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Show falls to turn a somersault In the alr. but lands on the back of hi nodi and then turns over, 1 really doing a more dllficult and dangerous feat he failed to land exactly right n would probably break his neck. The clown may do clever and dim. cult feats even dangerous ones but they must be done In a burlesque and grotesque way, Hif mission Is to keep the crowd in a good humor, anl onlv the discerning give him full credit for his skill and agility. FOUR TRAINS HAUL THE CIRCUS The Barnum & Bailey clrcn6 train passed through Ogden yesterday morning Tor Salt Lake City. The circus cir-cus showed at Rock Springs. Wyo., Saturday. The circus train was in four sections. The shows are giving a performance today In Salt I,ake City. They will show In Provo tomorrow and in Ogden Og-den Wednesday. The Barnum & Biltey shows are now under the management of the , Rlngling brothers, the circus klnga of the world. J Rlngling, who Is managing the circus, passed through ' Ogden this morning In his private car, Wisconsin, on train No, 2, of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line, going' to Salt Lake City. Tho Rlngling brothers are believed be-lieved to be in control or every circus cir-cus at the present t:me that is showing show-ing in the United States. Clever Clowns. Barnum & Bailey are carrying an army of clever clowns. The mission of the clown Is highly estlrnahlo. He is the materialization of merriment, and as essential to the circus as the beautiful horses, the riders, and all else which oes to mafte up the tented performance of today. The circus contains much cf Instruction and interest, in-terest, but it must have fun also, and the clowns are depended upon to keep up Intermitting hilarity. What would the children do at a clownlc-BS circus? The older folks appreciate the daring dar-ing and skill of the riders, of the aer-ialist, aer-ialist, of the acrobats, but the youngsters young-sters will turn away from tho most wonderful feats of skill, strength and j agility to watch the funny antics of the clown. The clown has kept pace with the progress in other directions. He has evoluted and is still evoluting. Time was when one clown sufficed for a circus; when an enteirlslng manager engaged four clowns, the fact waB emblazoned em-blazoned In big letters on Ihe bills as a great feature of the show. Four clowns in the nig three-ring tent of today would Te lost. The I Barman and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, which comes to Ogdeu Wednesday, Wed-nesday, has fifty clowns. ( The modern clown's moUey program covers a variety of accomplishments, j He must not only bo a grimacer and; jei-ter.but an acrobat.a juiuper.a rider, u knockabout comedian, and what, not Iu Barnum and Bailey's Circus the? . large companies of cm-.vns are so di- ' vlded Into squads of Uirce, four and ' five a.s to be performing in view of all , parts of the audience at the same time. All do not wear the white painted face, streak en with red and black, and the regulation dotted white costume. Soaie are ringed up as ' tramps, some as typical sta? Dutchmen, Dutch-men, some as policemen, others wear long skirts, others the abbreviated 1 skirts of the ballet dancer, others still dross as overgrown uoyt,, other as dudes of an exaggerated type, and so on through a constantly changing list Still others appear iu the form of animals. ani-mals. I The modern clown must not only ! niako fun in Uio intermissions, as for- ' ruerly, but while much of the per-formance per-formance is going on. The clow n who : |