Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-15
RINGLINGs CIRCUS COMING.
Worlds Greatest Shows viii Appear in
Salt Lake Aug. O.


Ringing Brothers worlds greatest
shows are to exhibit here on Eighth
South between Main and West Temple
on Tuesday. Aug 6. In all Its entirety
from the 1850 people employed; the
wonderful herd of 40 elephants. the IL
acres of canvas, los cage zoo, to the
pink lemonade man, the circus will be
transported to this city from Ogden In
five sections, requiring 50 double length
cars. The vanguard arrived last night.
on one OF the largest and most modern
~ equipped advertising cars ever con-
structed The interior is handsomely
finished in oak and has 'all the COM
forts of a home" 1t contains the pri-
vate ofiice of the manager, a gentle
mans smoking compartment and ;he
berths airs so arranged that each per-
son has practically private section.
1t Is from this car that the first billing
matter is distributed and posted. Early
this morning, seven wagons, loaded
with pictorial paper and billposters.
were dispatched into the country where.
according TO the press agent, every
barn. fence and bill board within 80
miles of Salt Lake will be KALEIDOSCOPE
lcaIly arrayed In dainty fashioned crea-
tons of photographic art which serve to
elicit the mastadonic marVels in store
for those who come In on show day"
The old time method of driving stakes
with sledges has been eliminated, ow-
ing to the enormous size of the tents
employed by Ringing Brothers this
season. The new Invention Is in the
form OF driving machine which is
mounted on n heavy wagon and oper-
ated by gasoline engines. Stake after
stake is fed into this machine and
driven deep and starlight thus doing
away with the hard work required in
former days, also assuring the rapid
erection of gigantic canvas city which
could not be handled otherwise.
The cook tent Is an important FACTOR
In the estimation OF both performer and
workngman, and the 26,SS0 hungry
mouths fed each week, with every
article served In hotels of standing: Ice
cream, cake and delicacies OF the sea-
son are always to be found on. a Ringl-
ing menu. Figuring the meals served
by this firm 10 their army of employees,
I'm one summer season. the amount as-
eregates that OF the pesident's salary
for a period of over eight year.
For this seasons tour, Ringing Bro
they have gathered together the Hover
OF the acrobatic, aerial and equestrian
world. Their exhibitions OF strength
ana dexterity on the numerous stages,
in the rings, upon the backs Of mettle-
some horses, and far up In the aerial
enclave midst a network OF trapeZe
and horizontal bars, Justly brings them
the title of the physical marVeis or
two hemispheres.
In the new big. los cage roo are many
rare and odd creatures nowhere else
To be seen. A family of full grown
eirafrs. the last Of their tribe, the only
rhinoceros in captivity; the almost OK
tinot gnue or horned horse, and 40 ele-
phants the largest company ever
shown under canvas and more than
twice as many as are with any DINER
show I'm America The big menagerie
tenn il the largest ever made for a CIR
Gus. and so big that an army of 5000
men could be easily Unanswered within
It's walls,