Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-25
|ANCELENOS STARE
As CIRCUS COMES
BARNUM & BAILEY ARRIVE ON
FIRST VISIT
Tent City Goes Up Almost Instanta-
neously at Grand Avenue and
Washington Street, Wit
messed by Thousands

Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show
on Earth" greater, grander, bigger
and better than ever" in the language
of the veracious press agent, is in full
possession of the city today, with its
tents pitched on the lot at Grand ave-
nue. and Washington street.
Its advance guard crept in the city
in the early dawn of yesterday and
took UP location on the show lot and
was soon joined by additional forces
and as if by magic whole city sprung
up under a canvas covering.
Curious Angelenos by the thousands
gathered at the circus grounds yester-
day and still more curious Angelenos
got up at 2 a. m. to go out to the "lot,"
as the circus men call the grounds, 10
see the circus come in.
When the circus got all of it's tents
up and well located the Barnum g.
Bailey greatest weather man on earth
took observation. He predicted warmer
weather today clear skies and an al
together ideal circus day. How sue
cessful are his forecasts may be
demonstrated by the weather today.
This weather man of the Barnum e
Bailey circus is an innovation. Dan s.
Fishell, who devotes his time in the
laudable endeavor to enrich the litera-
ture of the country with tales of Bar
Da;I
EARTH" is authority for the statement
that no other circus has such an insti-
tuition. Anybody who makes facetios
remarks about the Barnum e. Bailey
weather sharp will be entertained by
Mr.. Fishell with a story of how he
(meaning the weather observer) de-
tected a cyclone blowing up in a west
ern town last year, just at the time the
let anybody inside the tent. Ten min
utes later the tent was whisked away
by the rude wind and Fishell will add
how many lives were saved by not
permitting anybody to enter.
But, unlike most press agents, Fishell
is an honorable man, with a devout re-
gard for truth and veracity. Sounds
strange but true nevertheless, for he
confided in the newspaper men after
he unfolded the foregoing story, that
the weather man didn't confine himself
exclusively to foretelling the weather.
He is Frank Hyatt, and also occupies
the position of general superintendent
of the Barnum & Bailey circus. His
weather prognostication is merely an
accomplishment, but he is a handy
man to have around the circus-par-
ticularly for the press agent.
Menagerie Attractions
There is much to see in the men-
agerie this year. Principal among the
attractions are four giraffes. There
are only five of them in America. AS
they are rapidly becoming extinct, they
are animals in whom great deal Of
interest is centered just now and those
in possession of the Barnum & Bailey
circus are magnificent specimens.
With all of their long throats it is
impossible for the giraffes to make any
sound, although the press agent says
that they get some awful bad cases of
tonsilitis. They are so delicate that
they have to be carried in padded cars,
or cells as it were.
The circus this year has a number
of the acts of "the daring and death
defying deed" character that the al
lterate advertisements alluringly de-
scribe. The star act this season con-
sists of a young woman looping the
gap in an automobile; the "dip of
DEATH" as 1t Is called.
1t is one of those Laughing at fate"
acts that send the cold chills up and
down the spectators spines.
There is no parade this year, much
to the regret of he small boy who has
no excuse from absenting himself from
school his morning. The Barnum &
Bailey circus decided to cut out the
parade and it is said that their action
will soon be followed by all the big
circuses.
The tremendous growth of circuses
is responsible for this. This one is