2
EVERYMAN
Should take advantage of this su
preme opportunity to buy his
JL SPRING SUIT
X / iM/ '1 /1 Three more selling days left from
("« Um_ our Special 10-Day Suit and Odd
V Pants Sale to continue—
N HI TO-MORROW
It V \\l • Monday and Tuesday
yl«I OPEN EVERY EVENING
1 \\i Special for To-morrow—Saturday
I \1 \l SB.OO Spring Suits to-morrow . $4 69
I \1 li SIO.OO Spring Suits to-morrow . $5 OO
1 \\H $12.50 Spring Suits to-morrow . $7.90
f -00 Spring Suits to-morrow $9.90
K. f Ji\l L SIB.OO Spring Suits to-morrow . . . -SXI.9S
Ik\\wL sl - 60 fln ' l $2 - 00 ° ,ld Pants - & $1!39
■ $2.50 and $3.00 Odd Pants to-morrow
- %•••* $1.44 and $1.98
® O - vs ' Suits ;• 39^
$3.00 Straw Hata to-morrow, . . $1.50
75c Boys' Wash Suits : 39^
$3.00 Straw Hats to-morrow $1 50
Discontinuing Shoes and Men's Furnishing Business, Ladies'
Garments will take its place, so come to buy your Shoes, Hats
and Men *8 Furnishings at off.
$1.50 Boys' Shoes for SI.OO
$3.00 Work Shoes for $1.66
50c Overalls for 39^
Thousands of Real Bargains in Men's Shoes, Hats, Leather Goods,
Shirts, Collars, Hose, etc., etc., too numerous to mention.
Till? CprVT Underselling
1 HUf Or U 1 Clothing Store
JAMES H. BBENNEB, Prop.
6 South Fourth Street 2 doors from Market Street
PREPARING NEW DISTRICT
Internal Revenue Collector to Take
Charge of Ninth To-morrow
Lancaster, April 30.—Until next
Monday all business with the public
will be virtually suspended in the
ninth internal revenue district pending
the transfer of the collectorship from
Fred. C. Kirkendall, of Wilkes-Barre,
to Benjamin F. Davis, of Lancaster.
The latter will be sworn in on Satur
day, and the same day Mr. Kirkendall
■ will take the oath of office as collector
of the twelfth district, re created from
the ninth, with which it was iucorpor
" ated just prior to the close of Presi
dent Taft's term.
The transfer is being made by Dep
uty Revenue Commissioner Fletcher, of
Washington. During the 15 months that
Mr. Kirkendull was collector of the
ninth district the receipts have been
approximately $5,000,000.
SELLING TOBACCO IN EUROPE
York County Farmers at Last Find a
Partial Market
York, Pa., April 30.—Though the
borne market for York county tobacco
shows but slight recovery, a consider
able amount of the leaf raised in this
section is being sold at present for ex
port. Eight carloads have been ship
ped from Red Lion in a short while.
Local tobacco experts estimate that
about 200,000 pounds o'f the 1914 leaf
remain unsold in the county, and a
small part of the 1913 crop is still
held by the growers.
GRADE CROSSING A LUXURY
Just One In Reading Costs $859,575
In Lost Time
Reading, Pa„ April 30.—Chamber of
Commerce estimates, just completed,
"show that a single grade crossing at
Seventh and Penn streets, counting
only 300 days to a year, costs this city
$859,575 annually.
Based on the passage of 72 trains a
day, causing a time blockade of 85
minutes daily, and the hold-up of 86,-
123 foot passengers and 14,000 people
in various vehicles, the estimated total
for a day at a low cash valuation of
the time, is $5,730.50. Half of this to
tal is used in conservative figures on
the yearly loss.
Plans for eliminating grade cross
ings are being prepared.
Landisville High Graduates Ten
Landisville, April 30.—A class of
teu was graduated yesterday from the
Landisville High school, the exercises
being held in the Church of God. The
valedictorian was May Blottenberger
and the salutatorian John Traver. Dr.
George Hull, of the Millersville State
formal School, was the orator of the
evening.
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ELECTRIC
SUMMER
COMFORTS
can only be had in the homes wired
for Electricity. The Electric Iron
and Fan make the hot summer days
lose their terrors. Wire your house
now mid prepare for "the torrid
months to come.
Dauphin Electrical
Supply Company
4U4 MARKET ST.
