Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-03
AND NOW THE CIRCUS.
Expectation Reused to a High Pitch
Over RinGlinq Bros Bio Show.

over Ringing Bros. Big SNOW.
No one in Pine Bluff needs t. be
told that tomorrow Saturday. October
4. is circus day. Evidences of the
fact are apparent ON every side. The
date Of the hig show stares one in the
face from every point Il vantage,
while the entire city has assumed
the appearance of an open-air picture
gallery. Elphlike riders, pirouet-
ting upon the backs of madly-dashing
steeds. aclobats. performing tie most
incredible feats of strength and dar-
ing: elephants. initiating the comedy
of the human actor: the fierce beasts
af the jungle tnd the strange and cu-
rious things of foreign lands-thesa
are the things that have been pictured
in brilliancy of coloring and perfection
of detail-on paper Now comes the
reality. The ideal gives way to the
real. Promise merges into fufillment.
And it is here that Ringing Brl'thers'
circus proves it's greatness and its
superiority over all other arenic in
stitutions Every promise made upon
the bills is fulfilled in the show. This
is just as true this year as in the
past 1t is announced that this sea-
sons performance is entirely new,
and that it surpasses anything ever
before attempted even by these pro-
gressive. twentieth century manag-
ers. Thirty great riders perform the
NEST astonishing feats of equestrian
ism; a magnificent horse ballet serves
to introduce the most beautiful of
horses in a bewildering series of
equine dances. marches and statuary:
trained bears. seals. dogs, ponies and
elephants excite the wonder and ad-
miration of the multitude. and the
greatest three-ring circus performance
in the world with 40 fun-making
clawns keeps the audience in a con-
stant Whirl of excitement The men
agere presents hundreds Of rare wild
animals, including the only living
giraffe, the hippodrome introduces the
most thrilling races ever seen under
canvas. while the free street parade
which introduces circus day is the
most gorgeous dislay of the kind ever
attempted. This great pageant leaves
the shcw grounds between 8 and 10
O'clock 1t is an immense affair. 1t
is over two miles in length. Hun
dreds of horses, scores of magnificent
ly carved and gold-illumined cages of
wild beasts, and dozens Of magnificent
historic floats give diversity to- the
picture. Egypt is represented by
Bedouins and ships of the desert; the
military powers Of Europe show their
crack niiiit.ly commands. m.nnted
and in tie gorgeous uniforms cf the
,1any of the Mikado's soldiery; the
new POSSE ssons of the United States
have their representatives in the dark
r. naka from Hawaii the Spanish
I
but keen-eyed Filipino the Jungle has
an entire division of dens and cages
of rare wild beasts; Momus has pha-
lanx Of merry clowns; Child Land is
illustrated with tiny cages He curious
animals and Mother Goose tableauX,
drawn by the smallest of Shetland
ponies. Hundreds CT brightly caparis-
oned horses prance and wave their
nodding plumes in the morning breeze
and knight and herald. lancer and
cuirassier. in glittering helmet and
sparkling corlelet. lend a keleidscop.
ic coloring t, the scene. The opening
performance will be given at 2 o'clock
and the final one at p. m. Each will
be equally complete,
Reserved numbered seats and adj
missions show day at S. A. Rosen-
berg's book store, at exactly the same
price as charged at the regular ticket
wagon IN the show grounds.