THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND CIRCUS The Alice in Wonderland Circus went down in the annals of Overton as the most original "stunt" ever attempted by any particular class.

19-- bore its honors modestly, but was inordinately proud of the achievement of the Semper Fidelis Club.
The animals' costumes had been designed by Ruth and Elfreda.

After much poring over half a dozen editions of "Alice," the original illustrations by "John Tenniel" had appealed most strongly to them, and these had been copied as faithfully as possible in style and color.

The only important dry goods store in Overton had been ransacked for colored cambrics, denim and khaki, and under the clever fingers of Ruth, who seemed to know the exact shape and proportion of every one of the Wonderland "animals," the Dormouse, the Griffon and the Rabbit had been fitted with "skins." Elfreda had skilfully designed and made the Mock Turtle's huge shell and flappers, the Griffon's wings, not to mention ears for at least half the circus, and Gertrude Wells, whose clever posters were always in demand, obligingly painted bars, dots, stripes or whatever touch was needed to make the particular animal a triumph of realism.

The King and Queen looked as though they might have stepped from the pages of the book, and the Duchess, as played by Anne, was a masterpiece of acting.
The circus opened with a grand march of the animals.