Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1910 — BIG CROWD ENJOYED BIG CIRCUS SATURDAY. [ARTICLE]

BIG CROWD ENJOYED BIG CIRCUS SATURDAY.

Hagenbeek-Wallace Show Gave Fine Satisfaction to Two Big Audiences In Rensselaer. The big crowd that was in Rensselaer Saturday did not come simply to see the parade. It stayed and took in the show. The big tent was well filled, every seat being occupied and perhaps 500 being seated on the ground. The night performance also had a good night crowd, probably 2,500. The afternoon crowd was estimated at although many say there were inore than that number. It was the first show Rensselaer had had in three years and people were really anxious for one. There was genuine appreciation of the circus performance, which started with th<f exhibition of the trained jungle beasts in a great cage. The trainer proved hiß perfect mastery over the dumb brutes and after a great amount of trouble with one big lion forced him to take his place in the posed arena. That this apparent trouble with the beast is really a part of the performance, there seems no doubt, for it takes place at every performance, but it is none the less remarkable on that account, for the king of the jungle submits to some severe punishment as he artfully refuses to go to his place. So attentive was the audience to this part of the performance that one could have heard a

whisper many feet away, and there was loud praise when the big lion sprang to bis place in the arena. .- The acting was all good, the performers being the most talented that money can buy, and many of the acts being entirely new. The clowns, some fifty or more in number, kept up a constant round of fun-making and some of their acts were very amusing. Before the circus had started a clown appeared dressed as an old and decrepid woman, and she started a number of flirtations that kept the crowd in a brainstorm of laughter. Finally she started in on old man Ganey, of Parr, who is said to have had some circus experience as an actor in his earlier days, and who took right up with the clown and made several circuits of the main ring with him. The old man was just as good as the clown, and stated to friends that he received XL for his part of the performance. Many pronounce the circus the best that ever came to Rensselaer, while others go still farther and say that it if the best there is on the road.

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