The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
TOLD BIZ THE OLD CIRCUS NAN.
Additional Light on the Great Giants sire
Shed by the Details of His Umbrella.

Additional Light on the Great Giants Size
Shed by the Details of His Umbrella.
You might have thought" said the old cir
Gus man. that 1t would put US to som conaid-
cradle trouble and expense to provide umbrel.
las for the great giant. whose actual size I have
never dared to tell you for fear you Wouldn't
believe It II I did,. trusting to those things that
I have told you about him from time to time to
give you some approximate notion OF It.
AS to the giants umbrellas. we never had
any trouble at III: we simply used to use for
that purpose tis Dps OF our discarded balloons.
We never fooled with balloons. you under
stand; after they had become weakened at all
we used to put 'em aside and put In a new ones
we never took any risks on balloons. Before
the, great giant Joined US we used to sell the old
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they showed any signs OF weakness. for fre-
wood put after the giant game we saved al
handles. We had our blacksmith get out q set
long time, Whenever the covering Of the
giants umbrella got so worn that Il was no
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old frame; When we'ppt in 9 new handle we'd
We used to make IL point to have the
Struck. whether It rained or not. He used to
turn out and WALL, with the show. and walking
the umbrella. rolled up and with an umbrella
case on 1t. these men walking five on a side
and carrying it lying along on sticks that they
held by the ends. This always used to exotic
interest. because people always wondered what
the men were carrying. but the sight didn't be-
gin to excite the interest that was felt when
they discovered what it was and saw the giant
This. of course. he couldn't do in the street,
on account of the trees; as q. rule the giant
opened the umbrella in the public square q the
W When We came to that the procession
would halt and the giant would step out from
1t and step over the fence or the ornamental
gateway or entrance or arch or whatever there
was there-if there was one we always stopped
the h .H men ne Would. wal" Walk in o VIII the ambseilaa
and stand beside him. They would lift 10
up on tho carrying piece as high as they
could and then the giant would bend down
that covered it, which was something like .
windsail, only many times larger. and OF course
made tapering. and roll it up and put 1t In his
enough so t you'd notice It. And then he'd
hold the umbrella by the handle with one hand.
point up. and shake 1t ont as anybody does an
they open it. and then he'd set out to raise 10
with the other hand In the customary manner.
BY this time OF course everybody in the
was fun to see ,'em look at it: and l don't won.
der. never altogether lost interest In Il. mys
self; because. when, the giant held IL up before
and size OF a church steeple. and as a mater Of
fact 1t was often bigger than the church steeple
that happened to be on the other SIDE OF that
particular green. But when, he came to open
II, and they saw, the spread OF tt-h-m-m well,
at one time and another the show had q great
many striking features: but | don't think we
ever had among our own minor attractions-tt
ANY single feature that was more striking
than that"