Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-01
A COMING EVENT.
WhnI Chjcnro Thinks of the Ring
ling bros. Circus.

WhnI Chicago Thinks of the Ring
ling Bros Circus.
Ringing Brothers popular big circus viii
exhibit in Omaha again, Monday, August %.
This Will be welcome news 10 the thousands
Of enthusiastic c~ircus-gpers who have come
10 regard this great amusement institution
as the leader among areniC Entertainments.
The reputation Of Ringing Bros circus has
grown with wonderful rapidity all over the
country, but nowhere are these enterprising
managers assured of & warmer welcome than
here in Omaha. where The growth Of their
show has been watched with ever-increRsinE
admiration. The memory Of the big circus
war in 1899, when. unknown. and previously
unheralded. the show won q signal victory
over q rival and firmly established itself
in the good viii Of the Omaha public, viii
never be forgotten. Since then the chow
hss twice visited Omaha. and OD each &C
cssion it has demonstrated its superiority
as an amusement institution. That the
show as this year more than ever worthy
Of patronage, is evidenced by the following
extract from Il Chicago paper, printed dur
ing the recent memorable engagement in
that city:
No enumeration of fgures-no mere list
Of wondrous Gestures could give an Rde-
guate idea of the resources Of the Ow-it
oYerBhadoWlng immensely, its wealth OF
paraphernalia, the vRstness of its mammoth
hippudrume paviliuns. its army Of people, itE
dazzling glnries of cleaning gold and scin-
~tillsting color, and its Kaleidoscope array
OF strange peoples and still stranger rare
wild bea1rs. IL is only by comparison with
its own former greatness that its present
stupendous magnitude can be appreciated, II
is only when i is realized that Ringing
Bros. circus has twice as many cars. twice
rs many elephants, twice the number of
huge pRvilions, twice as many people, twice
rs many superb performers, twice as large
q racing course, and sea ting capacity for
twice as many people rs II had last year,
that the magnitude q this wonderful enter
prise can be even approximately understood
And then, such b circus, Sbeh O menReerie,
such a bewildering dispias Of rare and costly
features, The five dbuhie trains used 10
transport the pArRpherhAttai OF The show rep
resent d loading space nj l4 ordinary cars
the twenty-five reason gifted elephants, run
ming the gRmut from tina tiniest Of baby
pachydsrms 10 the hussst Of slephEntins
mPmmoths, comprises the biggest herd Of
elephants ever before seen in captivity; the
three hundred Rrenic specialists embrace the
very flower of the aIhusemenl world, the
pick Of the famous arenas Of the world:
the scores OF dens of rare VIVID beasts repre-
sent fortunes. and even precious lives, tx
pended in securing theus IN their native
jungles; every carved ano Eold-illumined
cage. dazzling the evsAwith its glittering
splendor. Cost & ransDn every gorgeous
triumphal car of the glorious new street
carnival is q triumph Of art and & tribute
10 the artists inspiration every one of the
400 beautiful horses is an equine delight"
The one who wrote this was, perhaps, an
enthusiast, but those who have seen the
show this season declare thai II Is in NO
sense an exaggerati0n.