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Show PINK TIGHTS RULED" OFF SAWDUST RING Cyrcus Man Holds Secret i Nature of Substitute CHICAGO. Jan. Pink tights that have -adorned the graceful figures of girl trapese performers and bareback riders alnce Bamum discovered "one" waa born every minute, have ben ruled off the sawdust ring. K. V. Norwood, Chicago representative representa-tive of Ringling brothers and Barn limit lim-it I ley, confided to the I'nlted Press today that the "greatest show on earth" had tabooed Uie silk hablll-menta. hablll-menta. "Too raw?" he waa asked. '.'Too tame," he answered. "Don't you know we're up against It to find something to shock the circus ticket buying public these days. --The time bas-paaeed when staid men would come for mi lea to see a girl tn pink tights and call It diversion. diver-sion. The dear ststera have stolen our 1 atuff, tH9 we must find something new, l aa the public has absorbed all the shocks we can give It. "It la lmpoaslble to Interest a public that haa been gating on the styles of women by revealing an attractive human hu-man form. Diaphanous costumes have taken the kick out of the. circus atuff. "We have given up trying to get a rlae out of men who are accustomed to seeing girls promenade down the boulevard with their ahorking stock-Inge stock-Inge rolled at the knees, by showing them girls In tights" Norwood refused to divulge what kind of costume will supplant the tlghta. |