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Show ELEPHANT BltASS BAND. RlncUngr Bro.' Remtrlcablo Troup.' oi Pnchydcnus . An elephant bras bntid a mtificiil orgiinlzatlon composed entirely of proboscidians pro-boscidians this Is the latest trained unlmiil snnsation Introduced by the famous Rluullng Urothois, sole proprietors pro-prietors ami iinnagers of tho World's (jreatest shows. There nrc 11 vo of these hlg, unwieldy elephantine wind-Jibbers, wind-Jibbers, ami the way they h ow great. blue blais out or their long helicon horns Is a Ciiition to the musical fraternity. fra-ternity. Their repiutolro Is not an extensive one, but they have so far mustered the intricacies of musical notation as to render "Cumin' Through tho Rye" with such n thunderous velum- or sound as to rattle noighnor-log noighnor-log windows and cause tho lions and Mirers to war a protest lu a deep feline biss. Hut. the real point the act. Illustrates, and which In Uslf excites woml'T, Is the fact that elephants cm play mitlc, and, Incidentally, that th' lr lung power Is several hundred times greater th in that of the birge-t circus hand, uren when playing doifblo fortissimo pas'iigeH. Ilerr Suuder, tlio trainer of this twenty-ono ton br.isi band, is a German. Wh" but n Germnn would hayo the pitieiiec to work out. meh a grotesque inu-led conception? Whi n tie conceived tlie Idea Heir Sou derV thst experiment was to find otit an elephant's lung power. Fur till" purpose ho secured a lung tester, and Improvised a ni'iiith-plueu which enabled en-abled the an mal to blow in thn machine. The resu t fuily satisllo the trainer as to an elephiinjs wind furnishing capacity. Tho indicator dim bud up to the top no ch In a twink'lmr, a d then tlio mcohaulsja gavo way under the preuro of tho four-ion 0-ast, and collapsed. From that moment the elephtnt bras baud became a distinct future possibility, wlncii Is rmliZi'd In The fttnnv elephant band which will be one of tho runny great features with ltinujlog Brotiiers' great show when It exldi'iits In Prove, Tuesday, MnySO'h. Sender's elephant brass band Is. not, however the only remarkably trained elephant act wit h this creat show. Lockhart's elepliaiit comedians and Mirchand's pmillistlo pichydernis via with the elephantine mini el a ns Id sensational Interest Another nitailv olever trained animal n -velty is O'Hrlen's famous slx'y-on" hpre iieu I'lm nrei.lc p in of the -how Is bewlldcrhiulv eomprehe.nslvo The. greateit merlcan unit Eunpoaii uerlalisls and aurobats, the tuoi sen-siilloal sen-siilloal specialists, the world's most, bkil fol nod loir ptd somersault rldurs. keep the three rlns. double stau'es ami aerial spaces In constant kuleldo"cople motion. The fre street parade which tiiaugurates circus day Is entirely now this year, and Is beyond comparison tho most resplendent processional dls play th'it.the eye of man has ever looked upon, |