| Show MISSION OF THE CIRCUS an educator in athletics athletic ethnology and practical science ev cay ono one in these enlightened days daya concedes that human nature imperatively demands amusement and recreation the childish mind mihl to which tile the is yet fresh and interesting and the jaded brain of the adult call with equal insistence for something new and strange granted the peces necessity sity of and tho the desirability of their bein morally clean and healthful and instruct ve re the tha provider of such entertainments m i a public benefactor and may reasonably ask for his wares the countenance of the church the so called circus of today with I 1 regret to say some romo exceptions is a widely different affair from that of the tha past pa t when under proper management it is decorous and orderly in operation and composed of features feature which appeal to all ages classes and conditions while modestly submitting to bear the generic title of circus a genuine tent exhibition under that name must comprise a menagerie and aad museum tho the accumulating of which necessitated a diligent search searching in of the whole earth at an incredible pecuniary outlay in the proper circus of today the athlete demonstrates tho the perfection of training of which the human body is capable his feats of strength nd id graceful agility please the understanding dt andin as wen well as the eye and if the average boy does docs stand on his head and practice turning D hand springs and flip flaps with exasperating persistence for f 0 three vr after going go g to the circus ial physique nill will be P 11 the utter better fo for it uhe the juggler shows the far marvelous marve I 1 precision c 0 and rid nicety of touch which can ba acquired by patient practice in the jeal real circus of today the intelligent tell tOll igent lover loveri of horse flesh I 1 will I 1 ll 11 find the finst specimens of the equine race trained to do anything but talk then the scientific mind is at attracted by such strange examples of mechanism as tho the talking machine an ingenious duplicate of the structure of the human throat giving forth under manipulation a very burnal human if not a sweet voice the ethnologist finds gathered together for liis his leisurely inspection representatives of notable and peculiar tribes civilized and savage from far distant lands types which otherwise lie ho would never see as they can only bo be sought in their native countries at the risk of life and at an expenditure pen pend iture dituro of tims and money possible to few tile the mena menageries gerics of wild beasts birds and reptiles comprising every clipus curious I 1 specimen of animal life from the denizens of tho the torrid african jungle to those of the polar regions fairn a study that will aiu impart more valuable information in two hours than can be obtained from reading books on zoology ill in a year P T barnum in buffalo express |
