Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — Circus Keeps Its Promises. [ARTICLE]

Circus Keeps Its Promises.

The Washington Post, one of the most conservative newspapers in the United States, did a most unusual thing in devoting an editorial to the Wallace circus, which came to Washington unknown and went away with an established reputation. In part the Post said: “The Great Wallace Show represents all that there is of legitimate worth in the circus business. It is in charge of men who aspire to elevate the tone and purify the atmosphere of the calling, and we believe thousands who have attended the performances during the past two days will certify they have succeeded. Not only was the performance up to the highest professional and artistic standard, the menagerie large and varied, and the trained animals of the best, but there was not in connection with the Wallace show a single one of those discreditable and demoralizing features which have done so much to give the circus a bad name and to discourage the true friends of that otherwise wholesome form of amusement. The managers of the Wallace Show keep all their promises, advertise nothing they do not expect to give, and carefully divest their performances of anything and everything calculated to offend the nicest taste. We are sure that the verdict of Washington will be most favorable and that the show can return to us sure of finding genuine admirers and friends.” At Rensselaer Wednesday, Aug. 3d.