The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-07-08
.R|NGl|NG BROTHERS COMING
The Worlds Greatest Shows Will Ex-
hibit in Benton Harbor, July p,
and in kalamazoo, July %.


Ringing Brothers Worlds Greatest
Shows will, on Saturday, July %, give
two performances in Kalamazoo. This
will be the only opportunity this year
OF seeing the best of all circus enter
tainments. This is the show that
amazed New York City with its Euro.
pean company OF actors, and its exten-
sive new menagerie. Its parade is the
longest and most superb spectacle that
ever passed through the streets of any
city on earth. On April 3, 1888, the five
brothers gave their first performance in
their home town, Baraboo, Wis, on the
public square. They made their own
tent and their own ring properties. The
audience sat on planks borrowed from a
lumber yard. They had but one horse.
Frorl that little one-ring affair to their
present stupendous organization, the
history OF the Ringing Brothers reads
like fairy tale. They bagan with moth
ing. They now own the greatest amuse.
ment enterprise in all history.
The reason OF their success is no Sc
cret. 1t is peculiar combination OF
the right kind of talent and policy Of
uprightness in dealing with the public.
Even during its early days it was a good
show. 1t was small, but il was an earn
est endeavor. Without capital the tive
young men struggled against the bitter
est opposition They won the conf
dence of the public and have always
kept it, because they have always de-
served it. a very few years after that
first performance their rivals began to
sit up and take serious notice when men
ton of the Ringing Brothers was made.
They realized they had an opposing
force TO compete with what had come to
stay. 10 few years more the Ringing
show took first place among the tent
shows of America There is where it
will always stay. 1t has become the
leader in the art of entertainment.
Among the many European features
offered this year are the Schuman horses
from the Circus Schuman at Berlin,
Scheveningen and Frankfort. Albert
Schumap, as a trainer Of horses, is the
most wonderful man in history. He has
made ten millions of dollars exhibiting
the animals he has trained. Tourists
travel many miles out of their way to
visit his institutions 10 Germany. There
are fifteen animals in his act. They
enter the arena concealed in large beer
barrels piled on an immense brewery
wagon. They are not discovered by the
audience until they kick the heads out
of the barrels and jump into the ring
They begin their act by pulling the
bugs from kegs, drawing beer like
hJd from the tap and drinking from
O,g liasses They roll each other around
IN barrels. They waltz 10 time to music.
They skip the rope and smoke pipes.
From the beginning to the end of their
act they remain standing on their hino
feet.
Another great act is presented by the
Saxon trio of the worlds strongest men.
Two Of them form the pillars of bridge
over which passes an automobile with
six passengers. Still other novel and
great acts are presented by the Torch
family of acrobats from Germany-the
great Alexis family of aerialists, Robe
dillo, the Spanish wizard of the wire, the
Dutton family of riders, and the greatest
company Of clowns 10 the world. The
new parade is a marvel of beauty. The
new menagerie is a complete collection
Of animals.