Arizona republican., 1912-09-23
Little Kids Look With Wonder Upon Noah s Ark Attractions While Older Folks Remember Days of Youth
BANNER PAGEANT
 FOR THIS MORNING
With Performances, Pink Lemonade, SaWdust, T!uestricnnes, Elephants, Clowns and Music, After noon and Night

Resplendent with new trappings and trimmings and an endless succession of tricks and stunts to please and tickle the children and fire the mar row of even the jaded individual who has seen it all" the Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth arriv- ed in Phoenix this morning coming from San Bernardino where perform ances were given yesterday.
 Early this morning the streets lead ing to the show grounds it First and Grant streets were the scene of pro- cessiOn that would have made Noah jealous every variety of animal-ring streaked, four footed, flap-e cared, feathered and smooth-was on the highway. Some of the animals were in cages drawn by patient draught horses while others moved majestically into port under their own steam so to speak. In the latter category were the camels, elephants. zebras, sacred cattle, llamas yaks. zebus. etc The family of three giraffes travelled roy ally in spiralIy built vans, heavily up- holstered Tn order that the jostling in
 
 aristocrats of the animal kingdom. Sunday early risers vigorously brushed their eyes to make sure of their men, tai equilibrium when they saw the denizens of jungle. mountain and plain gingerly trekking their way to the cir GUS grounds. Save for an occasional staccato shriek from one of the packy chorus. the journey was negotiated with all the dignity of a church picnic and long before the average house holder had breakfasted, the huge cir GUS was installed in it's temporary habitat and resting in negligee prior to the parade and performances of to- day The first thing on the program will be the street pageant leaving the grounds at 10 o'clock this morning and passing over this route: 2nd street to Adams street, to 4th avenue, to Washington street, to 2nd street to grounds
 Barnum and Bailey pride themselves upon their street pageant and do not stint in money expenditures in mak ing it the pattern for all like affairs.
 The moving column will be some two miles in length and will partake of the OI q nuSe HlONIIlS HpTSe-I -IdII over 500 horses of all types will be seen and there will be a large display of open cages. Two caravans of cam els and a long string of elephants, led by Babe. oldest and wisest cf the herd, will negotiate the parade afoot. There will be floats and tableauX wagons symbolical of many countries and leg ends, and many of the men and wo- men performers will be seen attrac- tively, and even richly costumed rid ing splendid mounts gaily cOmparis- oned. Music will be furnished by five bands, including splendid mounted huzzar band. The circus without the calliope, or whistle piano" as the darkies down south term it, would be d sad affair so the pageant of this morning winds up with the inevitable steam calliope To tell what the par ade doesn't offer would be far easier than to specify what it does, accord ing to the circus man. Sufficient to say that none of the glitter and glam- our which perennialfy attaches to this time honored feature of show day will be found lacking in the preten- tious and interesting cavalcade. It is calculated to arouse dormant mSmor- ies and make many a staid profession al man put up the office shutters and make an early start for the lot where the canvas city is installed for the day.
 But it is under the 'big top" that the very real happenings occur and at o'clock this afternoon and again at o'clock the circus valves will be op- ened full tilt, and for almost three hours. thereafter, there will be per feet riot of action and kaleidiscopic activity in the three rings, two stag es and quarter mile track which the immense canvas covers Never before has the show been as rich in novelties as this ears program dfscloses.
 Man of the acts and performers are absolutely new to America and give the program it's chief charm and dis tinction. The performance commence es with a startling innovation in the shape of a gorgeous spectacle, en- titled "Cleopatra" based upon the story of Antony and Cleopatra. Over 1000 people are utilized in it's presentation, and there is a large ballet of dancing girls.
 The music. costumes, properties and all things pertaining to it. are of the atmosphere of ancient Alexandria and the worthless play of Antony's infat- uation, suicide and the death of the sorcereress of the Nile" is told in eff feetive pantomime by competen, ar lists, It is distinctly the most dra