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Show A CIRCUS IS A STUDY IN HUMAN NATURE. The circus which was hero yesterday yester-day afforded a lesson In perseverance and artistic finish. There were one hundred feats or skill and acrobatic cleverness which could have been acquired only by the most patient labor. The men and women who received the applause of the large audience no doubt had labored labor-ed years to perfect themselves In their specialties. To begin with, they all may have been naturally gifted In the work they undertook, but wc venture the assertion that not one of them attained at-tained skill without long hours of practice a practice which at first must have been discouraging. ' And having obtained the skill required, requir-ed, the circus people know the value of giving fmbellishmont to their accomplishments. ac-complishments. Most of the perform ers were vrell dressed. The men, some of them, were fit to be received at banquet or ball, so exact and modish were their suits. Some of the women were In white spotless white fashionable fash-ionable dresses. One equestrian could have stepped from tho stirrups to the parlor of the wealthiest and been dressed In keeping keep-ing with his surroundings. Though traveling la a dusty experience experi-ence and circus tents are filled with clouds of penetrating dust, these circus cir-cus performers manage to be abovo criticism In appearance. They know the value of at least outwardly uo-pearing uo-pearing tidy and prim, which is tho embellishment that helps create a favorable fa-vorable Impression. There is a "finish" to tho circus artist which teaches the lesson of giving giv-ing close attention to details. A curcua Is something more than amusement. It is a study of human nature. |