HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 1 February 1899, Page 2

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.

. » Colonel Charles B. Hicks, wlio is in advance of the big show which opens here to-morrow night, has lived a lew years longer than most show pilots, but there's plenty of "go" in him yet. He comes Irom that country where it is customary for men to do smart things right through, from hriestening to burial, or, in Thespian parlance, from the rise to the fall of the curtain. The Colonel talks like a man who has a reputation to keep up, and who intends to do his best to keep it up. "See here," he says, "Your people are going to sec a good show. 1 haven't been connected with anything kronk yet, and it's a trifle too late for me to begin second-class business now. I know quite well it's no manner of use telling you that Harmston's is a great show if it isn't, because you'll see it and judge for yourself. But Ido tell you it is the best and the largest thing of its kind you have ever seen in these parts. It isn't, like' most ch'cuses, all horse .and clowns, but a combination of attractions, many and varied." Colonel Hicks' pronunciation is borne out by the critics, who everywhere unite in classifying Harmston's as Al. The Circus and menagerie opens to-morrow (Thursday) evening, and the large tent will be pitched in Queen's Park, opposite the Drill Hull.