A circus performer with elephants. Intertitle: Miss Jean Allen and her herd of ponderous pachyderms! A woman holds on to an elephant’s head piece and is spun around. Other elephants behind them stand on stools. Intertitle: Circus day is a great day for all from six to sixty! Cuts to a grandfather in a bow tie with his grandson on his lap. The woman lines up the elephants and they stand on their hind legs. She holds onto one’s head as she is lifted in the air. The elephants spin together and lay down. She holds on to the elephant’s headgear and is lifted in the air. She stands on the trunk and is lifted again.
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