The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-24
RINGLING BROS PARADE.
New so Section Procession In
Produced by these noted Man
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V Almost every exchange that reach
es this Office has something hattering
to say Of the wonderful arenic exhi-
,bition which Ringling Brothers,
Americas most famous amusement
purveyors, are presenting to the pub
lie this season, and particularly of
the new and novel fine street parade
which these progressive managers
have organized for the present sea
son. In Chicago, where Ringling
Bros. opened the season with sue
cessian Of triumphal performers ex-
tending over a period Of several
weeks, the newspapers praised this
wonderful feature with striking un-
animity. Ringling Bros magnifi- 8
cent street display is a veritable car
5nival, presenting in thirty distinct
and separate sections a series Of pict-
ures, events. national characteristics,
ethnologic divisions and historic eras,
each of which is complete in itself,
and yet 50 carefully and beautifully
blended as to form continuous two.
mile line of ever-changing color and
brilliancy. The custums are so ar
ranged, and the vari-coloreds dens,
cages and tableaux are so distributed
as to create, most effective and har-
monious scheme of color-as varied
as the rainbow and as artistic as a
colossus tableau-vivant. Embraced
in the thirty distinct divisions are re-
presentations of the most famous
military organizations of the world
British, Prussion, French, Russian.
and American-all brilliantly uni
formed according to their nationality
and regiment, and wearing accoutre-
ments especially secured from the
governments of the several countries;
reproduction of the Derby Day
meet, with it's tally-hos, T-carts and
other swell turnouts, with English
society represented by the hundreds
of leading artists and performers as.
ISOLATED with the show, lordly dri-
vers, uniformed postillions, the finest
racing stock, jockeys, touts, and
other characteristic features of Eng
lands greatest racing meet; an army
of Indo- British troops advancing to-
an attack in the Pnnjaub, with more
than a score of ponderous elephants,
drawing great cannon, East Indian
cavalry, spearsmen, guides, infantry,
connoneers, and brilliantly costumed
English officers; caravan crossing
the desert. with towering camels and
dromedaries, bearing great burdens
of cloth of gold and rare spices across
the waste Of sand, and guarded from
depredating tribes by fantasically at
tired and fully armed Bedouins, Sou
danese and Algerians, mounted upon
graceful, prancing Arabian stteeds;
a picture, pamorama-like and yet
thrillingly real. Of imperial Rome at
the zenith of her power, with her
chariots warriors and great cars of
Estate; complete children's parade,
with pony chariots, alegorical tab
leaux and miniature cages of inter
esting wild animals, and other divis-
ional features, including over four
hundred richly caparisoned horses,
one hundred tableaux cars, cages and
open dens of rare wild beasts and ten
bands of music, the whole constitute
ing the most beautiful, the most
unique and the most brilliantly ar
tistic spectacle that the world has
ever seen. This wonderful free exhi=
bition will precede the performance
to be given in Worthlngton, Wednes.
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