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H-how I grieve! S-sad is love! Stru-struggles threaten me! G-girl has escaped!

M-mother'll scold me! H-heart‘s like butter! We-Wenzel, poor fellow! He-help me, my Lord!

We humbly make known To the highly respected public, That this afternoon, a performance By two and four-legged celebrities Of unprecedented fame, At three o'clock sharp, Will take place, partly on the ground, And partly in the air. The Company’s special attractions are:

First, the beautiful Esmeralda, Of Spanish birth from Napagedos, "The Tight-Rope Queen," "Daughter of the Air"— Jumps, by request, over your shadow.

Then the Indian chief, Murru, Caught in the Bummerang Island, Thousands of miles away, Fast-color and brown in sunshine and rain, From childhood a cannibal and man-eater— He won't harm you!—Now he eats only hens And doves—which must be brought to him! With skin and hair and forks besides, he swallows them.

But the most wonderful of all Comes now: "The wonder of training." A large live bear from America, Which I have tamed myself. With Esmeralda He can dance a two-step as in the ballet, Dances on his toes and jumps on one leg So you can see that I have not Exaggerated, the rehearsal will soon take place. The rest will follow Ho there! Holla! Begin!

O, o, o, o, how cha-cha-charming! What Da-da-dainty feet the Spaniard has!

Is the fine gentleman coming this afternoon?

Certainly! If you will dance on the tight-rope I'll surely come!

Manager! Manager! I told you so: an accident took place! Michael is drunk, just dead drunk! He is lying under the table In the inn and does not budge! And there's no one else can play the bear!