The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-08-13

s /. q, ttE Z: Arm vi e GALLEY SHOW
Some Fact. About the BID Arusejra,1,e.nt
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K SIhere Is one very important fact
about the Barnum & Bailey Greatest
Show on Earth that should be men
toned, and that is every purchased Of
aticket, no matter what the price paid
FOR 1t, Is entitled to see all the adj
Vertfsed attractions, myriad of features
ana wonderful objects which are pro-
perry contained in any form ap art of.
the show. This means all the perfor-
Mances, collections of freaks, two men,
agerles, herds Of elephants, as we'll as
the whole of the displays and perform
ances In the hippodorme. And there
are lot Of them to be sure-several
big ship loads. In other words the
whole mammoth show can be seen by
every person buying ticket, without
extra charge.
This is now and has been the in
variable custom with the management
Of the show for over half a century,
and it has met with such universal ap-
custom will be preserved.
It must be further known that not
Withstanding the gigantic size of the
show it never has been, and never will
De, divided for any cause whatever,
and no matter how impossible it may
seen to some persons that so stupen-
dously large an amusement institution
can be transported by rail In it's en-
tlretv, 1T positively is sos travelled.
This fact is so we'll known that it is
never necessary to state it, but some
people are not aware of 1t or that the
smallest city where the show exhibits
Is favored with precisely the same ex-
hibition in every detail as the largest
cities were delighted with.
That this vast gathering of men. wo-
men, performers, workingmen, animals.
tents, cages and para phernalia can be,
and is, conveyed, sometimes every day
for weeks, may seem incredible, but
1t would not look Sc If people were
acquainted with the great facilities and
resources and the perfect system in
vogue by the management, and the
splendid railway equipment belonging
to the institution. To accomplish it
the show requires 80 railway cars,
each nearly 50 feet long, built especial
ly for thiss ervice.
During the shows exhibitions in
Europe the greatest triumph known in
the history of amusenents was achiev-
ed. The entire press, the clergy, pro-
fessional men, nobility and all others,
We're unit in praising it. most Of
them remarking ut was the grandest
show ever seen in this city," The at
tendance exceeded in point of numbers
every other exhibition ever given in
Europe, and, it is safe to say, afforded
ten times as much qualification, salts
faction, wonder and instruction. The
performances are presented under sew
eral specially constructed canvas pa
Vllions, lighted by the conrpany's own
plant. The main one OF these tents is
900 feet long, seats nearly $4,000 peo-
pie, and every seat has a foot rest. 1t
contains three rings, two stages, a
race track and aerial enclave, and here
in rhe performances are given. The
next largest tent, $50 feet long, con-
tains the menagerie, freak department
and other curiosities. When all the
canvas pavilions are erected they pre-
sent~a very pretty. sight. Snow white,
With::isfllags Of all nations flying from
dozens of staffs, the scene presented IS
very much like a city Of white. tents,
and alone Is well worth visit to see.
The tents will cover twelve acres of
land and comprise, beside the two
mentioned, the stables or horse tents,
blacksIniths', dining
room, dressing-room, cook, barber and
other tents smaller in size, It is an
American institution presented upon
purely American lines and conducted,
governed, transported and exhibited
i'll just the same manner and in exact
" the same way that has earned for 1t
in Great Britain, Canada, Australia,
New ealond, Tasmania, South America.
Germany, France, Switzerland, Hol-
land Belgium, Java and other coun-
tries, the title of The Greatest Show
on Earth. 1t will be here on Saturday