The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-10-22

How would you Ike 10 own . no
tel that furnished food for assoc
hungry mouths every week. How
would you like 10 assume the respon-
sibility of catering in one short sum
mer season TO enough human beings
10 constitute the combined popuIa-
tion of Minneapolis, Milwaukee and
Cincinnati? This is a mere drop IN
the bucket" when one considers that
a thousand and one other things
that Ringing Brothers manage 70
accomplish during the tour OF their
Worlds Greatest Shows"
Figuring the meals served By this
firm 10 their army OF performers and
working men at fifty cents each. the
amount aggregates that of the presi-
dents salary for a period OF over
eight years In one circus season.
sixty-five tons of bread is consumed.
while the milk proposition Is Of suf-
ficient quantity 10 float the largest
battleship.
The expense of maintaining the
Hotel Ringing" does not make a
sealthy sport on the ledger when
compared with the outlay required TO
operate this stupendOus enterprise
During the road season over 1899
carloads of hay is fed the horses, be-
sides the tremendous quantity OF oats
and corn; the elephants and zoolos-
ical creatures requiring an additional
amount Elephants never suffer from
indigestion, and 10 keep the twO-tail-
ed critters governable one must be
liberal with feed. The big brutes
seldom sleep longer than two hours
out of the twenty-fOur, so il IS al
most case of supplying food con
tinually.
I After a person has figured the cost
to feed this great gathering Of hu-
man and jungle members. let him
turn to a new page and commence on
the amounts expended with railroads
for transporting eighty fiye double
length cars over the United States
and Canada. Let him figure what il
requires in good legal tender 10 ad-
vertise this tented monarch To fur
nish the autographed paper posted
in advance of this show necessitates
a continuous grind, winter and sum
mer, of the presses of America 5 larg-
est show printing establishment Be
sides this great output, firm in Chi
cago is under contract 10 print ton
upon ton of soft matter" such as
IL hnn Ear
in advance of the circus are two hun
dred photographers and bill posters
who must be mentioned on the ex-
pense account BY this department
is used 27OO barrels of -four 10 make
the paste with which the advertising
matter is posted When the cost OF
this is satisfactorily figured. reject
what the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph Companies receive each
season for telegraphie service
When the Worlds Greatest Shows
exhibit in Columbus on Wednesday
November 4, take an hour on and
figure the amount required 10 pay
the 1889 people on the salary list.
some drawing bank rolls every pay
day that run into three figures. while
a certain per cent top the income
scale at the four figure mark Eu-
ropean performers are expensive Tea
lures, and there are 200 OF the for
eign tongued Representatives travel
ing with the show; the salary enyel-
opes are naturally we'll hlled- There
are a thousand other items OF which
an outsider would never dream that
run into big money, so just satisfy
yourself that il requires 1890 real
American dollars TO cover the ex-
penses of Ringing Brotehers' circus
each and every day during the tent
ing season.