The Florence daily tribune., 1902-07-31
Everything in Readiness for the En-
gagement of Ringing Bros.

gagement of Ringing Bros.
Tomorrow Friday August ! is cir
Gus day After much preliminary
heralding and "a world of pleasurable
anticipation of Ringing Brothers.
famous big show will be seen here in
all its magnificent completeness. In
the organization of such colossal
national entertainment, and in bring
ing to the homes of the people the
rare and curious things of the wide
world, the five famous proprietors of
this greatest of all great shows have
constituted themselves public benefac-
tors. Ringling Brothers. circus is so
admirably organized that there is
something to interest and hold the at
tention Of every spectator The
student of natural history is furnished
the grandest object lesson that the
human mind could possibly conceive
of, for the wonders of the animal
world are brought together in living,
breathing reality. The lover of fine
stock has here 500 magnificent, thor
oughbred horses upon which to feast
his eyes. The admirer of physical
beauty and perfection in athletic
achievement is regaled with the per
formances of hundreds of the world $
most famous acrobats, gymnasts and
riders. The artistic instinct finds
qualification in the splendor of a
pageantry that out -Neros Nero. Even
the devotee of the turf is not forgot
ten, for the finest racing thorough
breds of Europe, Arabia and our own
Kentucky are matched in the most
thrilling and hotly- contested trials of
speed and equine endurance. From
the initial parade that precedes the
opening of the engagement until the
close of the final performance, every
thing is upon 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 fitting intro
duction. to the wonders of the big
show This great parade is Ringing
Brothers free offering to the people.
No one who sees Ringing Brothers
parade will miss the performance.
1t is splendid promise of what is to
follow in the big show. Its hundreds
of proudly stepping horses, with wav-
ing plumes and trappings of gold and
silver glittering in the sunlight; it's
gorgeously costumed knights and
ladies', heralds and courtiers; its bril-
liantly uniformed soldiery and mount
ed military bands; its great herd of
cannon drawing war elephants; its
resplendent gold illumined chariots
and cars of state; its superb tableau
floats, and its scores of magnificently
carved and ornamented dens and cages
of openly exhibited rare wild beasts,
form "A spectacle that in wealth of dis
play and beauty of coloring rivals the
rainbow in prismatic brilliancy. The
opening performances begins at 2
O'Clock, but the doors will be open an
hour earlier to afford visitors an op-
portunity to see the geological dis
play, including the only living giraffe,
and to enjoy the grand concert by
Ganweiler's famous military band.
The performance introduces hundreds
of new and novel acts, enlisting the
services of 300 high-class performers,
40 clowns and hundreds of auxilliaries,
and is declared by all who have seen
it to be the grandest and most com
plete arenic exhibition ever presented
before the American public.
Reserved numbered seats and ad-
missions show day at the W. II. Davie
Drug Co, at exactly the same price
AS charged at the regular ticket wagon
on the show grounds There will be
only an afternoon show here.
Woodmen of World Excursion.
For Log Rolling, Woodmen of the
World, at Colorado Springs August
LIST, the Santa Fe will run special
train, leaving Canon City 6 80 a. m. /.
Florence $3.50 a. m. August LIST. Re-
turning leave Colorado Springs about
l2:00 midnight August LIST. Fare
81 90 for the round trip on this special
train. Tickets on sale at Cafky &
Browns drug store and at Santa Fe
| depot.
A. G.. PALMER, Agt,