The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-09
THEY ALL SAW THE BIG SHOW.
AND ENJOYED 1T AS WELL AS
ANYTHING THEY HAVE EVER
ATTENDED,.
MARCHED BEHIND A BIG BAND,
Were Out For a Good Time and Had
It-Where the Good Time
Came In.

| WHICH Will IOHS De remembered by the
700 joyous, happy go-lucky newsboys.
who were gathered under the large tent
at the afternoon performance as the
special guests and charges of the
G o b e. When the boys were In
formed, three days ago, Of the offer Of
the G o b e to take them to the circus
free of charge and to send them out
to the grounds in true circus style,
headed by full brass band, their joy
knew no bounds, and the news spread
like wildfire among the profession"
circus is, to most boys in the city
where it is billed to appear, the juve-
nile millennium and not to be able to
get under the big area Of canvas to
watch the antics of the clown and to
gaze in wonderment and admiration
at the hazardous feats of horseman-
ship, the leaps Of the flying lady and
the herd of trained elephants, is almost
equivalent to being cast into outer
darkness. For days and days the
youngsters will stand in front Of the
huge bill boards, awed by their gor-
geous splendor, and figuring how they
will witness the feats of the sawdust
arena. The chances Of getting a Job"
carrying water for the horses or help
ing "shandilier' fill the gasoline lamps
are carefully weighed, and then, as
last resort, comes the determination to
sneak under the tent, for see the circus
the average boy will, even if he has
to risk the blows Of the canvasman's
club In an endeavor to slip under the
tent.
When the G o b e's generous offer
became known among the little no.
mads who make their living by selling
the daily papers, their exuberance was
unbounded. They were going to the
circus, sure, and on free pass at that,
which fact heightened the anticipation
twofold. All that was necessary for
them to do was to sell the G l o b e on
the streets for three days, and while
most of them were in the habit Of do
ing so, those who had not beer doing
so Immediately got in line. This only
suited the managers Of the enterprise
the better, for it was the desire to give
every newsie in the city the opportun-
1ty OF going to the circus.
The boys were told to report at the
| G e office yesterday at IL o'clock
to procure their tickets and march to
the grounds. They came by droves
and in dozens; nor did they wait until
half an hour before the starting time
to assemble at the rendezvous. The
minute the morning stock Of papers
was disposed Of each youngster made
a bee line for the G i o b office and
planted himself on the steps, in the
hall, or along the sidewalk Some of
the lads were on hand by O'Clock
and they stuck like leeches until the
noon hour, when the whole company
was formed into line behind a squad
of mounted police and Kleists band
and took up the march to their Nee
ca, for that day at least. Sergeant
Klein was in charge of the mounted
detail, and to his efforts was due much
of the success of handling the boys.
Two abreast the boys formed line
three blocks in length, extending from
the G o e office to Wabasha street
and when the band struck up an en-
livening air, they stepped off with
| light and eager feet.
Each lad was labeled with yellow
piece of cardboard bearing the inscrip-
ton, I'VE Sell the Globe" and for the
benefit Of those who could not see the
devise, they kept up continual cry
or what's de matter wild de Glob e.?
She's all right" and similar calls.
No one would have taken the march
ers for a company of crack militiamen
on dress parade, but this fact did not
bother the boys in the least. Keep
Ing step and straight line was far
therest from their thoughts. The only
scene to their mental vision was a big
tent, filled with people and the actual
realization Of the bill boards before
their very eyes.
|
up Sixth to ST. Peter, the youngsters
went like conquering army. There
were little boys, big boys, black boys.
white boys and boys of every nation
in the irregular line, and all were at
the height of boisterous joy. National
prejudices were ignored, and the boys
with shoes on stepped upon the toes
of the barefooted lads without arous-
ing the slightest Ill feeling
When University avenue had been
reached the boys began to get i'm
patient. Those in the rear would leave
their places and rush heller SHELTER to
the front of the column, crowding back
the leaders and installing themselves
in their places. At two abreast each
of 700 ambitious youngsters could not
head the procession and In a short
time the line extended the entire width
of the street. City Circulator Bost, of
the G o b e, tried to reorganize the
broken ranks but he might just as well
have tried to change the course of the
wind. Each boy had become possessed
of the desire to be first inside of the
circus tent and he proposed to keep in
the front line to aid his purpose. When
the grounds were reached there was a
rush and scramble which a dozen
college foot ball teams could not have
withstood and the boys were packed
about the entrance to the main tent
like sardines in a box. All OF the
ticket takers connected with the circus,
assisted by half dozen policemen took
the lads in hand, however, and they
were soon inside. 1t was easy to see
what part Of the circus appealed to
their young natures. They gave natural
history the cold shoulder by one and
all passing up the menagerie and bolted
straight for the saw dust rings.
The circus management had reserved
section of seats to the right of the
entrance for the boys and when they
had comfortably arranged themselves
, they waited impatiently for the per-
Torrance to commence.
When the bugle sounded the trium-
phal entree the boys craned their necks
in the direction of the dressing tent,
and a moment later broke into wild
applause as the pageant made its ap-
pearance. The glitter and spangle, the
plunging horses, the big elephants ex-
cited the admiration of the ''newsies, y
but when two clowns drove by their
section In donkey carts, they were
rendered a f1attering ovation The
clowns were the idols of the boys