JAIL SHATTERS ROMANCE
1 Suitor of 19-year-old Girl Accused of
Horse Stealing
Lancaster, April 30. —Raymond
j Moore was committed to jail yesterday
| morning by Alderman Doebler on the
charge of horse stealing, and his in
carceration shatters a romance. Last
Monday he got a team at J. L. Grim'a
livery' stable and drove to York with
his sweetheart, 19-year-old Catherine
Flick, to marry her.
A watch belonging to her father was
pawned for $5 and the money was
used to pay for the team hire. It is
charged that Moore arranged to sell the
j horse in York, but the buyer told him
to come back later for the money, SSO.
J Moore did not- return, and failure to
get the niouey broke up the wedding.
! The girl wrote to a Lancaster aunt for
funds, and this put her father on her
trail. •
STRANGER KINDLY TREATED
Sunbury Men Give Checks to Man Who
Suddenly Disappears
j Sunbury, Pa., April 30.—< A stranger
| who called himself Josepih A. Egan, of
Scranton, Pa., appeared here a few days
ago and said foe was to install a "cool
ing system" in the Memorial hospital.
He made arrangements to employ a
number of men.
Kgan soon got acquainted with Oliver
P. Rockefeller, owner of a big hotel,
who gave him a check for $23.74 for
improvements that Egan had suggested
for the hotel. J. P. Tooley, a merchant,
cashed a check for him and W. C. For
ester gave him a check for $32 for a
new kind of auerophone. Egan also bor
rowed a suit of clothes from K. W.
Owens and then disappeared and has
not been seen since.
JITNEY BUSES OPPOSED
Conductors, Motormen and Traction Co.
In Pottsville Against New Vehicles
Pottsvillc, Pa., April 30.—The Con
ductors' and Motormen's Union, of
Pottsville, and the Pottsville Centra:!
Labor Union at a meeting yesterday
witih officials of the Pottsville Union
Traction Company decided to protest
against the operation of jitney buses in
this city, unless they jjre suojected to
the sajne taxation and regulations as
the trolleys.
The trolley traffic has been hard hit
bv the jitnev traffic, some employes
having already beeu discharged, while
the jobs of many others are in jeopardy.
The jitney owners arc organizing for
protection and declare they will append
to the courts if thev do not get fair
play. b
OAS CO. TO LAY PIPE LINE
Five Hundred Men Will Be Employed
Within Next Two Weeks
Kane. Pa., April 30.—About 500
men will be given employment wit'hin
t'he next two weeks when the Pennsyl
vania Gas Company will start the con
struction of a large twelve-inch line
from their station at Rovstone to the
McWilliams farm a Gla-de Run.
The laying of the new dine was made
necessary by the high pressure neces
sary to carry gas from Rovstone to the
McWiHiswns farm, where it branches off
into other lines and is pumped to
Jamestown, Erie, Oorry and other west
ern New York and Pennsylvania cities
wdiich are supplied by the "Pennsylvania
Gas Company. The line will cost about
$125,000.
Friday and Saturday
One English Flow Blue Pickle Dish and
one pound of Golden Santos Coffee for
30 cents.
Grand Union Tea Store,
208 N. Second St.
Adv.
Indian Leads Graduating Class
Ijancaster, Pa., April 30. —A unique
position is held by the East Dunmore
High school toy reason of its having
graduated a full blood Indian, Paul
Baldeagle, a Dacota. Ho was president
of his class and had the v&ledictorv
honor at the anuual commencement ex
ercises yesterday. I
HARItISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1915.
DIVIDE ON SING SING BALL
Osaining Trustees Hear of Politics Over
Sunday Playing
New York, April 30.—AfteT Warden
Thomas Mortt Osborne 'had offered to
eliminate Sunday baseball at Sing Sing,
by reason of verbal complaint from
village trustees of Ossining, the village
board divided on the quostion. Only
three of the twelve trustees went on
record in favor of sending a written
protest to the warden, according to
Albert Twigger, the village president.
Mr. Otfborne and Mr. Twigger con
ferred on the matter. The warden said
that before he permitted Sunday play
ing he had obtained the consent or the
persons living within a radius of sev
eral 'hundred yards of the prison. Some
of the trustees are outspoken in assert
ing that persons who are complaining
are playing politics in the interest of
a local candidate for Mr. Osborne's
place.
