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...name is Vicki Unus, but she will be billed as La Toria as she spins in the air on the Roman rings. Her performance lasts seven minutes and occurs 32 ft. up, with no nets. For four minutes or so, she does such maneuvers as swings, splits, twists, roll-ups, hand stands, half crosses, and one-arm planches...
King Everest slides down a metal slope on skis-on his hands. Madame Gena puts a ring full of camels through high-stepping Bactrian high jinks. Unus performs the impossible on one finger atop a light globe. Harold Alzana teeters through several near falls on his 40-ft. high wire. And the Zacchinis, their cannon now billed as "atomic," are launched in a flash of gun powder into a safety net and "recovered in time for the next countdown." Newest star is blonde Evelyn Currie, 20, who is appearing with Ringling Bros...
Trumpeter unus erat qui coatum scarlet habebat...
Time was when Unus, the man who stands on his forefinger, was the sensation of the Ringling circus. This year Unus is no longer with it. In his place is another gent who stands on an even smaller finger, his pinkie; and this only as a curtain-raiser to similar stunts on a swinging trapeze. The circus is better than ever...
...current circus has reached new heights of improbability. There is a man called Unus, introduced with "the world will never see his likes again." Unus appears from the side door wearing a grey silk hat, grey trousers, grey tails, and white gloves. As if this weren't enough, he then stands on his forefinger...