The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-14
GREAT CROWDS SEE
PARADE AND CIRCUS
BRILLIANT PAGEANT WITNESS
ID ~ THpJ SANDS AS IT
PASSES ALONG ROUTE.


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Thousands of people covered the
courthouse lawn. craned their
necks from all the windows in the
temple of justice lined the streets
nd occupied every other possible
point of vantage this forenoon anu
saw Ringing Brothers glitterine
pageant traverse the usual parade
route through the business district
1t would be difficult thing to find
boy or a man. etieer for that mai
ter, who is not willing to admit thar
the parade was one of the finest ever
given by this world famous amuse
ment organization. The parade was
a congress of nations, horse fair, q
! musical convention, geological
garden on wheels and a fariyiand
| carnival all combined into one mag
nificent spectacle and dazzling dis
| play Again Ringing Brothers have
made good their promise and again
! Waxahachie and Ellis county turn
ed out by the thousands to see this
matehless collection of wonders anc
| 10 enjoy the thrills of real circus
| day
The parade was little late III
starting, as is usually the case, for
the task of unloading a circus and
getting everything in ship-shape for
this always interesting feature or the
days entertainment is no small al
fair. The cavalacade followed the
aual route and the streets were
backed with men. women and chill /
dren from long before the pageant |
started until the shrill toned caliope |
on the tail-end rolled down the |
street belching forth Steamboat /
Bill" and other similar classics. !
lead to the calliope in the rear it was
a continuous chain of novelties. II
was a circus in itself. Nearly thir-
teen hundred people were in the
parade to say nothing of $50 of the
finest horses that every wore har-
ness. over half the elephants in Am
erica and many strange wild ami
mails in dens. Teams of camels, ze-
bras and elephants hitched to ornate
tableauX vans driven like horses |
were features that will long be re- |
r1cmhered There were six bands of
music. bari arian orchestras, cathe-
/ dral chimes, hvglers and drum and
| fife corps In short it was one of the
finest parades ever given in Waxa
/
/ The Ringing Brothers are generous
! in the display of their wild animals.
AT least twenty cages We're thrown
open during the parade, displaying
as many and as fine a lot of wild |
beasts of the jungle as the average |
circus has in its menagerie tent. The
people who took part in the pageant |
we're dressed in the costumes of
many nations, sat upon their horses
" were perched high upon the tops
n ornate thrones or tableaux vans
ircuses dromedaries, camels and
ebras stepped their way through |
he line of march to the music OF
he bands In spite of the fact that I
he show has been on the road since | s
,arly in April, sweltering under the
ierce sun of protracted summer
he outfit looked as spick and span
IS though it had just come from the
,ircus shops The men and women
Of the show are clean and we'll cos
tuned body of travellers who come
from every quarter of the globe.
This a Gpnan of a oil "a r
unusual in circus parades and is
characteristic with the Ringlings. |
The horses are groomed up like |
June brides and the Gagged animals |
are as bright and as ferocious look |
ing as though they had just stepped
out of the African iungles
The first section of the long circus
trains reached the city over the ka-
ty about O'Clock this morning. At
regular intervals the trains followed
| each other into the yards and by
/ daylight the last section was in and
/ the work of unloading in progress.
| The usual crowd was on hand early
to see the circus unload and watch
the work of building the city of tents
in East End. When all the tents had
been erected there were twenty-five
in number. The show carries it's own
dynamos which furnish current for
lighting the big top" and other
tents.
The afternoon performance is now
in progress and the tents are bulg-
ing with humanity All the sections
of seats are well filled, all of which
goes to show the popularity of the
best of all circuses in Waxahachie
The advance sales indicate another
: large attendance tonight Never have
| Ringing Brothers had such an even
| ly balanced and uniformly gooo