The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-20
Bijou Family Theatre,
 Tonight, Hoolignn's Troubles.
CIRCUS IS SMALL CITY.
Ringling Brothers Carry 1,zS0 People
 With Show.

Ringlfng Brothers Carry 1,zs0 People
 With shovv.
 Few people realize what big thing the modern circus is." said J. !. Brady, the veteran circus man last night. T mean one of the growth and size of Ringling Brothers They have i,2so people on their pay roll who come from all parts of the world and range in color, white. black, brown and yell low Nearly every language is spoken in the strange colony and all religions are represented.
 Most circus performers have strong religious leanings and rarely Sunday goes by that the majority of them may not be found in the church of their choice. There are Creeks, Catholics. followers of Mohammed. Brahma and Buddha; Episcopalians, mostly Englishmen. including the Scotchmen; Baptists. Methodists. Lu- therans and Hebrews. When on the road services are conducted by the min- isters with the show. and although the differences of faith are so many, 1t is refreshing to see how reverently atten- tive is each person.
 Ringing Brothers employ 375 per- formers, 125 bill posters. and advertis- ing agents, 100 railroad men known as 'razorbacks,' 75 cooks and kitchen help-- CTS, 150 hostlers. or 'grooms.' as they are politely called, and $50 canvasmen. property men,, menagerie keepers ana less important people.
 Every day in the week is pay day for some class of employees. The per formers have one, the canvasrnen one, the railroad men another. and so on down the line. This plan makes the handling of SO many pay envelopes an easy task The lowest salary Is $50 a month. The canvasmen and grooms and bill posters draw this amount. In this class come the clown understudies. These clowns are made the butt of the real clowns jokes. The best clowns draw $75 to sl25 month.
 The best riders are paid from SIS to S2b0 week. according to their ability and reputation. Those who do sensa- tionaI aerial acts and novel gymnastic feats get the fattest envelopes.
 The Glinsereti troupe of acrobats, seven in number. the Dacoma family of gymnasts. the Flying Fishers and Frank (upside down) Smith, draw sal- aries ranging from $25o to a shade less than $1,000 week.
 Among the riders, the Bedlni fam fly. father. mother. and two daughters. fresh from Italy, and Gilbert Eldred. the English champion, draw splendid salaries because of the novelty and daring of their bareback riding acts.
 ''The majority of the circus people have members of their family with them. You will find men and their wives, sons. daughters. cousins. uncies aunts. nephews and nieces with Ring ling Brothers circus. The circus trav- els in special trains. All of the eighty five cars required belong to the man agement The railroads only furnish the motive power. One section is com posed of twenty-six sleeping ears. When the circus is spread out on the show lots it uses up twelve acres of space. There are twenty-four pa- vilions in all.
 "The circus tent proper will seat I4.- 900 people. It is $40 feet long and 2I6 feet wide. A huge herd of forty ele- plants is lined up in the center of this big canvas. Around the sides are arr | ranged the cages of the wild animals. | Ringling Brothers collection of wild beasts is the 1arest and most valuable ! in America. It includes such rare beasts as the rhinoceros. giraffe (two of | them). tapir, black panther, snow leop- | ard. horned horse. and a nursery of baby wild animals.
 '1t costs $7,400 a day to meet the expenses of the big enterprise. Every | body Is fed by the management. Two | performances are given every day, ex- | cept Sunday, during Q season of seven months. The circus carries a doctor, chaplain veterinary surgeon, postmas- ter, detective. barber. blacksmith. storekeeper and about everything that cept the charter TO build un and fear down q village with a popuiatIon of nearly 1,&00 people. every day. without friction or delay, is one Of tle wonders | of this age of system.s The eighty-lve cars conveying Ring
 ling Brothers Dig circus will arrive in Montgomery early Wednesday morning,