The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-10-26
RlNGL.INGS'
CIRCUS
Last Tuesday Drew Big Crowd
To the City.
Record Breaking Attendance to Afternoon
PsHOrmancs-NOtes Of the Day.

p'rTOmancs-NOtes Of the Day.
Last Tuesday, Ringling Brothers
circus Day was a great day in the his.
tery OF Greenville. The coming Of this
oig show had been advertised in every
town, hamlet and crossroad In this and
surrounding counties and across the
river as never before had circus beer
advertised, and the streets were
thronged with visitors at the break OF
day.
The cold spell of last week had
greatly moderated, and Tuesday
dawned an ideal sunshiny and balmy
Autumn day The crowds began to
arrive Monday night, :the first to ar
rive coming by boat, and every boat
was loaded down to the guards with
passengers, some even coming from as
far as Lake Providence, La. Every
scheduled train was crowded and extra
coaches attached, while the long ex-
cursion trains were jammed with pe0.
pie.
Greenville was in royal gala attire.
The circus day is always one of bright
est colors, and, though the black face
OF the plantation negro predominated,
the bright colored dresses OF the ne
gress made the contrast all the more
striking and all the shades Of the rain.
bow displayed to seem all the brighter
OF course hundreds of white folks
numbered themselves among the cir
Gus day visitors, but the negroes came
In by the thousands.
According to tradition and custom
every circus is supposed to arrive in
town very early in the morning, but
on this occasion the trains we're late,
the first section not arriving until 6:1S
q. M, and the many people who went
out to witness the unloading Of the
trains had patience trying wait Of
several hours. But patience is one Of
the greatest necessities on circus days
1t is just simply impossible to go
through the crowded streets with any
thing less than great exercise Of the
most sublime patience. If you are in
the midst of jostllng and pushing
crowd, and:tread upon numerically, it
is then that you must rely on patience
alone to succor you for nothing else
will aid you. If you were as dry as a
flint stone and wanted drink right
away your wishes were one of 1.-THE inn
possibilities OF the day, for the large
crowd at the bar would have to be
waited on first And it was the same
case of patientl waiting at the restar-
ants and lunch stands. But it was a
Jolly good natured crowd withal, con-
sidering it's immense proportions. OF
course there were disturbances, but
the disturbing element is always at
tendant upon such occasions and will
never be eliminated until the day OF
kingdom come. But after that day we
won't have any circuses so let's enjoy
as many circuses as possible. Green.
Vile has entertained many people
many times, but last Tuesday 1t en-
tanned the largest crowd in its history
and took great care of them to the
credit of our city officials.
It was a great day for the advertising
man. Every enterprising merchant
and business man in the city got in his
work advertising his business by dis
tributing broadcast thousands OF cir
culars and sample packages OF their
wares The balloon and peanut and
nopcorn man coined money as usual. |
The ladies of the different churches
in the city served lunches in stands
along Washington avenue and made
handsome sums for their different
churches.
Re II said to the credit of Ringing
Brothers, they allow no skin game "a
,irs to connect themselves with their
show. The management OF the entire
grounds, inside the tents and outside,
& nerfect. Every attendant connected
with the show was courteous to all
but nevertheless firm in demanding
he best order from unruly spectators.
: The feature OF the morning was The
narade. While this was spectacle OF
and magnificence, it was not
m to the standard of Ringlings' pa
rades of a few years ago. Some idea
If the money expended in these parades
,an be imagined when it is authors
lively told you that the "Chimes OF
AFoscown alone cost some sl4, 900.
Immediately after the parade there
was the free exhition at the tents,
which were pitched at the north end
Of Theobold avenue. and here gathered
one Of the most dense masses Of black
that ever focked together.
mons the uthousands Of upturned
faces not over ten pale faces could be
counted. To exercise full control over
4 mob Of negroes of this size would be
: -. ;ol for three men, but one
man. the speIler, soon had the mob
naeked together as close as canned
sardIpes. and as quiet end attentive
q could be .desired. This spelleKs
mastery Of the crowd was something
wonderful
The afternoon performance was e