REUNITED AFTEK 39 YEARS
Sisters, Separated Since Childhood, Be
siding but 12 Miles Apart
Catawissa. Pa., April 30.—Living
within a few miles of. each other for
39 years, Mrs. J. W. Yohe, of Blooms
fcurg, and Mrs. E. S. Raup, of Franklin
township, Cambria county, sisters, did
not know where each other was until
by a chance meeting of friends they
were reunited yesterday.
More than 40 years ago, when their
parents died at Catawissa, one of the
sisters, then 4 years old, was taken to
New York State, while the other, aged
9, went to Rupert. After seven years
they drifted apart. Mrs. Yohe finally
locating at Bloomsburg and the other
in Franklin township. They were less
than 12 miles distant from each other.
Last mouth at a sale of farm stock
Mr. Yohe met an old friend who knew
the family and inquired casually as to
the whereabouts of his sister-in-law.
He was greatly surprised when he
learned that her home was so near his
own.
TO ENLARGE PLAYGROUND
State College Will Add Eighty Acres to
Its Becreatlon Area
State College, Pa., April 30.—With
more than 100 acres of State property
set aside for recreative purposes the
Pennsylvania State College has estab
lished the largest playground area in
the country. In addition to the 25
acres already devoted to outdoor com
petitive games, the board of trustees
recently voted an additional 80 acres
for "required play" among the stu
dents. The new "plan involves the sub
stitution of outdoor exercise for a
large per cent, of the old form of in
door calisthenics.
The enlarged playground area will be
laid out in soccer fields, tennis courts,
lacrosse field, baseball and football
fields.
Big Graduating Class at Maytown
Marietta, April 30.—The largest
class ever graduated in a high school
in the rural district received diplomas
yesterday in the Maytown Central High
school, when twenty-three were award
ed their papers by the principal, Pro
fessor E. B. Buhl. Miss Helen G.
Barter was the valedictorian and Miss
Grace Henderson, the salutatorian. The
orator of the evening was Dr. J. H.
Pennima, vice provost of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
' COMMENCEMENT
PRESENTS
This store abounds with a won
derful variety of pretty as well as
useful articles that are particu
larly suitable for Commencement
presents—in fact we have pre
pared for these important occa
sions by replenishing our stock
with the newest and prettiest in
novations in jewelry and nov
elties.
Any of these will
make inexpensive
yet pretty and
useful gifts.
Whether you pay little or much
at this store —one thing is cer
tain—the Quality is dependable.
Claster's reputation is behind
every article—no matter how
small the price may be.
Central High, Tech. and
Academy Seals, But
tons, Pins and Fobs,
50<* up
(1915 CLASS PINS
Solid Gold $2.50 up
LaVaUieres $2.25 up
Pendants 91.00 up
Shoe Buckles, Sterling Silver,
! 50c up
Powder Pencils 91.50 up
Vanity Oases SI.OO up
Stick Pins, 50c up
Tie Clasps 25c up
Powder Puffs 75c up
Cuff Link up
Bar Pins 25c up
Beauty Pins, 25c up
Ear Bings 75c up
Manicure Pieces^
Silver plated 25c up
Parisian ivory, 25c up
Fountain Pens, SI.OO up
Watch Fobs, $1.25 up
Coat Chains, 50c up
Coin Holders, 50c up
Mesh Bags $1.54) up
Card Cases 50c up
Bangle Bracelets, guaranteed
3 years 50c up
Hair Ornaments 75c up
Shirt Waist Rings, Sterling
silver 50c up
Meerschaum Pipes, .... SO.OO up
Jewel Boxes, 25c up
Picture Frames, 25c up
Paper Knives 50c up
Lockets 75c up
Locket Chains, SI.OO up
Drosses up
Pearl Beads, 75c up
Gold Beads $2.25 up
Belt Pin up
Hair Ornaments 75c up
Etc., Etc., Etc.
These are only a few. There
are many others here for your
selection,
i If it's from Claster's
» it wiU be appreciated.
H. C. CLASTER
Gems, Jewels, Silverware
302 MARKET ST.
ACCUSED OF INCENDIARISM
Foor Men Held on Charge of Burning
Home to Obtain Insurance
Clearfield, Pa., April 30. —Anton
Neuber, Harry Neuber, Daniel Milsen
and Herman Moyer, all of Morris town
ship, were arrested Wednesday on in
formation sworn out by State Fire
Marshal Thomas G. Ryan, who chargod
them with conspiracy to defraud and
conspiring to burn property for the
purpose of obtaining insurance.
