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Show H J 1 Crowds TiocH to the new Circus lit Paris to See fiuge P cbyderms Coss Coins for tin fionor of a Dance With a siettdtr 6lrl. lllllw T"13 b'"', tlanc'' p"ihunt" ,n the """' "e now rt,,l8ht'n' and atonl,h ii" V il m - 'ng pr1'' S I wl Wlh a r'r'lty ,,nnmn ,or R P"1"01'' "1"ac n,1""n,y """' dnce a 11 L Tlflri vol" with giace and perfection keeping time to the music . 4' if IN ihey arB " d,,nf,r' an' u soe ,,hout nying-thw nvr tr,'', on IH I i I the ii partner s feet. t H t J f he star of the trouple is the Urgent elephant, but he Ii no more polite ? U' fi , , his fellow With the utmost delloaty and tenderness he encircle hi 4 ( I Jm y partner'a -valst with hw Hunk Tremendous, terrifically strong, he could ! I v i. h her slender waist or throw her through the roof ( , tut as he turn with hei In the wait his muscular trunk ejterU not enougli il pi euro on net form to crush a fl ',' J ', ji yarls noeka to eo there wonderful nnlmela which are exhibited at the New 3H r t ' ci ii Their owner and ttatinr U u negro who possesses even more than the l-H t ' I s t nee an! "iidutniico thut ehuracl'ilso his race B j or fifteen veaia ho trained tho elephants and evcrv day of all the vaara br ,c they attained the amiuiniliiig irciiileiuy he desired f-B , I j ( The giea' beasts are udmlrablt Juggleis and equlllbilsts Ho perfect anil m i f ll itural aie the movements tlu execute, no great the Intelligence they manl H iWi" 1 ' ' thn watching them c u Ih almost rnired to bcllave they are the largest lHj 'I'"! . "" brainiest f il iga clad In le hant klns ij!c)H ;5 lil A hen the liand strikes up un enticing wait the elephant appear In the jH f (nil ring their great girths encircled ly jeweled girdles from which hang ujflHH , j, ' r -Ulng filnged skirts The elei hants mi its alone. In touple Anally all three JH t t v, ther with pel feet unison of movimnl H ' Then the lissome young unman who Is to dame nlth them enters They H , I j ; nnch her bowing profoundly and I y extending theli Hunks and executing 1 I V Mr steps InMte her to ilauie Shi retc nils Indifferent i to nil of them they H i V . 1 ome Molcntly Jialous of earh other anil ordei eai h otlipr from tht flcl 1 at tl i-1 time plainly arologizlng to the young womin for their rudeness and tviuaii k It on the giouml of their ufiectlnn for her fti much of this prtty bj-play she hooees the biggest elephant for her partner As he leads hei to the centre of the ring the Joy he manifests Is Intensely In-tensely comlial Ho skip around more like a kid than the huge beast he Is He plates the end nf his tiunk ilnse to the girl 8 ear and gently trumpets compliments com-pliments 111 defeated rivals retire to the edge of the ring, appear to consult, and when the great elephintM haok Is turned, threaten htm with direst vengeance as they shake the ground with angry stampings ' The dance finished, the stir elephant courteouslj conducts his partner to n chair Before eh- can sent hei self, as If to emphasize hotv gentle be has been and to prove his mighty strength he seises her around the waist with his trunk talses rtr and seating her on his broad head marches around the ring, tooting his triumph Again he - Ircles her form w Itlt his trunk and, balancing her with the nlieat care carries her lecumbent and posturing When he n leases her she roquetllshly approaches the othei two elephants and nlth soft words and caresses tries tn appease their Jealoiih III tfmper They sulk her for a v hlle then lelent beg her psrdon with mans deep bows and, kneeling ask foi the honor of her hand In the dance She Intimates that it Is Impossible to chooee between them Their trainer hands to one a gold oin which nftet deliberating with the other he throws Into In-to the air It falls hoth elephants rush to It and anxiously look at It Tho win-net win-net Joy Is unhntiii lei the loser having ralily lost, backs nway bowing now to the pretty dancer again tn Ids lucklei fellow Tho winnet embraces the gills form nlth his tiunk nnd they whirl nvvny In the dance These three- remarkable elei hants nleo perform n pantomime In which the largest represents the gills father, the others her suitors These remarkable elephants have provoke 1 n discussion In the Trench newspapers as to w bethel elephants can le better trained by kind ot cruel measures They negto trainer of the wonderful three Insists In an Interview thit he has never employed La melhndes oercltue, that he his never even struck or sharply prodded one of his Intelligent pets |