The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-07-23
y. ". COLES GREAT CIRCUS,
Menagerie and Congress of Living
Wonders,
Will Exhibit at Salt Lake August
10th and l1th.

We clip the following hon the St.
Louis Republican;
A good circus is always in order
wbsn the elements are favorable for
csmD life. Last hight was a little too
cooI ior most psop.a s idea OF comfort
.n5sr canvass. Nevertheless there
.s.a large attendance a. Coles Cir
ans seasons opening, last night, at
,bs epcampment between Twelfth
md Thirteenth AID Locust and st.
Gbs-lss Streets Toe street parade
Snrine the taY attracted general at
,ontion on the route and made q fne
Jignlsv o toe magnitude. variety and
e1Iiomen;s OF the show. The exit
b5uon last night PROVED to be a very
attractive ones. The equestriaus,
cIagns, athletes, gymnasts, acIobats,
borses aad Othe: animals generally
gorked well, considering it was their
frat rerlormauce Of toe season. The
od circus Split was alive In the ex-
S,bilign tents, aud Cole's Circus is
assured Of good wee : business and
q hearty send-cf Of good viii from S..
Louis. Exhibitions every afternoon
and evening during the week, fur
nishing a carnival OF attractions for
the boys aud ,girls, who never get
enough Of circus.
Coles C0nc0rporaled Circus gave a
street txh bition yesterday, prepare
tors to opening tor The week on the |
vacant space comprised between |
Taelth and Thirteenth and Locust /
and Il. Charles Streets. The route |
over which the parade passed was
quite lengthy, commencing at Thir-
lsentb Street, thence t. Pine, down
Pine to Fifth, down Filth 10 Caron-
dele. Avenue, and cOuntermarching
Is iar oorlh as North Market Street.
he announcement IN the morning
papers that this wouid be ihe last
street Exhibition OF the week served
loa.lr4ct large crowds to the street,
and al. along toe route the win lows Of
iberesidences we're filed With people.
Daring their brief season Of rest, the
managers Of the Congress Of Wonders
have not rested upon tie great sue
cess which they have already
achieved, but put in their time TO
rood advantage This fact was made
eyllent in single gllnceat the street
parade Yesterday. Artistic work was
seen everywhere. The cages for the
different varieties OF rare animals, the
band wagons and all The vehicles in
the lengthy line Eai been completely
meiamOrphOsed. The usual ginger {
bread commentators which often
times characterize similar demon 4
STATIONS and make but q sorry display
in tue daytime, wss absent !:Om this .
display. Everything was really What o
J. secmo1 and showed up sclIdly end
Substantially. The parade might .
will ruth Do called a differing dis
play, and It needed not the charitable .
mantle OF darkness to hide its defects
nor the brilliant calcium light TO lis
tort its msgniiceucs. The artists and
decorators had done beautiful work .
upon the vehicles, 50 that Cole will q
start cut on his annual hibernatiou
with everything brand new. The 3
c .rtumes Ct TIE participants were
more Iaau ordinarily bright and at 4
uacli75, and constituted one of the
best features OF the show. The die i
play of meitieeome horse flesh, in 4
Guiding the performing stations, was
che Of the best ever seen in st. Louis, 4
iHd admiration for them was not
confined 10 those who were distinc- 4
lively lovers Of these animals. Flags
and banners represeT ting the etan- !
ia'as OF all countries, added much to a
he display. The comic features OF the
parade, Including couple OF perform 4
log satomatcu .providtd tee youthfGl
population with tbs most exquisite 4
and many OF them fol-
9wed them along the whole route. 4
IHe parade wound up. at their quar-
iers towards noon. sitter which a s.
matinee, which drew large crowds,
vas given. Jy23