The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-19
FOR THE CIRCUS.
Work Is Commenced at Audi
tOrium Today.

Two dozen workmen today began the
work of preparing the Auditorium for
Ships indoor circus which comes here for
the entire week of February %.
The first thing TO be done after the
chairs are removed from the parquet is to
build the ring where the bareback riding
acts viii take place The ring will be the
regulation size, AZ feet i'm diameter. 1t IS
necessary to have the ring the same size
as the rings under the canvas for the rea-
son that the horses are trained TO do Ger
tain acts which would be impossible in a
ring OF a smaller size
I'm building the ring layer of two-inch
plaul-s viii be used to cover the parquet
floor On these planks "A frame work a
foot high will be built ina circular form.
Inside this a layer Of clay viii first be put.
over the clay will be ashes and the whole
viii be covered with tanbarlk and sawdust.
making an ideal ring.
Tho preparations for the trapeze and
other aerial performances require great
deal of care The space underneath the
roof viii be "a maze of rigging. guy ropes
and fixtures when the show opens next
Monday night Each performer personally
attends to the setting of the paraDherualia
for his or her act Everything will be
placed i'm readiness for them by the work
rive ia Topeka late Saturday night and
Sunday and Monday win be occupied by
hNen il EeIunB everything III readiness Tor
The performance Monday night.
The environment is what makes an in
door circus a novelty. Whoever thought
they would be able to see regular circus
tn the Auditorium when 1t was originally
buill- But the Auditorium makes an ad-
miraDle location for an indoor circus and
it is more than likely hat one viii watch
The horses take the hurdle in the ring at
The Auditorium with much more interest
than # It were under the big top.
Then there is also the advantage of be-
ing ahle to see the circus in comfort It
is next to impossible TO see a sumner cir
c9s with any degree Of comfort, but here
one VIII have chairs with backs to them,
and the building Will be neither too warm
OF too cold.
There are % acts on the programme OF
tho circus and each Of the acts is a feat
ure. The performers are=al taken from
the big railroad shows and after the To-
peka engagement of the circus many of
mo performers will leave to Join their re-
spoctive shows some 90 to Barnum &
Bailey. some to Ringing Bros. Sells &
Forepaugh and Wallace Bros
The famous DaCOma troupe which will
nr seen here give one of the best aero
balie acts ever seen. The DaComa family
IS The highest salaried family OF acrobats
iu Tie world.
Prof F. L. sunlin presents King Bill.
me only trained OK in the world. The ex-
mbiuo1 is declared to be we'll nigh i'm
possible log a dumb brute.
Each of the acts OF the circus is so good
that IT is almost impossible to make a
distinction of which is the best The mem
hers Of the Commercial club committee
Which went to Kansas CITY to see the cir
Gus came back with nothing but praise for
The show. IL has been dra wing thousands
at Convention hall in Kansas City this
wee
Reserved seats FOR every performance
field drug store at o'clock tomorrow
morning