The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
SOME POINTS ON THE CIRCUS
Representative Coxey Talks Abou
the Barnum 8 Bailey Circus
Aggregation.

D0HA0S04SRUA
the Barnum 8 Bailey Circus
Aggregation.
Barnum & Bailey's No. 4 adyertis-
ing Ct was in the city yesterday
and a small army OF bill posters and
lithog raphers we're busy recovering
the bill boards and Frightening up
the gaily colored circus paper in
the store windows. This will be the
last advertising d 70 visit this city
before the coming Of the big show
Thursday, July l3.
According to w. d. CoNey, one of
the agents of the show who called
at this office this morning, the
Barnum s. Bailey circus will prove
revelation to local sllow-goers.
"There are many interesting fea-
lures Of the big show, however, "said
Mr.. Coxey, "that the public never
sees. The pa%raphernalia is Impress
I've in its magnitude, and the per-
Torrance SENDS the crowd away filled
with wonderment, but the motor
power behind the big show and the
marvellous organization that makes
its operation possible is not in evil
dence to that part OF the people
which sees the performance and the
m%ultifarious exhibitoral features and
nothing else"
The Barnum s. Bailey show en-
ploys the services Of nearly eleven
hundred men and women; 1T requires
lightweight cars to transport 1T.
from city to city; its staff OF agents
embraces a dozen men who are paid
salaries equal to those received by
a bank president; it has four adj
vertising cars, and nearly a hundred
men are engaged in posting the bills
and spreading the tidings Of its
coming; 1T spends a quarter Of a
million dollars every year for print-
Ing its newspaper bills aggregate
another hundred thousand dollars;
1t maintains q press bureau with
five newspaper men to keep in touch
with the public through the press;
1t employs over 800 high salaried
performers It maintains a spectacle
stan averaRe expense Of 81, 600 a day;
10 comes into town at daybreak, puts
. pstwelve acres OF tents, plays to
from $1,000 to q. 900 spectators, and
the next day is doing the same thing
. hundred miles away; it carries
Its own commissary department,
feeds Its hundreds OF employees in
great dining tents as we'll and as
generously as a first class hotel, and
far more expeditiously: handles
through Its ticket wagons and finan-
cial department. from s5, 900 to S15, 600
every day and costs from $1,000 to
$1,000 every day it runs.
The Barnum s. Bailey show ex-
hitits It's magnitude and system in
other ways. 1t is the only show
that provides tents for the transact
Ion OF It's financial business, for the
manager and for the staff of book
keepers and auditors. There is also
a press tent for the use OF the news
papermen. EverySticket is a coupon
ticket, and every u who buys
ticket for the show 1ssinsured a seat.
Standing room is never sold. There
are three kinds of seats, a grand
stand chair, a slap-down reserved seat
and a general admission seat. The
latter all have foot rests, which
means doHnle expense to the show.
double number of boards and a
double force OF men to handle them.
The performance is given on a col
ossal scale and the menagerie is i'm
mense. "A dozen different exhibi-
tions are given for one price of adj
mission, and every way n turns
there is something suggested by the
MAGNITUDE and broad guage char
acter Of the great show.
There issno parade this year. the
show has become too big to make a
street procession necessary or desire
able, but this is compensated for by
q remarkable free exhibition which
is given OF the show grounds PRIOR
to the opening of the doors, after
noon and evening". The show also
presents many remarkable acts
this season. The most discussed act
is the Dip Of Death in which a young
French woman s'Ioops the gap in an
automobile. This is undoubtedly the
arenic sensation ofstle year."
The might show will begin at !
O'clock.
Coles a%rbolisoap IS a luxury that
is also a necessity. 1t is absolutely
pure medic ted toilet soap, delicately
pei fnmed and is Invaluable for in-
fants and people with delicate skin.
81 IN ttpuianIal4 &ftIh lJSt, in hand water