The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-13
ENTIRE TRAINS HAVE
BEEN ADDED TO CIRCUS
RinaIings' Shows Are Enlarged Ire
nnendousIy Over Past Seasons

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Ringing Brothers Worlds Greatest
Shows, which will exhibit in St Paul
tuesday, June %, has been enlarged
upon such broad scale Of liberaIity as
to almost preclude the depletion of it's
rear ma gnftude on paper. The Ringing
Brothers, always modern and progress
slye, have had for years the biggest and
best show. on earth, yet this season they
have more than trebled their immense
amusement enterprise by the addition
OF complete new trains, hundreds Of
horses and people, and by ientire new
shows. The browning feature of these
almost unlimited additions is the grand
spectacular and pantomimic production
of Jerusalem and the Crusades, in
which are shown 1920 characters, mag
nificent costumes, fifteen carloads of
special scenery and an enormous triple
strength cathedral pipe organ of rare
volume, power and sweetness of Tone
This spectacle is shown in the largest
tent ever made for circus = a vast
canvas theater, arena and aerial en-
clave, brilliantly lighted by electricity.
Jerusalem and the Crusades is but one
of hundreds of marvellous attractions
Ringing Brothers have gathered from
all points of%the compass. The monster
free street parade-a glittering pageant
fully three dmi1eS2 in lengths alone
worth the amount charged for the cir
Gus proper. 1t is replete with new and
novel professional attractions, display
ing beautifully carved and decorative
floats representative of every country
on the globe, richly attired horsemen
from every known nation, and monster
herds of elephants and camels, with a
division for the children, and full
hundred cages of the rarest wild ami
mails known 1os biologists. In the arenic
performance the Ringing Brothers in
troduce 375 performers, each one a
premier artist. Among them are the
marvellous six Glinserrettis, the most
famous acrobats of Europe; the Pas
manias, from Australia the Dollard
troupe, from Germany. and the eight
Colini Clairons, from France. These
celebrated artists appear in America for
the first time with Ringing Brothers
Worlds Greatest Shows. Other gym
nastic performers of International fame
are the three Rios, the Fortune Broth
ers, the Tybell Sisters, Genera and
Theol, the Flying Fishers and the Won
derful Dacoma family. Heading the
greatest assembly of riders ever
brought together are the four Eldreds
and the four Bedinis, the most sensa-
tional bareback riders in the world.
The equestrian acts of these renowned
artists are thrillingly original and peril
Gus, and have never been accomplished
before. Other distinguished riders are
Orrin Davenport, the Hobsons, Rhoda
Royal, Reno McCree, Lulu Davenport,
Madame Royal, May Davenport, John
Agee, Frank Shade and John Slater.
There are more than zoe acts in the
circus programme, and most Of the acts
are exclusively novel and sensational.
In the trained animal display the Ring
ling Bros. present three herds of huge
elephant actors, under the direction of
Pearl Souder; troops of cute little
ponies in acts that never fail to please
the children. Capt Webb's wonderful
performing seals and cake walking ana
high school horses IN exhibitions of the
highest type Of equine intelligence and
marvellous new Conceptions. The circus
performance is given on two stages, in
three rings, and on wide quarter-mile
hippodrome track.