Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-07-24
THE BAD CIRCU1EO or FINE
PAST.
And the Moral. Religious Cir
cuseS Of the Present.

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cuses Of the Present.
. In the Springtime Of youth Il
. circus was an interdicted pleasure
. When ever We went to the show q
the quiet, something was sure
; reveal that fact to the head Of Il
family. It used to seem odd to u
that when the omnipresent pattern:
caught up turning back ::hand
springs over the psrlor chairs an
trying to ring in como new Glow
jokes on tho family, that he Ia
mediately charged us with havin,
attended the immoral circus. Blu
We understand more abont it now
On ore Summer evening when b
was telling al about the bad in
fuences of the sin encrusted cara
vansary, We ventured to hint tina
preachers were getting to know I
good deal about tho inside of til,
shows" This was one of tn,
clowns jokes, and in the circus il
appeared to bring down til
house," It seemed to bring dowr
most of the house in the latter in.
stance, and we slept face down.
ward all Of that weary night.
But q great change has come
over the circus since those days Of
domestic discord and paternal cor
recsion. We set about trying to
reform the circus SO that good peo-
pie could 60 to it without fear or
reproach. It was double work
making the family forget the ira
ditinns Of its Puritan ancestors and
dragging the show up to some
common ground where they would
not meet as strangers.
A few days ago an old gentleman
came into the Office and inquired if
he could have six passes to the
show. Ten years ago he would
have made some remarks about the
children and the menagerie, but in
this special instance he mentioned
the whole show, though it is doubt
full if he visits the side show.
We had waited q long twenty
years, almost q quarter of a cen
fury. for this opportunity, and we
asked him in a cold, unfeeling tone
if he remembered the day away
back in New Haven. when he re-
fused us quarter the time we
wanted to go to the circus. No
wonder he was speechless for a
spell, ana when he recovered
from the home thrust he remarked
that unless he had reserved seats to
both performances, the old scenes
of twilight riot and commotion in
Connecticut would be repeated on
a scale of dazzling grandure and
never approached by
any modern consolidation. We
felt as If the mastodon was upon us.
But the modern circus is better
than the old Caravansary of bygone
days and prices. The bill posters
have shown their respect fer re-
ligion by posting the words, "Great
Moral Circus" on the bills in five
colors. In 1912 no mention of
was ever made on q circns
bill, and as late as '63 it was only !
printed in small type and never
more than one color.
The blssphemous parrot has been
for one more circum-
spect in his language, and the
monkeys are much better behaved.
They have introduced the golden
chariot in the street parades such
- were in vogue in biblical days,
and the cages of the jabberwak and
painted Gil over with scrip.ural
scenes true tolife, together with the
Ibex of holy writ.
Thus it will be seen that the
modern circus has been stripped Of
al its worldly features, stripped
almost as close as the woman who
turns somersaults on the horses
back, and nothing but the pure and
remains. OF course.
good things cost money, and 50
great has been the demand for the
and reformed circus
hat they have doubled up the price.
rhare are many loud features con-
1ected with Robinson's circus, but
rot in the main tent or menagerie.
They are in the sideshow ard cost
lollar more. Tickets to the side