The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-25
Barnum and Bailey Billed
June IS.
MANY NEW FEATURES
Grand and New Street Pa
rade Will be Given.
Many New Collections are Added TO
the Zoo and Startling Features 10
the Big Circus.

Yea, boys and girls and grown |
ups too, the big circus is coming to
town and when we say big circus, we
mean the very biggest that travels. |
This fact was announced authorita- |
lively today when the first advertis-
ing car of the Barnum and Bailey
Greatest Show on Earth came TO
town and proceeded 20 illuminate all
the vacant billboards with glaring
posters, announcing that there will
lbe two performances in Marion on
Tuesday, june rs. With the many
big sensational features added and
the return of the street parade, the
circus is in size, what is believed TO
be the absolute limit. There are Ave
long trains made up of eignty-six
double length cars required to trans
port this big show and it has come
to a point of serious consideration
with the railroads in entering into a
contract to haul so tremendous
amount of valuable freight.
Under the biggest tents ever con-
structed the Barnum and Bailey man
agement are presenting this year an
entirely new circus. There are
nearly 400 performers VINO take part
in the performance, most OF whom
are from abroad and they are pre-
senting a series of foreign novelties,
all new to this country. First of all
i'm the big feature acts is Jupiter, the
balloon horse. This beautiful ami
NAL with daring young lady rider,
ascends to the dome of the tent in
balloon and when 1t has reached its
highest point, stands like a statue,
while hundreds of rockets are ex-
ploded and a shower of fireworks
completely envelop both horse and
rider. The slightest movement OF
the animal would mean its destruc-
ton as we'll as that of its neryy
young rider.
Next among the thrillers is Des-
perado, a young FTenchman, who
leaps from the highest point under
the dome of the circus tent and
alights upon his chest upon small
curved skid. The very simplicity OF
the act and the absence of mechan-
ical effects, all adds 20 the terrifying
features. The long circus program
inludes all the noted riders, aero
bats, and aerialists who have some
thing new to offer this year.
The trained animal features play
most important part in the pro-
gram this year, for they include sew
era lbig acts that are what Is be-
lieved to be the limit in animal
training. Besides several wonderful
horse acts which include Karolly's
troupe OF sixteen coal black stations
big feature in animal intelligence
are the musical ELEPHANTS. This act
consists of a herd OF these huge
beasts that have actually been taught
TO play upon musicai instruments in
time and tune. They 40 not simply
make sound upon the instruments,
but produ:e melody at the direction
OF their trainer while accompanied
by the circus band.
Great stress is laid upon the COM
pleteness of the menagerie with the
Barnum and Bailey show and in 1t
will be found a collection OF animals
larger than could be seen in all the
geological gardens in this country
combined. There are so many ele-
plants that they are counted in herds
instead of singly. A family OF
giraffes stationed in the center of the
menagerie, make most valuable ad-
jun,t to the big ZOO, while every
known species of beast and bird that
can possibly live in captivity is
shown in beautiful dens and cages
p. #. Barnum is looked upon as the
most astute Snowman who ever liy-
ed. He believed that in building UP
a great menagerie, he was doing un-
told good to the youth of the land.
II was one thing for the growing
boy and girl to read of the strange
animals found by hunters and natur-
alists in odd corners Of the earth,
but how much greater 1t was If these
animals could be brought under the
eyes of the boy ana girls where they
could lie viewed and studied at close
range. That was Barnums idea and
it has been carried out TO the letter
TO such an extent that there is no
other collection OF animals in the
world to compare with this one.
1t was good news TO all to know
that when the Barnum and Bailey
Greatest Show On Earth comes here
1t viii again present the free street
parade as a part OF the daily pro
gram hut not in any particular will
this new procession be similr to those
given in the past, by any amusement
enterprise. The promise has been
made that procession three times
the length OF any other with ten
times the amount invested and moi
an old feature would be offered and
tha tpromise is more than fllilled.
For four years this circus has ouit'