Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-04
Bio Show one OF Largest That
Has Visited Salt Lake
In Years.
SPLENDID ANIMAL DISPLAY
Barnun and Bailcy's lives Up I" us
Reputation Acquired Before It's
Visit 70 Europe.

Gus appetite upon Il elDhIicE sp'H@
time show, Salt Lake today opened It's
circus season with the biggest sho"
OF years. How clean tho show is ana
how extensive all the people saw IN
this mornings parade. and all OF theih
were out to see It from pa down 70
baby sister. with ma ana ''o
out In their gayest ribbons -, ,,,,u
How big IL is those who attend WI.
grasp, but not until they nave passeu
by the claquers for the slueshoM ~
successfully run the gantlet OF tte
lemonade stands, into the Ihaih $50
For this afternoon a crow
enough to flll the tent gathered AROUND
soon after the show tents were set up,
and the side show spielers we're OH
hand to welcome them. -,
AT ~ O'Clock the loud voiced man III
charge of the reserved seat maet
was calling the crowd In ms louueS.
tones, and the business he ala was
thriving one that lasted untl, "i'ei
$3.50, when the show commehceu.
and the sight OF the upgoing lehts ms
morning was as interesting az tne snow
itself. After the big tent styleu III
circus parlance, the main TOP. the
"iungle'' which is the animal tent the
horse tent, the kitchen tent, ana th'
sldeshow tent, had all been arrahseu'
Happy Jack" the big chief OF con-
struction, just sat down py the oho.
claimant and began to nsure out
whether 1t would be easier to take his
corps of helpers out TO saltalr Tor
plunge or to the sanatarium.
Tomorrow" he said, AL these rlg-
ejn's'u have to go up In Logan,
Just as they are here, and how JUS an
done sometimes l hardly know my
self"
THE BIG PARADE.
A feature of circus life which lost IT.
self and then found itself again Is the
parade. The last big circus that came
to Salt Lake omitted the parade and
robbed the young folks of one or tne
most startling days Of their lives, Ihis
year the parade was revived with ele-
plants, giraffes, the queen OF Egypt
the clown band, the horse show the
beautiful circus riders In brilliant cos
tunes and the negro Ministries with
thick lips all, each and every one OF
them duly in line.
If this circus has any innovation 1t is
In the line OF cutting out the freaks OF
the side show and substituting vaude-
Vile acts. An admission to the side
show entities the admittee TO see
vaudeville performance in which
giant of 7i4 feet and midget girl,
Vicente Wee. Weighing ia pounds and
IS inches high, are the attractions of
the old-time freak order, alternating
around the tent with stages on which
the wrestling bear, the negro quartet.
and fellow servants OF the Orpheum
stage appear.
The parade this morning moved from
Eighth South on West Temple to
Fourth South, then to State street
thence north to South Temple, thence
west to Main, and south to the ground.
People thronged the streets until they
were completely packed while from
upper story windows in the business
district heads and shoulders peered out
as the parade moved by. There were
"a elephants, not to mention the two
horned rhinoeeros and the giraffe that
seemed to need an elevator service up
his skyscrapper neck. At the grounds
the elephants were more in number
but In the manual labor of the occasion
they were being forced to earn their
keep and could not get away from the
job Of setting things to appear in the
parade. A tiny baby elephant, as big
as n couple of tubs, and a timer baby
yak, whose mother very jealousy
guards 1t with loud warning snorts
at the passing crowd, give the zoo its
chief interest. Another animal, how
ever, mostly interests the circus en-
white stripes, very long ears, and a
beauty of stripe alignment totally lack
ing in the other zebras. A distinct in
dividual stripe around the zebra's neck
makes a perfectly shaped horseshoe.
Hence the interest, and the clamor
among the animal feeders 10 feed the
zebra.
A technical comparison of the large
zebra with his degenerate companions
will be well worth while on the part
of any who pass through the zoo. II
has q wealth OF design, and a regal
manner OF wearing It's stripes that
mark II as distinctly apart as do tho
big fan-like ears of the African ele-
plant from the runtier Indian specl-
mon.
The circus, after this afternoons and
tonight's performances viii pull up
its stakes and depart for Logan. where
It. Is scheduled to play tomorrow night