The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-06-26
TALK WITH il SNOWMAN
Great Changes that Time Has Brought
About In the Circus Business.

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TALK With A SHOWMAN 'fa
! Great ,CnanEes that Lime aas Hrouxh'
= 80
J why" said Mr.. George +. Bailey, {
veteran Snowman and Barnum's manager
TO run TINS show isrthe easiest thing II
the world. Every thing moves along with
out QUIT trouble or fnss oi any kind and It !.
much easier 10 loOk out Ior our own con
cern now than it was to run a circus
twenty-one years ago; we have more peo
PIE connecteo WIN tnis SNOW to-Gay tnsn
mere was engageu IN tne business tnrq1gn Z
Jul. uu. .He en.l.e .a IounIy a. lHa' LINT n!s
,n.o 'itT uusness Ti my soin
NV fharon IuIneI' vi Dahoury, III co3o,
anu our SNOW was consiuerea one Oh tne
yest that tlaVeieu. Our yent was aDou'
ehe size Oh the tent we now use as dress
ing tent, or Ior our menagerle alone; II
we started out we had twenty-lour horses
VINO not only dragged the wagons con
saining tne paraPnernana from zen 20
r3ur.en n,Ies uay, out Mnrkea In tne
a. wv III una niSo ' Wv ~ 'uis m . snOm
,.;,,. =, ' J.d 1,e0.oo " 20 s",s ~
go .i, 10 80 ~. .s'a ..,so ~ w
T i WIN onu oeiy W. ne pioS'
me ring anu tralneu horses uont uo. any
Mork q ali, excepting sucn US tney uo IN
the l.ng, anu our goous are transported 70
anu from the trains Dy !ne rest OF tHe AMI
mais.
/ In .hose days CIRCUS USED 70 take our
only eignt men as performers, IN aaaition
1 ~ he Ganyassmen anu apPleHtiees, put
nere We nave on our pay-roH nIy.nVe per
sonS VINO are araWing salaries LOT ring
| .I' oy aue ., ai. " .Sn . P a ,
ra1e. sue " inoM E;.s, W. nos aPHIar nl' N .he
iii onI NJ Ia ~. Iaad;n Us, Ss.e
| tha;r h,,ShanSS .,;,h ,Ian, ~ ths, o,o So
.nn.;.. Hpaaus h',. VII .A. .t ous .ney uo
no'nng CuI appear ~ the rIg as Ihg
masters Wniie tne iaoles are uoing tneir
acts. IN oiaen times we tooK out eignt
performers, because we nao 70 nave eight
,on ,oc the gralu ~ enttee act. II any Oh mem
& ,o.. :ue Ne vi 1ne oassSss-mSln .l wouu pe
Iu. ~ lneir R1aces anu w tne riuing III
the ehtfee; we never hifed new ones
HWA W Ake tne Piaces Oh tnose tnat let
Inese eight men would give the
entire SHOW, ana l have often seen
zone by fewer men than that Ihey
would appear as tumblers, riders, ring
masters, ana In the minstreis with which q
circus always ended In those days. !he
great features were a good clown and ring
master, and the more 1un they could Gre
ate the greater the apraction. linen tum-
piers were great feature anu rluing only
a secondary attraction. In those days all
the rloers useo pad, ana 1t was very
easy TO be rider. Aman that could ride
on PAD and turn somersauit was star,
and sometimes commanded $S5 month,
tumblers received from 80 to $40 month
for their services, and musicians from $15
to SIS, and they helped In erecting and
taking down the canvas. Now we pay
our people by the week, and some OF our
STARS receive weekly ten tlmes the salary
we palu our pest people Tor months
WORK. weeks salary ilst In TINS show
O-uay Is larger tnan tne wnole capltai IN
vested 10 start snow ior season az tnat
time: IL takes wnat would ioim gooo
sized regiment TO run our show to-day.
Mr.. Barnum has on his payroll connected
with this show about five hundred and
hfty men, ss,..ls..5..,,,
Ihen look at our chariots. cages ana
wagons. L won't unoertake 70 say now
many we nave, put II IN the neignoofnooo
OF Two hunureu- a uoZen 10 IWehy
wouiu nave sumcco 10 carry US ali over
tne country wnen went INTO the business,
ana now u taxes TWO hundred Wnen we
trayei on the cars. why, we, uIunL nave
any stleet Palaug 1s , ~ n .nose uayS, encugn
once IN wnne ~Hen W: Iane M M" toWa
our band, seated IN q rickety old band
wagon, Wouiu pay US ln.o uwn. anu up
~ .ne .asSm, uus ,, was -, nos % a5~afS sns
Sase, PoItiSu =; se.s men . s .,iS nons
lump-.aa. ~, NSH M vi .Weny mne-
1yy Sy0 a., = .JS,,oI IL 80 " ~.
~S e. saaso .ha. :rtard.T Tfs eso,,, t,,se ,s
A.. I'll NO. .s;dtSIa as 'Na.,o..,saS
1Ss VI EAPin W Ae SS,i
NOW we run al ose, tne Noi.Hefn Suu
Soutnern states anu the Dominion OF Ian
ada between May and october, travelling
| thousands OF miles ana giving naariy the
same number OF performances 30,
.ihere Is, too,'a vast eiuerehce IN tne
capital employed, mliIlons peing used
now In tne circus business Wnere thou-
sanus sun.ccu tpsL. :n:n MnSn s. .sse., men'
s .o ao ao,,a tIa oa,,;te1 ;,1astad 1a,'d
:c u IL eo .i. s1s ~ @f,.N 80 ,s.oo;-'s. 49,,
I.;T' 'oA ,s - 80 do;, So h,,.;,a.s
&any, we welo ao oo0 HS soVe uu..ness ~:
NOW II tahes So,oW Iy IIm Ir. III.
snow, anu we can only take IN tne lsrgest
a time, whereas IN tne oio umes, II
place hau tnree OF Iour thousano InnaoI-
tan,s we Wouiu s!ay tMU or unee uays,
anu % ~ " was lsI,seu 'tX, wv ~eoHs
,hosa dovs ,here were So newsnaners ex-
can,;n - weeLi;e. ~ sneak Of and We did
nn ~ advSe,t;sina tben While that 10 a h;g
;.o,,, ,o,v IS tLoss dave there was nS
S;S..;h,t;o,, - ~, L;,Is 9iI o,,sr ,,,. cc,,,,
| ~, md ,o dav onr .naste hr; osTie vbo ID
n91th;na bnt gost h;Iie nnmHers eD men
Th, 20, NO ,,sod ~ adyert;sa then Voc
- s.mSy. mo-, Ont in q SINGLE team. With
10 senu man ous !! slnsIo .:".uI Lam VIII q
as sns,l s o,,r S tho of,ba oSe ,,erfnrs =,
e snSm % au f -, 1,as =, aararpiI,,
IN; ,,; =, y, ,S" ntSne nf ,ne taysrn in ibe toxen
we were to visit and that was an end to
onr advert;sing trusting 10 the eossip of
| the town for The rest The horses we
usoS :" have coSt s6fS and for The came
S;eG ~ u,nn;,ua1s np,v vWv' wa ~ nav sosn and
.hnn. - = .ha.anoo rat;o of lncroase n the
lnere is t!e SAM M Las,J ~ u.s Wt M sno
expenses IN ai oiel a. uepar.sn oa seS e wien et,
the nIst menageale .nat was goou iof any
tning pSgan " s usSoh ,r;.as s'n1,niSm, and r,ss,
aaron l9rne 10y vas piup.tc pa.sS r.; anu WIZ mnGn