The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-23
RINGLING'
CIRCUS FULFILLED EVERY pnow-
 ISE THAT WAS MADE.
splenlia street Parade, Gorxeous spec- tacle, Novel Acts and UnexampIed Menagerfe Seen by 30,0OO PeO-
 ple at Two Perf0rmances.


 boards and in their advertisements.
 great shows that played to two i'm
 Tse adeotiSs Mont
 the busy press agent told the people
 Of Montgomery that the show was the
 best ever only miles G1 tbps spisse | sentiment. At the close of the night \ performance over 30,000 Montgomerians
 and people of the neighboring section
 echoed this sentiment. The greatest
 ever" was heard on the lips of hundreds I From parade to concert. the produc- I ton of the Ringling Brothers is the
 Business bush ssoP'ss of the oldest form of amusing
 hinges the. success of the i've men
 with the black musfa,cnes whose h r,- pn9,-
 Finished is the way to express the
 quality of the Ringling.s show. Take the acrobatic work. the aerial acts,
 the riding. the popcorn and the pea nuts and you have got to say they are i all the best that reasonable expen- allure Of money can secure. In some instances. in fact in most instances, the money expended by the Ringlings Is not rsasonable. It Is lavish. but 1t pays .S. sleepiest child that returned to his parental domicile last night could not call to mind single thing that he had sea more realistically and even more pleasantly portrayed under the canvas. And what could be more pleasant to the
 of the aSI s Soyorsa Soy aad tns sg soy makes us an young again.
 The magnitude of the show is almost appsllins: Todd's show, sround, on 2, was entirly to small for the production presented thereon yesterday and last night. On account of the inadequacy the circus was placed on simpson Ave nue and many a Montgomery man lost his bearings last night when he emcrg. a good part of the southwest end Of Montgomery and when the sfdeshows and the lunch booths, flying jennies
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 yesterday was typical circus day Wsn ss in s gasy yesterday morning, the loyal legion of
 men and boys were on hand to watch the showmen sleepily tumble from their impossible perches and get busy.
 Durfne the morning hours the streets were thfonged. There were the peo- pie of Mon!gomery. the sturdy white towns surrounding and the .concourse of the blacks from the rural districts beggars description. There was fun
 
 much that was not fun to some of the rural visitors that meant work for the police department This department was kept on duty throughout the day andf there was much additional work for the day force: the greatest and like everything else connected with the show. It came up to the advertisements: Not only In length and In new features did 1t surpass any thing in its peculiar line ever seen In Montgomery. The chime wagon proved Il very attractive feature and praises be to the Ringlings. the old. gilt statues of Cinderella and Bluebeard did not ap- pear in the procession.
 At the grounds everything was done by the men who own the show to make the performances agreeable. The coul- tesy and appearance Of the attendants schooled to treat each woman and child 1 as their own particular charge and the satisfaction that they gave would re- | Suire the adJeetye yosaSuiary nS ,ns nrane, or qualitive. The ushers failed to appeai | In the tawdry soiied red so much af, | @ reesed ny sireus 9or peEple, put ns.sSd sei grey and instead of the torn and dirty | braided uniforms or the ring hands | they appeared in neat but serviceabte |
 The menagerie contained every. ami. mai that one circus has ever gathered | together and some that feW have eyer had down on their lists. Circuses that | nave a rhinoceros generally feature the brute and hippo Is good for a three sheeter while giraffe sr,,.,n is always rb1 Ringlings have a rhinoceros, q hippo potamus and a giraffe and they made no especial fuss over either of them.
 Inside the big tent. the first thing done to amuse the audience was or the highest standard and this standard was The concerts of the military band, with George Gangeiler as conductor, would have done credit to many bands now touring the country and charging Dig
 T3 go into a detail of everything pre- scented would be a useless waste of time d seven column page, but the grand spectacle, The Field Of the Cloth of Gold" deserves more than passing mention. Here we have q se- ries of tableaux wildly portraying the meeting of Henry VIII and Francis ]. on the plains of Andres when the re- markable treaty was signed between main a tribute to the diplomacy of Car dnal Woolsey In addition to thH scenes of the signing of the treaty of the occasion is portrayed in more than lavish style.
 For a circus to put on such ballet as was presented seems out of reason. Here you have hundreds of women, cos tuned just as you sec women costumed In the leading theatrical productions and who dance with the same ability that you pay out dollars to see and with 1t d background of costumed knights and ladies, kings and queens, cardinals and priests, retainers and henchmen, that Is bewilderinR. "The Field of the Cloth of Gold" Is alone worth the price Of admission to the circus but it's exquis- te treatment, its historical accuracy and its poetic beauty goes over the head of most circus audiences.
 Then you have in rapid fire success sion a great troupe of performing ele- 1 Dhants. a clever aggregation of clowns, aerial performers that it I would be a pleasure to detail, q medley if acrobatic speciaities introducing and Hanley in their act de- 1icting wonderful muscular develop nent; an equestrian display, a trained , lnimal show. including ponies, dogs and pigs; an exhibition of smart set horses, including that most graceful piece of lorsefesh. Black Beauty" ridden by ahoda Royal: and acrobattc display. q