The arrests, it is said, are the result
of a confession alleged to have been
made on Saturday, April 17, by Her
man Moyer, that the burning of the
store building of the Allport Supply
Company on January 31. last, was in
cendiary and was Instigated for the
purpose of obtaining the insurance.
Anton Neuber is a brother-in-law of
Herman Moyer and Harry Neuber is
son of Anton. Daniel Milsen is alleged
to havo been connected with the trans
action as previous owner of the prop
erty and in other respects.
RAID BAD MONEY DEN
Arrest Five Men In a Farmhouse Near
Scranton
Scranton, Pa., April 30.—Five coun
terfeiters were caught yesterday by
Scranton detectives in a spectacular
raid. The gang was trapped in a small
farmhouse in Chinchilla, busily engaged
in molding half'dollars. The five have
police records.
The leader, Vincent Picone, of New
York, has been arrested seven timos, it
is said, for making or passing counter
feit coin. George Mangana was ar
restod for stabbing a man; (Jaspara
Marcinate is said to bo implicated in
a dynamiting; Michael Sposito and
Tony Licati were arrested some time
ago for sending Blai'k Hand letters.
The detectives swooped down on the
house before the counterfeiters had a
chance to get away. The men were in
the kitchen of the farmhouse. A num
ber of revolvers, a shotgun and several
knives were found in the room. The po
lice have been working on the case for
six mouths.
VBRWIEBE HEADS SYNOD
Lutherans Elect Buffalo Minister Over
Pittsburgh Man
York, Pa., April 30. —The Rev. Dr.
Francis Verwiebe, of Buaffalo, was
elected president of the 'German Lu
theran Synod yesterday. He was op
posed by the Rev. Dr. William Broeck
cr, of Pittsburgh, the retiring first vice
president of the district. Doctor Ver
wiebe was secretary of the district dur
ing the past year.
Carl Horst, Pittsburgh, was chosen
first vice president, and the Rev.Charles
Hu@hi), Baltimore, second vice presi
dent. A doctrinal study of the reforma
tion was held, the Rev. A. B. Klein, a
cojivert fTom the Roman Catholic
Church, participating.
Army Worms Again Appear
Allentown, N. J., April 30. —Al-
though thousands of armv worms have
appeared in the lawns ancl fields in sev
eral parts of Monmouth county during
the last week, agricultural experts who
have investigated the situation say
there is little reason to fear a repeti
tion of the widespread destruction
caused by these insects in this region
last year. W. B. Duryee, Jr., county
farm demonstrator and agent of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, has quieted the fears of farmers
with his prediction that tachina fly will
wipe out the fresh .brood of worms.
Baer's Daughter to Rewed
Reading, Pa., April 30.—Announce
ment has been made here of the en
gagement of Mrs. lOmily Baer Connard,
daughter of the late George F. Baer,
president of the Reading Railway Com
pany, to Rollo Knapp, of Wisconsin.
The wedding will take place in June.
The bride-to-be is tho widow of Frank
L. Connard and resides with her mother
at "Hawthorne," the (Baer suinmei
home in this city. She is prominent in
several leading local charitable organ
izations.
Arrested for Slapping Senior's Face
Lancaster, Pa., April 30.—Profes
sor A. F. English, of the Boys' High
School faculty, was arrested yesterday
on the charge of assault and battery
on J. C. Hebble, a senior, whose face he
is alleged to have slapped. The prose
cutor is Hebble's uncle, Frank Mc-
Grann. The accused has been held for a
hearing before Alderman Doebler.
Woman Dies Suddenly From Stroke
Bowmansville, April 30.—Mrs. Fan
nie Homing, 59 years old, died sud
denly of tli« effects of a stroke. She
was a member of the Mennonito church.
Besides her husband, there survives one
daughter and one brother.
Nicaragua Canal Co. Dissolves
Trenton, N. J., April 30.—The In
teroceanic Cnnal Company, which re
ceived a New Jersey eharter April 3,
1900, and which was formed for the
purpose of building a canal to connect
the Atlantic and the Pacific by the
Nicaragua route, has filed a certificate
of dissolution with the Secretary • of
State. The company had an authorized
capital of *IOO,OOO, of which »7,000
was outstanding. The decision of Con
gress to build the Panama Canal upset
the firm's plans.
