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geantry,take mHuge C ircus Has Air Conditioned Big Top★With the world's largest big top air conditioned and restyled in interior decor, the Show—Ringllng Bros, and Baramn Bailey combined circus—boasting the finest performance in the finest setting in its impressive history as the foremost amusement institution of all time, will exhibit in Chicago at Lake Front, July 22nd to 30th Gargantua the Great the giant gorilla, the mightiest attraction in tma or any other country, is this’ season displayed in die world’s largest traveling menagme, where the crowds may gaze close up at him at their leisure. As an adjunct to the menagerie, i horse tent displaying in decorated stalls the 70 Kentucky equine beauties bought by John Ringling North, president of the circus, in an around Lexington last fall, connects with it.Performances start at 2:15 and 8:15 P.M.. with the hew streamlined inaugural spectacle The World Comes to the World’s Fair.” created, costumed and produced by Charles Le Maire, moving iridescent magnificence under the blue ceiling of the. vast tent. Backgrounds of drapes and tassled curtains, gofd and silver Center aad quarter poles enhance the beauty of the pa-. In which 2000 people and animals:e part.Terrel Jacobs, mighty mentor of jungle-bred beasts, will present the largest group of performing wild animals ever seen in America—50 lions and tigers.Gargantua the Great, the world's largest and most ferocious captive gorilla, has grown since last year, and stands 5 feet, 7 inches when erect, weighs around 500 pounds and has an arm stretch of over • feet His huge air-conditioned cage is a sight in itself.Heading the rooter of features newly imported from Buxope are the Pfladee. who do the leaps from the long r«np and springboard over a row w/3«*anm, stgtogside by side; the Zerifinte. ft*emoet teeter-board acrobatic act of the Continent andcousins of the famous riding numbers; the Great Arturo, fearlem tumbler aadcomic of the high wire; Hubert Castle, acrobatic comedian of the tight wirej tfaeAlcardls. amazing hovelty jugglers of fire torches; Che Faludys, springboard wmereaifltog marvels; me Iwanows, stars of the aerial bars, Albert Powell, contortionistic thriller of the flying trapeze; Albertino_of London. Europe’s favorite down, and Lulu, thegreatest woman down of the age.light of audiences everywhere.The big standard features—the Firing Concdlos. the Wding Cristiani* toe Walkmirs. the Torrence-Dolpree, JQolly Jacobs and her riding Jeopards and lion, the Pallenbergs rod their wonder bears, rod all the rest of them are bade.And harness races have rome to the big top for the first time in circus history-pounding hoofs, flylhg manes, fladiing sulkywheels-
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Bellwood Star Progress
Bellwood, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 28, 1939
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