The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-06-13
With Red Lemonade
and Peanuts.
GIRAFFE WILL STRETCH IllS NECk
And the Elephant Trumpet When
They seheld the Beauties
OF Puget sound.


THE circus Is eomingl"
That's what the small boys 81 SCI
attic have whispered to one another
for days. they have been telling
their fathers aud mothers and their
grandparents all about Il and with
the precision n an advance agent
eautionlug them not 10 forget the
date, In their eyes the event Is as
important "a the horne coming OF the
Washington troops.
Ringing BFus shows with their
aswtegation ~ performers Will drop
anchor Al Seattle about I o'clock
EsNt Friday morning.
ANY chap 81 u 81 under can tell
you the big tents viii be pitched. The
site - opposite the Y, NJ. &. A. park
THE modern circus works swiftly
and systematically and each year a
quicker Way Il found OF doing things.
Within two hours aftuF tag saas train
reaches seattle the Ringing Broe'
family q 1890 people. the animals.
the enriosities and all tho ether APP
pnrsenancc- Of an attractive circus
will b. comfortably housed In a
white city on East jefferson street.
ter Of transportation. while the man
who Is known as IA. boss canvaser
assigns each division 10 It's quarters
on the show grounds.
tn transport the circus ard ia
countless belongings requires IS cars
90 which the performers and tent
hands occupy 70. There will be 80
horses. from the Shetland TO the
Percheron. In charge Of n scare Of
attendants.
Mr.. Charles Andres declares there
Il not a drinking person In the whole
show. This + rather remarkable. .
said he. when you consider the ir-
regular hours II the men. but HtIii
we couldn't tolerate toperx because
every move IN n circus must be made
with profnptn-ss and dispatch. Hu-
man iiv-s are always at stake. Strict
obedience Of an etnpi1ye q hts sa-
rerior IL also required. Army rules
ard regulations prevail"
gl~stdes the largest hippopotnmua
IN the world. there with b. = ele-
plants and all kinds Of foreign and
domestic animals.
Mr.. Address says the stow will
leave more money in SEATTLE Than Il
takes out. He attributes that To the
fact THAI the employees always spend
considerable ssonsy In a large city.
He declares that the circus viii paf
only be an entertainments but a prot
liable Investment TO Seattle.
That incidents q human interest
often find their way into the circus
tent n evident from the following
story tod by Mr.. Address. Who Is
the attorney and licenaee for Ring
hnx Bros
we have among our perfarmerp.-
ne said. "a young woman named
Mile Turvour. who u an expert on
IRE trapezs. she was born In France
and lived there with her father up
60 twelve years ago. The sIaer Tur-
YOUR - tight rope walker. Ills son.
julie. Joined a troupe % acrobats AT
rs years Of ase. Several months
passed and M tsalnxs were received
of the boy The father ard daughter
went 20 England and searched for
him there. but wIfhout success. lie
was traced from place TO place and
finally given up for dead.
subsequently TurvOur and his
daughter came % the Unlied states.
a year aEo we learned ~ wonder
fui trapeze performer In Gilbert CITY
Mich. We sent our agent there and
learned that the performer was
Miss Mile Turvour. She vas tray
cling with her father. who was sud
denly taken III AT Gilbert CITY and
the daughter took his place. We
employed her and a month later
there was Joyful reunion between
fath--. sister and brother.
'sWhiie on the trapexe one after
noon Miss Turvour vas compliment
ed by one Of the clowns on her work.
The voice struck her as familiar. but
not until afterwar1 did she learn
that the speaker was her lost broth
or Julie.
AFTER they had left France he had
started home and while they we're
searching for him, he was searching
for his father and sister. The trio
are with Us now"
The Ringing brothers are All. OF
20. Alf T.. Charles and John. They
began with an humble siicshow ten
years ago.
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