The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-12
MONDAY WILL Be CIRCUS DAY
BARNUM e. BAILEYS BIG ACGRE-
CATION WILL COME TO
WAlLA WALLA.
The Small Boy, and the Older One
as Well, Will Be There to
See 1t UnIoaded.

The big show comes tomorrow!
Monday is Circus day!
The sense of exhiliration that
sweeps over the community at this
announcement is not confined to the
small toy nor to the small boys big
brother. 1t is popular and legiti-
mate thing for pater familias to
hem and "haw" when asked if he
is going to the circus, and finally ad-
init in a nalf-deprecating way, that
'he will probably have to go-and see
the animals But, way down in his
heart, unless that useless member is
warped and calloused beyond all
hope of recovery, there is a sense Of
jubilation-a surging of old feelings
and old memories-a perfect flood Of
recollectiOns, in which the one ring
circus of other days, and Dan Rice,
and Jim Robinson, the champion rid
err of the universe" and a long list
of other famous ring celebrities, are
photographed upon his mind In a COM
oosite picture of other days. He may
possibly say that the circus of these
strenuous days, when there is so much
% see that the spectator is constant
ly threatened with strabismus and
mental alteration, is not to be COM
pared with the old time circus, with
single clown, one elephant, and a
lonesome family of acrobats; but,
nevertheless he wouldn't miss the
show for twenty times the price Of
admission, and down in mis- heart he
knows that he is a good natured hy
pocrite and that he would take in"
the circus if there wasn't a boy this
side of the North Pole.
And SO, when the five long trains
of cars, used to transport the Bar
nu ms Bailey Greatest Show on Earth
comes rolling into the city, one aft
er another, the curious army Of greet
ing will not be confined to the small
boy. Not much; father will be there,
and mother and the small boys big
brother and big sister, with a few I'M
cles and aunts and large contingent
of the small boys neighbors. Why?
Well, that's something no one can
explain. 1t is the fascination that is
part and parcel of the circus, and
that is all that can be said about it.
The show will pitch it's tents on
the grounds near the o. r. &. N. de-
pot. AS fast as tine cars are unload
ed, the vans and wagons will be
transferred to the exhibition grounds
and the work of erecting the tents
put in operation. This is one of the
most interesting features incident to
the arrival of the big show, and al
ways furnishes the big crowd a great
deal to see and to marvel at. With
the Barnum & Bailey circus this is true
to an unusual extent, for the reason
that the tents are the largest that
have ever been constructed and re-
quire the heaviest poles ever utilized
in a travelling exhibition. The CEN
ter poles, particularly, are as heavy
as any three poles used in ordinary
circuses, while their length is equal
to the tallest mast of an ocean going
sailing ship. Notwithstanding the
great amount of canvas and the i'm
mense height of the poles, the tents
will go up with almost incredible
swiftness, and within two hours after
the arrival of the first wagon on the
show lot, the earstwnile barren field
will be transformed into a veritable
city Of canvas, with all the life, hustle
and novelty of a great fair. The peO-
pie who go to the show grounds to
see these unwonted scenes will need
dozen pairs of eyes. Everything is
novel and interesting to the initiated,
the housing of the hundreds of sleek,
well grOOmed horses; the erection of
the menagerie tent to protect rare and
curious animals from the possible in
clement weather, and, incidentally the
eyes of the crowd the work of the
elephants which are used to push the
great vans and wagons into place;
the commissary department, with it's
great ranges on wheels, and its din
ing tents with places for over thou
sand guests" at single sitting; the
dressing tents, where the performers
are inspecting their wardrobe and
preparing for the exhibitions; the
mammoth hippodrome pavilion, with
its wonderful seat platforms and
grand stand opera chairs and long
rows of boxes and triple rings and
stages, and forest of aerial rigging
for the performances of the flying
meteors." Every way the visitor turns
there will be something new to see
and something novel and unexpected
to talk about.
Everything will be in readiness for
the free show which is to inaugurate
the engagement Monday. This re-
markable exhibition will take place
on the show grounds between 10: 80
and IL and will be repeated before
the night show between $3.50 and g.
o'clock. 1t will be worth going miles
to see. The Weistmanns who give
it have a world wide fame.
The initial performance will take
place at o'clock, and the final one
at p. m. A great circus company
has been gathered from all parts of the
world. The performance is preceded
by a beautiful spectacle entitled THE
Dunbar at Delhi" Then comes the