Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1907 — Distinguished Visitors. [ARTICLE]

Distinguished Visitors.

The circus performance was witnessed Friday by two foreigners of rather distinguished connection with circus and theatrical performances. One was Joe H. Hodgini, of Berlin, Germany, who is the the equestrian manager for Albert Schumann’s grand circus, which exhibits in Berlin, Wein, Frank fart and Scheweningen. Mr. Hodgini is the brother-in-law of Schumann and is a highly intelligent and very interesting gentleman. Altho an Englishman by birth he has spent most of his life in Germany and speaks eight languages fluently. This is his first trip to America, where he is visiting all the circus performances, getting ideas and contracting for acts that he believes would be drawing cards in Berlin. He has arranged for an engagement with the seven people who gave the tally ho performance to appear with with the Shumann show next year and he looked with great favor on the act where the lady|was injured. That act, he said, would not not be permitted in Germany without a net underneath to prevent such accidents as occurred here. The other gentleman was Mr. Charles Bornhaupt, representing H. B. Martinelli, a theatrical agent with officee in New York, i Paris, Loudon and Berlin. He is locking for good things in < the theatrical line. Both men remained here until today, taking the afternoon train .'or Chioago.