Show YANKS ON RHINE PRODUCE CIRCUS to See First P Performance Perform Perform- form ance ante of SI Show nv With 3 Rings ings a. a and d Every Everything I ng Coblenz n FrIday July 11 By By y tho the I Associated Press American American ri soldiers I Iwho who captured n Cantigny and scored arl various us other th victories against the Germans are performing In a three three- ring circus this week for or tho the entertainment entertainment entertainment enter enter- of tho the soldiers along the tho I Rhine Rhin I Hundreds of oC German civilians were I permitted to to witness the performances b by the payment of oC an admission fee ice of oC ono one marlc mark i I The first division Is presenting the tho I circus at Montabaur for r four ur days with I two performances performance daily dally Excursion trains were run today from Coblenz for tor tho the benefit of the soldiers of oC other divisions General Allen Present The Tho opening performances today were witnessed b by at least persons persons per per- sons including MaJ Dial Gen Henry T. T Allen and md scores of French and British officers There Thero were side shows and refreshment stands and all the tho other accessories of a regulation circus Tho The proceeds will go to tho the division entertainment en- en entertainment entertainment en en- fund A parade is held dally Arm Army trucks have havo been camouflaged to represent circus wagons and rumble over o tho the cobblestones of oC the town along with elephants bears camels and ponies from the circus Thero are arc area a a. number of ot trained animals All tho tiro human performers are aro soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers Including bareback riders and acrobats There aro arc wild west features with Indians a e coach an and all the fittings The Germans appeared to enjoy tho the circus as much as the soldiers sol sol- diers Made German Costumes Rehearsals for tor the tho circus began several several sev soy eral oral months ago aKo Three hundred soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers of oC tho the first division took over overa a a. a village near Montabaur and spent pent all their time in training and preparing equipment for the show Many of oC tho the costumes worn by the tho clowns and other performers were made modo by German girls in spite of ot tho the fraternization anti-fraternization regulations |