Telegram-herald., 1886-05-17

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4so tae .l4ga.ter 81 - lnh4b.tan.s a4d Ae
Is as4a4.nlad slfh sae r4lroa1 ana osasF
facilities ifr sstlaz .El9 tle p.@ee hs
llars aer t1s f.slfe st t4s 9-si aElna of tne
ss.lssa. % os-Fsz. laansiDs g -s n--ch a.
Jlssiaie every Ysas. There are l~enty ioaf
adsa aisee agents. AZ halo@ each othef ia
realIar folalioa- Ihey. l4oA af er tie al
Fsriss.az. the pr0tsa Fer taf tAe All
mais lae ladsiass 4ad eontfaets
~ various kllds luese agents are
provided sith c1eeas. They check on
The sAaN flf the amount contracted loF
The treasurer las-s up 4ud pays tbe cnei as
- tlat sheu tle shoH arrives e has no
If1l6le iD any direction. il has happened
a tess uHses IAat tue iFm h4s been swim
died bat Sc never refuses ~ honor chSck
10 keep ap the esedig of the circus Not
one ~ tle great exeDaSssvs 40 New York Is
better posted az o. thr moue arH condition
oi any losu 0r eity lnan the managers u
tte elreus. Tue clrcus managers sili Snoe
lt b us- ess Eoing int0 . piace @hefe tnese
- nueu conmefeiai depression. The char
aefefislIca 0l . town arc sfIlI-si before solng
inloit. For instance, lt is kn0wn when the
Bluefs ol iIsfsbufgu are paid on and right
on top 90 the event. comes tiSe "sho~. Il
very rarely happens thaI a nliscaicIiatiOn -
nl. ale. oaJ II money - lost sny ~ here. tnat
plaee Is given a Nidc osrth next season.
Ias weather TOO, Is watched almost as
carefully a. lt is by the signal service bu-
READ. The great aim Of tho circus Is 10
stnk1 TAR weather every where. " lea it -
cstreAely caid ln the North the clrcuS Is
enl0s lus the warmth of The South and the
dsliaIs of the genial SOutherners. When It
becomes ts., het iu lhe south then it ~ends
lls SAy in the opposi r direction Moreover,
&C never attempts 20 cOmprte With cheaper
eu ertalnment lI Barnum j. billed for
N4fy vile, Miss and twenty tive cent
sh0s gets ahead Of IL the b. Z circus passes
stl The general knows. too, hOw long Il II
Prsataole 10 STAY ia tOSn.
The army 81 employees Is divided into fse
dlssions-ihe performers. the ring attend
aufs, the stable and nenagerle at
tendAais, the trainmen. ia circus
pariance razor backs and the can
sAssuien. Tue canvassmen num-
bar tWO hundred Out Of seven hundred
large number, DUs not TOO many u cope
wlin Tire huge tent which l. pat up ia Tie
country. ca the trains there Is 4 special
place Tor every thing and every body Indeed
the traIumeu could load ties almost blind
folded, Ile arrangements are 50 precise, aud
atse been 50 long ln smooth working order.
The cauyssmen are the first 90 be packed
od They touch nothing until The teams
srs have arrived ON The ground with the
eanvas, and then, y hen The tent Is up. they
81 down and just watch the Others doing
aeir biz. - ir = with the trainmeii when
1ey have loaded or uuioaded ears they will
apt par band Ca anything else, aud per
aAE@ II theg cid they would be- in the way.
sscry empioye has = special duty 10 per
ora aud does not consider himself engaged
Dr anything outside of that
One Of toe heaviest items in the expense
: the bill for advertising. The hugecolorei
pos,ers seen every where ia the vicinity of
lhe show are costly. The advertising bili in
The season averages daily. = 7eO Yet the
expenditure results in "a good return The
salaries vary all the way from 80 60 500 a
week. What circus performance with an
ncome equal % five times that of the secre-
u stale, An. but recOlIect' SAYS the
circus man, "thst this does not last all the
Fear round kecOliect too. the risks that
are run. II limb is broken then the occu-
9afion 81 the performer Is gone, and If he or
she has not saved enough for a rainy day
Poverty is the result These high priced
performers also have % engage others To
assist them. aud sometimes the engagement
0f quite a family. The stars provide their
Own costumes aud apparatus I'd Bits.