Show t Y CIRCUS The question is often asked why so 50 many foreigners aro are employed by the largo circuses at the tho present tinier time In looking over ovel the programs of the Barnum Bar- Bar Barnum Barnum num Bailey show it is easily seen that the great rent majority of the performers p performers per per- r- r formers are arc foreigners Is it because there Is prejudice in favor faor of or the tho foreigners foreigners for for- eigners or Is it because the tho proprietors proprietors proprietors think there thore is an extra attraction attraction attraction tion tion In the of foreign names and because of this that which some somo ultra patriotic people might consider a a slight of American talent The Tho rightful rightful right right- ful answer to this qu question tIon may be I oti given hen en alon along the following lines In Inthe tho the present day of or circus performances performances performances perform perform- ances only the best there is to be had anywhere in the world is good enough for tor the greatest show on earth which exhibits here Saturday next The rise ordinary ordinary or or- 01 dInan mediocre performer that is good enough for the average show of small or 01 medium size can have no noI place I lace on this program It must must be remembered that in Europe the circus clr cir iris cus I is not only the most moat popular but tho oldest of or amusement Institutions The law of of pr primogeniture obtains inmost In Inmost inmost most European cou countries tries and that whatever cl er the father is the oldest son sonis as is a a. rule must be bo and the remainder af of the tho family generally generall is so that the circus performers of Europe usually have generations of circus ancestry |