Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

MARVELLOUS GROWTH OF THE FA
NOUS T;INGLING BROS SHOW.

The success of the five Ringing Broth
ers, whose worlds greatest shows ex-
hibit in this city next Wednesday, June
%. forms one of the most remarkable
pages in the history of amusements in
America. Some idea of it's remarkable
development may be gained from the
fact that within a dozen years this show
has grown from a little overland circus
the entire value of which was less than
a thousand dollars. to the largest arenic
enterprise the world has ever seen. 1t is
evident that a success like this could not
have been the result of chance, nor has
it been. The Ringling Brothers have won
their way to their present eminence by
qualities which would a gained sue
cess in any sphere of life. Each of the
quintette has been endowed by nature
with characteristics which, in combina-
ton, have given them a superiority over
all competitors, and ensured them success
where less gifted men would inevitably
have failed. 1t is really remarkable to
what an extent each is adapted to fill
the peculiar place in the management
which falls to his lot. 1t is this fact which
has made AL. Ringing, tn coolest Of the
quintette. the greatest equestrian direc-
tor in the world. and thus insured to the
patrons of Ringing Bros circus a better
performance than can be seen with any
other show. And so it is with Otto, the
%financitr of the show: Charles, the, gen.
eral advertising agent: ALI. IT,, the gem
eral press representative, and John, to
whose judgment falls the delicate task
of successfully routing the show. Each
one of the uuintette brings to his indi-
dividual sphere of action qualifications
which make success a foregone conclu-
sion.
Apart from the personal characteristics
Of he Ringing Brothers, the success
which has brought their show to the front
SO rapidly during the past few years has
resulted in a large measure from a clear
" defined policy, which, in it's way, has
been entirely unique with this organiza-
ton. This policy embraces several car
dinal features, each of which is highly
c~ommendable One Of these eatur is
a strict adherence to the truth in adver-
Using. Wherever Ringing Bros shows
exhibit it has become a recognized fact
that whatever is shown upon the bill
boards will be exhibited in the rings, and
this has given the public a confidence in
the show which no other circus enjoys.
Another feature is a clearly defined pur-
pose of making each seasons show SUI
pericr to that of the previous year. So
notably has this been the case that with
in the past five years the show has been
doubled in size four times. Ringing
Brothers also have an international rep
uldllOl LOT lIPli cuIIecl anu honest DuSl-
ness methods, and the fact that no
gambling devices Of any nature have ever
been permitted With their great show. In
fact, they protect their patrons against
impositions of this kind. employing a
force of Pinkerton detectives for the pur-
pose.
Year by year Ringing Brothers have
extended their tours, until now their great
show is known and recognized all over
the country as the largest combined cir
Gus, menagerie and hippodrome which
thisc country has even produced. The tour
this season, which began with a phenom-
enally successful engagement of two
weeks in the immense Tattersalls amphi-
theater in Chicago. has been a continu-
Gus ovation. Press and public have We'd
in plaising its vast dimensions and mar
VelOus attractions. Great
have gone out of their way to praise it
editorially. Hundreds of thousands of
people have attended the exhibitions and
given it their unqualified endorsement.
1t is the talk of the country everywhere.
It's managers are the most famous of all
American showmen. And all this has
been accomplished in so brief a time that
the details read more like a story from
the arabian Nights than the record of
a nineteenth century amusement institu-
ton. The show exhibits in Anaconda
Tuesday, June n.