Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-27
CITY ON WHEELS
Ringing. Carry po.totfice, Police
Force, Doctors, Drug Store and Ev-
srythine to 30 Found in We'll Reg
uIated City.


Should member Of Ringing
Brothers 1880 employees require med
ical attention the staff physician is no.
titled. Should fellow wander onto
the show lot intending to kick up trou-
BILE, he soon learns that an up-to-date
patrol wagon and detectives are pro-
vided for his entertainment. When an
animal refuses its feed, the veterinary
quickly investigates.
On the show grounds can be found
a postmaster who handles circus mail
with the same care displayed by any
man in the employ Of Uncle Sam. He
| does registered letter and money or
der business, making 1t possible for the
show folk to dispatch money home
with little delay. There is full
fledged pressing emporium presided
over by six tailors; barber shop
| where the boys can be spruced up to
their hearts content, and bevy OF
chefs by whom seventy-flve walters
are kept busily engaged serving food
during the meal hours.
To successfully handle circus Of
the Ringing magnitude there must not
be any dilly dallying with time. Every
minute means sixty seconds of hustle
Every scheme that serves to save time
is of vital Importance. To unload
eighty-five cars of paraphernaiia, erect
twenty huge tents-the largest OF
which will seat comfortably $4,000 peo-
pie. To serve an army of hungry
| humans with breakfast, and have a
thousand other problems to master be-
fore the parade hour, means pace
that turns hair gray, unless the finest
system is maintained.
The general public knows that the
highest expression of the circus idea
is to be found in the Ringing Broth
ers' great shows. One cannot fail to
! notice the atmosphere Of refinement
about this particular circus, in the APP
pearance and manner Of the hundreds
OF employees. the exclusive and Won.
derful nature OF the ring acts, the
marvellous animal annex, and in the
tasteful kept-up look of things gener-
ally.
The performance goes along with the
speed and perfect system, and the
myriad and bewildering bill is fin
ished before the slightest tinge of I'M
rest is felt. Acts follow each other
without the slightest delay, and the
delicate and heavy properties are ar
ranged without friction or notice,
Ringing Brothers Worlds Greatest
Shows" will exhibit in .Marshalltown.
Tuesday, Sept. 1. The engagement will
begin with a grand street parade, the
largest and most magnificent ever or
ganized. Scores of animal dens are
opened, so the public may see the wild
occupants. These animals are the
rarest specimens and physically per-
feet. The menagerie in its entirety is
the most valuable collection in the
world, and required .10s cages and dens
to transport.
To see in the parade forty elephants
gaily caparisoned, supporting richly
covered thrones, upon which sit In
dian royalty, dazzling bejeweled, and
enwrapped and draped with the costli-
est fabrics of Oriental weaving, is a
wonderful sight, and brings into SEN
sational review the characters and
customs Oh ne III tle 1di east Iaeie
are $50 horses with the great shows,
and all of them appear in the street
procession.
The pick and flower of the circus
profession are to be found in the huge
program this season. Gymnastic and
riding celebrities from every civilized
country of the earth are in the assem-
bly,. Never before was there gathered
on single occasion so many magnifi-
cent types of physical culture. Many
of the artists appear in this country for
the first time, and all are premiers IN
the land from whence they came. Eff
ty clowns provide the fun and keep the
merriment at sparkling white heat thru
the entire performance.