The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-13

The street parade will leave the cir
Gus grounds, according to present ar
rangements, at o'clock, reaching the
downtown districts about 10 o'clock.
The route will be from the show
grounds to Park avenue, to West
Broad street, to Liberty, to Drayton
to Broughton, to Jefferson, to Bay, to
Drayton, to Henry, returning to show
grounds. Drivers and teamsters are
requested to either avoid the parade
or have secure control of their horses.
Chaffeurs will find excellent sight-see-
ing locations in the side streets off
the streets covered by the parade.
The parade will pass the Park Elk
tension on Park avenue about $3.50
O'Clock, going towards West Broad
street and will pass the park and ex-
tension, returning to the grounds, out
Drayton street, about IL o'clock.
In the parade will appear about for
ty wagons drawn by five, six and
eight-horse teams. A large calliope
will be drawn by twenty-four ponies,
to the delight of all the children.
There will be ample police service at
the grounds to preserve order. In
fact, one thing noticeable at the
grounds where Robinson's show APP
pears is the courtesy of the employees.
Every one is willing that the specta-
tors shall see all. I'VE employ no one
but well-behaved men, and all Of our
employees know it, said one Of the
managers. The care and attention to
ladies and children is the first con-
sideration of the John Robinson man
agement.
Without doubt the circus is one Of
the largest and best managed that
has visited the city in recent years,
and should the day be fair will be
viewed by thousands. Two perform
ances will be given, beginning at and
o. M, respectively.
over 900 people travel with the show.
1t is strong in the circus features and
has one Of the best travelling menag-
cries in America. Animals from every
quarter of the globe are represented.
There is Polar bear to delight the
small boy who has read wonderful
stories of this animal in its haunts
among the Northern lights. There. are
real live tigers-a whole cage full of
them-fresh from the jungles of Africa,
where their ancestors have Toasted on
many a luckless native. And lions
baby lions and some Of them not ba-
bies. One big fellow stands and looks
out Of the bars as If trying to deter
mine something of his surroundings,
and then lies down to dream Of his
native Africa and the happy days of
his youth before he became a circus
lion. This lion eats fifteen pounds of
beefsteak for his dinner every day
What a blow to the beef trust II he
should die!
Every one has seen a circus at some
time in his life, and most people have
been many times. The performance
Of the acrobats, the riders, the clowns
and the trained animals are familiar
TO ALL There are features Of the show
business. however, which are not IA
miliar to the general public, and which
are none the less interesting.
A big circus like that Of John Rob-
inson IN Savannah to-day Is a small
army OF men, horses and equipment
Yet q Is an army that moves with
such dispatch and whose recruits are
80 disciplined that a real army would
be put TO shame. There Is never a
hitch, never a bit OF confusion. but II
is all like clock work. Precision and
promptness are two things that the
Robinson management insists on az
necessary and those who attend the
performances to-day and tomorrow