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Show BIG SPECTACLE AT V . RINGLINGS' CIRCUS ' . ' . " . - Jerusalem and the Crusades, Rlngllng Brothers' sublime, beautiful and instructive in-structive . spectacular production, is adapted from the religious -and historical histori-cal story of which every man, woman and child in the civilized countries of the world is familiar. -No other narrative Of -Christian' history, his-tory, with the exception of those treating treat-ing directly with the birth and life of Jesus, is of such thrilling interest to people of all classes as is the Crusades, on which , Rlngllng Brothers' magnificent magnifi-cent spectacular production is builded. Kings, queens, princes, lords, nobles, chevaliers, knights, courtiers, functionaries, function-aries, church officials, attendants, pilgrims, pil-grims, pages, soldiers, penitents, choristers, chor-isters, theologians, students, serfs, vassals, vas-sals, characteristic types of every class, dancing girls, singing women, exuberant exuber-ant children and a thousand and one other picturesque characters, give - varied va-ried animation and color and enthralling enthrall-ing Interest to the panoramic changes of incident and scene. The grand cathedral "at Clermont, France, from whence the historic Crusaders started upon their holy mission, is pictured coloring. The palace yard of the Emir, the Egyptian ruler at the time of the Crusades, - is portrayed with voluptuous voluptu-ous fidelity, and presents In its passing Incidents the most bewitching exemplification exempli-fication of ballet and dramatic art. The grand ballet 41vertlsement In this scene Is an ' original conception and more entranclngly beautlfiil -than any dancing conceit ever invented and interpreted. in-terpreted. . The legions of girls employed em-ployed in evolving the elegant and graceful figures of the novel ballet are artists, graduated from the beet masters mas-ters of the terpsichorean art, llthely and lissomely young and ' sensitively practiced In accomplishing the hlgheet and most delightful effects in dancing study. The barbaric splendors of the Egyptian court are revealed In this revelling scene upon a scale of magnificence magni-ficence and expenditure never before attempted. This prodigal display of medieval luxury and Oriental extravagance extrava-gance Is only in keeping with the progressive pro-gressive policy of the RingHng Brothers, who have enlarged and Improved Im-proved every department of their enormous enor-mous shows, ,by far the greatest In existence, ex-istence, until now they appear to have reached the climax of human possibility, possibil-ity, v The great shows will exhibit In Salt Lake City Wednesday, August 10, and give two performances only, in the afternoon at 2 o'clock and in the even-, lng at 8 o'clock.' , , |