ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144855, 6 December 1915, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

i BAKER BROS.’ CIRCUS. A SENSATIONAL ACT. The Ballarat paper of March 27, 1913, says;—“One or the most sensational acts ever seen m Bauarat was mat or 'Tne Giouo or Hearn,' Dy mo ‘Hare-devil' Sraigs, winou was presented ueloro a crowned liodse at me Coliseum Jast evening! Tins mrnimg turn is perlormed in a transparent gioue ot steel Wires, of a diameter ot aoout 22 loot. Tue biUloou-iiKo sphere is entered by a trap uoor. At mo outset. Miss Staig enters the globe, steps ou an ordinary cycle, and rides round at a last pace. Tho next item is a double turn by Mr. and Miss Rtaig. Several members of the audience had been called on the stage to witness close at hand the genuineness of tho act, and tested the steel rods which prop and steady the cage. As the keeper locks tho door the sound of the clang gives oho the idea that tho occupants are being securely liistened in a prison. Presently tho cyclists begin to move, and the pace increases with every round muff they appear to be rushing round at an uncontrolled speed. Finally they slacken down, and emerge Irom tho globe amidst the appiauso of tho audience. Shortly a young man enters the globe of steel, is handed a motorcycle, which weighs 165th., and he travels round for some time at an increasing rate. Gradually tho cyclist nears me top of the globe, then suddenly he makes a dart across tho apex, and at a velocity ot over 60 miles an hour loops the loop several times. Excitement re:gns amongst the audience, which is thrilled with tho scene, and the applause is deafening. ‘The Globe of Death’ fills a GO feet railway car, weighs 2J tons, cost many hundreds of pounds, was seven montlis in building, requires ton men to move it, a ivuoio day to set it up on tho stage, and is the most expensive and complicated apparatus ever constructed tor amusement purposes.” In conjunction with this great act the full circus programme will be submitted. This show should not be missed by tho public of all towns whoro this big show is appearing.