The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01

comes TO town, II creates e@aln amount
OF excitement, but, after all, the circus as
it is known in the city, with the performs
ance given In a building, comfortable
chairs to sit in and everybody's taste cat
cred to- Is as nothing compared to the
pleasure that is got when the circus comes
to the country. Three weeks ago we en-
tcrtained at dinaer two gayly dressed
young men who had come to make ar
rangements about posting works of art on
the barn and who managed TO mention,
quite incidentally, that the circus would
soon be with us. From that day on the
country for miles around has been living
an abnormal life. Everybody visited ev-
erybody else to ind out il she were going
to the show. one woman absolutely stop
ped ironing and rode twenty-five miles to
find out il her sister had had an oppor-
tunty to entertain the clowns when the
circus was near her.
OF course, the posters were the first
excitement Then there were stories
anoat that the gentleman who owned
the circus was engaging board for the
circus people in the village. We have al
ticular time we wished we lived there,
fol then there might have been a chance
Of seeing some of those beautiful crea-
lures who wore illusion dresses and
spangles and danced on the white horses
as they were IN everyday life. les just
as well. though, that we didn't see
them. for II we had we might have suf-
fered from dlsillusiQn, for We have heard
that these lovely ladies are occasional
w very ordinary when not In the circus
or doing circus tricks Then the ami
mails came. The tent was erected, ard
for twenty-four hours every child In the
neighborhood was an angel Bad behaV-
Tor brought about the possibility OF OF
getting to the circus. And could anything
be more dreadful? / do believe that ev-
cry man. woman and ghost within the
circuit of that circus felt at least twenty
years younger.
The big wagon drawn by three horses
took us down. us" consisted of twenty
seven women and children and one man.
The man drove the women attempted to
keen order and the children seemed 10
have lost their senses one small girl
got so excited that she took her slipper
off and threw II into the road. Then
our trap had to stop. one or the boys
was lifted down and brought back the
slipper, and we all looked IN the other
direction while the slipper was used In
a way familiar TO most of us In the
world when 1t was younger. We had
apples, and we had cakes. When we
reached the circus, we added peanuts
and popcorn, and when we got In the
tent and were seated we began 20 drink
lemonade, the real pink circus lemonade
with as much avldity as II none OF us
had ever heard OF champagne in our lives.
III. No
gave little thought 20 the hard boards, be-
cause we were all children again and out
TO have a good time. Even the prim boy
who Is reading the Bible through In
year forgot how religious he was and
screamed across the ring to another BOY,
Say, Tommy, how did you get your
ticketY And Tommy responded Ia voice
that was cheerful, but loud, by earryin'
water for the elephant"
And that hypocrite Of boy from our
house would have given up all chance
of finishing the Bible " to him had come
the opportunity that was given to Tom
my Again and again l say TO myself
It's marvellous how young the circus does
make you feel II you are woman,
YOU long TO be the beautiful lady who.
wearing short skirts Of tulle, rides a
white horse bareback. like fairy at least
as you suppose a fairy would. II you are
a man, you wish you were the ringmas-
ter, with his long whip.
The circus is the one place on earth
where the rich and the poor meet together
and enjoy themselves. Providence made
US all though Barnum achieved the cir
Gus. at which the laugh OF the begsar Is
as keen as that OF the millionaire. And
the lion and the elephant gaze with equal
complacency on velvet or rags, provided
both are accompanied by apples. You
don't get one bit more pleasure out OF the
~. A. - No Nru
dogs or the trapeze performers II you are
In a reserved seat than does the poorest
ragamuffln, and has 20 sit where he
Of admission, and has TO sit where he
can.
The odors OF Araby are nowhere beside
that OF the sawdust. II you are real
human being, the blood dances IN
your veins, your eyes try TO see everything
nj once. and your heart gives great
throb OF ecstacy al the first crack Of the
ringmasters whip Being normal Great
ures we ate Of the dainties dedicated
to the circus from the time we entered.
For myself, draw the line az mint sticks.
but once within the odor OF the sawdust
and the animals, I feel like calling out;
Give me liberty 10 eat or give me DEATH!
Most Of us got the liberty 20 cat. Men
who know the secret OF the sphinx can't
explain why sawdust gives an appetite.
But you have no appreciation OF the cir
Gus unless you can consume peanuts by
the quart, apples by the dozen. popcorn
by the string, and those horrible, dried
up looking sponge cakes that arc sold az
every properly conducted circus. and
which. eaten In the tent, seem az fresh
and dainty as n they had Just come from
the oven OF the gods. We applauded the
trained dogs; we held our breath with
horror when the man performed on the
trapeze. holding a small boy by his teeth
and allowing other small children TO hang
TO his feet; we screamed with JOY at the
lads riders ana, being blinded with hap
plness we were all convinced that there
had probably never been such n woll-brci
man az the ringmaster. The performance
over more money was spent m apples
and peanuts. ana we started 20 see the
animals The elephant was as stolid and
funny looking as over. Civilization has
not added 10 the length OF his tain or
adapted ~ 20 his size. but he accepted our
apples in n way that made us feel proud.
aud then blew out water on n small girl
30 the party In such way that al the
children onyicd hlr.
There D. no doubt about u that the cir
Gus Is q liberal education. 10 any small