The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-22
WHEN The CIRCUS COMES
How the Great Ringing Shows Are
Conducted on the Road.

Should a member of Ringing
Brothers 1880 employees require med
ical attention 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-s
date patrol wagon and detectives are.
provided for his entertainment. When
an animal refuses its feed, the
veterinary quickly 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 a registered letter and money or
der business, making 1t possible for
the show folk to dispatch money home
iedged 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 a circus Of
the Ringing magnitude there must
not be any dillydallying with time.
Every minute means sixty seconds of
hustle; Every scheme that serves to
save time Is Of vital importance. To
unload IS cars of paraphernalia, erect
twenty huge tents-the largest of
which will seat comfortably $4,000
people. To serve an army of hungry
humans with breakfast, and have a
thousand other problems to master be-
fore the parade hour means a 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
| Brothers great shows. One cannot
| fail to notice the .atm osphere of re-
| fnement about this particular circus,
| in the appearance and manner OF the
| hundreds of employees. the exclusive
the marvellous animal annex, and the
| tasteful kept up look Of things gem
orally.
The performance goes along with
| the speed and perfect system. and the
myriad and dering bill is finished
| felt. Acts follow each other without
| the slightest delay, and the delicate
| and heavy properties are arranged
without friction or notice.
| Ringing BrotherS "Worlds Great
est shows will exhibit in Topeka.
| Tuesday, September 8. The engage
ment will begin with a grand street
parade, the largest and most magnifi-
| cent ever organized. Scores of animal
dens are opened, SO the public may
see the wild occupants. These animals
are the rarest specimens and physi-
| cally perfect. The menagerie in its
entirety is the most valuable collec-
| ton in the world, and required los
| 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
| costliest fabrics of Oriental weaving
| is a wonderful sight. and brings into
| sensational 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 stree,
| procession.
The pick and flower of the circus
| profession are to be found in the
| programme this season. Gymnastio
| and riding celebrities from every civil
/ lized country of the earth are in the
| assembly. Never before was there
/ gathered on a single occasion SO many
/ magnificent types of physical culture
/ Many of the artists appear in this
1 country for the first time. and all are
premiers in the land from whence
II they came Fifty clowns provide the
fun and keep the merriment at spark
ling white heat through the entire per-
II forO1ance-