Show I SMALL BOY IS HAPPY Now on His Good Behavior for Tomorrow Is Circus Day What Present Wednesday is circus day daj The dead walls of the town and the columns o othe of the newspapers have kept it in mind for several weeks The small boy has been heen a dream of good behavior It is Yes Yep maam and No sir from morning till night and the thc cheerful way in which he runs errands err and obeys the family orders to stay in indoors Indoors indoors doors at night is almost too good to tobe tobe tobe be true He is the same little littie rascal just the same He Is subject to these spasms when the circus comes along for any an boy with a normal heart would lake take his chances of wearing a golden goden halo rather than miss the worlds greatest Wednesday morning bright and early ear you will find him at the show rounds grounds watching the caravans unload and trying ing to get set a peep at the royal roal If Jf he can only get geta a chance to carry water for the ele do elephant elephant pliant he will be the happiest lad under the blue canopy and will stand under the burning hurning sun until the ground curls up without a murmur There are said to be bp more than acts in circus sometimes as asman many man as ten going on at once When the most important specialties are pre presented presented re resented there are no other acts going OR at the time so 50 that ones attention is not diverted from the sensational merits of these numbers Among the several novelties are a horse borse ballet the conception of the well known trainer John OBrien and Captain Webbs ebbs edu educated educated educated seals The equine ballet is a beautiful performance in which Ken Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky tucky thoroughbred horses flirt dance and march with a graye grau ran and sensitive interest that suggests picturesque studies of the stage It Is one of the prettiest sights ever seen in the circus ring and is 15 a gratifying relief from the conventional riding acts Of or the thirty elephants of the Ring Ringling lIngs ling s circus fifteen are performing animals They form pyramids stand standon on their heads walk on ty o legs dance engage in boxing contests play string and wind instruments and even go through the incidents of a broad farce comedy acting with obvious relish reUsh and sense of things Among the celebrated d acrobats are the Nelson family of ten the St Leon family of eight the Petit family of or five the Herberts family of four the brothers and the Holloway Honoway trio The Hollow Holloway ay trio perform on a high wire vire what hat expert gymnasts re regard regard regard gard most difficult on the solid foun bun foundation foundation dation of or the ground They The turn som somersaults somersaults somersaults waltz jump over tables and chairs and dance ragtime on the slen slender slender slender der thread of steel Among the high class riders are the the Hob Bob Hobsons Hobsons sons Jin lr and add a Mrs tIr Rnoda da Royal and John Rooney Albert Crandall John Carroll CarraU Ray and Albert Thomp Thompson son Reno Julia Low Lowanda anda Au Augusta Augusta Augusta gusta Fredericks Etta Jordan Ida Mi 11 aco and May Davenport Among the gymnasts of European fame who ap appear appear appear pear here for tor the th first time with the are ar the Tour Toni who vv ho hoare are claimed to be the only artists in inthe Inthe inthe the world turning triple somersaults from hand to hand while suspended high in the air Others O hers are re the brothers athletic experts on parallel bars Genaro Genara and Austin sisters called the human flies who accomplish the wonderful feat of ot walking head down don downward donard downward ward ard upon an improvised ed platform suspended high in the air the Dunbar trio famous Australian gymnasts |