The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-02
CARNIVAL SHOWS
 ARE IN THE CITY Trains Arrive and Begin Un- loading After Midnight CARNIVAL OPENS AT z P. M. Boys and Girls of Geological Associa- ton Invited to See the Feed
 ing of Animals at O'clock
 This Afternoon.
CARNIVAL OPENS AT z P. M.

the Orphans Home at East Lake opens this evening at o'clock. The location is on Second avenue, between Seventeenth and Fourteenth street. The carnival will continue all the week.
 The great Mundy Amusement company. which gives the carnival, arrived at an early hour this morning. The trains were due here yesterday afternoon and vast crowd of expectant men and boys waited for hours to see the animals; and even when the trains did roll into Birming- ham quite after midnight a large num- Der were on hand to greet the show.
 With a great deal of backing up and then going ahead, then backing up again with good deal more backing and bump ing around, the great train of carnival paraphenalia and gorgeous equipment finally came to a stand still and the shows were officially" on hand.
 Several members of the Orphans Home carnival committee had stuck to their work of waiting, among them Pete Hop pert, who greeted Col. P. J. Mundy and Major J. J. Conley, with his character istic enthusiasm.
 Work of Unloading. The work of unloading the first train commenced at once and the well drilled manner in which the small army of men went ahead with their labors was a reve- lation in the line of discipline and per feet military training
 Car after car was unloaded with the aid of heavy steel runways and as soon as each of the massive wagons was safe on l the ground big draft teams were hitched l to it and away it was hauled in hurry to the grounds near at hand
 | This work will be continued long after | the sun is up.
 l Meantime the erection of every show was begun as soon as the respective ma | terials were at the grounds and as q result of the accuracy and rapidity with which the men work, 1t is safe to predict that most of the shows will be in perfect | readiness for tonight's opening long be- l fore 3 o'clock this afternoon.
 | It is stated positively that every at | traction and all the shows will be ready for presentation tonight at ' o'clock when I the greatest and best carnival that this city has ever seen will be thrown wide open to the public.
 Zoo Boys and Girls. | The boys and girls of the local Zoolog- 1 ical Garden association are all invited to present themselves at the Mundy trained | wild animal show this afternoon at o'clock for the purpose of witnessing the | feedinp of thu farooious hea ste Whic h | have net been fed since Friday night in Texarkana, where the shows held forth | last week. The sight will be worth go- l ing miles to see, but no one Is invited excepting the children of the zoo organ ization and the local newspaper men. All I other persons will confer favor upon the management by not putting in an ap- pearance at this special exhibition, as il Is absolutely contrary to Colonel Mundy' E most imperitive orders for anyone out side of the regular show attendants and trainers to be on hand during the hour when the lions, Ieopards, jaguars, pan | thers, etc., are fed, after so long a fast | It is a special concession on the part of 1 Colonel Mundy, and no one except the zoo children and the newspaper men will be permitted to enter the show during the feeding.
 ChiIdren's Day.
 | Tomorrow, which will be childrens' day, promises a record breaking attendance. The committee in charge of the carnival desire it stated that any and all children who did not receive complimentary | tickets in the distribution Saturday at the court house will be passed into the street fair free Tuesday afternoon after | school by presenting themselves at the | main entrance to the enclosure in Sec ond avnue near Seventeenth street.