Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-11

yond all hope of recovery, there is T sense of jubilation-a surging of old feelings and old memories-a perfect flood of recollections in which the one-ring circus of other days, and Dan Rice, and Jim" Robinson, the champion rider of the universe, /" and long list of other famous ring celebrities, are photographed upon his mind in a composite picture of other days. He may possibly say that the circus of these strenuous days, when there is so much to see that the spectator is constantly threatened with strabismus and men, tai alteration, is not to be compared with the old one-time circus, with single clown, one elephant, and a lonesome family of acrobats; but nevertheless, he wouldn't miss the show for twenty times the price of admission, and down in his heart he knows that he is good-natured hy- pocrite and that he would take in" the circus if there wasn't boy this side~of the North Pole.
 And so, when the five long trains of cars, used to transport the Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth come rolling into the city. one after another, the curious army of greeting will not be confined to the small boy. Not much; father will be there, and mother, and the small boys big brother and big sister, with a few uncles and aunts, and a large con- tingent of the small boys neighbors. Why ,? We'll, that's something no one can explain. It is the fascina- tion that Is part and parcel of the circus, and that is all that can be said about it.
 The show will pitch its tents on the Porter Farm grounds East Main street. As fast as the cars are un- loaded in the railroad yards, the vans and wagons will be transferred to the exhibition grounds, and the work of erecting the tents put in opera ton. This is one of the most inter- esting features incident to the ar- rival of the big show, and always furnishes the crowd great deal to see and to marvel at. With the Barnum & Bailey circus this is true to an unusual extent. for the reason that the tents are the largest that have ever been constructed and re- quire the heaviest poles ever utilized in a travelling exhibition. The cen- ter poles. particularly, are as heavy as any three poles used by ordinary circuses, while their length is equal to the tallest mast of an ocean-going sailing ship. Notwithstanding the great amount of canvas and the im- mense height of the poles, the tents will go up with almost incredible swiftness, and within two hours after the arrival of the first wagon on the show lot. the erstwhiie bar ren field will be transformed into a veritable city with canvas. with all the life. hustle and novelty of a great fair. The people who go to the show grounds to see these unwonted scenes. will need a dozen pairs of eyes. Everything Is novel and inter esting to the uninitiated, the hous- ing of the hundreds of sleek. we'll groomed horses: the erection of the menagerie tent to protect the rare and curious animals from possible in- clement weather, and. incidentally. from the eyes of the crowd; the work of the elephonts. which are used to push the great vans and wagons into place: the commissary department. with it's great ranges on wheels. and it's dining tents with places for over a thousand guests" at a single sit- ting: the dressing tents. where the performers are fnepectfne their wardrobe and preparing for the ex- hibitions: the mammoth hippodrome pavilion. with its wonderful seat platforms and grand stand opera chairs and long rows of boxes. and triple rings and stages. and forest of aerial rigging for the perform ances of the flying metors" Every way the visitor turns there will be something new to see and something novel and unexpected to talk about
 Everything will be in readiness for the free show which Is to in- augurate the engagement This re- markable exhibition will take place on the show grounds about II o'clock and will be repeated at 5 ?. m II will be worth going miles to see. The initial performance will take place at 2 o'clock and the final one at D. m A great circus company has been gathered from all parts of the world The performance Is pre- cefei by a beautiful military and d. leEorieai spectacle. founded on the Ruseo-Iapaneee var. and entitled ape-ra e The- rr<rn< fhs rfrrua ruu--