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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Aug 1924, p. 5

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WI of performing elephants are presented OF ELEPHANTS in place of three. These number three companies of giant tqskers in the and two herds of baby elephants IN RINGLING CIRCUS rings on steel-structured stages. Splendid Traveling on ~ hundred raiilroad carrying more than 1,600 peopleding 800 of the greatest men and stars ever assembled-the Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Shows will exhibit in Chist 15 to 24. 1924 program of the Greatest on Earth introduces a policy entation in every department. first time in history five troups troupes of trained Russian stallions have been added to the European equine displays, and menage and high school horse numbers incre~sed in like proportion. .--Equestrianism is one of the outstanding features. May Wirth, the greatest of all bareback riders; the entire Wirth family, the hurricane comedy rider, "Phil, the marvel," the Rieffenach Sisters, performing sensational acrobatic feats on running AUGUST 1 1924 · horses, but suggest the calibre of the more than seventy equestrians presented. No less amazing are the scores of modern physical culture champions who perform aloft in the mammoth big-top. Berta Beeson, premier high-wire artist, leads an entire congress of mid-aerial stars. Lily Leitzel, most noted of all aerial gymnasts, heads a world-famous galaxy of fair women athletes. Lillian Kincaid is foremost among beautiful girls who perform in "revolving cloud swings" at the very dome of the tent. Jenny Rooney leads a score of artists on the single and double trapeze. Further pursuing their policy of bigness in displays throughout the entire length of the main-tent, the RinKling Brothers have united the famous English Clarkonians with the American Nelsons in super-casting This augmented company of artists are pitted against the Silbon, Siegrist and Neapolitan troupes in the most remarkable aerial casting acts ever seen in a circus big-top. In contrast with the human side of the Big Show are two hundred trained wild animals numbering lions, tigers, coal-black panthers and giant polar bears. exhibited in four big stul arenas. In addition are the "hundred funniest clowns on earth," scores of stage and hippodrome di1pl~Y'1_ ·- ~ gorgeous openin1 paaeant of fairyuma features, and a meoaterie of DIOil'e than a thousand rare animall. re. Only eople of KENILWORTH CORMEU SAn Kenilworth residents have complied quite readily to the vi11a~rt ordinance which orders that shrubbery and hedges be cut down on corners, it was stated by Vil)age Manaaer, F. L. Streed. The beauty of the village has by no means been marred and yet tbe safety of lives bas been regarded, be stated in commenting on the ready response to the request. tte 1981 S. ROSENBAUM CO. FOUNTAIN SQUARE, EVANSTON Phone 5023 3120 Lincoln Ave. CHICAGO STORES 5228 N. Clark St. berries, A Saving of From 10% to 25% Here's the greatest Furniture Sale Event of the entire year. Not for a long time have our prices been so low as during the present season. Our large buying enables us to make the most drastic price reductions in our entire history.. It is the one big sale event you ·cannot afford to miss. A Small Payment Down Will Hold All Goods Sold for Future Delivery STOR·E OPEN THURSDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS

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