Arizona republican., 1901-09-22
CIRCUS DAY TOMORROW.
Coming of Ringling Brothers Circus
 Memorable Event.

Tomorrow. Monday. September %. is circus day. Ringing Brothers famous big show will be seen here in all its magnificent completeness. In the or ganization Of such a colossal national entertainment. and in bringing to the homes of the people the rare and curious things of the wide world. the five fa- nous prcprietors of this greatest of all great shows have constituted them selves public benefactors RinglinS Brothers Circus is so admirably organ iZed that there is something to interest and hold the attention of every specta- tor. The student of natural history :s furnished the grandest object lesson that the human mind could possibly conceive of. for the wonders of the anil mal world are brought together in liv- ing. breathing reality. The lover of fine stock has here 800 magnificent. thor oughbred horses upon which to feast his eyes. The adnirer of physical beauty and perfection in athletic achievement is regaled with the per formances of hundreds of the worlds most famous acrobats. gymnasts and riders. The artistic instinct finds grat- ification in the splendor of pageantry that out-Neros Nero. Even the devotee of the turf is not forgotten, for the fin est racing thoroughbreds of Europs. Arabia and our own Kentucky are matched in tn most thrilling and hotly contested trials of speed and equine en- durance. From the initial parade that precejes the opening of the engagement until the close of the final performance everything is upon a scale of grandeur and magnitude hitherto unknown in the amusement world. The inaugural street parade takes place at 10 o'clock in the morning. and is a fitting introduction to the wonders Of the big show. This great parade is Ringing Brothers free offering to the people, and they make, no mistake when they announce to the public See the .parade and then decide whether or not to see the show No one who sees Ringing Brothers parade i will miss the performance. It is a splendid promise of what is to follow in tn big show. Its hundreds of proud iy stepping horses, with waving plumes and trappings of gold and silver Giit- tering in the sunlight: it's gorgeously costumed knights and ladies, heralds and courtiers. it's brilliantly uniformed soldfery and mounted military bands: its great herd of cannon drawing war elephants; it's reaplendent gold illum- ined chariots and cars of state: its su- perb tableau floats. and it's scores of magnilicently carved and ornamentel dens and cages of openly exhibited rare beasts, form a spectacle that in wealth of display and beauty of coloring rivals the rainbow in prismatic brilliancy. The opening performance begins at o'clock, but the door will be open an hour earlier to afford visitors an oppor- tunity to see the geological display or enjoy the grand concert by Ganweiler's famous military band. The perform ance introduces hundreds of new and novel acts, enlisting the services of 30t high class performers and hundreds oi auxiliaries, and is declared by all whc have seen it to be the grandest and most com plete arenic exhibition evai presented before the American public
 Reserved numbered seats and admis- sions show day at Goodnan's drugstors
 at exactly the same prices charged ai the regular ticket wagons on the show grounds.