The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-07-22
ENORMOUS SPECTACULAR DISPLAY.
Prominent Features in a Splendid Show
ing of Color and Action.

Prominent Features in a Splendid Show
ing of Color aud Action.
"They will mark an epoch in the
history of tented exl ibitions' is what is
being said OF the Adam Forepaugh shows
as organized, constructed and exhibited
in The year A. D. 1892. Nothing APP
proaching them in magnificeuce and
gra ldeur haT ever been seen before be-
meath canvas pavilion. 1t is we'll
known f. 1t that out door spectacular dis
play originated with John Rettig, the
famous artist of Ciocinnati. OF couIse
no account is taken in this statement of
the professions of the M0rdi GrdS at
New Orleans, nor the yelled Prophet at
st. Louis, nor the pyrotechuic displays
at various seaside resoI Is, although
Ret 'g's Fall of Babylon ante-dated any
of these displays in this country. Rettig
is the parent mind of this form of ent3r-
tainment. As the sculptUred works of
Phidias, Canova aud Powers, and the
painted works of Angelo, Raphael,
Murillo, Rembrandt, or the more modern
MISSIONER lave found plenty of mi
tators and copyists, none of whom have
been successful, so have there been futile,
vain attempts 20 initiate Rittig's works.
When it was determined to include a
spec ocular display in the programme of
the Adam Forepaugh shows it was wise
" concluded that no mere imitation of
tue great artist would do-he mus him
self be secured to personally execute and
supervise the production. He was given
carte blanche aud told to choose meme
that would admit of more elaborate
and costly display than any of his
previous works. He said that he had
one subject that he intended illustrating,
but he had never yet succeeded in Sc
curing sufficient capital to develop and
produce it; and he thought it would
prove to be an entirely too massive an
affair to transport from one section of
the country to another. Much to | is
astonishment he was given an idea of
the well-nigh illimitable resources of the
Adam Forepaugh shows, and was then
instructed to proceed with the prepa-
ration of his spectacle. With an i'm
mense corps of artists, costumers,
arm )rers, and carpenters, he at once set
to work, and the production which en-
bodies all the best results of his genius
allied with his experience and unlimited
capital TO draw from, was the sublime
Biblical spectacle, The Fall of Nineveh.
Certain it is that the world has never
before seen its like. Space there is not
here to adequately convey any idea Ct its
many magniicences and glorious splen-
doris. The press is fairly ringing
with their praises OF the great
shows. None of the established,
standard features of the great
shows have been curtailed; to the con-
trary an extraordinary number of posi-
tive novelties have also been added to
the programme. Among them is a COM
plete Moorish Circus Company, of thir.
ty-five men, women and children, under
| the direction of the famous warrior,
Sheik, Ben Hadjali Pasha, and brought
to this country by special permission OF
the Sultan and the pretectorate govern
ment of France. The Adam Forepaugh
Shows and the great spectacle Will ex'
hibit here, Wednesday, August Sd.