The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-11
THE CIRCUS COMES
IT WILL SUNDAY IN MoNTGoM-
 FRY.
The Circus Village wul Cover Ten Acres, and 1t VIII Include
 Practically Every Trade
 and Profession.

of the John Robinson Circus. which exhibits here Monday, have been about completed, and John Robinson the vete- ran manager and multi-miiiionaire, IS here in personal charge of the work.
 John Robinson. who Is affectionately and popularly known as the Governor" all over the country, has been on a bridal tour with his bride of two weeks, and while stopping in Mobile said he was on hunt for winter quar- ters, as he intended to break up his former quarters at Terrace Park. O.. This statement was given wide pub licity, and efforts were started at once by the city officials and civic organiza- tions to make the plan reality. Every available site around Mobile was shown the Governor" and free land and free taxes and license were among the many inducements offered the owner of the circus to make that city his home. New Orleans also came to the front with a delegation of busi- ness men, and Pensacola sent repl&- sentatives to show the advantages of settling in Florida city; Atlanta also wants the circus; the matter of dele. gations became a serious one, as one seemed to arrive on every train and were insistent in their demands, The. "Governor'' did the best he could under the circumstances, but has as yet made no selection of @ new home.
 Manager John T. Warren, who has been here for few days, gave a few items which are used daily by the ,ctr- GUS, and the quantity Is an eye-opener. Here are some of the items: Two hundred and fifty dozen eggs, 1000 pounds of fresh meat, fifty bushels of potatoes, ninety gallons of milk. 800 pounds of green vegetables, forty pounds of American cheese. 800 pies and 500 loaves of bread; 200 gallons of coffee and seventy-five gallons of tea are consumed daily.
 As the big show Sundays" here, the trains carrying the performers, stock, menagerie and mountains of equip ment, arrived here early Saturday night, and at daylight the unloading will start and after a quick haul to, the show lot, the seventeen tents will be erected, all of which are necessary for the amusement of the public and convenience of the employees.
 When the Robinson village is estab- lished, ten acres of ground are cov- cred, and almost every trade and pro- fession Is represented. There are bar bers. bakers, blacksmiths, constables, lawyers doctors, veterinary surgeons, postmen and so on through the list.
 The collection of wild animals is by far the most complete of any cir GUS however pretentious 1t may be- 1nG cages are HtdSISIplc UT tHo showmans art and do much to add to the attractiveness of the vast tent which takes ten center poles to hold up it's vast spread of canvas. Weaving about uneasy of mind and restless of body, the herd of elephants occupy the center of the tent; these huge pachy- derms, caparisoned in silk and velvet of beautiful shades and hemmed with gold and silver braid are the prime favorites of the different audiences. Next in favoritism comes the baby lions; then there are the leopards. wildcats, jaguars, hyenas, gnus, deer. sacred cattle. Bengal tigers, monkeys. and boars.
 There are 400 performers with this years program of the Robinson show and over one-half of this number arc the pick of foreign countries. appear ing here for the first time; as for the show itself, there is the same old story of unstinted praise to sing. Without the shade of dissent, 1t is accord ing to advance press reports, the best show given under canvas in the world. | greater precision. The celerity of management is the claim that appeals | to the technician ih observing this great aggregation. There is not even | the semblance of hitch in the pre- sentation of the 1l0 acts of the circus. l The instant one act hears completion | the other Is standing at the ring back ready to rush in and keep up the pace. | Everything essential in the make-up | of a modern circus is there and ham, dled in such. an artistic manner that
 1t seems really better than ever before
 and the three rings and two stages are occupied at all times.
 The street parade, which is a gor-
 geous street spectacle over a mile in
 length, consists of numerous bands
 beautiful cages, marvels of the show.
 mans art herd of elephants and
 camels, a group of beautiful show girls
 mounted on blooded Kentucky horses
 numerous funny clowns, a pickaninny
 band and the steam caliope, will start
 promptly from the show grounds at IC | o'clock. at Gould and Jefferson Davis 1 Avenue.
 The performance commences at Z
 and the night show at 8, the doors | opening one hour earlier