Throwback Thursday and Eva Clark
Born in 1881, Eva Howard Clark was a
trapeze performer with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus (now the Cole Brothers
Circus) during early part of the 20th century. Her parents were
Alice Adair and Lee Howard, also circus performers.
On September 6, 1906 she was accidently
shot in the abdomen by her husband who was said to have been in an altercation
with Eva’s purported lover. Eva was taken to King's Daughters' Hospital in
Staunton, where she lingered for a month, left in the care of the townspeople,
since the circus was forced to move on. She died on October 1.
The people of Staunton buried her and
whenever the circus is in town, they gather at the Thornwood Cemetery to honor
her. See the full article here:
https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2014/09/02/circus-honors-aerial-artist-died-staunton/14985285/
and https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37757670/eva-clark
Eva never implicated her husband and he
was never charged.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Factoid #245:
“Trapeze artist Eva
Clark is still honored over 100 years after her death.”
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― Mother Teresa, The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living
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