Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-08
SPENDS QUIET SUNDAY
thousands of Visitors at the Show
Grounds in Afternoon.

Grounds in Afternoon.
The circus grounds was the Mecca OF
thousands of sight seers in Americus
on Sunday, and this visit among
Che "tent jewellers" was both pleasing
and very instructive. Hundreds of
ladies thus enjoyed the afternoon.
To see how circus people work and
live, together with the splendid ystem
employ ed, was very pleasing novelty
to many in Americus.
1t was day of rest, but there was
enough dong to please visitors.
Mr.. Punch Wheeler, the genial press
representative, kindly piIoted a party
of sight-seers about the grounds and
through the fine menagerie, explaining
every detail of circus life and pointing
out the many interesting features.
Chief among these were the fifty In
dams, chiefs, brayes, sqaaws aud num-
erous papooses.
Il costs about $500 day to run
such big circus. There are $40 peo-
pie with the show, besides SO advance
men, contracting agents and bill.pos-
tiers with the three advertising cars.
The Robinson circus carries 35C
horses and 70 ponies, the lot valued at
$50, 600. The eight big elephants rep
resent fortune in themselves. One
Americas dealer alone cold the show
5000 worth of hay and stock feed.
Fourteen hundred loaves of bread
were bought from the bakers here.
One thousand pounds of meat are
consumed daily in the circus dining
halls, to say nothing of barrels of pc,
tatoes and similar supplies. All this
was purchased here two days supplies
for the go people, horses and the
animals.
The party was shown through the
kitchens and dining halls, models oil
neatness, both. Il the culinary de.
partmeEt are employed fifteen cooks
and thirty-six walters, besides assis.
tant cooks. meat cutters and pastry
cooks.
A circus is splendid object lesson
in system-perfect system,
This is seen in the unloading of the
cars and in every detail of the work
Every man is held responsible for his
Particular duty.
Mr.. John Robinson, who accompa-
MES the circus, has 26 assistants on
his staff His "office on wheels" lie
complete, being provided with all con-
venienc es, even long distance and local
telephones, electric lights, etc.
The laundry bill of the Robinson cir
Gus alone is $3.50 per week.
The money carried out of town by a
circus is the extra money brought by
excursionists who come to the show.
The money received from town people
is more than Offset by the sums paid
out here for supplies and other needed
expenses
The seals and flock of great pelicans
enjoyed Americus ''mullet' with the
gusto If black brother.
The ctrcas has been on the road now
seven months, and week hence will
go into winter quarters at Mr.. Robin
sous great estate, IA miles out of Gin
cinnati, There it will rest five months,
going forth again about April 1st.
With the monster show ie it's own
minister, surgeon, bari srs, blacksmiths,
electricians add others.
No one who is not in touch with the
great show can form any idea of the
immensely Of it. 1t is small CITY in
itself, con. family on the move, but with
all kinds of me,hodical provisions for
its running.
Americus enjoyed the cIrcus-both
Sunday and Monday, and will welcome
it again next season