Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-01
GIGANTIC TASK
\ TO RUN A CIRCUS
STWELvE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
EMPLOYEES FORM vERITABLR
~se
MOVING CITY.
GIVEN EVERY COMFORT
IN Ringing Show Soon to Appear
Here, There Is Everything From
jya Postofflce to Barber
=. shop.

I9afSShould member of Ringing Broth
ers' 1880 employees require medical at
eGltton, the staff physician is notified.
Should a fellow wander onto the show
lot intending to kick up trouble, he
soon learns that an up-to-date patrol
wagon and detectives are provided for
his entertainment. When an animal
refuses its feed, the veterinary quick
ly investigates.
On the show grounds can be found
postmaster, who handles circus mail
with the same care displayed by any
man in the employ of Uncle Sam. He
does registered .oster and money Or
the performers to dispatch money
full fedged pressing emporium pre-
sided over by six tailors; barber
shop where the boys can be spruced
zip to their hearts content, and a
beyy of chefs by whom rs walters
are kept busily engaged dispensing
food during the meal hours.
To successfully handle a 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
Ato save time is of vital Importance.
ITO unload 65 cars of paraphernalia,
erect twenty huge tents-the largest
Of which will comfortably seat $4,000
q, people-to serve an army Of hungry
humans with breakfast, and have a
thousand and one other problems to
solve before the parade hour, means
pace that turns half 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 No one can fail to
notice the atmosphere of refinement
about this particular circus, in the
appearance and manner of the many
employees, the exclusive and wonder
full nature of the ring acts, the marvel
GUS animal annex, and in the taste
full kept-up look of things generally
The performance goes along with
the speed of perfect system, and the
myriad and bewildering bill is finish
ed before the slightest tinge of unrest
is felt. Acts follow each other with
out the slightest delay, and the dell
cate and heavy properties are arrang-
ed without friction or notice.
-.'nq'ine Brothers Worlds Greatest
shows in Ottumwa on Thursday, Sept
e. The engagement will begin with
e $Ne 3. md strset parade, the largest
!, and most magnificent ever organized
Scores of animal dens are opened, so
the public may see the wild occu-
pants. These animals are the rarest
specimens and physically perfect. The
menagerie in it's entirety is the most
valuable collection of strange wild
creatures in the world, and requires
108 cages and dens to transport.
To see in the parade forty elephants,
gaily caparisoned, supporting richly
covered thrones, upon which sit In.
dams royalty, dazzling, bejeweled and
enwrapped and draped with the cost
Hest fabrics of Oriental weaving, is a
wonderful sight and brings into sen
sational review the characters and
customs of life in the far east. There
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 as
seInbly Never before was there gath
cred on a single occasion SO many
magnificent types of physical culture
Many of the artists appear in this
country for the first time, and all are
rpremiers in the lands from whence
they came. Fifty clowns provide the
fun and keep the merriment at spark
ling white heat through the entire per-
Torrance.