The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-07-16
HOWAC CIRCUS Is RUN.
The General" of the Show--Str diving tho
Route--The Army of En- GLOVES.

The General" of the show--str diving the
Route--The Army of En- gloves
From the New York Herald.
Each circus has itseC.neral. Talk TO
him of any city or town in the c,orrrr.
try, and the tho,1ght immediately ee-
ours to him: ~Ah. yes; a town of So
600, $4,000. $4,000 or $4,000, as
the case MAY be, profit" He knows
almost to d unit the population and
how nlech can be made out of it. He
knows also the character of the inhabi-
tants, and he is acquainted thorough
" with the railroad and other facili-
ties forgetting into the place Hemaps
out the route at the beginning of the,
season, OF course changing it as mucfr4
as possible every year. There are,
twenty-four advance agents, who.
follow each other in REGULAR ry.
tation. They look after the, d.
vertising, the provender for. the. ami
mails, the lodgings. and contrar = Of
various kinds, These agents AZ q nro.
vided with checks They gives checks
on the show for the aMlow ,ts CON
Sracted for. The treasurer takes nm
and pays the checks so tha'o when the.
show arrives it has no tr ,uble in any
direction. 1t has happened a few
times that the firm has been swindled.,
bat It never refuses 20 honor a check.
S'to keep up the credit of the circus
Not one OF the or eat exchanges in New
York is better IOsted as to the none
tary condition. of any town or citv
than the managers of the circus. The
circus managers we'll know it is useler
going into place where there is I'D II,
commercial depression The char 49, i
lstics of town are studied be5' ~. 800. -,
ing into it. For Instance, it I IS
when the miners of Pittshw -, nlo WI
off, and right on top ofthe~ 80 ie od po.
that tsa @;sea,e u ss ss, rely happens
money is lost anyws ore th ,ate ,,, oue IL
gwen a VIC berth next season.
1he E,esther zoo, is watched almost
asss'ssaS'F.S As tits by the signal-service
! aufts'a, lie circus never goes farther
so",n Vat Omaha, Kansas City and
NJ, louis, or farther north than ST.
l@ ii, MINI. There is no money out
de of those limits. The great aim of
the circus is to strike fair weather
everywhere. When it is extremely cold
in the north the circus is enjoying the
warmth of the south and the dollars
ofthe genial southerners. When it be-
comes too hot in the south then it
wends its way in the opposite direction.
! Moreover, it never attempts to com
| pete with a cheaper entertainment. :,
Barnum is billed for Maryvile, Nj 90 -
and 25 cent show gets ahead Of 81,
Dig circus passes on. The ~ .nI
knows, too, how long it is p' ei;t ah Z,
| to stay in town. oi'''''e
The army of employees Sc divided
into five divisions-thep pc usom,,ar rs 't 4ha
| ring attendants, the sta IA ond~,an or
erie attendants, the + ra o,e "n" I;n c;s-
Gus parlance ''razor .ha"rs"l and the
canvasmen. The :. an~a sn !, n numbar
200 out OF 100 a large number, but
. hos LOO many to COPE with the huge
ten tent wa.eh = : but up in the country.
f for ra S,F, :, DIS there isl special place
t tIl esvtEe' .,ing and every body. Indeed,
.ne ttsa amen could loaAl the train al
l.os' plindfolded, the arr angements are
% precise, and have been so long in
woodworking order. The canvas
men are the first to be packed off.
They touch nothingmntilt the teamsters
have arrived on the ground with the
canvas, and then, when the tent is up,
they sit down and just watch the others
.doing their Bit" So it IS with the
trainmen when they haveloaded or un-
loaded the cars they will not put Inland
to anything else, and perhaps if they
did they would be only in the way.
Every employee has special duty to
perform and does not consider himself
engaged for anything outside of that,