Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1918 — SPECTACULAR OUTDOOR CIRCUS [ARTICLE]

SPECTACULAR OUTDOOR CIRCUS

Twenty-five Acts Presented at Kankakee Fair. AUGUST 26TH TO 31ST From Kankakee has come the report that the Inter-State Fair of that place, which has won a national reputation for Its magnificent agriculture, live stock and Industrial exhibits, has announced to the public its splendid program' of outdoor free acts for 1918. 'This program, unsurpassable In quality, and Infinite in variety, will eclipse all of the brilliant successes of the past quarter century. Never before has the Association been as prodigal In Its expenditure of money, and never before as fastidious in its selection, as this season. Scouring the country from end to end, and bringing into play its time-tested taste in chosing acts, the management has procured a program of acts that will not be equaled at any Fair in the country. The acts cover the entire range from the superlatively beautiful to the laughingly comical; they are calculated to excite the admiration and the interest of everyone. Realizing that, in these unprecedented times of universal struggle and sorrow, the amusement psychology of the American public is undergoing radical changes; that with the stress of turbulent times comes a demand for the more sizzling, dazzling and harrowing types of amusement, the Kankakee Inter-State Fair has exerted Its utmost energies to satisfy these new and basically different demands of the patrons of the Fair. The results of its efficient and untiring efforts are shown in the acts that will be presented each afternoon and evening of the Fair, and it is confidently asserted that the Fair Association' has succeeded in meeting the new amusement demands placed upon it. Far and wide the reputation of the Kankakee Inter-State Fair for novel and varied entertainment has been spread; thousands and thousands of patrons look forward to Fair week with most joyous anticipation, knowing that during that week they will witness the unparalleled leaders of the vaudeville, circus and amusement world. While it is yet too early to make full announcement of what will await visitors of the Fair, yet the reader can ! be assured that the Kankakee Interj State Fair will maintain its position I as the premier leader of the outdoor 1 amusement world; and that once more eastern Illinois and western Indiana i will enjoy the World’s Greatest Out- | door Entertainment. Remember well the dates —August 1 26th to August 31st—the Week when I “joy is unconfined."