WIRTH'S CIRCUS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 179, 17 March 1914, Page 1

WIRTH'S CIRCUS.

Wirth Bros.' Cirrus, 1.U., described as the "greatest fliow on earth," opens n Prkekohe on S tu:day, Match lilst. Thtre ia always Eomelhing ah out a circus that ra-ri e with it a universal appeal, especially so with Wirth's I ircup. This year the spectacle is of mor j . than ordinary merit. Nearly ICO p:rformers nmprieg t*ie company, and tluy include Dare Devil Desperado, the audacicui terial athlet - , who will defy dargcr by 1 aping htad foremost ftom a height of *7 feet, alighing on a concave p'atform of soli-( wood upon his chest and hands. La Belle Victoria, the beauty of the circus world, and tt.e acknowledged queen of wire artistrs, give? a performance on' the tight and slack wires that is nothing short cf wonderful. Afredo, described as the flying man, the 20th century midair marvel, is iar and away the most wonderful of all trapeze artists ever seen in this part of the worM, Then there are the Flying Cadonas. the original NehMn family of nine members, the crawls American ar-robat combination, the Bastien Family, also of nine members, a wonderful French troupe of acrobats, the Hobson bisters, America's wire-walking piodigies, the Stair Sisters, contortionists a;;d gymnasts, and a eccre of others, want of ppace precluding their mention in detail, it would not ti Wirlh's (-ircua without *n a: iir.al act,i and this cea:oti'd is the most nova and interesting of the nany than have beei introduced by the enterprising management, being givm also by Doblados' performing shee/fi a-.d pigs, the inly £ct of its kind in tha wot Id, a group of a dozen pure white polar bears who, assisted bv two prizzli s at d a pair of splendid boar hound. 3 , exhibit a>i intelligence that is absolutely astonishiig. These beaut tu 1 arim ls also form one of the main at tractions of the mensgerie, which will tu open fr. m 4 to 5 p.m., and which also contains the only hippopotamus and a large mandrill in Australash. There are also performing lions, t'ger. j , leopard', cam Is at'd other strange animals, the wonderful elephant herd, and with one of the lionesses, two young cubs.