East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-15

J. A. Bailey, manager of the Bar
mum & Bailey circus, officially an
nounces that the street parades will
be omitted this year. The fact that
the show is now too big to give pro-
cessions; the knowledge that the lin
1t of special cars railroads are will
ing to handle has been reached; and
the time required to place In position
the enormous apparatus utilized in
the dip to Death and many other
sensational features, have all been
factors in forcing this conclusion. A
careful investigation has also led him
to believe that the circus parade is
Ino longer popular, on account of late
arrivals of the show, inclement
weather, unavoidable long waits and
the consequent delay of the afternoon
performance"
No item Of more general public in
terest than this has emanated from
Mr.. Bailey this year, and, in speaking
further of the subject. he said:
well, 1t is just this way: 1 am
emitting parades this season for rea-
sons that have been accommodating
for years. In the first place people
outside the business have no concep-
ton Of what a problem the giving OF
a parade is.
1T is the greatest difficulty we
have to contend with. When it rains
very hard, it is not given. When the
show arrives in town late-as it otter
does-the people become fatigued
standing IN the hot summer sun fol
hours with lot of hungry children
while, again, others unable to remain
have returned to their homes disap.
pointed.
When the parade has taken place
under such circumstances, it has beer
} at the expense of time required t
properly give the performance. Those
of the people who have gone to the
place of exhibition, expecting the cir
Gus to be opened on time, were com
PEELED to await the return of the pa
rade and stand in the broiling SUI
or rain until the cages were placed
and they, too worn and weary from
waiting. The circus of today is too
big to give parades, and every man
ager of a large show will tell you so
More especially is this true of m!
, show.
I I'VE are carrying this season al
: enormous amount of extra machin
/ cry, apparatus and paraphernalia
! We have tents seating $4,000 person
$ and furnish footrests with each seat
l All the apparatus requires to b.
properly placed and adjusted, ever
J experimental with and tested befor,
} the performers are allowed to use II
, and the tents have to be erected ant
4 the seats arranged within them.
B, why, sir; when 1 introduced
. grandstand with private boxes. operi
l chairs and foot rests for all seats,
! had to hire more men to handle th
= material and use more railroad cars
= and some people said I never coult
e give a show every day. But 1 did
< Now, with the additional steel AM
t iron apparatus used this year, I hav
( to use several more cars and emplo
C more people. Can you understan
h how long time-how many hours
d takes to unload our show, haul it t
t the grounds, erect the tents, max
o the rings and stages, place the appa
ratus, arrange the menagerie tent!
feed the people and open the door
at noon?
ION top of all this we could nc
v give a parade without delaying tn
performance. Moreover the show
dependent upon the railroads.; an
G the railroads, in turn, are frequentl
!. confronted by conditions that max
e it impossible to get our many train
S into town at an early hour. Thi
:. means that almost superhuman ef
: forts must be made to get the sho'
ready in time for the afternoon pei
= formance which the country peopl
y have come many miles to see. BE
II sides all that, the circus as organize
a today, has almost reached the limit
l. size, and to further increase the nun
ber of railroad cars would be to pre-
IT hibit its exhibition in many towr
e where the railroad sidings are tc
s. short to accommodate the cars.
IT We have not given parade in Ne
S, York, Chicago, or other large citi'
lie for years, and propose to give fr'
exhibition on the circus grounC
m every day just previous to the opel
8. ing of the doors for each perform
Is ance. The children, and other
lie therefore, will not be denied Il
ID pleasure of a free show, even a Il
ID better one than. anything they ha'
i'd hitherto been accustomed to-"