The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-09-21
A GORGEOUS sPECTAoLE.
Ringing Bros Festival of Olympus,
a Revelation OF Classic Splendor.

There is something in human ma
ture which demands light and color.
1t is through the eye that the brain
receives its strongest impressions.
The beauty that satisfies the vision
elevates the mind. None knew this
better than Caesar, Alexander the
Great and the other great rulers and
captains of ancient times. 1t was at
the time when Greece was at the
pinnacle of her power and Rome
was approaching the climax of her
imperial sway, that the great speeta-
cles and feasts of the ancients were
brought to their greatest perfection.
While always partaking in large
measure of the military character of
the people, the glare and panoply Of
wa- was inte-.lingled with the
sumptuous arts of peace, the senti-
In : 1e of a classically poetic age, the
love o. luxury, and the semi-barbaric
delight of populace for glittering
display. Perhaps the greatest Of all
these spectacles was the Grecian
Festival of Olympus. This superb
display of Hellenic culture and semi
Oriental luxuriousness attracted
thousands of spectators, and invited
the daring skill and emulation of the
greatest athletes and most renowned
devotees of the Olympian games.
The treasure expended in these dis
plays often reached fabulous sums,
and the resources of the entire known
world were utilized to give a Greo-
Oriental glamor to the spectacle. II
is this gorgeous festival that Ring.
ling Brothers, proprietors Of the
Worlds Greatest Shows, have pro-
duced as a spectacular Introductory
to their wonderful arenic exhibition.
This superb spectacle enlists the
services of a thousand men, women
and children, and is given upon a
scale of grandeur and completeness
that even classic Athens could not
excel. The immense /hippodrome
course, the largest ever constructed
under canvass, is completely filed
with a glowing, irridescent, moving
panorama, in which hundreds oil
gorgeously caparisoned, prancing
horses, scores of respIendently orna'
mented tableaux, great triumpha
cars, rumbling chariots, waving
banners, solid phalanxes of glitter
ing-armored warriors. Iictors, cen
turians, senators, fair women
dancing maids, and flower-strewinE
children, combine to form a picture
of classic splendor dazzling to the
eyes and beautiful beyond the
dreams of the most prolific imagina
ton. Notwithstanding the stupen
dous cost of this brilliantly costumeC
spectacle, it is only an incident o
the show-an Introduction to tht
wonderful feaet Of arenic novelties
presented in the three rings, upoI
two stages, in the immense dom,
and upon the great quarter-mil,
hippodrome track of this greatest o
all great shows. Three hundre'
performers, including the marvelou
Nelson Family of incompatible aero
. bats; an unapproachable menagerie
the greatest of trained animal sensa
tions, and the most superb daily fre,
street parade ever given on earth
are some of the features of this sup
erb exhibition, which will exhibit il
this city Friday, September 25.
Reserved seats and admission
tickets on sale at Ross & Bonner
drug store without any advance II
prices. Reserved numbered seat
only 25 cents extra.
When 1t comes to printing briefs
, tho ADnMnnrTwu fo kho d.