Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-18
CIRCUS SUNDAYS IN OMAHA
FOrepaugh-sells Bros. Aggregation
Will Reach Here This Morning.
FEATURES OF THE GREAT SHOW
-Four Special Trains Bring an Army
of People and Animals TO
Camp over sunday and
Exhibit Monday.

Another circus Is comingl a real circusl
4 big one Among the very largest that
travels and exhibits under ten big tents.
The reliable Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers United Shows, with every de-
psrtment augmented and additional novel
ties rare and interesting new features In
the monster menagerie. Special importa-
lions in the way Of all kinds Of new circus
acts.
The four special trains will roll into
Omaha bright and early this morning ana
the great white city will spring up IKE
magic The location will he the usual
circus grounds Tomorrow will be circus
day again.
About 5000 meals are served every day
IN the wonderful canvas hotel on the
show grounds of the Adam Forepaugh ana
Sells brothers circus. II Is not unusual
for 1000 pancakes and 800 pounds OF pork
chops with other provisions IN like pro-
portion, to disappear at a single breakfast
A corps of cooks, chefs, walters ana
kitchen helpers IL required to look after
the comfort of the army OF performers
hnd workmen at meal times. Meals are
served In all languages.
The show also carries it's own postoffice.
Letters are received daily from every
corner of the globe, on the show grounds
may also be found a hospital, library cleo
trio lighting plant. The management also
maintains its own police force. lawyers,
doctors, dentists and other professionals.
The home of this strange family of LOCO
people. 600 horses and $50 wild beasts lie
a train OF several sections, the combined
length of which is more than one mile.
This train in a single season travels on an
average of 80 900 miles, stopping in about
200 towns and giving upwards of 400 per-
formances A single tour often extends
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the southern cities of Canada 10 the Next
can border. There Is not a spot on earth
where civil law prevails but what this
circus at some time during its fifty years
of world wide popularity has pitched iti
ten acres of tents.
Among the big acts are the Hines Kimbal
troupe, who are seen for the first time ir
America the original Karl Handy com
pany; Marie Meers of the Meers Sisters
! the Riding Rooneys; the sixty-one menage
and high school horses Ada Bell Edward
troupe Of strong people from Australia, the
Ty-Bell sisters, known as the Butterfly
Aerialists, the Lowandes, and the new ele-
plant stunt which employs a lot OF collie
dogs and elephants are among the principa
features. The clowns are funny, the gym
nasts clever. the elephants numerous and
the 200 much augmented. Captain Webs
double sea lion troupe are also splendid
feature This immense circus was rebuilt
for the season Of 1910 on q plan Of beauty
and splendor.
The parade tomorrow morning will leav'
the show grounds at 10 o'clock and ira
verso the following route: Leave Twentieth
and Paul street to Cunning street; east oil
Cunning TO Sixteenth; south on sixteenth
to Douglas; east on Douglas to Twelfth
south on Twelfth TO Farnam; west on Far
nam to Fifteenth; south on Fifteenth L
jackson; west on jackson to Sixteenth
north on Sixteenth to Cunning; west o.
Cunning to Twentieth; north on Twentiet
to the show grounds.