The evening times., 1897-05-05
GLORIES OF The CIRCUS
Barnum & Bailey's Magnificent Pa
rade Viewed by Thousands.
Many New Features Are Seen This
Year in the ''Greatest Show
on Earth"

| The small boy was much in evidence on
the Avenue this morning. Many boys Of
more mature years were also there; but,
| of course, only to give the youngsters "a
| chance to see the animals. The street
| parade of BarnuM Sc Bailey's "Greatest
Show on Earth passed down Pcnnsyl
vania avenue shortly after l 0 O'Clock.
and it was probably superior to anything
| of the kind seen In former wears
One Of the features of the parade was
| the leading band wagon drawn by forty
| horses driven in ten rows OF four each and
nearly all perfectly matched. Following
| the band came the open cages Of tigers,
| lions, leopards, hyenas, wolves, etc, and
| while these gave the small boy a taste
| of the show free Of charge, it but served
| to excite his curiosity as TO the con tents
| OF the closed cages, and 1t is needless to
say that he will see for himself if he can
| secure the price Of admission.
Following the cages came tailor.snade
| women on horseback, jockeys and chari
| oteers, both male and female. Then came
| the inevitable elephants and camels, with
| out which a circus would be no circus
| There were six camels and eighteen
| elephants, the latter ranging in size
| from baby to an animal twelve feet
| high.
| Then to the delight of the children,
came floats on which were representations
| of the heroes and heroines of our early days.
| These floats were drawn by teams of po-
| nies, and carried Santa Claus, Blue Bea:d,
| Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, etc
faaf afttra - q gt,T.
| q cayalcade of Crusaders in their hand
some costumes of silk and plush, and it is
| probably due to these costumes and the
| fear of spelling them by rain that the
| thousands of people that lined Rhode
| Island avenue were disappointed with
| a failure to see the parade. This street
was in the advertised line, but was not
| gone over.
The procession closed with float con-
| tanning an Indian wigwam, surrounded by
| tall palms, and in front OF it were ranged
| Chief Not fraid-of-the-R RAIN his squa " and
several pappooses.
| The show has some new things this year.
| Among them is a dwarf that is said 10 be
| the smallest human being on earth. The
| giantesS is nearly nine feet high. She is
| a Missouri girl, and got her start in an
| effort to grow 50 tail she could see over
| the Ozark mountains into Kansas, a
| State which she had had great curiosity
| to visit. Her name is Miss Ella Ewing
| She travels with her mother. She is not
| SO exclusive as the dwarf She eats In the
| publiC-dining room, while the dwarf takes
| his meals in his room, where le hasa better
| chance to get up over the side of the
plate.
| The giantess claims that the dwarf eats
| more than she does, and he has become
! sensitive on the subject, and will not be
| seen IN public with her, exceptin the show,
| where he condescends, for arts sake, 10
| yield his scruples.
The dwarf is only twenty-five inches
| hi-h That is knee-high to an ordinary
| person. He weighs nearly seven pounds
| when he is in good flesh, and is thinking
! OF taking the Banting system to keep his
weight down. When he is hungry this
| is what he orders for breakfast: One cup
| of tea, one glass of ,FliIk. one sirloin steak,
two boiled eggs, and bread and butter
| The dwarf never drinks coffee. He has
| been advised by his doctors that it is tco
| exhi!arating and might cause him to paint
| the town red sometimes lie is said to be
| terrible when he gets aroused. An IIdi-
nary pillow makes a good-sized bed Tor
! the dwaTf
Not so with the Eiantess. She occupies
] q room with her mother. which always
| has two beds in it. With giant swing She
| pulls them around and lashes them to-
| gcther. Then she lies Crosswise. 1t is the
| only way she can get any rest. When she
| took a carriage for the show grounds To-
| dag they had TO lift the top off before she
| could get in. 1t was barouche Of the
| kind that opens at The top and each side
| was swung back till she gOtiu.
| The dwarf is a Russian peasant. His pa
| rents and brother and sister are of the
| ordinary size. He is seventeen years old.
| The giautcss is twenty-foHr andnunG Of her
| relatives are of unusual size.
There are some other good freaks this
| year which the show has secured, instead
of the exhibit of Oriental races. which it
| formerly had. There are the OrisSa twins,
| two girls about fourteen years old, who are
| boun to gether by a ligament Of flesh si:ni-
lar TO that Of the famous Siamese twins.