The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-30
GREATEST CIRCUS
COMES TO TOWN
Streets Thronged With People
From City aud County.
Great Parade Witnessed by Thou
sands.
PERFORMANCES THIS AFTERNOON

NHtu hluSilnk DluUtih Sldu-
voiced calliope piped "Gee Whiz, I'm
Glad I'm Free" on. the streets this
forenoon fifteen or twenty thousand
spectators stood on the curb stones
and cried. Welcome to our city" to
the elephants. II was the finest circus
parade that has been gotten of the
front steps and the sidewalks for an
Iage.
The first thing TO dazzle the eyes
was the band wagon in the lead with
its team of twenty-four white horses.
Dotted here and there down the rest
of the line were other bands, organs.
chimes and orchestras. One immense
tableau was drawn by a team of
twenty camels; tiny menagerie
cage, highly decorated, rolled along
behind a team of twenty-four ponies.
and many housekeeping thorough
breds were driven en- tandem In all
there were 651 horses.
Some OF the menagerie cages were
closed and many were open, display
ing all sorts OF creatures from jungle
and forest. Numerous nations We're
represented by all kinds of strange
people from the low-browed savage
of the Australian bush to the sylph-
Ike maiden of the Turkish harem:
ipaint-smeared warriors, desert tribes
men. Persian court women. knights
and brigands
The feature OF the animal coffee
| ton this season Is Darwin. the miss
ing link, named. of course. after the
man who predicted him. The honor
of the animals capture belongs to
Prof Gabriel Klotz, who discovered
1t in the wilds Of India. Gorilla or
ape, or whatever he may be. the ami
NAL is certainly entitled to consldera-
tion as the next to the last link in
the Darwinian chain.
He has high intellectual forehead.
He is little shy on nose. but makes
up that deficit in a well-shaped head
and frontal bone. He uses his hands
as well as a man does. He utters gut
teral sounds which the head animal
keeper says is the ape language.
Already. without coaching. the animal
has adopted the use Of chair and
handles knife and fork aptly. II
drinks from a bottle and prefers 10
sleep in a bed as a man does.
Many Visitors i'm Town.
Every train that stopped at the
Union station today was crowded to
the platforms, and all because Il was
circus day. The trains arriving last
night had an extra number bf pas
sengers and all trains up 70 non had
standing room above par The largest
crowd was brought in from Ballard
county on the early morning train
from Cairo. The. baggage car, smoker
two regular cars and the sleeper were
crowded with passengers and some
few hung on by the handles with
their feet on the steps. In order that
the conductor might collect the fares
the train was pulled along at slow
speed. At Eleventh street and Broad.
way the passengers were unloaded
and the train was ten minutes late
at the Union station. all because OF
the large number Of passengers. EN-
lactly us fares were collected on the
train on the trip this morning. Extra
coaches win be added for the return
"trip this evening.
Broadway was crowded with coun-
try people and children. As early as
IA o'clock this morning the farm
wagons with families began to arrive,
and the people were out on the street
Iby . O'Clock. When the parade
passed Broadway was congested. The
Mayfield trains contributed 10 the
crowd and the boats all arrived with
the decks full of passengers.