The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-26

to their sleeping cars for n restful
night Their muscles and nerves must
be saved for the ring. The menagerie
animals travel comfortably In their
cages. too. only elephants and cam
els have 70 walk to the train. The
first tent 20 be sent along was the ho-
tel. because the seven hundred should
have their breakfast I'm it next morn
ing. BY midnight all the belongings Of
the circus. from the prOudest hero OF
n flying trapcze to the meanest tent
peg. were i'm the seventy railway cars.
Rain had begun TO fan. but 7 stayed
out I'm it 90 be a mud-raSer; and dug
out an evil 10 expose sensatiOnally.
The prettiost Of the equestriennes was
left to cuddle and the ugliest snake to
soil all cosy for the night; the human
curiosites in the museum-those rare
men and women. scarce jokes Of ma
ture. fat or lean. tall or short. or 9TH
orwise birthmarked for professional
distinction. were compelled TO pack
their own aDpurtenances with never so
much as a maid for the Empress Of
Bearded Ladies or a valet for the Car
Of Living Skeletons.
The four sections OF the train rolled
along to the Hudson all right and
crossed the river on barges without
delay. but we were until noon the next
day making the six miles from the
City's edge to Manhattan field. But 7
wouldn't abandon the seven hundred
humans. not 10 mention the three-ffty
others no. 7 stayed right with them
-in an auto with the rain pouring on
tho limousine over my head. Duty
must be done under all hardships. 7
mapped rCsolutely ia my seat while iron
attachments Of the platform cars. put
on 20 hold runways for unloading the
I chariots, cage vans and other vehicles
were taken Off because they touched
/ the third rail on a stretch OF electric
| tracks.
About the middle Of the forenoon.
l had breakfast brought from a res
taurant so as not TO avoid the exhaust
/ ing sight Of removing the wheels from
/ all the wagons TO let them down on
I their axlcs and thus get them under a
/ low viaduct. When the end or the rail-
/ way transit was reached, the wagons
I had 20 be lacked up on their wheels
I again before rolling them from the
fiat cars. hitching horses and setting
! out on the last two miles Of the eight
/ cen. Circus life IS indeed killing. By
I this time 7 was so done up by those
/ mems work that I had to drink some
| thing more bracefui than water. Now
1-now-it wasn't what you think II
was black coffee.
4 Circus Nightmare.
The bells and whistles OF noontime
/ awOke me from n nightmare. I'm which
! "A thrce-headod monster with the three
/ roaring mouths of a lion. a tiger and 4
I press agent. broke out Of its cage and
bounded into my auto. would have
/ been rendcd and devOured by the lion
/ and tiger sections. only that the press
| agent. with a voice louder than the
| others roar. told them 7 was a news
paper correspondent and began n poly
I syllable eNtollation Of his show.
A man ahead had stakcd the place
! for every tent The canvas hotel was
I IN operation before half the wagons
arrived. and a delayed breakfast. as
hearty with beef. eggs. rolls. coffee
] and cereals as a dinner, was given e
the hungry seven hundred. excepting
| those high-paid performers who had
/ gone earlier to Broadway for more
4 elaborate fare. Surprisingly few had
tdOue that. however. for circus foil
habituaily lead a circus life on the
| read and most Of the aristocrats are
content with a separate space in which
TO eat better meals than the democ.
y racY gets They are the great ones 81
/ this migratory community, with famtl.
| names passed down by parents 4
| children like titles OF nobility
Five thousand dollars day is tn,
l asserted. cost Of maintaining each. o.