Wirth's Circus

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 February 1916, Page 3

Wirth's Circus

. * Ai. I A-A l.\, 'ftoit/nr, j \\ iitli.i Circus pays its vu>it to Levin tonigut (W ednesuay l'eoruary l<j), and os usual have a piugiamme ol high 1 merit with many new ana novel leat- | it,res, and brilliant stars. It is due to the enterprise of the iuan-ugetao-ii tliat LUeso .-jpeuafuies are always loitlieonimg anu wliile the Cuicus as ol yoie with its -Menagerie teats ot 'horsjinanslup, the color, audi glU'iei ! of the King parades and side-spTrttiug on tics ot tin; Clowns is a pJVveritti magnet to attract, the admixture of novelty turns furnishes an additional power of appeal. Captain .Frank iiultng and his marvellous troupe of educated sea lions, are i,o open uitii the V\ irtli .tiros. "Circus. Oapta.fn Hulnig modestly announces that his world lumous Cl-eunic Actors are lhe_last word in animal training. Due (".Mascot"), rides upon JloisebacK and. whilst the horse is galloping round the ring, the sea lion balances a baton on his nose, holds a ball in perfect poise, juggles hate, plates, and fire torches, and blows a horn. Another ("CapUiin"), is a tight rope performer. The "group play musical instruments etc. ; altogether the act is claimed to be without doubt, the ■-'greatest oi its kind in the world. The Ernestonlans are a, quartette of actors who have taken up for a living, the latest world's craze, i,o, that of flying in mid air, but instead of having machines to fly in, they trust to, their own agility, and tlie aid'oT swinging trapezes, Double somersaults are performed! by ladies to theii gentlemen partners, and this is also claimed to be tfle only .adiie.s in the world who throw double somersaults in mid air to catchers hands. Another only lady in the world perlorming certain feats is our own Miss May. Martin Worth, who turns backward, forward and double somersaults upon the bare back of a galloping steed. Miss May created a "big name for both herself and Australia on her recent tour of the world. She waSfiitft aware she ■was the wOffd's greatest horsewoman until she went to America from Australia in 1911. Barnum's Circus Proprietor soon recognised the fact and engaged her tor two years"' at' a princely salary; and through her did much to let the Americans know there wins such a place as Austi alia on the map. Another of W'irth Bros,, novelties who open with the Circus tonight (\\ ediiiesday) are the Lorett-a Twins. a pair of handsome young ladies who have made the triple horizontal bars their specialty, and they perform some

astioundting tricks. pirouettling and somersaulting from ono bar to another, Mirpnssing anything seen in Australia by performers of the sterner sex.- It in claimod t-lia.fc these two ladies are the only lady horizontal liar performers ill the world. A turn of exceptional interest in. view of the war is that of M. Mussa Ma imier. a Russian Cossack. The Cossacks have played a heroic port in the Eastern Theatre of the war and Marnier gives an eshibiti-on of their powers of efiuestrimnism and of thenmethods of warfare. He is a horseman of supreme camabilitie.s ar"H as such ho will bo appreciated by all Australians' at Wirths' Oiroi».