The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-10-12
CIRCUS AT sPARTANBURG.
Ringiing Bros. Worlds Greatest Show
TO he There Oct, 90.

to ne There Oct. 26.
Ringing Brothers worlds Greatest
shows will on Octobe- 26th give two
performances In Spartanburg.
This will be the only opportunity
this year of seeing the best of all
circus entertainments. This is the
show that amzed New York City with
it's European company OF actors, and
its extensive new menagerie. Its pa
spectacle that ever passed through the
streets of any city on earth. On April
2, 1888, the five brothers gave their
first performance in their homie town,
Baraboo, Wis, OH the public square
They made thei rown tent and their
own ring properties. The audience sat
on planks borrowed from a lumber
yard. They had but one horse. From
that little one-ring affair to their pres
ent stupendous organization the his
a fairy tale. They began with moth
ing. They now own the greatest amuse-
ment enterprise in all history.
The reason of their aucccss Is no
secret. tf is peculiar combination
of the right kind of talent and poll
cy OF uprightness In dealing with the
public. Even during It's early days i
was a good show. 1t was small, hat
II was a nearnest cndcavor. Without
capital the fine young men struggled
against the bitterest opposition. They
| won the confidence OF the public and
have always kept 1t because they have
always deserved 1t. A very few years
| after that first performance their riv-
notice when mention OF the Ringing
Brothers was made. They realized
| they had an opposing force to compete
with that had come to stay. In Il few
years more the Ringing show took
| first place among the tent shows of
America. There is where it will al
| ways stay. 1t has become the leader
| In the rat of entertainment,
Among the many European features
| offered this year are the Sohuman
horses from the Circus Schuman at
Berlin, Scheveningen and Frankfort.
Albert Schuman, as a trainer of hOrs-
es, Is the most wonderful man I'm his
tory. He has made ten millions of dol
lars exhibiting the animals he has
trained. Tourists travel many miles
out Of their way to visit his institu-
tions In 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 audi
ence until the kick the heads out of
the barrels and jump into the ring
They begin their act by pulling the
bungs from kegs. drawing beer-like
fluid from the tap and drinking 1t from
big glasses. They roll each other
around in barrels. They waltz in
time to music. They skip the rope and
smoke pipes. From the beginning to
the end Of their act they remain stand
ing on their hind 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 au-
tomobile with six passengers Still
other novel and great acts are present
ed by the Lorch family Of acrobats.
from Germany.-the great Alexis fam
lily OF aerialists, Robledillo the Span
ish wizard OF the WIRE. the Dutton
family OF riders, and the greatest com
pany OF clowns in the world The
new parade is a marvel OF beauty. The
new menagerie is complete collec-
tion OF animals.