Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-16
CIRCUS COMES
OCTOBER 10Th
iIlH" THAT'S WHAT TIM mt.
hOAkDS AKE SAYING,
STILL TWO OTHERS
Ever Hear Of u Circus That Wasn't
biggest On Enrih?--ihis one
u lihrnum n iinilcN'~.

TuIsaus who have begun 10 think
that the city is entirely ou the cir
Gus map are all wrong az course,
there was a dog and pony show here
vnrF In the season, hut AN exhibition
ui that Kind doesn't get right down
to the circus feeling Vt the majority
ut folks II does very well for chill
drcu, hut Tor pa ana navel pa
ana ma VIII not admit that they care
anything about any Kind of circus
Certainly IL is the hlggcst'Wurld-
touring better than ever with thou
sands -ut new -tratuios, added KIND ot "a
circus that is coming Nobodl ever
heard of "a circus Ia an his lilc that
didn't purtuke OF those quantities Hud
qualities and that hasn't WaNod IN
grandeur aud spectacular character
istics after having closed q wonder
iul season last year. Neither can
anybody absolutely deny that every
circus makes ~ appearance H. of the
better than over kind, The clrcuaeS
always say so themselves. aud II Us
presumed that the management uf
any Kind of circus knows more
about his business than does anybody
else. Moreover " each wasn't the
NAhf''N NANANN NA INV hANiN WV NffN'N
ed un train IL wouldn't be cir
Gus very long
Comes now Barnum y Bailey. an
aggregation 'n the aggregate, ana
lay claim To- having the only kind
of stun worth seeing They are al
ready asserting their rights to hand
ling the biggest on earth boy paatiug
mp a bin every now and then about
the city Comes soon advertising car
No. 2, ana after that the country
barns between here and Skiatuok aud
Red Fork VIII be cmblazoned with
the grnndcst pictures of the grand
est circus ON earth--thoge al 30 many
comps per barn. Time was once
when the farmer permitted the free
use Of the side of his barn next to
the high road for the purpose OF
Singing on the circus bills, but now
unless -four or five comps are pass
ed out he shakes his head al the
billposter Thus rs II seen that the
farmer is coming into his own In
more ways than one.
Remember the time long ago when
the circus came TO town. Mother
said that the children would have To-
help sister more even II the parade
was To be seen, and whole passels
Of work and good behavior would
have to he undergone II the privil-
ege of going into the circus" was
to be enjoyed. Parades used 10 be
the real goods back there. The biz
tail fellow and the older folks had
all the best of It. A real tall man
Is never satisfied unless he can stand
In front of l0-year-old boy aud
finally trample on him.
That's about the way Il went. The
old ones always took mp all the room
rubbering at the elephant and the
clown and then knock ON the circus
and say that they amt what they
was when he was n boy Then he
makes "A sneak back to the office and
pretends that he hasn't been out
Sis, of course. didn't know very
much about animals--she never does.
She thought the camels were 81
RATES.. She didn't know the differ
ence between hyena aud a grave
digger and couldn't distinguish be-
tween an alligator and u crocodile,
The lions looked fierce but they hard
| ly ever gTowlcd any except when
they were eating just like n man.
Although father takes after his
small son In many ways aud at un-
expected times, circus day Is one
time when the small boy really takes
after his father Everybody has
memories along this line Ever fol-
low dad TO the barn while he was
harnessing the horses to 20 to town
on circus day? Ever shine up his
shoes and be attendant to his every
wish-watch him look mp old Bill
and Pet and throw In some hay and
corn--run the dog back and lots of
other things? Country dogs have 40
business In town on circus day. There
is too much of a crush. And with
"A dog catcher like Nose Crawford,
a country dog ought to keep out Of
town every day In the year.
II was long way to town and the
sun was hot. but from ma ON down
there wasn't anybody giving dern
about the sun The Springhil road
was lined with vehicles of all kinds
and II was awful dusty If dad
turned out of the line trying 10 urge
Bill and Pet 10 pass another rig
the first bridge ne came TO se'd have
to wait n half hour till an opening
came In the steady stream In order
to get to cross the bridge.
Then, after the parade had p'rad-
ed he went of ana got some cheese
and crackers to eat, and then dug
up two-bits around 10 see the big
event, and maybe dime 10 see the
sldcshow. Sideshows are always in
teresting. Nowadays everybody
knows that the bearded lady is Just
an unshaved impostor and that the
wild man was captured with money
instead Of lassoes. The fat woman
however. still remains at par but the
fire eater has taken a big slump. The
AlbinO with white hair and eyes like
"A white rabbits still holds his own
and the man at the wheel viii hold
both his and yours II you monkey
with him.
Another feature that has been add
ed 10 the sideshows OF recent years IL
La small tented Fub-show where past
masters I'm doing the dance mysteri-
Gus hold forth, The dance given in
there Is a whole lot like the one that
was given up at the Bijou last vim
ter when the whole police department
wasn't there.
There Is 50 much connected with
going 10 circus and so much antici-
patton centered in the bosom Of ev-