The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26


and Had Them Checked for Dale
Street and University Avenue
AeriaIfsts and Flying People
Poised ON Giddy Heights.
The circus was in town yesterday, and
1t can be said that it was hore all day.
too, for at the early hour OF o'clock
a. m. drove OF twenty elephants, rang
ing In weight from one to three tons
apiece and followed by a squad of awk-
ward, rubbernecling camels, were observ-
ed by early risers going west on Eighth
street and on thence to the show grounds.
corner of Dale street and University ave-
nue..
Shortly after II a. M the parade de-
bouched into Sixth street from Summit
avenue and came winding down the hill.
a long and glittering pageant, led by a
squad Of st. Pau%s finest, and terminated
by that ruthless assassin of melody. the
caliope. 1t is doubtful If ST. Paul and it's
environments ever turned out a greater
crowd of onlookers at a circus parade
than yesterday lined Sixth and Seventh
streets from Seven corners to Smith park.
1t looked like rain, and a few drops fell
along about noon, but the clouds scatter
ed and the weather man did the best he
could. barring out Jupiter PIuvius, but
all powerless to combat the onslaught of
Gen. Humidity.
Inc expression is often heard, along
about this time of the tenting season,
wen, It's the same old circus But
yesterday 1t was different. Ringing
brothers show is never the same old cir
GUS If 1t is good one season. it can be
depended upon to be a better attraction
the next. That Is the fifteen years his
tory of what is now acknowledged to be
the best all around circus enterprise in
the United States. BY 100 p. m. the trend
OF the people was toward the show
grounds, and when Conductor GanweIler
made his bow at the head of Ringing
brothers military band, a sea of faces
surrounded them on all sides of the man.
moth pavilion constructed for three ring
purposes.
The grand entree which precedes a long
list OF startling arenic novelties in Ring.
ing Brothers show was an innovation
ana decidedly unique in character. While
introducing, as usual, many of the most
striking features of the entertainment
the conclusion was very patriotic spec
tacle in the shape of a tableaux SYM
no!ic of the last days of the century. up
10 date and fin de steele in all of it's de-
talls. And then followed a maze Of whirl-
ms -acrobat1c events in mid air and on the
ground. Prominent among these were the
astonishing evolutions of Albo Boise and
flckard, the tight wire exploits of the
TOXIC artist, Yammaota, and numberless
others on wires, on the trapeze In rings
and on swinging ladders. Perhaps the
equestrian display of John D. O'Brien's
sIxty-one beautiful specimens of the per-
1ect morse, executing in the most intelli-
gent manner most difficult and intricate
movements within the narrow compass of
a. sawdust ring.
i OF course the palm for acrobatic ex
cellence must be awarded to the De Coma
family, sextette of male and female
performers, attired in full evening dress,
who execute most astonishing ieats II
is generally conceded that they are the
superiors in this line of any other similar
troupe in the world Albert Crandails
grotesQue menage act with the mule
Thunderbolt, created a ripple OF mirth
throughout the audience. Ringing I;ros ;.
troupe of trained elephants are too IA
miliar to require extended comment Fff-
teen of them perform feats, acrobatic
and musical, which invariably excite as
constituent. The Flying Fischers could
have no more appropriate names, for they
appear fully as much at home on slender
wires and bars, high up In the dome of
the tent, as the ordinary humdrum indi-
vidual on solid terra firma.
And all the afternoon and evening the
Kaleidoscope changes in the rings and on
the platform were accumulated by as
merry and motley medley of clowns as
ever chalked their faces for the edifica-
ton of circus audience. They were
ubiquitous and eccentric, mirthful, gro
tesQue and melodious. The cap and bells
receive judicious recognition from the
Ringlings and emphasize the fact that
the old-time clown of fifty years agone
is coming to the front again. And then
| came the concluding sensation of day and
evening, the hippodrome races. 1t was
man against man, man against horse
monkey and Shetland, dog race, clown
race, Jockeys and ladies, all in a mad
whirl that at times seemed perilous, yet
| never palling on those with taste for
| horse flesh OF course the grand CON
cert found Its patrons at the close of
afternoon and evening entertainments.
| This was expected, from long custom
since the Jurasslc age, and, of course,
criticism is barred. People don't go to
the circus to kick, but to absorb every
thing that can in any way add to pleas
ure, for it's laugh and the world laughs
with you" Everybody knows the al
| tentative.
At the afternoon performance there
were a number of blank spaces among
the seats. but the big tent was served
with its utmost capacity in the evening.
While the concert at the conclusion
of the performance was In progress the
main tent was blown down, imprisoning
those who had remained for the last feat
ure of the show. The hugh canvas was
lifted by a gust of wind and settled
| heavily over the spectators. Women
screamed and men struggled to escape
from the uncomfortable predicament
but no one was seriously hurt When
the people were finally gotten out many
women were minus their hats, which had
| been swept off by the canvas. The fall
ing of the tent was caused by a strong
gust of wind getting beneath the canvas
after the main guy ropes and strongest
supports had been removed, preparatory
to taking the big Enclosure down