The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-28
VAST TURNOUT FOR BARNUM & BAILEY'S
 MONSTER PARADE,
Brilliant Procession Passes Through Solid Walls of
 Hdmdhity Miles Long

Thousands of boys. ranging in age anywhere from 10 to 50 know that
 the circus is again in town. They
 know it because they saw the circus
 the gorgeous heralds who ride behind
 the police escort in front, to the time-
 hOnored steam calliope which brought
 up in the rear of the procession. They
 saw animals of all kinds and AadieH and gentlemen in shining costumes
 wagons and everything that every boy has seen in circus parade ale most from the time Noah managed the first one into the Ark.
 It was a. wonderful parade. It al-
 WAYS Is wonderful, and somehow, it
 derful each year. First, as has been
 said. game the ten gorgeous heralds and then came marvel1oui band
 wagon pulled by twenty-four beauti-
 fuL horses and playing gay music
 tlat was quite in keeping with the
 brilliant uniforms Then came khe
 big gold and red and yellow wagons
 that promised deathdealing sbeasts Of
 all sorts. Thrills Of happiness filled
 the thousands who watched, for real
 the cages were real live animals big. fierce, death-dealing beasts that look ed aa though they could easily break the iron bans of their prisons and
 dash out into the crowds to rend
 somebody or something It was very
 F Firsl. there were twelve tigers, rest lese. pacing up and down in their ca8ees Giaring at the crowds with ba1eftll eyes that looked just like.
 they are described in exciting story books; then eighteen lions. biS. power
 they were thinking what q tasty nor
 seI some one of the small boys would be. and then four sleek wiry, smooth coated leopards, running about re9t- lesely and looking mighty mad at the
 hyenas that looked mean and sneak
 ing enoush for anything. and then more donD <. s3f 2
 TAen came more biz wagons with &rea letters ahIlounc1ng that .they| contatned the two-hornod rhinoceroe, and the next that If held .sthe blood- sweattng Behemoth of Holy Wrlt's and this would have been IT F4mendous- ly exciting only the wagon was C1Og- ed tight and nobody could see what vas sinside But another band drovel ry music and | sAhs'' and ;Ohs' of Aad-
 miration followed as a troupe of ladyl eQuestriennee, all In gorgeous green and F1diuE three AhreaSt, cAnteCed sbys
 Then came two fdur horse charJots, drfxen hy Roman M o6lennen. and q big Yt8XV4s ' 04kQ4VQtk08& &S4l yU&ky | W@t44 M NM kui61ta re4cufug q m63den from a bigi xllkferink wooden drAgoq (only you Weretst supposed to gay that the d1ag@I on Wae Qf Wood), and then 3hree ploro | 1T tbo1& closed caGes and them ! c6616o6 9tfh an Ofient4l p0ten1atei 6eated on hiG throne and snfrcunded | by h1s slaves. just n the Arabfant | Nt1htp ke11s i md then joy. for ey--l efy6ot1y when twenty b5g lulh hberfn6l cafnels came by with their riders | 1Jslne1uG and Bwayfn9 Tn their uncO1n 6oRta61e beate on the hun1ps. q band | Eoll0W6d and lady eQueetrienne4 In { rep1etd9nt yellow and green ana sil-l VT. ma more cl0aed c4gea. and th6nI , no44 with ad Mgypti&n Queen sur-l byH slaves and fhGnhf oixteenI rod ana white horSefne1a followed by l rloats representing Africa. Hsia, En~ rope and America, and then Particu-l |afly Wonderful band N on hof4ebapksl Bnfh mnn# dreesed In redS and 4reen1 With - leopardh ektn thf0Wn hafbari5I .ai1y over h31 left sh0nrder Then | .Sine tho ereateet Joy of all thirty | 1r44t ali1kf fling elophantA, some Wtthf 3oudnn codto3ninI beeutiful lad1eDsI I'll otl1er1 with just nofhtn4 hut Drill z11tSia mtfine -on,. their heado
 H6es Rreat Cent iS crowded t0 th& Inns E ( thu ofternoon. | There N3ll he ,a E .ateweu pexfornAnce th3a evening at 1, ]. o'clock doors opening ct seven tol; Dnablo pAuona to paea8Ru hour In the F UeBA& A&0f1o s n . zSs z .t33lsss IF