Word: circusing
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...knows how many circus lions have been cowed by the business end of a bentwood chair, or how many Our Town lovers have sipped ice cream sodas in its cane-bottomed embrace. It was the creation of German Cabinetmaker Michael Thonet, who in 1836 discovered a way of bending wood by heating it in steam. Says Industrial Designer Henry Dreyfuss: "Whenever I see a bentwood chair, I want to whistle a Strauss waltz...
Chaplin collects abstract expressionist paintings, but spoofs himself to visitors by explaining: "That's the horrible taste of Charlie Chaplin." Unable to resist his old-master impulse, he mimics everyone who crosses his threshold. When the traveling circus makes its yearly visit to his village, Chaplin takes all the children and reverts to nostalgia: he prances about like his old rubbery-legged self, apes the clowns, and offers them professional advice as well. On these days, light-years shine out of his eyes. At home, like the average American husband, he loves to cook delicious steaks on an outdoor...
There are 70 eating places on the grounds, not counting, an elaborate Food Circus with 60-odd food bars. "Beefsteak saute with button mushrooms, filet of sole Marguerite and crab Louis are nonchalantly dispensed by bill-changing vending machines in 18 kiosks. Elsewhere, visitors may buy fish and chips, Mongolian steak, Belgian waffles, Cyrillic-alphabet soup from Yugoslavia, and Seattle scones...
Under the apprehensive eye of a more practiced Pagliacci, Emmett Kelly, 63, Novice Clown Debbie Reynolds, 30, went through her droopy-trousered paces at a Los Angeles premiere of the International Super Circus. Other show business talents ranging from Sammy Davis Jr. to Jayne Mansfield also donated their services to the benefit performance in support of a cause peculiarly appropriate for Hollywood: a clinic for emotionally disturbed children...
...first time this season with her "mixed wild animals" - a cage full of lions and tigers whom she wrestles, makes jump through flaming hoops, teases, and rides bareback around the cage. Three years ago Evelyn was mauled by an irate lion when she was appearing at a Shriners' circus in Chattanooga. Many circus people wondered if she could ever do the act again. Last week, on opening night, she had been in the cage only three minutes before a lion took a swipe at her. Evelyn, armed only with the traditional chair, got him under control and finished...