J Quality I
I Superb I
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J. Harry Stroup
Insurance Agent
1617 North Second St
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TRAMP IN HAY A RESCUER
Saves LiVf Stock in His Burning Barn
Shelter
York, Pa., April 30. —Lightning,
rain and wind wrought havoc in York
county last evening, the damage being
estimated at more than SIO,OOO. Barns
were struck by lightning and destroyed,
tobacco shedß overturned, crops washed
from fields and trees uprooted.
The barn of Tsaac Gable, Dallastown,
was hit by lightning and burned to the
ground. A tramp sleeping in the hay
wakened and at the risk of his lifo
saved the live stock from death. A
barn near lied Lion, owned bv Ella
Xeff, was also destroyed, and damage
by lightning was caused to the Hallam
hotel. A horse was killed near Lewis
berry by a lightning bolt.
STUCK IN THE MUD
That Was the Normal Condition in Chi
cago Village In 1888
An elaborate series of descriptions of
middle western road conditions is con
tained in Charles Cleaver's "History of
Chicago Prom 1832 to 1892, Illustrat
ing the Difficulties of the Koute From
New York to Chicago." In the village
of Chicago in 1833, Cleaver tolls us:
"Parties informed as that in the
spring we would find it almost impos
sible to get around for the mud, a
truth forcibly illustrated when a few
months later I got into a wagon to go
about one and a half miles northwost.
It was with the greatest difficulty that
two good horses could pull the empty
wagon through two feet of mud and
water across the prairie. * * * A year
or two later 1 saw many teams stuck
fast in the streets of the village.
"I remember once a stage coach got
mired in Clark street opposite the Sher
man House, where it remained several
days, with a board driven into the mud
bearing this inscription, 'Nd bottom
here.' I once saw a lady stuck in the
mud in the middle of Kandolph street.
She was evidently in need of help, as
every time she moved she sank deeper
and deeper. An old gentleman from
the country offered to help her, which
hud such an effect upon her modosty
that with one desperate effort she drew
her feet out minus her shoos."
A MIGHTY FLAGPOLE
The Tallest in the World—lt Floats
Old Glory at San Francisco
A fitting symbol of the mighty for
ests of the West is Astoria's flagpole,
the tallest in the world, which floats
the Stars and Stripes 241 feet above
the Panama-Pacific Exposition sea wall
at the comer of the Oregon building.
The stick, for it is a single stick of
timber, is actually 251 feet long, but
10 feet of its butt are imbedded in a
200-ton block of solid concrete, which,
without other stays, holds the pole up
right against the wind.
The pole was shaped from the trunk
of a Douglas fir which as it originally
stood in the Oregon forest towered 34 7
feet in the air and might have matched
its height, though not in girth, against
any but the loftiest of the California
sequoias.
Looking up at the great flagstaff it
is hard to realize that it weighs upward
of 46 tons and that there is lumber
enough in it to build five ordinary 8-
room houses. Its great height gives it
an appearance of slenderness and light
ness.
Just to transport this pole and set it
up, Kussell Hawkins and citizens of
Astoria spent nearly enough thousands
of dollars to build several of the houses
its lumber might construct. —San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
THE PASSENGER PIGEON
A Beautiful and Useful Bird That Is
Now Extinct
There are men still alive who have
shot not dozens, but hundreds, of pas
senger pigeons in a single day: Sixty
years ago this bird was far more com
mon in the United States than wild
ducks are to-day.
When it migrated the flights dark
ened the sky A single flight has been
estimated to number over 2,000,000 of
birds.
A passenger pigeon is quite a differ
ent looking bird from any other kind of
pigeon. It has a long tail and is in all
nearly three-quarters of a yard long.
It is "so called because of its migratory
habits, it being a bird of passage.
For the past fifteen years there had
been a standing reward of SI,OOO for
a mate of this last survival of her
race. This was several times its weight
in gold, yet the offer produced no re
sponse. The passenger pigeon is abso
lutely extinct, and one of the most
beautiful and useful of birds has been
wiped out. as it were, under our vory
eyes. —New York Pfess.
Destiny
Destiny is either the excuse men give
for their errors or a humble supplement
to their successes. Destiny reconciles
a man to unpaid bills, the abuse of the
proletariat, ingratitude and relatives,
especially if they are his own.
A man who is making progress is
thought—by himself—to control bis
own destiny. Whefi he isn't making
progress his destiny controls him.
Destiny is always at work. When ii
MORE WOMEN PERFOR
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At the to]» on the left is Olpa Boudi, daring woman rider; to tlie right is
Bird Millman, "(jueen of the Wire," while at the bottom is "A Daughtei of
the Circus."
