WRITH BROS' CIRCUS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10957, 23 December 1911, Page 1

WRITH BROS' CIRCUS.

GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. The Messrs ,Wirth Bros., with the greatest and best show that these enterprising brothers ever owned, are about to visit Oamaru on Tuesday, January 2 (one, night only), with tiie whole of their gigantic circus. The show that they have, brought -together this year is an enterprise so vast, so comprehensive, and so intrinsically meritorious in its educational features that all previous records are eclipsed, and the Wirths' greatest show on earth will now stand more alone, unapproachable, unrivalled, imimitated, and unprecedented than ever. While it is a great amusement enterprise it is also an educational institution of importance and value, and this .season it contains several tremendous features, each complete in every interesting detail, and a triumph in its comprehensive totality. The menagerie, now replete with every known wild animal under the sun (including Lizzie), has been greatly added to by the purchase of eleven gigantic, fullgrown pure white, performing Polar bears —the largest, most costly and unique collection in existence. Born and bred under the weird beams of the Aurora Borealis eternal winters most tremendous terrors, heretofore considered ferocious and untamable, these 11 white-robed Titans of the awful Arctic wilds have been tamed and educated, performing together with three North American grizzly bears, two American bisons and two Russian boar hounds. This act alone was the talk of Melbourne, where it opened for the first time on Saturday, Nov. 11.

The circus has also been thoroughly augmented', no less than 33 of this earth's greatest artists being engaged from all parts of the world. The seven flying Jordans, double company of aerialists; 11 Bastiens equestacrobats; Kitchen, Foy, and Le Van, aerial novelty gymnasts: Harry Barge and Co., of six comedians; novel motor-car comedy, etc., etc.; Herr and Fraulein Schmidt, Polar, bear r educators; Alf Tack, the upside-down phenomenon, and the beautiful Adelia Sisters and George, superhuman performers on a single silver thread. The menagerie will appear in the afternoon from 4 to 5, when all the above-mentioned rare wild animals will be on view, as well as the huge herd of elephants, dens of lions, tigers, jaguars, monkeys, water buffaloes, camels, Lizzie the Hippopotamus, and two American buffaloes, the only ones ever '.seen in Australasia.