Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1913 — Not Long to Wait for The Great Sparks Circus. [ARTICLE]

Not Long to Wait for The Great Sparks Circus.

Wednesday, May 21, the Sparks World’s Famous Shows will hold forth in this city for a matinee and night exhibition, and the rare, unique and wonderful things that have been promised qn paper will become a reality. The airy riders who, in diaphanous skirts, have been piroueting on the expansive backs of beautiful and speedy circus horses (on the bill boards) will be seen in all the gorgeousness of tulle and seductive smile; the elephants will copy their pictured acts of comedy and go them one better; the contortionist will proceed to disentagle himself (pom the knots he tied in his responsive nody last year; the acrobatic families will turn dizzy somerr saults and the clowns will work off their latest comedy stunts to the great delight of the crowds present —we all like the clowns. There is nothing on earth like the circus. It is the people’s show par excellence. It is the one great America;! amusement that appeals to all the people. The expert knows what is coming every minute of the show, but he wouldn’t have it changed for worlds. The very conventionalism of most of the performance is what makes It so delightful. The merit In a big circus like the Sparks Shows is In the fact that everything In the show is the very best of its kind. There must Inevitably be riding acts, but the riders are the leaders of their profession; There must be acrobats, but the acrobatic artists and aerlallsts' are gathered from the wide world, and are the best that money can procure It Is this superiority in the quality of the performers that makes the Sparks Shows such a welcome visitor.