The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-22
NOVEL PARADE IS PROMISED
Brothers Circus Presents New
 Ideas in Pageantry


 Something entirely new to pageantry will be seen on the streets of Birmingham when Ringing Bros Worlds Greatest Shows appear here on Thursday, Oc- tober 6.
 The people of 100 nations and tribes will be seen. There will be large menagerie displayed in open dens, 50 corps of mu- sicians from savage tom-tom players to modern brass bands, 20 camels In one team and teams of zebras, elephants and llamas. An endless panorama of world wonders will be unfolded before the eyes.
 In originating and building this years street spectacle, the Ringing Bros. have far surpassed all former records. Hun dreds of Italian and French artists and property builders worked all last winter in the foreign shops of the show at Stoke-on- Trent, England, to turn out this parade. Only the best of materials were used The wagons, dens, chariots and floats are hand carved. The costumes were designed in France. The flags, ban- ners, scarfs and standards are from the looms of Japan.
 The parade is three miles long. It dis- plays $50 handsome horses and two-thirds 
 12S0 men, women and children in the line. Among them are Oriental rajahs, ameers. pashas. caliphs, sheiks. barbarian chiefs and savage despots. The grandeur of empires and kingdoms is reflected by re- tinues in regal tableau floats, sumptuous coaches of state, gorgeous chartots, and palanquins and richly decorated how dahs.
 In the children's section there are pumpkin carriages, floating bubbles of silken netting and aerial clouds, peo- pied with the characters of fairyland All the myths of Mother Gooseland are to be seen. There are golden barges, ships of war and aeroplanes. The fete day scenes of quaint countries are repro duced. The carnival of Venice Is depict ed in all its characteristic splendor.
 The performance in the main tent is in keeping with the street spectacle. The acts take place in three rings, on two stages, on the race course and in the dome of the tent. The talent of the world is there assembled There are 375 artists. Of these 300 were selected last winter by the foreign agents of the show from the amphitheatres of Asia, England and the European continent. There are 6O clowns among them. They are as funny band of fellows as ever cracked a merry jest.
 The Schuman performing horses, the teephoning elephants. the Lorch family of acrobats. Robedillo, the high-wire wiz ard, the Arthur Saxon trio of strong men, the Alexis aerialist, the Manello- Marnitz upsideddown bell-ringers and Dutton family of riders are some of the more important importations. In the menagerie is found colony of animal babies, an elephant 214 years old Darwin, the missing link, and a complete colec- tlon of all the strange types of lower anil maj life.
 The show made New York city sit up and take notice. The newspapers there said 1t was the best in every particular that ever went into Madison Square Gar den. Night after night and day after day thousands were turned away un- able to find room in the big building. It was great circus engagement. In Bir- mingham each performance will be given in every detail just as seen on the open ing night of the show in the spring.