The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05
TREMENDOUS SHOW TRAIN
Ringing BROTHERS. Mammoth Circus
Has an Immense and Efficient
Equipment

4 train one mile in length is requir-
ed TO haul the great Ringing Brothers
circus from city to city. 1t travels in
five sections. Ii has eighty-five dou
ble-length cars. 1t is the home of
1880 men, women and children. They
speak twenty-nine languages. The
train is-a Tower of Babel on wheels.
The family within the Pullmans is very
happy and contented, for they have ev-
cry comfort. And they are domestic.
Like the snail, they carry their house
around with them.
The first section of the train carries
the commissary department. This Sec
ton leaves town every night for the
next days stand just after supper, so
that there may be no delay in getting
breakfast in the morning. corps of
80 cooks, walters and kitchen helpers
and $50 horses travel on it. AS soon
as they arrive in town they unload the
kitchen and hotel equipment and haul
it to the grounds. The fires are burn
ing in the hotel ranges by the time
they reach the lot" Twenty minutes
after, the kitchen and dining room are
erected, coffee is boiling and breakfast
is we'll under way.
On the second section come the men,
agerie and horses. The third train
carries the vast equipment of the new
spectacle, Joan of Are" On the fourth
section are the fourteen acres of can
vas, the hundreds of ring properties,
rigging, poles, seats, shops and the
parade vehicles. The performers, the
business staff and the elephants and
camelS come on the last train. BY this
time breakfast is ready.
And the, cooks and chefs have had a
big job. But they are used to it, They
know how to handle the three big ban
quets every day, because they are ar
fists. They have prepared for this one
breakfast 5000 pancakes, 500 pounds
of pork chops, fifteen bushels of pota-
toes, 50 gallons of coffee and many
other things in like amounts. As soon
as all this is eaten, they begin pre- para
| tions for dinner When dinner is over
| there is supper to think about. After
supper the dining room and kitchens
are packed up The ranges are folded
into wagons. The dishes are washed
and pigeonholed. The queerest hotel
in the world is whisked away to the
next town, where the same program is
repeated.
This is only one of the institutions
found in the city Of "Ringlingville."
There is also a postoffce. Mail is re-
ceived there from every quarter of the
globe. And there is a dynamo plant,
which furnishes power for 5000 electric
globes. arc lights and beacons. And
there are all kinds of shops in Ring
lingville. You can have a wagon made
and beautifully painted. You can have
a horse shoed. You can get a shave.
You can have a tooth pulled. If you
are not feeling well, there is a doctor
to 90 to. You can have your shoes
half-soled. You can have suit of
clothes made. You can get a Turkish
bath. Then you can go to the library
and read for an hour. All this time
there is detective force to protect you
and a lawyer to advise you.
In the zoo there are 1000 animals.
In the stables there are $50 horses. In
the dressi ng-roOms there are 375 per-
formers. There is no other city like
this one on earth II will annex itself
to Ocala on Tuesday, October Is. The
performance begins with the wonderful
spectacle Of Joan of Arc" with 1900
special performers. ballet Of 300 dane
in2 girls. 500 horses and trainload Of
special scenery, costumes and prop
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