SOLE BROS.' CIRCUS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 46, 10 March 1937, Page 14

SOLE BROS.' CIRCUS

Bright Show Presented SOME UNUSUAL TURNS Everybody loves a circus, and Hastings proved that it was 110 exception to the rule last night, when Sole Eros. Circus eommenced a two-night season. Wlxen the entertainment eommenced the big tent was packed with people, old and young, all of whom enjoyed to tlie ntmost the bright show presented, which maintained the highest standards in the field of circus fun and amusement. Animals, botli wild and tame, provided an important part of the entertainment. Captain Andrew maie a lioness and two tigers do their turns in a higj cage, handling the snarling beasts with a dariug that gave the audience a thrill. Later. he put two "elephants through their paces, making them dance to the music of the band and perform other feats equally entertaining. Horses and monkcys also contributed their sliare of the entertainment. Dorothea and her Pom were associated in another act, in which the dog maintained his balance on his mistress as she tumbled and turnedI The clowns showed amazing dexteri- | ty in many stunts otlier than iun makj ing. For instance, one of them pi'etended to be very clumsy in tight-rope walking, but his feat in doing so required a great deal of skill for whbh ho was rewarded with warm applause. This was supplementary to a finished display given by the Sole Sisters in balancing, dancing and stunt-ing on the tight rope. j Clever trapeze acts were also given by Miss Topsy Williams and the Lenten Sisters, while La Belle Maiie walked upside down at the top of the tent and then performed a wondorful balancing feat on a swinging trapeze. lumbling was one of the features of the show, and among the most adept were two of the smallest girls, wiio whirled through the air with amazing speed. Lindsay and Storey, and the the clowns, too. produced some clever tui-ns of siniilar style, and the rickety ladder stunt was one which made the erowd gjasp before the man on top of the ladder eventually eraslied, but without injury. The circus will present its final performance to-night, when another tlioronghly entertaining and amusuig even" ing i.s promised.