Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
SHOW TO Be NOVEL
Barnum & Bailey Promise to
Surpass Other Years.
PARADE MONDAY MORNING
Pageant Starts at 10 O'Clock and
Will Be Three Miles
Long.

The gathering advance representatives
of the Barnum & Bailey circus have
promised that the familiar catch line,
greatest show on EARTH" will be lived
up to far and away more generously than
in any year the circus has made appear
ance here. Novelty will Be the keynote
Of the entertainment tomorrow and Tues
day.
Eighty-fve double-length railroad cars
are required to transport the Barnum &
Bailey circus, it is said They are op-
Grated in four train sections. The first
section. known in the language Of the
circus as 1.-The flying squadron was
scheduled to leave Philadelphia before
midnight. The dining tents. which 1t con-
veys, will inaugurate the twenty-acre en-
campment at 14th and G streets north
east, and food will await the hungry hun
dreds when they reach the grounds.
The circus parade will make its start
as near 10 o'clock tomorrow morning as
conditions permit and traverse the fol-
lowing route:
Show grounds to Maryland avenue. to
B street. to New Jersey avenue. to Mas
sachusetts avenue. to 7th street, to X
street north side), to 22d street, to Penn
sylvania avenue, to 18th street, to Penn
sylvania avenue, to LIST street west, to B
street north. to Maryland avenue, to 18th
street, to show grounds
Pageant Three Miles Long.
The pageant stretches three miles in
length and the promise is made 1t will
surpass the most joyful expectations OF
young and old Nearly twoscore ele-
plants will tread the route and oil camels.
zebras. zebus, sacred cattle, yaks and
other led" animals there will be legion.
Dozen of open cages will disclose their
jungle inmates and trainers. More than
100 horses, ranging from the powerful,
plumed draft Percherons and Clydes-
dales. the thoroughbred chariot racers
and proud ring horses to the sturdy little
Shetland ponies. will display themselves
The allegorical and tableau floats and
other vehtcular appurtenances of the
parade are new in construction and con-
ception and as ornately beautiful as the
best efforts of distinguished designers,
sculptors and decorators can yield. -Four
bands will be in the parade and the nom
sense of clowns will pervade the long
line.
The circus performances will begin
promptly at o'clock each afternoon and
at 8 o'clock each night, and the Barnum
& Bailey management announces that
comfortable accommodations for nearly
1900 persons are provided in it's man.
moth new weatherproof tents. The ma
nagerie comprises an equipment of liz
cages.
Miss Suffrage" the baby giraffe. is the
pride of the collection. She was born in
the circus winter quarters. January 81
last A rhinoceros and a hippopotamus
are two other freaks of the animal world
from the depths of Africa.
"The Spectacle Of Cleopatra"
The innovation Of the Barnum & Bailey
performances will be THE Spectacle of
Cleopatra" an adaptation Of an episode
in Egyptian history. 1t is the story OF
Marc Antony and Cleopatra. The pa
geants which pass majestically before Marc
Antony and Cleopatra replace the grand
entire of other years. and the hippodrome
races. which formerly closed the show
transpire during the course of the pro-
duction.
Among the other novelties in the arena
plant base ball game. In which one huge
beast makes home run. May Wirth. ar
Australian girl, will make her first ap-
pearance here. She comes acclaimed as
the worlds most daring and skillful bare
back rider. The Royal Mikado troupe OF
jiu jitsu champions also have something
decidedly new, it is promised.
The clowns in the show number forty
the active participants insthe exploits be-
low and aloft nearly 800.