New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-22
TONDERS or BARNUM g. BAILEY.
A VAST CROWD wELLPLEAsED At TIE OPENING
NIGHT.

A VAST CROWD wELL-PLEAsED AT TIE OPENING
NIGHT.
A man who was taking n birds eye view OF New
York CITY from the Madison Square Garden tower
whore Diana poses. at O'Clock last night, sa"
curious sight From all directions. as far as ne couiu
See long black streams were moving ccaseiessV
the garden. From every point OF the compass "''S
came TO disappear inside, and until long ai'er
O'Clock there was no diminuton In the huHoer VI
arrivals They made for Barnum & Baleys opeHlne
night what the managers said was the best opening
night they had ever had. 1t is bard to see no" |"
could have been better, for from the arena
boxes rising tier on tier, almost 10 .,'o
vaulted roof, were denssly packed crowds. i"o
soating arrangements were excellent and Tie huge
tlrong was accommodated comfortably ana WITHOUT 'o
slightest fuss and disorder and after the snow te Paoo
was empucd quietly aud without crowdhg' as t'omsn
there had been no audience OF many thousands. Inc
rena hoxos hoY almost all been engaged week ago In
them sat Mayor Grant Thomas F. Gilroy, Channcey
NJ Depew. the Rev. DR.. Robert Conyer, the Kew. Dr.
II. NJ. Field and G. a. Dana.
The rhinoceros had polished his horns in honor OF
the OCCASION and the hippopoamus smiled gracousV,
free advertisement for the African dentist VINO niicd
his teeth. Tho Lions roared obisnhgp whenever c',
thought the occasion demanded 1t, while the tigers had
,nt On .heir most GORGEOUS srlyas The Illusions OF
course attracted n wondering and admlrlng crowd
and men fingered before item dangerously long, LOT
Mr. Bailey. knowing that female comehness ha'li
charms 10 soothe the savage male had chosen no I'M
lovely women to take the part Perhaps that WINS ue
reason tslt tile pulled their escorts away, ana
sluddcncly declared with pretty little excanatiohS'
that the female head which swung In the air Without
any apparent body: the butterfly mystery" ana
Aphrodltcs the young woman whD suddenly appeared
floating In the air where she performed slow and grace
full cvolnons without visible means OF support "ero
"just too awful for anything
But they forgot their Jealousy when into the tree
rlnc there cs me with rush the clowns the dear old
clowns. the jugglers. the acrobats the trained eic
plants. big and ntc the trpzc performers ana INC
Tapanese jugglcrs who did the Impossible and capped
with something still more incredible. Then came the
horse In all his glory trained and unframed, mounted
by men. by women by monkeys. dashne around maoiy
aip,ly. or double four abreast, making tho arena
thunder with the crash OF the Tying chariot ana the
blow OF the feet hOo
After the hlppOdrOme the rings were removed ana
Madison square Garden became alternately tho court
Of the Anambra In Granada, the port Of Palos. the
Atlantic Ocean in thunderstorm with Columbus bnsy
,tudytnc the city directory to know whom to call
on first when he discovered Ncwforlt; the home OF the
howllng Indian and then. lastly. Barcelona NO more
wonderful scene be Imagined than that presented
thnn and the watching crowd broke out into storm
Of applaIi>e. Yet better was 10 come. Tor suddeny
fe lights went out and over the Garten came chahge
wrought bv magic. II lantern ballet. over
800 I-rformer each bearing brass rod on whlch Wec
nycd rrrght5 blue green. ned and gold trooped INTO
Tho darlnc.s and performed graceful evOlutons: IL
was no show mere spectacle, then, but falryland
and no better ending for the show could be imagined