The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-29


PeopIe-They Gave q Show Yesterday
that was Never Equaled In the West
Three Special Features Worth More
than the Admission-NearIy 10000
People Visit the Two Performances.
It is pretty certain that Ringing
Brothers circus will winter in this city.
While here yesterday they went out TO
see the Burton car works and are now
negotiating with a view to renting them
Cor winter quarters.
II they succeed it will be quite an ad-
vantage to Wichita and will cause a
great deal of money to be left here as
the circus is the largest in the world
and will make big demand on the mar
kets of Wichita, including groceries,
hay, corn and meat.
In six weeks the circus will be ready
to turn in for the season.
Mr.. Aft Ringing was seen last night
and in conversation on the subject he
said that himself and his brothers want
to winter in Wichita, that they have
warm spot in their hearts for the Peer
less Princess and would like very much
TO live here if the conditions are sat
isfactory.
1--WE saw the car works" he continu-
ed, land they suit first rate for our pur-
pose. From the present prospects
believe we can make all arrangements
satisfactorily to locate our winter quar-
tiers here
When it became noised about that
the circus would winter here everybody
was ''tickled," not because the circus
would help business alone. but because
OF the fact that the Ringlings are splen
did people, men of courage, enterprise
and, above all, cleverness.
In a few days the Eagle expects to
be able to say definitely that the cir
Gus will winter in this city.
CIRCUS HERE YESTERDAY.
There IS nothing like a circus except
perhaps another circus, but when that
other circus is Of such magnitude and
magnificance as Ringing Bros, worlds
greatest shows comparison fails to find
a counterpart. For the third time the
Ringing Brothers visited Wichita with
their superb circus organization and 1t
Is safe to say that the splendid reputa-
ton previously enjoyed by them has
been augmented. At least this was the
verdict of the thousands who filed the
tents of the big show yesterday after
noon and evening.
The show arrived m several sections
yesterday morning and at once proceed
ed TO unload itself and ramble off to the
chow grounds, at least the precision and
military system with which the work
was done made this impression on the
Eagle man who with many hundred OF
the small kys watched the unloading
of the wagons and the erection OF the
tents. The small boy always is on
hand and early as the show may get in
m y,n hno fNr. in no
race for the railroad yards he always
wins hands down. He was omnipres-
ent all day long and last night after
seeing the show safely off for Arkansas
city he went home and dreamed of
giraffes doing head-stands, elephants
walkink on high wires and monkeys
in red jackets performing fantastic
girati
But. there are others-an of mature
yeaN-who are not so far behind the
email boy in their devotion OF the cir
Gus. These Of all classes and combina-
tions filled the streets of Wichita yes
terday to see the gigantic street pa
Tade and later on occupied all the avail
able seats in the big hippoGrome pavil-
lion.
The parade left the show grounds
promptly al 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. 1t was a brilliant cavalcade, it
fairly bristled with bright new features
and would have blazed in the warm
sunlight had the latter not been OBJ
secured by banks of omnibus clouds. The
eye was not only pleased but the ear as
well by what might be termed the per-
lection of circus music consisting of
bands Of music, chime heels and the in
evitable caliope a necessary to the end
of circus parade as the tail is to a
boys kite. There were herds OF ele-
plants, camels, curious cattle and, 9TH
err led animals and great open dens from
which the captive kings Of the forest
viewed the crowds with complacent
superiority. The perfarmers-at least
the stars among them-rode in hand
some English T-carts drawn by a fine
lot of colts. AS the handsome turn
outs first came into sight many Wichita
people We're inclined to believe that
Wichita's society people had Joined the
circus.
There was not a Jar on the grounds
or in the tents, every employee treating
the patrons of the show with a degree
pf courtesy remarkable in circus life.
Not man did a thing wrong on the
grounds which were free from fakirs.
hlustererS or any other character the
least Objectionable.
The proprietors of the show attended
personally to business and aided in
seating their visitors.
The side show to the big tent, or
menagerie. was very interesting as it
contained more animals unques tionably
than any other show now on the road.
The interior of the big tent was we'll
arranged SO that every body could see
and hear what was going on. There
were but two rings and hence all the
amusements were concentrated in as
small a space as possible.
The entertainment opened with a
grand parade. all the people and ami
mails in the circus participating in IT.
While this was going on the specta- |
OF living pictures that elected great ap-
plause. These groupings Were on a
revolving pedestal and the artists were !
Charles and Marie Neville.
The program consisted Of unusual |
features-all performed by high class
artsts-with three numbers that are |
deserving Of special mention as moth /
ing like them have ever before been |
Seen in Kansas. These are the acrobat tic /
work OF the Nelson family, the trapez |
work Of the great Decomas and the ar
tistic groupings of the Landauer troup |
of nine flexible models.
There is no doubt at all that the Mel |
sons are the most remarkable acrobatic |
family in the world; little children. boys |
and girls. performing feats beyond com
prehension. The Dacomas did trapez
work that engaged the attention of |