Evening journal., 1913-05-21
CIRCUS WITH
MORE THRILLS
TOMORROW
HagenbeCk- Wallace Exhibition
Has 1000 Entertainers in
Many Rolls
ANIMAL SHOW
ONE OF THE FEATURES

Three special trains will arrive in
Wilmington tomorrow morning over
tho Pennsylvania railroad. Aboard
will be the paraphernalia and equip
ment of the Carl Hagenbeck and
Great Wallace Shows, combined,
which is scheduled TOR two perfor-
mances here tomorrow.
The circus special will arrive 80
minutes apart, according 10 the
schedule given out this morning by
railroad officials.
Wilmington win probably entertain
the largest crowds in many years on
Thursday. All railroads entering the
city have made arrangements for the
running Of excursion trains and the
interurban officials have made prepar-
ations for handling a large increase
of passengers. Visitors will come in
many ways according to reports.
Some will come aboard automobiles,
others i'm carriages. and others will
ride horseback. while not a few will
walk. But they will get to the circu
Just the same.
Agents who have been in the city
the past week have made their final
preparations As quickly as the cir
Gus specials arrive they will be pack
cd I'm the railroad yards and the work
Of unloading will begin. There pro-
misses to be no halts or perplexing
delays Everything around a big
show Is done with a system. Each
man has special task to perform
and Is held directly responsible for It..
He performs the same task day after
day and in time becomes wonderfully
proficient
The first wagon to he unloadcd viii
be the enormous kitchen van II con-
tsins 16 feet Of steel cooking space and
upon II is prepared more than 5000
meals daily While the space is
necessarily small, yet it is compact.
Tt requires 16 separate tents to pro-
perly house the Hagenbeck- Wallace
shows. They cover "A acres of
ground. There is the cooh house tent,
stable tents. four Of them, blacksmith
tent. harness. tent. side show tent, the
menaeerie tent which houses severe
al hundred rare and costly animals
and the big arena tent which comfort.
bly seats 10000 spectators. This
mammoth. tented palace is the largest
arena pavilion ever constructed. 1t
required IS men three months to
complete the task. II is valued at a
small fortune alone.
The HaCenbeck- Wallace Circus vii
form little city in itself. There are
600 souls. most Of them are perform
ers who take part in the big show'i
program. while others are working
men and members of the executive
staff. There is a lawyer. dentist
doctor. two veterinary surgeons.
minister of the gospel, the Rev. Cades
mas pope. ID. d.. half dozen black
smiths and harness makers besides
corps of bookkeepers and steno
graphers.
One of the most interesting feature
apart from a big circus is the erec
tion Of the monster tents II is th'
custom with all other circuses to us
eight or ten men to drive the biz
stakes into the ground. With tn
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus there is
nile driver on wheels which does tn
work of 40 men. Another time save
NAV be found over in the cook house,
II is a little machine which cut
bread as fast as man can operat
crank anu llStil lut itdN'ot
The first part of the circus pro
gram tomorrow will be the two-mil
long street parade which will leav
the show grounds at 10 o'clock. IN
principal downtown streets will b
passed through. There will be MP
wards 0f so cages and dens contain
ing wild animals. half hundre
elahorstely carved and decorated tab
leau wagons and floats. Some wi
represent empires OF the Orient wit
their respective rulers. There wi
be eight bands in tho lin Of marc
and an enormous steam calliope. tha
apparatus which the gentlemen {
color call the steam fiddle.
The. doors TO tho afternoon sho'
will be opend at / o'clock. One hou
will b allotted to the students of ns
ture to study the rare aid costly viii
animals. They are al from Carl Has
enbeck's animal farm at lambert
Germany Several OF. the specimen
are the only ones H. captivity. Pre-
ceding the performance by 30 mir
utes a concert will be given by
Masey's band OF AS soloists.
-Four hundred artists will take pal
in the big show program. Among
few Of the big features will be Hei
Won Ritter. daredevil Dutchmai
who slides down a silver wire on h
head from the top of a lofty pole
the Tasmanian Sisters of Debutsn
acrobats; the Six Vandiemans, Il
worlds greatest aerialists. and NIL
Nadie. whom DR.. Sargent. OF HarvaI
University. calls the "Circus Venus
Doors to the night show will be opel
cd at o'clock, and the big sho
will commence an hour later. One Al
mission ticket viii take the bear
all the way through the big show.