ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 192, 12 February 1912, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

WIRTH'S CIRCUS. On Saturday night all highways and by-ways emptied humanity into Wirth's gigantic tent, and the weather wasvextraordinarily kind generally, although rude Boreas tried hard to blow the circus tent down and' Mr. J. Pluvius is at hand to drown the menagerie; All circuses are alike except Wirth's. True there are the dear delights that are time-honored, and without which no one would, know a circus was at work, and the clown cracked historic jests, illustrating them with acrobatic pictures most' diverting. From, the overture by a band notable for depth, breadth, and height of music to No. 24 item the thousands of people present were delighted with every brilliant item. Wirth's have made a feature of the grand march of all nations, which is intended to give a glimpse of Wirth's worth and into which is crowded the human and animal population under the kingship of the famous: brothers. Mr. Sid Rose since he last honored, us has add*d many pupils to Ms school, and his scriptural conduct In; making the lion lie down with the lamb' and the leopards,, tigers, goats and other I animals be amicably disposed, towards each other is novel and thrilling. You can't conceive anything more novel than white bears from the Arctic circle extending the of friendship to their grizzly relatives from the Rockies or boar hounds 'tamely ambling round undisturbed by the proximity of the performing monsters, who, it is claimed and believed, ar-e the best educated personages in beardom and the largest collection outside Antarctica. In their aerial bar act Atoris and Le Van manage to convey the idea that suspension from a by is.an.-easyj matter. The remarkable cleanliness of this act is appealing and one feels that the lives of the performers are safe in their own skilful hands. The invisible wire act of the Adelia Sisters and George was a remarkably graceful turn, combining every known (and unknown) specialty in wire walking. It appears so simple that citizens may try-.walking the clotheswire and retrieving a fallen handkerchief from the ground. The Flying Jordans are very wonderful aerialists. On a series of trapezes fixed somewhere near the Southern Cross they perform' ihtiiarubiber acts wholly mystifying and unexplainable. Signorita Dolinda, who has come from Madrid, is also a remarkable specialist up aloft, and her business is full of thrills, The Harry Nage Company of comedians give one roar of laughter for each movement. Their! motor-car sketch is delirious in itsi comicality. The acrobatic horsemen (the Bastiens) are as much at home upside down on fiery steeds as right side up in an armchair at the fireside, j In the matter of "high school' education there is nothing in Australasia to beat I Mr. P. Wirth and his beautiful horse | "Earl (Dudley." Both gentlemen are most' clever scholars. Kitchen and Foy, the "trampoline experts," arc extraordinary agile on the horizontal bars and comic withal. The dear old clowns (Cooke Brothers) had the love and interest of every child from four to eighty, and their "Masters" act will be remembered when the little ones who screamed with laughter have little ones of their own. Wirths' are famous for their magnificent horseflesh, and the present "stables" probably surpasses anything hitherto brought here. The "seven horse picture act" (Mr. J. Christie in command) is truly a lesson in horse-mastership and beauty. Altogether the big circus is bigger, brighter and bettor than ever.