Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-05
THE GREATEST SHOW
On Earth, Says the Nashville Ameri- can, Was That of Barnum
 & Bailey.

Barnum 6 Bailey's show will be here to- day, and it is safe to say that everybody will go. Press notices from all places vis- tied are very fattering, aud the following from the Nashville American of yesterday is an average sample:
 ssThere were about p, ,0O0 people at the Barnum (; Bailey circus yesterday, and it was one of the circuses that you read about on the flaming placards that precede the actual performance. There were all sorts Of promises, but none that went unful- filled. The audience in the afternoon was so great that the great tent, seating 10, ,00O people, was filled before the, hour of the performance, and the sale of tickets was stopped at 1:50 o'clock. After that no more seats could be secured, and hundreds were turned away every minute. Inside the big tent there was n immense crowd that filled every seat and overftowed into the space in front. The paid admissions numbered 10, 104, besides which there were large number of passes. At night it was even worse. The crowd was bigger than ever, and people came away for an hour who could not get into the ten t at all.
 1t began with the parade in the morn- ing, which was the greatest ever seen in Nashville. It set the people wild, and made those who had been hesita ting decide to go. And they went. For two hours, at least, the throng poured in, and from the humble darkey to the leading light, there was no class wanting. Pretty near all the lawyers anybody ever heard of were there with their children. There was hardly prominent doctor missing. Bank CTS, merchants, teachers, even newspap per men went. It was the greatest crowd that ever came together at circus in Nash vile.
 ''And the city folks were not alone in the push. From early dawn until far into the afternoon there was @ streak of dust along the bikes for miles where the country people had passed on their way to the show.
 ''It is safe to say that no such circus was ever seen in Nashville before. It was a wonder how the many things could ever be crowded into the space. There were acrobats of the finest degree and per- formers of every cline. Before entering the great tent one could ses more than has been exhibited in some so-called great shows that have shown here. The eth mo- logical congress alone was worth all it cast to see the whole exhibition. There we're the pretty daughters of all the orien sal countries engaged in their ordinary avoca- tions, and from the meek and sweet littie Japanese to the fiery and untamed Cossacks there were none undeserving of the closest attention. Scores of representa- sof peculiar people attracted the eyes of the thousands of visitors and made lesson in humanity that cannot be learned from books. Indeed, it was veritable Midway plaisance exhibition. F
 "But inside the big tent! There were the triumphs of the circus man shown in the brightest colors. h three great rings the show went on bewildering the eye nd the brain of any one who attempted to see all that was going on. The most rem ark able leaping and trapeZe work ever see n in Nashville was that of the Barnum & Bailey circus yesterday. The Eugene brothers have no equals on the globe. The bare. back riders were most daring and the trick animals were most cunning, and nothing that could add to the enjoyment of the aft ernoon was left undone.D