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THE CONVERTED CLOWN

... THE ' CONVERTED CLOWN. On Monday, at the Edmonton County Court, before Judge Abdy, Christopher King, known as the con- verted clown, at present pastor at the People's Taber- necle, Fore-street, Edmonton, and residing at Rosebank, Fairfield-road, Edmonton ...

Published: Saturday 17 December 1887
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 533 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

Pantomime Clowns

... Pantomitne Clowns. TO TEB EDITOR OFL THE EIZA. Sir,-My attention having been called to some letters apuearing in your valuable paper respecting the decline of c owning, may I venture to say, as a clown of some experience, that in my opinion the public ...

Published: Saturday 28 January 1882
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 618 | Page: 13 | Tags: News 

A CLOWN'S LOVE

... A CLOWN'S LOVE. At the Warrington Borough Court, on Monday, E before the Mayor and other magistrates, Bob Kellino, e. recently engaged at the Grand Circus as clown, was d charged with having, on Nov. 19th, unlawfully taken a certain unmarried girl, she ...

Published: Saturday 30 November 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 486 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

LIBELLING A CLOWN

... LIBELLING A CLOWN. In the Queen's Bench Division on Friday. before MI Justice Smith and a common jury, was commenced the action Harvey v. the Socict ' Ho-a'l (Limited). The plaintiff in this case was Mr William Henry Harvey, who, it was said, had for ...

Published: Saturday 23 June 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 681 | Page: 16 | Tags: News 

A SOCIETY CLOWN

... A SOCIETY CLOWN. By George Groasmith. One Vol. J. W. mAkisoesrin; and Snitptto and MARSHALL. It is one of the most difficult thinge in the whole range of literary effort to write an autobiography; and that Mr George grosemith has succeeded in doing ...

Published: Saturday 01 September 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1405 | Page: 15 | Tags: News 

THE MODERN CIRCUS

... highly laudatory one. Amongst other things, I was told that this particular clown had reached an enviable pinnacle of fame ; that, as I very well knew, there were clowns and clowns -some who raised the drooping spirits (mine, in fact) by legitimate ...

Published: Saturday 04 August 1883
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2243 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

OLD PANTOMIME FUN

... safely assert that one motive power in the downfall of old pantomimes was in the little novelty that wtas put into them. '-he clown who laments that the gallery no longer calls for Hot Codlins, himself touches a very wead point in his ease. What is the ...

Published: Saturday 21 January 1882
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1673 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

KEITH'S NEW CIRCUS. l

... director being MIr Bianchi. The troupe during the past week has been an able one. Mr Keith is an excellent Clown, and Mr John Wallett, jun., and Clown Ferdinand, have been doing first-class business. The horsemanship of Mr James Frauks, Mr W. Carter, Mr Gilbert ...

Published: Sunday 10 October 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 513 | Page: 13 | Tags: News 

TRANSFIELD'S ROYAL CIRCUS

... act. One of the cleverest exhibitions of leaping tl ever seen was that achieved by the clown Beppo and .. his champion leaping dog of the world. Beppo, the P clown, leapt over eight chairs placed back to back in a S row. His highly-trained hound vaulted ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 560 | Page: 16 | Tags: News 

MR. CHARLES LAURI

... 20th. Those marvellously funny and fantastic clowns.- Eclat de Rire, July 20th. The Lauri-Lauris are simply wonderful. The attrac- a tiveness of the spectacle is ?? by the feats of sthose incomparable clowns.-L'Ectair, July 15th. a Add to the splendour ...

Published: Saturday 28 September 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1331 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

A Deserving Case

... A Deserving Case. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRA. Sir,-James-or better known as Jimmy-Kelino, clown and acrobat, of the Kelio troupe, died in Mid- dlesex Hospital on last Sunday week, after a long and painful illness. He has left a widow and nine children totally ...

Published: Saturday 08 May 1886
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 377 | Page: 10 | Tags: News 

THE MOHAWK MINSTRELS

... for the little Midget Clown, he is a perfect wonder. No acrobatic clown of his years ever attempted such eccentric tricks; or if he has done so, they were never accomn- plished with such ease and comicality; for the Midget Clown was evidently born for ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1885
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1032 | Page: 9 | Tags: News