The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-27
THRONGS ENJOY
The BIG CIRCUS
MHE-LONG PARADE is SEEN BY
A MULTITUDE.
Splendid Display OF Things of Inter-
est Collected from All Quarters of
the Globe-Spectacular and Thrill
ing Performance This Afternoon
Attended by Thousands.

Half the population of Minneapo-
lis celebrated the arrival of Ringing
Brothers circus yesterday afternoon
by croWding onto the show lot at
Fourth avenue and Thirty-fourth
street and getting in the way Of the
hundreds of men who were arranging
the acres of canvas and thousands of
details for the two performances to-
day. The other half of the popula-
ton damned Nicollet and Hennepin
avenues this morning to see one Of
finest grand, free street parades"
ever given here by circus.
Combination with the weather man
resulted in an ideal day for circus
folk and circus devotees, and twenty
years of preparation on the part of
Ringing Brothers did the rest. Altho
1t has been four months since the
now famous Ringing Brothers sal
lied forth from the winter home at
circus season Of four weeks, and altho
the entire four trains of parapher-
MALTA have travelled since to the At
lantic coast and back, everything
about the mile-long parade this morn
ing was as clean and bright as if just
taken from the winter quarters.
Even an all-day run yesterday from
mark on the five hundred horses
which drew the cages and tableau
wagons or carried the various nota-
bles IN the most fascinating Of pro-
fessions. The corps Of hostlers under
the veteran, Spencer Alexander, saw
to it that their mysterious art was
pract1ced until every equine coat was
as satin and every bit Of harness pol
1shed or pipe-clayed until it fairly
shone.
Supplementing the magnificence of
the stock, were the brilliancy Of the
decorations, the richness and good
taste of the wardrobe worn by the
Ringing cohorts, the variety, and, in
some cases, excellence of the music,
| the ponderosity Of the twenty-five ele-
| plants, the ungainliness of the camels,
the beautiful hyena smell" of the
open dens," and the thousand and
one things which delight the souls Of
all children, young or old.
Notable in their departure from the
routine and in the evidence they give
of the initiative Of the Ringing
Brothers, was the sixty-stop pipe or
gan, giving voice to selections of ex-
cellent taste, the tableau wagons rich
in decoration and design, and the
wagons of all nations. OF course, the
clown band, the "Bedelia''-screech-
ing calliope, and the ponies are re-
tanned as old favorites.
The reputation, record and showing
made by the Ringing Brothers. trav-
cling hand-in-glove with perfect
weather, fairly swamped the street
railway company this afternoon, altho
the First avenue S, the Fourth avenue
and the Eighth avenue s lines Of
fered special service, and before the
| performance began, at 1880 o'clock, 1t
| was estimated that there were at
least 10000 persons in the main tent.
| After the rush thru the menagerie,
where sixty dens and the many four
footed beasts engaged the attention,
the immense audience saw the great
spectacle of Jerusalem, -" with its
thousand or more participants; Crazo
with his really crazy leap on the bicy-
Gle, the Kaufman troupe of bicyclists
and the hundreds of other acrobatic
novelties presented on the two stages,
and in the three rings and the hip
podrome. y I: E. "s-., .r.. S.,
The Ringing show literally is big
ger than ever, and with the electric
lights on tonight, the spectacle, about
which will be massed the people "tier
on tier" should be something which is
in itself a most extraordinary exhibit
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