AMUSEMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 24 February 1911, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

. WIRTH BROS. CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE. Wirth Bros.' greatest show on earth will perform in Now Plymouth on Friday and .Saturday, February 24 and 25. Matinee on Saturday afternoon. We are assured that the whole of the enormous enterprise will be here, as the Wirth Bros, never divide, but travel and perform everything everywhere. The circus this season is full of novel, original and daring features engaged from the best circuses and music halls in the world. Each year Messrs Wirth Bros, introduce new and sensational specialities, and since the visit of this world-re-, nowned circus, two years ago, many additions to both circus and menagerie have been secured. Amongst the circus artists to appear here are the wonderful Frantz troupe of society acrobats; the Healys in their marvellous and unique barrel jumping act, somersaulting in and out of ordinary barrels ■ in a wonderful fashion; Mdlle. Millie Sagmar, with her beautiful school of trained dogs and ponies; the tossing Testros, the Lentons, acrobatic comedy actors,; Misses Daisy and May Harley, aerialists; Misses Rill, Stella, and May Martin, graceful equestriennes; Madame Edith Cooke and Marizales in a beautiful menage act on two thoroughbred horses; the Willey Cooke Bros.' bounding jockies. mashers on horseback; the Christies; Raymond, the goal-breaker; and dozens of clowns, augusts, and comedy men specially engaged for this season. Besides the wonderful circus aggregation, the huge menagerie is filled wlitli dens of the fiercest and most unique animals, gathered from every land and clime, and includes a herd of seven performing elephants, an arena full of lions, tigers, bears, wolves. leopards, jaguar.*, kangaroos, dogs, and ponies all performing together—truly a strange gathering—and for the first time in our town a. real live hippopotamus, which cost the Wirth Bros. £1250. A new departure, and one that. will be greatly appreciated, is an elevated chair platform, which is now carried with the show, and on which chairs may be reserved. The large zoo will be open in the afternoon from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Box plan at Collier's now open.