WIRTH BROS.’ CIRCUS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 50, 27 January 1938, Page 16

WIRTH BROS.’ CIRCUS.

GALA OPENING. To tho familiar accompaniment of bright lights, cracking whips, and flying sawdust, Wirths’ mighty 1937-38 circus wil arrive at Palmerston North at an early hour tomorrow morning, playing two nights only, commencing to-morrow night at 8 o’clock. A special matinee will bo given for tho children on Saturday, commencing at 2.30. Early arrivals at the railway station tomorrow morning, will bo able to witness tho familiar cages of wild animals, circus wagons, and property vans, drawn by the herd of nine elephants, ns they move to the usual location in Main Street. It is evident that it is a popular show, for since its arrival in tho South Island in November last, it has been packed out night after night, overy act garnering tho applauso of tho audience, who have voted it an attraction of unusual merit, and” endorsing Philip Wirth’s claim that “this year’s now circus presentation i surpasses even the mightiest efforts of Wirths’ own unequalled past.” Tho show opens with a grand parade of the entire company of performers and animals, in a setting of gay pageantry. Probably some of the most interesting acts comprising stunts of hairraising character are tho Four Kobes, a clover troupo direct from Europe, and tho Three Houstons, direct from Europe, in marvellous feats of balancing high in midair on the top of high poles; tho Ten Ziganics, a flashing troupe of celebrated gymnastio, athletic, and aerial champions: and the Four Dare-Devil Onotos, aorial motor cyclists, who play with death in a labyrinthic wilderness of mid-air contrivances. Mons Henri Martel’s performing dogs, and pigs, the Groat Markoni, dircot from Denmark, and Frcsoo and Camillo, who also hail from Europe, would be hard to boat, not forgetting a bevy of now English, American and Continental clowns. Accompanying the big show is a complete stud of beautiful and marvellously trained horses, a vast super menagerie of strange wild animals, brought- from the four corners of the universe, not forgetting Harold, the amazing orang outang. Seats may ho reserved at Collinson and Cunninghame’s, and tho location will bo near tho Empire Hotel, in Main Streot.