Evening journal., 1905-05-19
THE CIRCUS HAS
COME To TOWN
Ringling Bros. Greatest
Shows" Arrived Safely
and on Time
GREAT CROWDS THRONG CITY

Ringling Brothers circus has come I'd
town and the heart OF the youth beats
high with expectancy Of the sight OF wild
beasts, painted clowns and daring riders
while In the heart Of the elder ones
thoughts Of the days when thoy too wera
boys and girls and went together to thu
circus came surging up.
For today is circus day. for the young
and the old the rich and the poor. tho
black and the white and an thoughts are
turned to acres Of canvasa saw dust rings
and the gilded cages and cares are for a
time forgotten. The streets are crowded
with an classes and conditions OF people,
The country lad and his best girl, attired
In Sunday raiments are here ana wander
about open eyed and with clasped hand
seeing the sights. The -clty chap" and
his lady friend are here and all but little
less curious of what Is going on than hia
country cousins. Childhood youth. mlddla
age and OLD age are an gatncfsd al tia
rings sides this afternoon Watchlng tha
myriads Of performers. the clowns, drofea
OF elephants and camels and horses and 5
everything that pertains 20 mRke up 'ths
greatest show on earth" "Goin to the
circus" is the pass word today ~
THE ARRIVAL.
Ringing Brothers Greatest Shows
the greatest show travelling, arrived this
morning from Baltimore For the trans-
portation OF performers, tents. wagons.
animals and other REQUESTS So cars ara
required The circus train came IN IN fva
sections. the first reaching here at 227
o'clock. while the last arrived at $50
O'Clock. Tho cars including IA sleepers.
fiat cars for wagons horse and animal
cars were side tracked in the yards at
Third and railroad avenue and here ID
was that the trains were unloaded Hum
dreds OF people had gathered IN the VIZ
cinity almost by daylight and gazed I'M
open eyed wonder as the contents of the
cars were discharged. Here car door
would open and a drove OF elephants
would tramplo forth down the inclined
platform. There another door would slida
back and drove of camels would be re-
voaled. Horses and ponies came forth I'M
droves; gaudy wagons containing mys-
terious wild beasts were carefully guided
of Of fat cars and long lines Of seats and
poles and stakes were tossed TO the
ground only to be carted away to tho
grounds at Lancaster avenue and Uniou
streets. BY o'clock everything and every
body had been discharged and were on
their way TO the grounds-not a mishap
Of any kind occurred.
After the unloading process had been
= concluded shifting engines were coupled
b on 70 strings OF cars and many Of them
d were taken 10 the West Yard in order not
to delay traffic about the railroad sta
? tion.
PARADE MOVES PROMPTLY.
y The parade left the circus grounds short
4 ly after 10 o'clock and reached Market
street an hour and half later. All along
= the route the SIDEWALKS were lined with
n spectators and thousands more crowded
every available window. To this throns
d trolley lines and railroad companies cons
IS tributed a large proportion as every
= coach and car was crowded during the
q morning hours with out-of-town sight
n seers. In the procession were hundreds Of
d horsemen and women, open cages con-
tanning dens OF lions, tigers, leopards.
bears and wild animals OF all dcscrip-
tions. herds Of elephants ana camels,
droves of horses. chariots. several bands
n and in fact every attraction that goes to
make up an up-to-date show.
The line Of march was from Iancastez
y avenue and Union streets, along Union
u street to Fourth, TO Broome. to Penn
i sylvania avenue 10 Delaware avenue. to
'l Tenth. to Market to Front, to the
: grounds The appearance Of the equip
A. ments and animals was the cause OF
= much favorable comment. Costumes were
!, new, wagons were clean and bright. ami
mails wen fed and groonied and the whole
N show has almost an appearance Of first
Ii day out.
a AS an indication Of the rush for seats
"a for the show it is stated that telephone
e. communications We're cut OFF femporari.'
N this morning from S. r. Buffers store Is
r the clerks had not time to answer cal
they being busy selling tickets. Rair
shine Ringing Bros. will give an
hibition tonight as the tents are tho
ly water proof. "a
The attendance this afternoon t. ~
, capacity Of the immense tents N.
performance was one of the MI
i'm given by a circus in this city. nuugW
rfrouz ever visited NVffn,fr.rt,..