The Bnrnum & Bailey circus which|
will exhibit here Thursday, May 6,
; with its full feast of splendors spread!
under the largest expanse of canvas
ever erected, will be like a banquet de-j
vised and fulfilled by some mythical!
King of Wonderland. In the opening
pageant alone there will be more than
1,000 porsons gorgeously arrayed, with
legions and phalanxes of elephants and
horses. And when this spectacular
pageant descriptive of Lalla Rookh'si
departure from Delhi has been duly un
folded with its cavalcades of horses in I
trappings of gold and silver, its hosts!
of elephants and its hundreds of char
acters—when all this will haye seemed'
to absorb all the color left in the!
world, the performance which the circus
offors this year will have barely started.
The management announces novelty
and innovation as tho keynote of this
year's ultimate idea in circus possibil
ity. Yet certain elements of the dear
old circus beloved of our grandfathers
are deathless. Nothing can arise to
supplant them and they will be here,
too, although in the transfigured aspects
of an age which has touched all things
with elaborations of science and of
progress.
There will be, for instance, athletic
specialists, with names hallowed by
antiquity—names generations old in
the land of "sawdust and spangles;"
but they will work with the inspiration
afforded by the modern equipment ofj
a brilliantly illuminated tent where the
fathers who taught them their art
worked by the light of tallow dips or
korosene torches.
40 Countries Represented
And thus, with the bareback riders,
the tumblers, the clowns, there will be
dozens, sometimes scores of them now
where once there were one or two; but
each of these dozens or scores has felt
the individual call to outdo hiß revered
progenitor by just the degree in which
the odds of difficulty have been dimin
ished and the call of grace, or splendor,
or humor increased.
Within and beneath the "big top"
the circus folk promise a program for
the largest part entirely new. Moro
than two score countries are represent
ed on the long bill. Switzerland sends
Madam Bradna, a beautiful horsewom
an, who presents a trained animal num
ber including horses, ponies and dogs.
Spain's representative is Lupeta Perea,l
is not doing it is undoing. I has a
star for a trademark which is recog
nized in every country in the world.
It has made a great many see double.
Not everybody has a destiny. Some
are comparatively happy.—Life.
"FISK," THE SIGN MAN
OFFICE DOOR LETTERING SHOW CARDS
y 124 Rear of Union Trust Building•
who will thrill by her exploits high iu
the air upon the flying trapeze.
China sends three troiiyos t'rorr. the
Imperial Circus at Pekin, the members
of which are acknowledged champion
performers in many lines of athletic
and arenic endeavor. The Hannaford
Family of English equestrians arc mak
ing tiieir first American appearances in
a display ot' equestrianism which has
never becu surpassed, if equalled, in
this country.
Pallenberg's Bears and Marcella's
trained ravens, parrots and macaws are
new features. The former ride bi
cycles and skate upon roller skates, and
the latter do unheard-of things, for
birds are exceptionally hard to train
satisfactorily.
Tangoes With a Big Lion
Adgie and her 12 juugle-bred lions
furnish a thrilling performance within
a steel arena. This fearless French
woman tangoes with one of the largest
of the lot while the others snarl and
look on, and altogether handles and di
rects hor charges as if they were BO
many huge house cats.
Signor Bagonghi, Italy 's comic mid
get equestrian, will offer a laughable
number and Thalero's fox terriers ami
monkeys will, ride thoroughbred ponies,
and do many of the tricks performed
by their human colleagues of the cir
cus.
One of the most effective items upon
the long program the circus folk elect
to call "The Act Beautiful," seven
revolving platforms placed the entire
length of the tent being used by the
horses, dogs and ponies who pose in
this number. All are in white and some
really beautiful effects are obtained.
Women more than ever dominate
the circus program, evon the elephants
now being put through their paces by
women trainers. One of the few Amer
ican girls with the circus is Bird Mill
man, the "Queen of the High Wire"
who tangoes and fox trots upon a slen
der strand of wire high iu the air.
The Tosca Sisters, four Parisian
girls, are a new feature in a novel gym
nastic performance, and the Pal
dren's, tho Bard's and Resua Sisters
are also new to this country. In every
department of circus endeavor only
acknowledged champions find a place
upon the Rarnnni program and a per
fect circus, rich in novelties and new
ness is emphatically promised.
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is such a lover of bargains that she
coujd not."
"How was that?''
"He looked so cheap when she turn
ed him down that she snapped him up."