Evening journal., 1910-04-22
GEE BOYS THE
CIRCUS IS COMING
Barnum 6 Bailey Booked Here
for Friday May 18th

A sure sign OF spring Is the circus.
Both OF these are being heralded to-
day by a large crew of men who ar
rived I'm town at an early hour this
morning on the first advertising car OF
the Barnu and Bailey Greatest show
ON Earth" These men have been
busy all day long decorating the numer-
Gus billboards with naring circus post
ers of hespangled lady bareback riders
big and little clowns and OF animals
fierce and wild. Big red dates announce
that the big show will be in Whining
ton for two performances on Friday,
May 10.
The advertising Of a great circus like
Barnum's rs a big job. There are four
advertising ears with a total OF more
than n hundred men employed and
three OF these come Go town at intervals
of a week apart The fourth is the
excursion car that bills up and down
the different railroads and enter the
place of exhibition. announcing the
( special trains and excursion rates TO
/ the circus
Crews OF men are sent into the coun-
| try with teams TO bill the inland towns
| and by the time that the circus date
( come around. every barn and dead wall
for miles around that can possibly be
secured. bear announcements Of circus
day. The advertising car OF the
Barnum and Bailey show which is In
town to-day. is fine one. II is brand
new and just out OF the shops A
trip through one of these ears Is inter
estlng. This sixty feet of space on
wheels. is about as busy place as one
could imagine. Here, besides two Of
fees for the press agent and manager
Of the car, are accommodations for
sleeping twenty-eight men.
Then there are tons of Autographs
and circus posters steam boiler foI
making paste and lighting and heat
ing plant The untiring hustle that
goes ON when the circus makes its ap-
pearancc. applies TO the men on these
advertising cars too. Each ono seems
to take personal interest and all vic
with ono another as 10 who viii holt
the record for posting the greatest
number of bills In the season. The
interest In this Is kept up by the man
agor Of the car. who each week posts
on a bulletin board the name OF The
man at the head of the list
Tho prcss agent announces that II
the program presented by this big show
, for this season. we are tO see an al
now circus Never before in the his
tory OF circus business has a perform
anco been given containing so many
absolute novelties that have not beer
, seen before. Several new sensation
and the usual thriller will be shown
one of these that has made a big hi
i'm New York where the circus is nov
playing. Is the act of Jupiter, the bal
loon horse. This animal shows re
. markable bravery by stepping on
small platform attached TO a halloo
which ascends 20 the dome Of the clrcu
a tent Upon his back is young VIC
man rider and when they have reacho
the highest point. shower OF fire
!. works are exploded around then
Desperate. young Frenchman. furI
ishes the thriller" by jumping fro
a point in the dome OF the tent to
small curved skid placed on the grouI
y. some eighty feet below and allghtil
r upon his bare chest
o.. The Barnum and Bailey menagerie
this year the most complete geologic
display ever carried by a circus. m
family Of CRATES is made most con
plete by the addition of Baby Bun
becno." the tiny nursing giraffe. bor
at Bridgeport Conn. January II. l9l
Tho street parade is said 10 be III
finest that they have ever given an
includes many new features.