The age-herald., 1901-11-04
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the same length. Last nights bill of fare consisted of broiied steak, fried potatoes, chops. pies, puddings coffee and tea
 There are two dining rooms; one for the performers and managers, and the other for the working men and their bosses. In them are two tables on each side about fifty feet long, and a shorter one in the middle. The tableware Is made of white porcelain and the knives and forks and spoons are of plated silver. In the dining room for the performers the actors occupy the autside row of tables and the managers and owners of the circus sit at the center table. In the working mems dining room the bosses of the different gangs of men occupy the center table. The fare for all is the same. All of the cooks, walters and workmen are white men, 1t being the policy of the Ringlings to employ no negroes.
 In these two tents 750 persons are fed at cost of about $500 per day. The per formers and managers eat but one meal on the grounds as their breakfast and late | As it is necessary for them not to leave the grounds after the parade they take luncheon in the regular dining room. l To keep a perfect system every person entering either of the dining rooms must be provided with a meal ticket. This is 1 done as a protection from imposition. Just outside of the eating department Is | the commissary wagon. Here the men can buy anything in the way of clothing that can be bought at dry goods store
 Three large tents are used to shelter the horses used by the show and 150 hostlers are required to attend them There are about 300 drought horses and alls of them are kept in one tent In the next tent are the performing horses and racers, and adjoining it is the home of the ponies
 To preserve the health of these ani- mals a veterinary surgean and two as- sistants are employed. The animals con sume daily about ten tons of hay and 250 bushels of ats and bran. The hay costs about s190 and the oats and bran about $125
 From Three to Six Thousand.
 The cost of operating the entire Ring ling show ranges from $35OO to $6OOO per day, according to the size of the city. In Birmingham the expense will be about $SO00 for Sunday and Monday.
 There are five brothers of the Ringing 1 firm, and they first conceived the idea | Of starting show about fifteen years 1 ago. There were seven of the Ringing l boys, but when the other two were asked to join the enterprise they laughed at the idea. The five undaunted embarked a concert company on the sea of attrac- l tions and all of them took part in the performance. By good business judg- ment they made success of their enter prise and decided to organize a circus | From a small one-ring affair 1t has grown to be the largest tented attraction In the world. Barnum x Bailey's circus was the largest until recent years but that attraction has been sold to an Flu ropean firm and has not kept up with the Ringing Bros. in progress
 The parade this morning will begin at 10 o'clock and will take the following route through the city: From the grounds to Avenue B, to Twenty-f1rst street. to Second avenue, to Eighteenth street. to First avenue to Twenty-first street, to Avenue B. to the grounds.