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Show A klfhl u r-.ru. At the Hippodrome there Is tbe greatest spectacle I ever saw, and the splendor of "Verclngetorlx" warps much of the nobler attempts In theatricals, theat-ricals, aaya Amy Leslie In tbe Chicago Record. Tbe new Hippodrome la magnificent In archltcture, detail and appointments, and the fine distances, great riders and wonderful generalship ot the hordes of red-haired Qaula and athletic Romans, their horses and Ut-(lea, Ut-(lea, their tableaux and dances, their chorals and wild stampedes and processions pro-cessions make an ensemble perfectly bewildering and educational There la nothing ot the circus In the performance, per-formance, on the surface of tbe spectacle; specta-cle; none of the cheap glitter or sawdust saw-dust tawdry Imitation. It Is aa Imposing Impos-ing and plastic aa an opera, and the tableaux, the maneuvers of oyer BOO warriors on horseback, amaxons who ride like the valkyrfe and resplendent costumes, great billets and daring performers per-formers with the evanescent talsnt of pantomime triumphant make the Hlp- podrome the greatest place of amusement amuse-ment In Paris. Some fair clowns, trained bears and lions, tigers, mild as goats, and some good gymnasts and a family ot aerlallsts make up enough ot a circus bill to keep the early crowd busy and entertained and about nine "Verclngetorlx" arrives wltu gorgeous panoplies and acenlo assistance from the big stage at one end of the amphitheater. amphi-theater. It la all very inspiriting and makes American reminders a spectacular spectac-ular addendas to Klralfy shows and the circus look very meek and lowly In distant comparison. |
