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"The City of Sydney" to San Francisco 1881
South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889), Friday 22 April 1881
NEW SOUTH WALES.
NEW SOUTH WALES.
[From our own Correspondent.]
Sydney, April 21.
Sydney, April 21.
The City of Sydney leaves this afternoon for San Francisco with a large number of passengers and Cole's circus
The Four Figaros, now at the Tivoli 1905
The Four Figaros, now at the Tivoli, are operatic and burlesque artists. Prior to coming to Australia they appeared in many of the European capitals with success. They supply a turn at the Tivoli which is much appreciated. Besides singing and dancing right merrily the Figaros introduce considerable novelty into their business.
The Tivoli bill at present includes some tip-top artists, amongst whom are ventriloquist Fred Millis, club-swinger T. W, Kadwell, whistling comedian Harry Taft, Eva Lee, the Four Figaros, Lizzie Anderson, Fred Bluett, Ford and Bentley, Eileen Capel, Daisy Sylvester, Hilda Lane, Maggie Fraser, Harry Sadler, and the Two Colliers.
JOTTINGS AT THE CIRCUS. 1881
Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889), Saturday 26 February 1881
JOTTINGS AT THE CIRCUS.
The great circus and menagerie of Mr. W. W. Cole has been the amusement of chief attractive power to the Melbourne public during the last fortnight. It has been visited by vast crowds, and the general verdict has been one of cordial approval. We extract the following notice of the circus from The Australasian of February 12.
After noticing the 'grand entree,' the critic proceeds : — The performing elephants, which follow, are interesting after their kind, but when the third item comes on, to wit the 'aerial bicycle act' by Mademoiselle Adelaide and Messrs. Murtz and Dunbar, you are quite ready to forget what has gone before, even if it had been a good deal more wonderful.
The 'grand battoute leaping ' by the young American athletes merits a good mark of approval. And so do the two trick horses, Humboldt and Hindoo, who leap through fire hoops as if they had been educated by salamanders.
Mr. Wooda Cooke's somersault business, and the Messrs. Dunbar and the Livingstone Brothers' horizontal bar business, and Mademoiselle Adelaide D'Atalie's ' dashing equestrienne business, merit a good place in the category of commendations.
Mr. W. O. Stevens comes ninth in the first part of the programme, and he does things with a table which, without exaggeration, you may rank among the marvelous in. the way of equilibriuinism.
In Part II. Mr. William O'Dale, who rides five horses, stands out most prominently of all. You have no doubt seen five horses ridden before, but hardly ever so well, and with such perfect grace, and by a man who might stand for a model to the best sculptor in the world.
But admiration for Mr. O'Dale will not lessen your admiration for the Livingstone Brothers with their wonderful acrobat-ism ; nor for Mr. Barclay with his bare-back equestrianism ; nor for Senorita Tournour with her balancing trapeze; nor for the great and only Linda Jeal, who, on her horse, properly named Salamander, jumps through circles of fire ; nor for the trained stallions, valued at £10,000, whom Mr. Organ makes to do nearly anything in the way of movement; nor for the racing camels, who seem veritably to enjoy the fun of the contest; nor for the den of lions business, with Mr. Conklin in the part of Daniel.
Then there is a museum, vulgarly termed the ' side show,' with some very small men, and a very thin man, and a conjurer, and a learned pig, and other interesting things, and all lit up with the electric light, which behaves a good deal better than most electric lights you have seen. So that you will readily understand that you may pass a very pleasant two hours at Cole's Circus.
JOTTINGS AT THE CIRCUS.
The great circus and menagerie of Mr. W. W. Cole has been the amusement of chief attractive power to the Melbourne public during the last fortnight. It has been visited by vast crowds, and the general verdict has been one of cordial approval. We extract the following notice of the circus from The Australasian of February 12.
After noticing the 'grand entree,' the critic proceeds : — The performing elephants, which follow, are interesting after their kind, but when the third item comes on, to wit the 'aerial bicycle act' by Mademoiselle Adelaide and Messrs. Murtz and Dunbar, you are quite ready to forget what has gone before, even if it had been a good deal more wonderful.
The 'grand battoute leaping ' by the young American athletes merits a good mark of approval. And so do the two trick horses, Humboldt and Hindoo, who leap through fire hoops as if they had been educated by salamanders.
Mr. Wooda Cooke's somersault business, and the Messrs. Dunbar and the Livingstone Brothers' horizontal bar business, and Mademoiselle Adelaide D'Atalie's ' dashing equestrienne business, merit a good place in the category of commendations.
Mr. W. O. Stevens comes ninth in the first part of the programme, and he does things with a table which, without exaggeration, you may rank among the marvelous in. the way of equilibriuinism.
In Part II. Mr. William O'Dale, who rides five horses, stands out most prominently of all. You have no doubt seen five horses ridden before, but hardly ever so well, and with such perfect grace, and by a man who might stand for a model to the best sculptor in the world.
But admiration for Mr. O'Dale will not lessen your admiration for the Livingstone Brothers with their wonderful acrobat-ism ; nor for Mr. Barclay with his bare-back equestrianism ; nor for Senorita Tournour with her balancing trapeze; nor for the great and only Linda Jeal, who, on her horse, properly named Salamander, jumps through circles of fire ; nor for the trained stallions, valued at £10,000, whom Mr. Organ makes to do nearly anything in the way of movement; nor for the racing camels, who seem veritably to enjoy the fun of the contest; nor for the den of lions business, with Mr. Conklin in the part of Daniel.
Then there is a museum, vulgarly termed the ' side show,' with some very small men, and a very thin man, and a conjurer, and a learned pig, and other interesting things, and all lit up with the electric light, which behaves a good deal better than most electric lights you have seen. So that you will readily understand that you may pass a very pleasant two hours at Cole's Circus.
ST. LEON''S NEW AND GREAT "Mammoth Circus" 1880
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