The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
RINGING BROS. SHOW
DUE HERE ON JULY rs

Joy for the small boy. Ringing
Brothers Worlds Greatest show
will exhibit in Mankato on Thurs
day, July rs. The Autographs say
the circus is bigger and better
than ever. The Ringlings are
known to fulfill every promise they
make. In addition to new parade,
new menagerie and company of
foreign performers, the audience will
be treated to an enormous $500, 900
spectacle, telling the story of Joan
of Arc. The spectacle begins the
regular performance. 1t employees a
cast of 1,200 persons and 600 horses.
An entire train is necessary to
transport the portable stage, the
scenery, costumes and properties
Big Show Amazed New York.
This is the big show that amazed
New York city. 1t filled the i'm,
Madison Square Garden from
cellar to roof with its many exhi-
billions. The papers, one and alf,
said it was the best circus that ever
visited the metropolis. When it ap-
pears in this city it will cover four
teen acres of ground. The perform
ances will be. exactly the same as
those given at the beginning of the
tered 1t is an alEfeature show.
with wealth of European novelties.
Not content with the reputation of
owning the best circus in the world;
the Ringlings keep on growing and
improving. 1t is their policy to
grow.
Searched For Big Things.
The foreign agents of the circus
searched Asia and Europe last win.
ter for talent. They were usually
fortunate in their selections. OF the
375 artists giving the program,
these agents secured over 200 not
seen in America during past sea-
sons. Among them are the Ty-Bell
Human Butterflies" and ,Caesaro,
"the Human Top" from France;
Mijarez, the Cuban wire wizard; the
Hinez- KimbalL family of acrobats,
and Captain Huling's two troupes
of trained seals from Germany; the
Rooney family of equestrians from
ireland, and the Klarkonian aerial.
lists from England.
&s The Handsome Equipment.
In the foreign workshops of the
show at Stoke-on-Trent, England, a.
corps of Italian and French design.
ers, artists and spectacle builders,
devised and built the equipment for
wonderful new parade. Nothing
like this street spectacle was ever
seen in this country before 1t is
the most remarkable professional
creation ever exhibited. The menag-
erie, too, has been wonderfully i'm
proved and greatly enlarged. There
are over 1000 animals on exhibition.
Among them are great many spec
linens new to the ZOOS, of this coun-
try.
Twenty-Ninth Season.
This is the twenty-ninth season OF
the Ringing Brothers as showmen
In April of 1888 they gave their
first performance on the public
green of their home town, Baraboo,
Wis. They made their own tent and
properties They had but one horse
Unassisted, the brothers gave the
performance. 1t was very small
beginning, but it was made in an
earnest way. From that little one
ring affair has grown the greatest
ChtCl " lSC III thC hioeoiy
of the world.
The Ringlings travel from city to
city on the longest circus train ever
handled by the railroads. They
have twice the largest tented show
in the country. y
Advance Guard Arrives.
The advance guard of bill posters
reached the city last night, coming
from ST. Paul via the Milwaukee
road. Today the city was made to
look gay with the bright posters.
Harry Scott is the first press
agent to put in an appearance. He
stated to The Free Press that the
business done by the circus this sea-
son is big. Everywhere the show
has been received right royalty The
spectacle, Joan of Arc, is making q
hit.