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Show The g: .:,:. j cf V ; s '. t . v. Li, dj::.- - t' i j t f r r f s wedvS, t:ts tro-i 1 - f t)t 5 c'.rcus with n.: ..J ' t a.i '. . -tatlon, are l . t j b r .. '.j. morrow the (!;Mi a:-1 i :. : c: t". 9 Earnum & Ii"ey gr-ir ;t i t earth will be locally rc"i'. J. Tc:-.r-rom the bands will jlay (at :.?y circus cir-cus bands can play), the air will be filled with th4 strati se cries of the peanut pea-nut merchant and "the red lemonade man, the giraffes will twist then -rubbery necks watching the gaping crowds, the elephants will go through their multifarious "stunts" with only an occasional trumpet note of protest, the living skeleton will perform1' the daily task of eating three square meals, and losing flesh; the flying meteors will take a few more trapeze-Impelled Journeys through space, the champion 1 .:! rHer v, !'.l turn a f ' 't fro::i ore horse to another, f 1 lr. 1 Ms i.,t, without ru..r? a lir; tha tcrot a'.s cri tortlonibts will vU'.ite a f i v r'jVal liws and come ui sr '.l-: '.l-: ::auricU deTlers will ride f i ty t 1 1 throuT !i epace In an automo-le automo-le tJii Volo, jthe Yo'.itant, will leap a chasm on a bicycle; and deprecatlng-ly deprecatlng-ly bow themselves out of the big tent like men who have performed great deeds of daring and are too modest to acknowledge it; and, finally, after the string of race horses has set the nerves of the crowd tingling with the Incite-, ments of flat races, and Roman standing stand-ing races, and monkey and pony races, and racfs between two and four-horse chariots, the concert the Inevitable concert "which takes place, ladles and gentlemen, Immediately after the big show," will come as a fitting climax to the wonders of the exhibition. In other words, tomorrow is circus, day! or, rather,, the first of. two circus days for two programmes Will also begin Thursday. The big show will arrive at an early hour, coming from Provo via the Denver Den-ver & Rio Grande railroad. The five trains used to transport the paraphernalia parapher-nalia of the show will be unloaded in the railroad yards.The tents will be erected on the showgrounds at the Agricultural Ag-ricultural park. - There will be no parade the show has become too big to make a procession proces-sion either necessary or desirable, but the performances will be preceded be- tween 10:30 and 11 In the morning and 6:30 and 6 in the evening by a remarkable re-markable free show 1 on the circus ' grounds. The free show will also be given at these hours on Thursday. Those who have seen this outside ex hlbltion declare It Is one of the sensa-, tlons of the year. The regular performances per-formances begin at 2 and 8 p. m. sharp. The doors will be open an hour earlier, There will be much of Interest to see in the soological pavllion.V The menagerie me-nagerie is notably complete, and is especially interesting thjs year from the. fact that four specimens of the exceedingly ex-ceedingly Tare giraffe are - exhibited. There are also a newly acquired rhinoceros, rhi-noceros, thirty big and little-elephants, a baby kangaroo, a baby zebu, and scores of other animals well worth study. In the zoological department Is also presented George Auger, the Welsh giant, and the wonderful Horvath midgets. mid-gets. A musical entertainment and characteristic dances by a band of . Scandinavian . gypsies are incidental . features of the preliminary display. ' The performance in the main exhibition exhibi-tion tent begins with the new spectacle, spec-tacle, "The Durbar at Delhi," a gorgeous gor-geous bit of Oriental life and coloring. The circus performance, which enlists the supreme efforts of 300 clever artists ar-tists from all parts of the world, follows. fol-lows. The tlip of death, in which a daring young woman loops the gap in an automobile, Volo the Volitant, who leaps the chasm on a bicycle; the Imperial Im-perial Viennese Troupe, the Florenz and Grunatho families of Acrobats, the Guillettl company of menage riders, twelve great horsemen and horsewomen, horsewo-men, who' perform simultaneously, on one big number four in- each ring: These are some of the big hits-of the show. . Owing to the great amount of paraphernalia to be, handled the dip of death and the Volo acts will be given In the early part of the programme at the night show Thursday.-- Reserved seats will be on sale both show days, without any advance in price, at the Smith Drug Co., 175 South Main street, and on the exhibition grounds at the opening hours. |