The evening times., 1896-05-11
CHARMS OF THE circus
All Were Paraded Before Thou
sands on the Avenue.
WITH BANDS AND BANNERS
New Fenturcs and Old in the Big
Procession-SoSere OF the
World Divided Honors With the
LAUNDERING Elephants and Swaying
Came!s-B Beautiful Horses.

Though the parade dra ggcd its slow
length along the Avenue in .eIsarc!y, regal
pomp before 10 O'Clock this morning,
prompt ami early hour for any Ecnteel pa
radr il seemed an age for the sweitering
humans who lined the curbings.
Here she ccmcs.' exclaimed a voice
hack In the Gro w,I and cv.ry neck utong the
curbing was Crauci an inch or two. ms
faIss aIarrn was rIvrn about every ave MN
utes; hut she was long uIne coming. A
circus paraue l. pCr>onlIieu 10y the feminine
uruuOuu. because a seems 10 take 80 long Il
lime fixing and fussing and prnring be-
fore she goes out 10 dazzle her friends.
The. man from back oT AndCostll, who
brought his wlfe ami seven children, was
Dust.lI under a shade tire" near the Bptan-
cal Gardens as early a> o'clock. Willie
Wisiml. from GeOrgCtDwn. picked out SIX
points or vantage, bat rs lie Couiint De IN
of them at once, II" dndsed back ana lorth
scattering Il fcw OF his peanuts on tue pave
ment tut mOsr or them down red lane.
lie. consumed twO apples, bag OF peanuts
and an ice cream soda waiting Tor the
procession. Iht Ctilprei drislpcTdCE "crc
out III force.
The voice IA the crowd found that, ike
the boy in the fable. who cried "Woi.
Wolf,' when there wasn't any, he was 10
longer able To excite uemOr or eN-
peCJnnCv 10y hera!dlng the parade. when II
hadn't vet come around TIE Treasury cor
ner II came just when everybody had
made up his mind not to bother about 1t,
that IL would cone when ii lot ready.
Everybody knew IT. coming AT once ana
suddenly. for the shrill notes OF the far
away bug!er sounded down the Avenue.
There was scramble Tor new places, and
a Hull III the discussion as to whether IL
was coming up or down"
Two policemen headed the march. This
should lie referred TO platoon. but the
.pirit Of 6 Washington shall prevail, and
the truth be told Directly behind the
bearded officers was the mighty voiced
bugler, who herJlds the processio \
lady wearing divided skirts and riding
astrite her horse led troop OF some
twenty equestrian> The first band, which
piped from the GLORIOUS golden eight-h"rse
chariot. made music for the hghl! !y-Step-
ping steedS before them. though thelr
melody didu't Sco,he the souls of the
savage beasts III the seven open denS fol-
lowing There We're tigers, lions. loop
ards pantherS. wolves, and hyenas pacing
i should think them beasts'd get gol
darued tired of their 'tarnal foot race. :
said the man from hack OF na Costia, and
a colored brother nearby chuckled and
asseuted. "FOh sure.
MRRORED WAGONS.
A number or i'll meuse mirrOred wagons.
dra wn by fine specimens OF draught horses;
a train of male and female jockeys. two
and fOur-hurse Rr.udu ChaTiGtS. with the
air of having stepped out Of Ben Hur,
led up 70 the inevitable clown. TIE clown
sat M 4 cart whose low seat threw his
knees up under his chin, and trick donkey
drew them. The painted jester seen Ell TO
be measuring he possibility nr the II i''r $
heels reaching over the dimiuutlvc DASH
hoard. and wien he didn't lie wOIld smile
al the BOYS on the sidewalk with serene
satisfaction. S,!nenne. probably Willy WISt-
full yelled Look out!' The clown fell
over backw r Is and tumbled clear out OF
his cart. 10 the enjoyment OF everyone,
but like the coming II the parade earlier IN
the morning IL was a false alarm, and he
cTept onto his perch again. while the beast
drawled long. amlable sigh through ms
tuneful DoStriis and brushed fly off his
haunch.
This feature took up so much attention
that everyone would have missed the cha r
lot of chimes If II hadn't struck up at
that moment 4 beautiful air. Then Sly
gilded chariotS were reviewed and the
breeze famed the flags of all nations which
flnatei from the corners aud made an al
together gala sight.
Another band broke the monotony into
pretty small pieces. The music was a
weak feature OF an otherwise genuinely
credtablc display. There was a notable
absence of anything not entertaining and
legi timately fresh. clean features; the
horses were ex"ellently groomed. hut
the music was not beyond par. The crowd
rather ignored the music, however. ut
least this particular baud. for il sighted
the camels and elephants. The desert ships
were Eaily cdpari~Dned and here Oriental
musicians and SheISS of the East. with a
strong Hlbcrian cast OF CDuntenlnc ces-
The elephant, Numbered along in a satisfied
way. as II they fclt certain that everything
was going on for their sake alone anu felt
COmplimcntcd that Cne city IN The land
of their adoption had had the taste 10
paint its pavcmcnts the color of their hides.
The eight little elephants had first-rate
time on their morning walk. and kept
step like wellhehaved youngsters that
my NTRsERY RHYME CHANTS.
The second section displa yed the nursery
rhyme chariots dra wn by eight ponies each.
This feature was the hearts delight of all
the kids from AnacOStia and everywhere
esle too. They laughed aud ciapped and
pointed out Santa Claus with his rearing
reindecrs, Red Riding Hood and her famous
Wolf Blue Beard in the very act OF making
way with one OF his amiahle wives in the
fashionable divorce method OF his Eeriod,
Cinderella extending her dainty foot for
the prince to tit on the slipper, Sinbad and
the eagle, the old woman in the sfoe sur
rounded by her extensive progeny and
finally the parent of the whole brood, our
ancient and honorable friend, Mother Goose.
On the scaly fins of a mighty golden
dra gon sat three fearless JapS, who didn [
seem particle afraid. Behind them came
more closed cages with Tapping flags and
Crancing horses. and another band made the
air ring with merry music.
The third and most original section Of he
Barnum parade presented the rowned heads
of the world in royal procession. attended
by proper escort in national costume and
official uniform. Though the rescmblances
at close range are not marked ut a dis
tanCe this display Il really very'fin and IN
agreeable relief from the usual monotonous
cortege OF ca ges.
Tie end was inevitable, and came after
the mona rchs of he cart n had pa Ssed along
The screechinG caiope piped its steam
voiced lay, and the lusty y-lunged lecturer
for whose cast-iron throat even the caliiope
is no match, announced the free sho W on he
grounds after the parade.
The Anacostia family had their lunch in
n basket, and II cy ate IL up as they trutig ed
toward the show ground, fearful of missing
an iota of the naryels OF the day Willy
Wistful took Il green can home to get his
dinner and hurry afterward to the after
noon performance
The parade was voted 4 success by con
sent as Mr. Reed would say. and during
the remainder of today and tomorro W the
public Jury will take occasion to pass
upon tile merits of the show at tire White
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