Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
HERE FOR SUNDAY
Ringing Brothers Big Shows Ar
rive in Davenport To-
morrow.
WILL REST DURING THE DAY
Comes i'm Five Special Trains of IS
Cars-Great Features
Promised.

Ringing Brothers enormous circus
and allied shows will arrive in Dav
export tomorrow morning. The or
ganization travels on five trains with
a total of So large cars, and it is prob
able that the entire outfit Will be in
stalled on the show grounds before
Sunday noon. \ large number of
visitors VIII undoubtedly be on hand 20
watch the work of unloading the trains
and erecting the tents. The circus
people themselves will devote the
greater portion of the day to rest and
recreation.
Monday will be circus day" proper
and its activities will open with the
parade which will leave the show
grounds at 10 o'clock in the morning.
The Ringing pageant this year is the
most magnificent and the largest ever
organized. Wherever the circus has
appeared during the present season
lavish praise has been bestowed on
the varied array of show wonders dis
played in this free street exhibition
The usual circus parade of conven-
tiOnal features. weather-stained char
lots. bedraggled costumes and proper
ties and wearied horses are refreshing
" absent in the splendid procession
that bears the Ringing banners. Every
detail is brilliant in color and smart
in appearance. The ESQ horses are i'm
maculately groomed and perfectly
matched. The great herd of 40 ele-
phants. the largest in America, are
decked out in a style of oriental mag
nificence, and the caravan of camels
and dTomedaries present an appear
ance that would crafty the pride of
far eastern pOtentate. There will be
los large cages of wild animals in the
procession. and. contrary to usual Gus
tom. most of them will be open to pub
lie view. A handsome set of new
char.ots and parade equipage will con-
tribute to the splendor of the affair.
Has Series of Floats.
Perhaps the most novel incident of |
the Ringing parade this year will be |
the series of enormous floats upon |
which allegorical representations of
the great nations of the world will be |
presented. The climax of this feature
viii be the United States barge, upon
which Uncle Sam" and Columbia
will be surrounded by a score of pretty !
girls wearing costumes typical OF the |
army and the navy. y troupe of Uni
ted States soldiers will escort this float |
and they Will be preceded by the IA
nous Ringing cavalry band on spot
less white horses.
There will be a series of children's |
sections with miniature floats and We
hicles drawn by pretty little Shetland |
ponies All the 1.200 characters ap-
pearing in the spectacle of 1.-The Field
of the Cloth of Gold will be in the
parade, and all in all it will be gor-
geous effort TO demonstrate the size
and spleHdor of the entire Ringing |
organization. 1t will be composed of ]
80 sections. will be three miles in :
length, and will require almost an hour
to pass a given point.
The circus will give two exhibitions
in Davenport Monday, one at in the
afternoon and the other at at night.
For the convenience of their patrons
the Ringlings will establish a down
town ticket office at Klenze's Second
street drug store, Davenport, where all
forms of admissions and reservations
may be obtained at exactly the same
prices asked on the grounds. This OF
flee will open at $50 Monday morning,
and Will not only permit the early Sc
curing of choice locations, but will af
ford an opportunity to avoid the Gus