The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-10-16
RINGING CIRCUS
HERE ON OCT. 81
WORLDS GREATEST SHOW WILL
EXHIBIT IN COLUMBIA ON LAST
SATURDAY or MONTH.


Ringing Brothers circus is to e!
hibit in Columbia. Saturday. oct. 3,
In its entirety from the I.2SO peopl
employed. the wonderful herd OF /
elephants, the IA acres of canvas. 10
cage zoo, to the pink lemonade mar
the circus win be transported to thi
city from Decatur (Ala) in IS double
length cars.
The first brigade of bnlers arrived
Saturday, on one Of the largest anC
most modern equipped advertisinl
cars ever constructed. The interior
IS handsomely finished in oak and ha.
all the comforts of home" II con
tains two spacious offices, in which
the executive business is performed
a gentleman's smoking compartment
and the berths are so arranged that
each person has practically a private
section. 1t is from this car that the
first billing matter is posted and dis
tributed. Early this morning seven
wagons loaded with paper and bill.
posters were dispatched into the
country, where every barn, fence and
bill board within forty miles will be
clothed in posters announcing the
marvels in store for those who come
to town on show day.
Ringing Brothers present to the
public this season the largest show in
the world. They employ more peo-
pie, carry more horses, exhibit more
wild animals, use more cars and make
the largest street parade. Their big
tent will comfortably seat $4,000 PEG
pie, and 375 performers appear in the
enormous program. The feats and
features are presented in three rings.
on two stages, quarter-mile racing
track and upon forest of overhanging
appliances. Two-thirds of the artists
are now to this country, having made
their American debut under the Ring
ling banner, this season, at Chicago,
April 3.
Foremost among the long list of
riders are Emma Stickney, Elsie St.
Leon, Miss Dutton, the Bandosos.
Clark Brothers, Les Bastines. Hob
sons, Frank Schadel and John Agee.
In the great company of unique gym
nasts are Patty Brothers, Marguerite
and Hanley, Marnello- Marnitz. James
Dutton, Jordan family, Clarkonians,
Aerial Smiths and Aerial Shaws, De-
Marnello, Milletts, Ward troupe. Car |
lellos and Ballioots, the wonderful
Mirba-Golems, 8 Bellfords, s Carnellos, |
st. Icons, Prosit trio, Horton and |
1indon, Burgess and Glare, Martell |
amily and the Jackson family and |
he great Alverdez are specialists of
Universal fame.
Among the animal performers are
he Riccobono horses from Russia.
)ne of the wonderful brutes appears
n male attire, after having dined in
uman fashion, reads the evening
aper then removes his clothes and
etires in real bed, where he jaur-
eys to Dreamland; Kerslakes pork
nes, from Australia, shoot the chutes,
limb ladders, walk on rolling globes
nd perform various other stunts than
ever fail to provoke laughter Worm
-ood's human acting dogs and mon
eys, and Herr Souder's marvellously
'ained elephants.
The performance this year begins
18th new spectacle and closes with
lie greatest thriller of the age. Seat
d in automobile of tremendous
over and ponderous weight Miss
oche releases the car and guides the
lonster down a precipice-like steel
'ack at the speed of the fastest loco J
lotive. At the incline's terminal the :
1arger swings from an upward curve
nd turns two somersaults, high in
lie air, before it lands safely upon
stant platform, and thence wheels |
Ito the hippodrame track.
The big new parade which is max
g the Ringlings more famous than {
yer, will move promptly on show day l
orning at 10 o'clock, following the
,ute usually taken.