the Flying Lamars. Bert Sloan and
Co, the Great Micawa and the Gre
tomas in slack and tight wire per-
formances.
Other acts will be Capt. Jorgen
Christianson and his Palomino Lib
erty horses, the Zavatta troupe, rid
ing wonders; Capt. Tebor's seals,
Palenberg's educated bears, Louis
and Oliver sisters, Donahue and
La Sale and Torelli's trained dogs
and ponies.
Joe Basile and his Madison Square
Garden Circus Band will provide
music.