WIRTH’S CIRCUS, LTD.

Waipa Post, Volume VI, Issue 295, 6 March 1914, Page 3

WIRTH’S CIRCUS, LTD.

Wirth Bro.’s Circus, Ltd., described as the “ greatest show on earth,” opens in Te Awamutu on Thursday, March I2th. There is always something about a circus that carries with it a universal appeal, especially so with Wirth’s circus. Nearly 100 performers comprise the company, and they include Dare Devil Despardo, the audacious aerial athlete, who will defy danger by leaping head foremost from a height of 87 feet, alighting on a concave platform of solid wood upon his chest and hands; La Belle Victoria, the beauty of the circus world and the acknowledged queen of wire artistes, gives a performance on the tight and slack wires that is nothing short of wonderful; Alfrdo, described as the flying man, the 20th century mid-air marvel, is far and away the most wonderful of all trapeze artists ever seen in this part of the world. Then there are the Flying Caclonas, the original Nelson family of nine members, the crack American acrobat combination, the Bastien family, also of nine members, a wonderful French troupe of acrobats ; The Hobson sisters, America’s wire-walking prodigies ; the Stairs sisters, contortionists and gymnasts, and a score of others, want of space precluding their mention in detail. There are also performing lions, tigers, leopards, camels, arid other strange animals, the wonderful elephant herd, and with one of the lionesses, two young cubs.