The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-26
'GREATEST EVER. /"
BARNUM & BAILEY SHOW 4
 WONDERFUL EXHIBIT.

WONDERFUL EXHIBIT.
 Immense Crowds Attend the PeEfor- mances-Big circus Kept it's Pledges as to the Magnitude of its Varied At- tractions-In New Haven Tomorrow. 'HThe Barnum & Bailey show did an immense business. both at the after noon and evening performances" says a Fall River paper. Everything con- nected with the management of the big institution passed off without hitch. The trouble encountered at Newport and New Bedford on account of being late in arriving was avoided in Fall River, the show opened on time and presented the full bill of attractions. The great tent pitched on the Broad Wal lots was the largest piece of can vass ever before seen in this city. In all there were seventeen tents required to house and present the show properly.
 The only fault to be found with the show was that there was too much to be seen and too short time in which to see, and the one thing beside the Vastness of the enterprise which inn pressed visitors was the snap and punctuality with which the show was given. It was noticed also that every act, freak, animal and presentation of every nature was genuine. The father of this great show once said that the American people loved to be hum bugged. It is possible that he may have been selling them a gold brick aa that time. hu- his successors in busi- ness cannot be charged with any such g. transaction. The Barnum & Bailey show of to-day gives the people just what it represents and even more. It has caught the spirit of American pro- gross and easily leads all other like en- terprises. .s
 During the day when thousands Of people crowded the streets in the fore noon to witness the parade there was not an accident nor happening of any kind to mar the proceedings. The same was true of the afternoon and evening performances. On each occasion there were more than ten thousand people in and about the tents. Perfect order and system harked the whole event.
 Upon entering the first tent the visi- tor found himself face to face with the choice freaks of the human race, occu- pyfng the center, and surrounded by menagerie consisting of the rarest specimens of the brute creation. Prom inent among the former was the Ho- vart family of Iilliputians, six in all, and without doubt the most interesting group of midgets ever before placed be- fore the public. They attracted more attention than any other one feature of, the show, although they were sur rounded by many other members of the human family, each of whom is entitled to rank at the head of the curiosity list. ..-,
 The menagerie. although the largest connected with any show on the road, had the appearance of being exceeding ly well kept. Each and every rare specimen of the lower animals had it's uniformed keeper and was spick and span as if newly groomed for some special occasion. Here as elsewhere about the show was evident the system which is required to move and present so vast an enterprise without confusion of any kind.
 The circus proper in the main canvas adjoining opened promptly on time with '"rhe Tribute to Balkis." beau tiful spectacular production designed ond executed under the direction of Bo- lossy Kiralfy. The scene at the height of this performance was almost bewil- dering. The vast tent, staggering in it's proportions, covered an assembly of ten or twelve thousand people, sur rounding a scene of ancient beauty and splentor, the central figure of which was an everchanging spectacle con- prising not less than three hundred peo- pie. Of, this number not less than half were women radiant with life and col or dancing and marching with the pre- cision of the stage ballet to excellent music. The whole was surrounded with brilliant procession of floats and wag- ons in gaudy trappings.
 Following this introductory feature came the parade of the freaks, includ- ing all those who could walk, from the midgets to the giantess. They were given an ovation as they paraded around the arena.
 From that time until the close of the entertainment the three rings and the stage each presented a continuous per formance, including the acts of a host of artists in their particular line of en- deavor. The individual spectator found 1t impossible to witness all that was go- ing on, an accurate description of which would fill many columns of newspa- per.
 The whole spectacle of the Barnuf & Bailey circus. from the time of arrival until the time of it's departure, was such as to maintain it's traditions and its claim os being the "Greoaest Show on Earth."