The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-10
EcR0BATS AND ANIMALS.
They Parade the Streets aud Thousands
Are Amused.


rhe parade, the first and free part OF the
Ringling Brothers Circus, is over, and
thousands of men, women, children who
can walk, and babies lined the down town
streets to see the moving show OF strange
animals and stranger people.
The procession left the circus grounds
on Reservoir avenue at $3.50 o'clock and
was on Westminster street half an hour
later with a following increased at every
corner by fresh delegations OF urchins who
hovered about the legs OF the elephants
and made the trip interesting for the
clowns.
The parade, itself was we'll worth brac-
ing the heat and the jostling of fat women
to see. There were half dozen bands in
full blast, besides the inevitable steam
calliope and a set OF tuneful Ginning bells,
that would have barmoDized well in
duet with the Grace Church chimes,
had the sections of that in
stitution known about 1t in time. An
almost endless succession OF animals
now had the right of the line and the
best part of 1t was that the cages had been
left exposed so that the populace could
see the beasts and spec ulate as to what
would happen IL the lions and other Great
ures should get out and play living pictures
with the crowd. The elephants kept up
their steady gait and looked as IL they had
been walking up Westminster street
ever since last years circus parade,
and tho doubfc-breasted camcis, as the
double bumpers were called by q kid
waiting for the harlequin division, logged
along, not caring whether there were five
public drinking fountains in town or not.
One new feature was the carriage divi-
sion in which all the gentlemen and la
dies who will wear tights and do wonder
full things tonight, rode in state. And
another feature was the long succession OF
gilded images on wheels, illustrating Jack
the Giant Killer and sll the other fairy
stories.
After the parade the extra squad OF
police Strengthened things out again,
helped the motormen to resume schedule
time for their cars, and established tn
right of way for baby carriages in front
of drays and low gears, and the crowd
went somewhere to cool off.
The Performance.
The sale of tickets for the big show
opened at one o'clock. There was al i'm
mediate response from mass of people
mum bering all the thousands that one
might care to guess. Three ticket sellers
were kept busy for three quarters OF an
hour, and as the people pressed through
the menagerie they tried to admire the
magnificent geological collection, but
the Liberati band, which could be
heard in the apparently impenetrable
distances of darkest Africa or some other
remote quarter OF the globe, impelled them
to keep moving toward the arena of the
"big top" And it was big top indeed.
1t looked like n section of land in the
Northwest enclosed in q canvas envelope.
The seats were soon occupied,
and for an hour Providence
listened TO such band concert
as Providence had never heard before in
circus. The musical selections were OF q
popular character, beautifully rendered
and most fittingly embellished by Liberia
tbs superb cornet solos. 1t is q charming
and much appreciated innovation. Indeed
it was revelation. But the Ringling
circus is a revelation throughout, from
the gentlemanly department OF the most
humble attendant to the finished, up-to-
date and artistic circus performance.
People look for some strong features in
every circus. But Ringlings' is q circus
of features throughout.
The Dacomss, Persian aerialists, are cer-
talnlN premier III lISlE beautiful aerlai
acts. The Eddy family of European
acrobats are a complete novelty. 1t is as
il party OF ladies and gentlemen, about
to start for the opera, suddenly
concluded TO astonish themselves and
friends by series OF acrobatic
acts performed in evening costume. II
was hit aud caught the audience, and
caught 'em haroi The Landauer troupe
of nine flexible models, the equestrian
acts of Nellie Ryland, Virginie Lorrande,
Messrs. Rooney and Hollis and many
other famous riders; D'Alma's monkeys
and dogs, Natalie's porcine quintet OF
clowns, the japanese equilibrists, the Mu-
rillns AERIAL bar acts ,Lamothe and Maynard
in the same high class and high perch acts;
the hipprodromo races, and the scores of
original clowns stamp Ringling Brothers
circus as the best that ever camo to Provi-
dencc. They may come again and 90
away with a stack Of simoleons that will
make the ticket wagon groan again with
that tired feeling evoked by an overpus
of weighty and substantial argument on
the silver question.