St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-29
CIRCUS EN- DEsHABILLE.
1t Is Mighty Interesting, Even
When Making LIS Toilet.

1t Is Mighty Interesting, Even
When Making LIS Toilet.
The circus is in town. A good many
people found it out yesterday, but they
will all know it today; for, in the MORN
ing hours the brass band, perched high
Oh the golden chariot, will roll down
the street and play the we'll known airs;
the elephants, the camelS, the Zt bras,
the llamas and several animals with I'M
pronounceable names, will walk i'm the
middle of the road; the horses will
prance and the clown will ride along
at the tail end of the parade in his little
red express wagon. Small boys will
be on hand with dodgers announcing
that the show will begin at 2 .. III. and
s p. M, and that Columbus will, at both
performances, discover America and
pass it up to Queen Isabella according
to the original plans and specifications,
modified by Barnum & Bailey's original
conception of what ground plan and
front elevation should be.
Did you ever see a greatest show on
earth" ell deshabille? It's quite inter-
esting. Frank l.. Perley, press agent
of the Barnum q Bailey aggregation,
took small party of newspaper men
out to the show grounds at Grant and
Nicollet yesterday afternoon to show
them how circus looks when off duty.
They were interestingly entertained,
although Press Agent Perley seemed i'll
at ease because knowledge of his old
time association with Fred Pride had
leaked out. But this was allowed to
pass unnoticed and unmentioned.
Mr.. Periey understands the show
quite we'll, but when lie takes people
fIrOuUh the man1yer1,i no lIEac IN hoya
George Conklin along. Conklin, you
know, is the oldest and most successful
lion tanner in the world, and lie knows
more about animals than most people
do about civilization. All the animals
in the menagerle are COnklin'S pets.
They are all fine specimens, too, these
animalS-fat and sleek, unlike the skim
fulS of bones usually seen in
circus menageries. In the collection
can be found every sort of
beast ever i'll captivity and several that
were never seen any where else.
Among the rare specimens are a cir
affe. the only one in captivity, black
leopard, polar bear, rhinocceros, hip
including baby kangaroo, the only
one ever born out of Australia:
myl-ghau. the only one in captivity;
family Of lion cubs, and a genuine
Kerry COW. There is the biggest tiger
ever seen in captivity, too. He has
been out of the jungle less than year.
He looks as if he could make short work
of the ''syndicate's" tiger and his whole
family. It's great open volume of
natural history, that menagerie.
Circus people rest on Sunday, all but
the laborers, and they take life little
easier than on week days. They have
to put up the canvas and look after the
aggregation, but they take whole day
to what they usually do in few hours.
A lot of people are required to run
circus. One may grasp an idea of how
many whenit is stated that in the din
ing tent 5000 meals are served every
day. This show has 430 horses and they
require tent as big as the main circus
tent was in 1880.
Col. John L. West, Mark Hayne, Fred
Pride and Theodore Hays looked the
show over yesterday and said it would
do, so it will be perfectly safe for true
Christians to attend.