Three German Giants Featured In Ringling Brothers Circus

Centralia, Washington, 1913
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GERMAN GIANTS WITH CIRCUS

Three Saxon Brothers are Engaged By the Ringling Brothers

Arthur Saxon, the strongest man in the world, and his two brothers, are this season presenting an act with Ringling Brothers' World's Greatest Shows which is creating a sensation. Two of these modern Samsons form a bridge over which passes an automobile with six passengers.

These brothers have astonished all Europe by their wonderful powers. Since their arrival in America, the Health magazine, Physical Culture, the Scrap-Book and many other monthly publications have devoted columns to them, and to their remarkable history of achievements. Scientists have come from many cities to examine them. All have pronounced them the foremost figures in the world's history as far as their strength and endurance is concerned. They are vegetarians and have never used intoxicants.

In his act Arthur Saxon lies on the stage floor and with his feet supports a platform upon which the 13 largest men that can be found in the audience sit. At the same time he supports with his hands a 200 pound dumb bell and three men. Any one of these three brothers could easily stand up as the champion strong man of the world if it were not for his brothers to be counted in the reckoning. Combined, they form a trio of strength that could not be equaled by twice their number of the giant men of the world.

Mijarez, the Mexican wire-wizard, is another of Ringling Brothers' big features. This remarkable performer dances on a high wire. He imitates a club man coming home on uncertain legs in the early hours of the morning after having dined too freely. His wabbling legs bring screams of laughter. The adroit and skillful manner in which he keeps on the wire while going through all the comical gyrations of an inebriate, brings storms of applause. When his crazy feet desert him and he falls, people expect to see him go tumbling to the ground. But not so. This is only part of Mojarez' clever performance. It took a solid year of practice to learn how to fall down and yet not leave the wire. The best achievements of other wire walkers are too trivial for this Spaniard to bother with. He begins where the best of the others stop. He is in a class by himself.

Every form of circus entertainment is found with this circus in its highest form of excellence. Aerialists, equilibrists, jugglers, riders, aerobats and tumblers, picked from the talent of the world, combine to make a galaxy of talent never before seen with one circus. In addition there are fifty clowns to keep the audience in good humor. The big circus will be seen in Centralia on Wednesday, August 30.

--Daily Chronicle-Examiner, Centralia, Washington, August 18, 1913, page 8.

Comment: The article definitely reads like promotional material from the circus given to the newspaper.