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1934 PROGRAM |
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| Ring No. 1 | Elevated Stage | Ring No. 2 |
DISPLAY ONE |
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Grand Inaugural Pageant, featuring Mme. Pauline McArdle, prima donna, and Mme. Camilla Williams, Premiere danseuse, and the entire performing personnel in "THE SONG OF INDIA" a colorful processional reminiscent of the Durbar of Delhi. |
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DISPLAY TWO |
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An attractive exhibition of skill on the horizontal bars presented by a conclave of artistic athletes. |
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Glenn Wilson , Claudia Wilson S. G. Staniforth Evelyn Welborn, Bill Ritchie Francis Leach |
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DISPLAY THREE |
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Whoopee ! Her comes the clowns. A Humpty Dumpty Centennial celebration of merry jesters, harlequins, pantomimists, and comedians and William Wingert and J. L. Lynch on the revolving ladder |
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DISPLAY FOUR |
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The acme of artistic aerial activity featuring Jimmie Scruggs, the girl on the silver whirl, the youngest loop-the-loop trapeze performer in the wide, wide world. |
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Roman Rings Gerry Murrell |
Spanish Web Mabel Cunningham |
Trapeze Jimmie Scruggs |
DISPLAY FIVE |
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Marvelous juvenile acrobats in a novel melange. The Tip-Tops King Sisters Murphy Sisters Fletcher Morris Billy McCollum Joe Pettit, Jr. |
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DISPLAY SIX |
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A clever exhibition of equine education in the rings. Lou, presented by Roy Lee McDaniel. Sun D, presented by Vern Brewer. |
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DISPLAY SEVEN |
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Feminine pulchritude displayed in an aerial ladder ballet Sara Garrett Claudia Wilson Camilla Williams Margaret Talley Glenna Fox Ruth King Mabel Cunningham Opal Scruggs |
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DISPLAY EIGHT |
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Lilliputian exponents of bareback riding in the rings. Jimmie Scruggs Dorothy Murphy Barney Mitchell Virgil P. Keel, Ringmaster Evelyn and Gilda Lee King Charles Brewer Mrs. Pauline McArdle, Ringmaster |
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DISPLAY NINE |
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Comical capers on educated animals. Educated Mule presented by Bucking Mule presented by George Tyler Wayne Collins |
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DISPLAY TEN |
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| Beautiful young ladies on the aerial trapeze, featuring Margaret Talley, the physical culture girl in a muscle grind display. | ||
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Jimmie Scruggs Margaret Talley Evelyn Welborn |
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DISPLAY ELEVEN |
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Slapstick comedy by a congress of clown acrobats. The Buffoons Glenn Wilson J. D. Aughtry H. A. Talley Trampoline Trio Bill Ritchie Carl Stewart Francis Leach The Knockabouts Charles Brewer Ray Whittaker Fletcher Morris |
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DISPLAY TWELVE |
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Honk ! Honk ! Biff Bang ! Here goes the Phunniest Phord in the world, engineered by those inimitable harlequins |
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Joe B Pettit and Ray Whittaker |
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DISPLAY THIRTEEN |
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Pretty presentation of grace and skill on the tight wire. |
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S. G. Staniforth Camilla Williams Stan Thomason Gerry Murrell Vern Brewer |
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DISPLAY FOURTEEN |
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A rip roaring, hilarious carnival of clowndom. A side-splitting aggregation of royal jesters and comical buffoons on the hippodrome oval. |
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DISPLAY FIFTEEN |
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A festival of aerial ingenuity, endurance and daring. Double Trapeze Evelyn Welborn Bill Ritchie Aerial Cradle Billie Lu Purcell Mabel Cunningham Ethel Livingston Double Trapeze Glenn Wilson Claudia Wilson |
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DISPLAY SIXTEEN |
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Mme. Pauline McArdle in her act beautiful, a pleasing and eye-filling presentation of music, song and beauty, supported by a troupe of educated doves, and assisted by Anna Mae Collins and Stella Pettit. |
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DISPLAY SEVENTEEN |
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Bareback riding demonstrated by stars of the arena Gerry Murrell Troupe Gerry Murrell Vern Brewer Mabel Cunningham Roy Lee McDaniel The Riding Keels Jimmie Scruggs George Tyler Bill Ritchie |
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DISPLAY EIGHTEEN |
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An aggregation of clowns, harlequins, jesters and buffoons occupying the entire arena for a merry melange of mischievous meanderings. |
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DISPLAY NINETEEN |
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Beautiful human butterflies in an exhibition of dental dexterity high in the air. Jimmie Scruggs Ethel Livingston Billie Lu Purcell Bessie Mae Milner Claudia Wilson |
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DISPLAY TWENTY |
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The illustrious Staniforth troupe of acrobats, gymnasts and equilibrists in daring feats in each of the three rings. Glenn Wilson, Evelyn Welborn, Yancy Culp, S. G. Staniforth, Francis Leach, Bill Ritchie, Joe Pettit, Jr., J. D. Aughtry, Camilla Williams, Carl Stewart, Charles Brewer, H. A. Talley, Billy McCollum, Evelyn King, Fletcher Morris, Dorothy Murphy, Loveta Murphy |
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DISPLAY TWENTY ONE |
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Interesting high school horses in a demonstration of equestrian supremacy. Gerry Murrell, Virgil P. Keel, Vern Brewer, George Tyler, Roy Lee McDaniel and Marie Sykes |
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