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Show BIG NEW CIRCUS SPECTACLE "The Wizard Prince of Arabia", a stupendous Oriental spectacle and ballet, Is the sensational now feature of the Darnum & Dally Greatest Show on Earth, whose magic kingdom will bo established here -next Saturday August 8 It is based on an original now fairy tale and designed to make especial appeal to tho children. A prince, youthful and beautiful, tho younger son of his house, fares forth In quest of adventure, with all the splendors of retlnuo appropriate to his, rank. Accompanying him are llvo wizards, for uso In subsequent emergencies. Ono of them can raise a diabolical wind at h mere toot of I ularly In the matter of winning himself him-self a beauteous bride when the tlmo shall be ripe. With his horse and camels and ele pbants and sumptuous following ho comes at last to a fair. If relatively secluded, corner of India, ruled over by the blue bearded King Dabar, monarch, mon-arch, whimsical and bejeweled, but autocratic. Dabar's templed domain, spanned by lofty bridges, threaded with roadways, road-ways, leading from their heights to tho circus tanbark and sawdust far below, punctured with tunnels Moorish Moor-ish arched and mlnarettod this Is the scene comprising tho stage built at one end of the tent, comprising also tho Hlndo palace gardens, disclosed dis-closed at tho parting of Its crimson curtains. The story of King Dabar's exactions, exac-tions, of tho dangers and obstacles thrown In tho way of Prince Abdat-lah's Abdat-lah's suit for the hand of his fabu losuly wonderous daughter, Ahloo Ssaran, unfolds Itself with a slmpllc- lty distinctly satisfying. ' The Prince must literally get her or die without compromises. And he doesn't die. He gets her, most decidedly, de-cidedly, aided by his five faithful wizards, who accomplish wonders which make anything In Babar's realm (exclusive of the Princess, herself, Indeed) look altogether sickly. sick-ly. And at last there is proclaimed a grand wedding feast and there Is a bigger ballet than you could get into some city parks, and amid a thousand and one strange instruments proclaiming a single organ point tone against the gusts of music from the band, tho story closes In a shudder of ecstacy creeping and gigantic. The ending of the pageant Is but the beginning of the circus arenlc performance, which Is abrevlated in no particular an denllsts the expert daring and graceful services of a legion of Internationally famous celebrities cel-ebrities on the hlppodromo course, In three rings, four stages and an aerial wilderness. |