Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
Mammoth Tented Aggregation
Shows to Thousands of PeO-
pie This Afternoon
SOMETHING OF CIRCUS LIFE
Tale. From tho lnner Canvas Walls, as
Told by Circus People - interesting
Note. Gathered at the Animals
Cages - Menaserie Big Feature -
ADip Of Death" "ThrilIer."
! Circus day.
!. And that's enough.

Circus day.
"a And that's enough.
Needn't say another word to set ev-
! Ary hoy and girl in MarshalltoWn 'Wliu
with delight and anticipation. And on
circus day age doesn't count, tor every
! ones boy or girl. Time has gone ny
when you needed to borrow a neigh
q boris youngster If you weren't iortun-
ate enough to own one yourself. You
lust go frankly now. without stopping N
to give lengthy explanations on dne
. educational value of the menagerie
Rut YOU get no red lemonade today.
That and the parade are the only Old
time tayorites which are not tnctuoeo
Ii, the mammoth aggregation ~hpch
the Barnum & Bailey 'Greatest Show
On Earth" brought to town today. The
n,,re food law is responsible for the
pale complexion of the circus iDever-
age. A humane consideration for the
animals. the performers and the other
employees. and desire to concentrate
ali the energies on the show itself, led
/ to the abandonment of the street par
ade.
Once out on the grounds, however.
and you will not have time to miss
either one. Twenty tents. large and
small, making twelve acres OF actual
canvas, are required to house the snow.
j. The length of the main tent, in which
1882 spectators viii be seated twice
today il there are capacity audiences
afternoon and night, is CAB feet long
and another immense tent contains the
menagerie, the value OF which IS given
at s3250,000.
aio Crowd Watches Unloading.
The circus arrived in four sections,
between $3.50 and s o'clock a. M over
the Iowa Central from Oskaloosa, ana
the transfer to show grounds, at Main
and Ninth avenue, was made without
Incident. Hundreds OF people watched
the unloading of the circus and the
erection OF the tented city. The first
tent erected, following an unbroken cir
Gus rule, was the cook and dining tents,
in which 5000 meals are served daily,
the official staff, heads Of departments
and the performers eating, at one END
Of the tent with the luxury of red table
cloths and napkins, and the employees
seated ct tables covered with oil cloth
At the other end. The first wagon sent
to the grounds was the range wagon
and breakfast was disposed of before q
great deal of work was attempted.
Animals q Big Feature.
MANY were the tricks resorted to by
spectators to get beneath the canvas
into the charmed precincts Of the men
agerie. And lit was worth while, for
there is an immense collection of AMI;
mails ranging from the three CRATES,
valued at s$6S, 900, to the big cages full
OF monkeys, whose total value does not
renresent one corner Of the hoof OF a
xiraffe, but which attract more atten-
tion and cause more amusement than
the entire herd of the long necked arts
tocrats.
OF all the strange and unnamable an
finals. collected from all corners of the
/ earth. Speck, tiny brown pony, holds
its own. It is, the childrens pet and its
life ds one of such unrenitting care
that It is not even allowed to walk from
the cars to the grounds, riding in state
Y In one Of the chariots. And its popu-
larity does not depend at all upon the
fact that is freak, its parents having
been large horses.
Tethered near by is calf OF remark
able parentage. born a few weeks ago
at st. Louis and named after its native
city. It's mother is the short-legged
Kerry COW Bridget, from Ireland, and
dts sire is one OF the sacred bulls from
India.
Every lion, tiger, puma and other
member Of the cat family in the show
is good Catholic. They all fast one
s,lay 4 week and Sunday is ta1e day. Re-
lirion is not alone responsible. The one
day Of fasting has been introduced TO
do away with the danger of overfeed-
80 Elephants Big Attraction.
Among the elephants, twenty-four
In number, are Gyp and Lena. the two
Oldest and best tempered members OF
the herd, whose affection for each 9TH
err is more exacting than a high school
girls "crush" Experience has taught
the circus men to always place. them
side by side Attempt to put them In
any other position and there is trouble
immediately. When Gyp goes out to
assist IN one OF the acts, Lena trump
cts and frets until she returns. This
affection for her companion is believed
to have cured Lena of the runaway
habit. Gyp's trunk is partially para
lived and she has rheumatism terri
bly,.
The "Hippo" and "Rhino."
There are lots of funny and inter-
esting things about circuses that you
don't know, even If you have been go
ing to them all your long life. For
instance, the two-horned rhinoceros
has his entire great hide rubbed full OF
fish oil three times a week, and both
The and the hippopotamus are scrubbed
with water and soap daily That's
gospel truth, too, and it doesn't seem
so improbable when You see the keep
er Chamber into the great cage with his
pail and scrubbing brush and explain
why the process is necessary. In the
circus tanks the backs of the animals
are not entirely submerged as they
are in the rivers which they frequent
in their wild state. The blood rushes
TO their backs unless the pores are
kept open with water, and hardens
similar to fish scales, and the animal
sickens. If you could see how intense
ay that thick hided hippopotamus and
rhinoceros enjoy the daily onslaught
with the scrubbing brush, opening
their immense mouths TO have the