The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-23
CIRCUS is IN TOWN
RINGLING BROTHERS SHOWS PITCH
THEIR TENTS IN ST.
PAUL
BIG ATTRACTIONS PROMISED
Big Street Parade Said to BE n
Feature That Is Really
Worth Going to

Today is circus day, and any man who
mas outgrown his circus days might as
well select a nice cool tombstone and
lie down under it and get out of the way
One can get tired of the theater books
Will bore, pictures pail, and It doesn't
take long to outgrow the joys of a moon
Ight picnic; but the circus-the thrilling.
Whooping joy of the circus-never dies
No doubt the dreams of nalf the young
sters in Minneapolis will be disturbed
tonight by the imaginary grimace of the
clown, and the wonderful elephants that
only come in juvenile dreams
Early this morning considerable por-
ton of these youthful dreamers will be
out at the circus grounds prying under
the canvas walls trying to discover
the roaring ''skidigious," and anxious to
carry water in unlimited quantities for
the sake of a temporary association with
the Dig snow. The old element will be
on hand, too. There is a fascination
about the circus-the sleek horses, and
half revealed dens and tableaux cars
that IS irresistible at all ages.
Inc circus programme promises SEN
sational surprises, both in the ring per
1Grmances and the number and char
acter of the trained animal features.
Particular attention has been called to
the act of JOIN O'Brien, in which he
controls, without bit bride or whip,
s1Xty-one nohle-bred and high-strung
horses. Also Lockharts and Souder's
elephant comedians, these big animals
showing a capacity for education altogeth-
er remarkable They do nearly everything
but talk, and in the coarse, believing
way, undertake to do that
The aerial performances of the Dacoma
family, and the Fisher family are ex-
traordinarily daring. and have brought
to them a distinction fo,,,o
falls to the lot of few who seek honor
and fortune in this field of work Then
there is the famous Holloway trio, who
90, on high wire, what expert gym
nasts regard most difficult on the solid
foundation of the ground. They turn
somersaults waltz, jump over tables
and chairs, and dance rag time on the
slender wire. Also Amelia Feeley. a
young English girl, hardly out of her
teens, who has acquired a European
1ame second to none as a bare back
rider. Albert Crandau and his trick
mule Thunderbolt; Madame Noble and
her saddler, Jupiter" John Rooney the
champion somersault and bareback
rider, and William DeVan, Australia's
champion rider, are other performers Of
International fame in a list too big to
individually mention here. Forty clowns
provide fun for the little folks,
The menagerie part has been enlarged
and is superior collection of the earth
ODD animal creatures. A few weeks ago
g1raHe was added. 1t had been Journey
ing here from Africa since last February
and arrived in excellent health. 1t tray
els in special cage and car, and ono
end of its padded apartment is set aside
for a keeper, who never leaves his charge
Glraffes are rated worth $4,000 which
makes them the most expensive of all
wild animals. Two lion cubs and a baby
yak were the other acquisitions Of the
week just ended. Almost everv type Of
beasts OF prey, good specimens are in
the menagerie department of this big
show. There are thirty elephants.
The hippodrome features of the pro-
gramme, for which quarter-mile
track is provided, will include Roman
standing and chariot races, ladies' jockey
races, obstacle races, Shetland pony
against thoroughbred horses, gentlemen
Jockey, and man against horse The track
will be carefully rolled, and is expect
ed to be in a condition of firmness that
will make exciting contests All in all,
the Ringlings circus will show to it's pa
irons the highest development of the cir
Gus idea and present in swiftly moving
panorama pictures of daring, novelty.
grace and sensation, the like of which has
not been seen in st. Paul before
Of course, this morning the big street
parade will STIR up the down town streets
and stop the wheels of commerce during
the time of it's passage The Ringing pa
rade is fine affair.
The show will give two performances In
st. Paul today, at 2 and s. Tickets and
reserved seats will be on sale. without
extra charge, at Howard Farwells piano
warehouse all day.
The line of parade will be as follows:
Leg on tn mi tn
Wabasha, to Seventh, to Broadway, to
Sixth, to st. Peter to Summit, to Nelson.
to Western, to Dayton, to Dale, to
grounds.