Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-26
PARADE Is THREE MILES LONG
Barnum and Bailey Circus Rs.sstab
lishes Pageant at Cost Of 81 ,OOO, 900.


Iisl,ss Paesant at Cost Of 100000.
It has cost the management Of the
Barnum and Bailey circus 100000 to
re-establish the morning parade as a
part of its days program. Their new
street spectacle is a wonderful achieve
ment. absolutely departing from the
beaten path Those who turn out on
the streets Of Marshalltown in the fore
noon Of Saturday. July Is, will see
som ethinE entirely different from what
they have been used to seeing on circus
day..
The equipment stretches out for a
length OF three miles like panorama
| OF the world. It was designed by the
best artists Of France and Italy and
built under the direction of the prop
erty masters Of seven of Europe's larg-
est producing theaters. Over 800 arti-
sans and master mechanics labored in
the foreign workshops of the circus for
many months, both night and day. to
build the various vehicles. floats, how
dahs. palanquins, carriages Of state.
thrones and tableau wagons. The cos
tunes were made In Paris. The laces
came from Ireland The scarfs, flags
and banners are expensive works OF
Japanese art The rugs and tapestries
are from Turkey and Persia. The har-
ness is the only part of the equipment
that was made in America
The foreign agents of the show had a
great deal to do with this pageant
They have peop1ed it with strange types
of the human race and have added to
its variety vast collection of Italian
statuary. the craven images Of savage
tribes and the idols of oriental religions.
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tons. geological garden on wheels,
fairyland carnival, a gallery of mythol-
ogy and horse fair. Fifty different
kinds Of music are introduced, from the
weird string and reed musicians Of the
barbarian to the great brass bands of
European and American nations.
Taking part in this parade are 1.2so
people, 40 elephants. 700 horses. 20
cameIs and 500 Inenagerie animals dis
played in open dens.
Some idea of the magnitude Of this
great circus may be had from the fact
that it travels on five long trains, the
combined length OF which Is more than
one mile. When the twenty-eight tents
are erected. fourteen acres OF ground
are covered. Thirty-two nations are
by the company O. 400 per-
formers. The circus has visited every
city of size in The civilized world dur
ing its nfty-ffve years of travel. In
single season 1t often covers 10000
miles. It's tours may extend from New
York City to San Francisco and from
Quebec to New Orleans in a single
summer.
On the show grounds are dynamo
plant furnishing current for 5000 cleo
trio lights; postoffice; receiving
mail daily from all parts of the earth;
all the shops found insthe average town.
and hotel where 1920 meals are cook
ed and eaten every day In, the week.
The main tent is the largest audience
room in the world. Besides it's many
fgrandstands. It has three rings. two
stages and a quarter-mile hippodrome
track The show carries fifty of the
best clowns IN the world and the great
est travelling zoo. Among the 1000 wild
animals is the only giraffe ever exhibit
ed in America. wftts Tin the same pen
are the three telle giraffes in cap
tivity. - ss