The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-17
Street PARADE
A!!lB!!.!!G!I.!F:EATURE
WITH THE GREAT HAeENsEck.
WALLACE AGGREGATION THE
FINEST OF THEM ALL.

Some Of the big shows are cutting
out the street parade this season anil
There has been a great deal Of specu.
latlon here as to whether or not the
Hagenbec.Wullace Combined Shows
will give street display or not here
tomorrow. The last show which ap.
pearei her did not parade and in
spite Of the fact that the coming
show ldyeriiscs a parade there has
been a riimor that none would be
given.
The West Virgtniau interviewed orc
Of tie agents OF this show and eau
announce positively that gorgeous
street pdgeant-the longest, most hril.
liant and most interesting ever seen
In Farmont" will be given Saturday,
May is.
Other shows have eliminated this
feature Of show day." the agent said,
Claiming That It Interferes with
traffic, discrepancies the street car
system. demorallzes the community
and brings Improbable unrest but
you cannot make D. E. Wallace, d..
rector general Of the Hagenbeck.Wal.
lace shows, view the matter from this
Standpoint. He says he would as soor
eliminate the clowns, or cut out the
elephants as to do away with the street
parade. The real reason that some biz
Shows have done away with this fea.
ture." he concluded, rs to reduce ope.
rating expenses by doing away with
the costly pharaphernaIia for street
use and the expensive trapplings for
the horses. Our Show would not thinl;
of doing away with the parade If this
cost were quairupied,"
The business men Of Falrmonr will
be particularly pleased that the stree:
GiSn;ay will not be eliminated with
this show because the large majority
of riem have learned by practical ex.
perlence that parade Is a great boo,
Ter To trade. There is no denying that
n circus Of this magnitude will attrac,
people for fifty miles In every iIrcc.
ton and It would be foolish To .leny
that The parade does not hold this I'm.
Inense thrOng Of people in the bust.
ness part Of the city for several itorrs.
For obvious reasons the street parade
Is generally late In getting started and
II the people are held on the streets
for Tn nour or so 1t affords the local
merchant an excellent opportunity Of
dlspusing Of his wares.
There Is hardly person who comes
10 Fairmont on show day who does
not spend some money here. II lie
Observation-Disclosures Show attracts
twenty thousand visitors, It Is Ger.
tain that each Of the twenty thousand
VIII spend some money with the no.
tells. restaurants. soda fountains. dry
goods stores. clothing stores, shoe
stores or the saloons.
Business Is Away lively when the
People, are waiting for parade and
II this feature Of circus day we're
eliminated the great crowds would
certainly spend their time rubbcrlns
around he show lot until time to file
Into The tent.
WithoT; referring 10 the dcl;ght a
street display gives the Children there
are Mary reasons WIZ II Is a feature
Of sho% day. The student OF natural
%istO.y Is interested Ia secin; the fIa.
ISenDeck animals. ne artisan Is IN
tercsted in the massive carved floats.
The horse lover Is In rsstacy at the
sight Of the fine horses such as Mr..
Wallace always carries. Il is the only
opportunity many school children have
Of seeing the Wild heasis. In this con.
necilrn the agent assured the West
virg,nlan man the cages would be
open which is NOR" liberal than some
c.rcuses are.
The newspapers in various Ohio
Cities. where 1T snnS has appeared
;lis week speak IN high terms Of the
parade OF these shows and are en-.
thusiaStlc In praise Of the perform.