Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-18
NOVELTY OF SEEING Big AcGRE.
CATION ON REST DAY PROVES
INTERESTING TO MANY.
CIRCUS FISHING PARTY
VISITS sTANLEY's MILL
Performers and Others Suit Their Own
Faneies For Recreation and Have
Good Time-Baby Section Of Men,
aserie Interesting to Children Visit
ing Circus.

Sunday at the circus proved an in
! teresting sightseeing for thousands of
! Marshalltown people. when the Bar
mum & Bailey show grounds were
+, thronged with people from town, the
country. and from distant towns. The
| fair grounds were alive with people
/ from dawn until dark. and the street
! cars were taxed to their capacity il
! handling the crowds.
! 1t was truly an interesting sight,
this Sunday at the circus-a sight that
+! has not been witnessed locally for
! twelve or fifteen years. when the Sells
Forepaugh show spent Sunday here.
While Sunday is a rest day for the
performers. more or less work falls to
the lot of laborers, grooms. animal
tenders, and the host Of employees in
the cook and commissary department.
Serve 5000 Meals Here.
That the cooks and walters in the
tented city spend a ousy two days
here may be realized from the fact
that 5000 meals are served during the
stay Of the circus in Marshalltown.
when 1.500 people must be fed six
/ times. The magnitude of the circus is
also realized when the supplies are
reckoned.
Buy Many Of Supplies Here.
Most of the great amount of supplies
used in the two DAYS stop here were
| purchased in this city. The only item
entering into the bills OK fare for Sun
day and Monday not purchased here
is two car loads of meat These
reached the city Saturday night from
Omaha packers. Beef. mutton, cold
pressed meats, dressed chickens and
cheese. comprised the contents Of the
car. The bill of fare for Sunday din
ner was made UP of chicken soup.
roast beef and brown gravy,
srewed chicken, mashed pota-
toes, string beans, bread and rolls,
apple pie, cheese, and ice cream, cof-
fee and iced tea. The meats were
served cold for supper. and ice cream
was served again, as is always the
case on Sunday.
w. j. Conway. the twenty four
hour engineer. who makes all Of the
contracts one day in advance of the ar
| rival Of the circus, bought here Sat-
urday 1000 pounds of bread. 1000
| rolls. $50 twelve-tnch pies, 100 gallons
Of ice cream. 500 pounds Of coffee, IT'S
pounds Of tea, fifty nve gallons OF
| milk, eighty bushels Of potatoes 500
| pounds Of butter, forty bushels OF to-
! matoes. and 300 canteloupes. Charles
| Henry has charge Of the commi ssary
and John Burns is his assistant.
| In addition to the food for the COM
; missary department Mr.. Conway
! bought feed for the animals. For
them the purchases required fifteen
tons of hay. 1000 bushels of oats, 1900
pounds Of bran, and nine tons Of straw,
the latter being used for bedding.
Circus People Enjoy Outings.
Many Of the circus people who could
+; get away from the grounds, took ad-
/ vantage Of the day for outings OF va
/ rious kinds, as suited their fancies
Fred Bradna. equestrian director, and
Mrs. Bradna, an equesrrienne, chap
eroned party of twenty four on
fishing trip to Stanley's Mills. The
party went in automobiles and came to
Albion for dinner, which was arranged
+ for before leaving this city.
The reserved seat ticket sellers, in
charge of Charles Bell. enjo>ed a
/ ''Mulligan' down the river, taking their
cooks with them A "Mullisan" is a
/ sort Of western New England clam
bake, in which clans are supplanted
/ by green corn and other seasona Bile
vegetables. Arnold Graves. II charge
Of the properties department, gave a
/, picnic spread in the woods for the
forty four members of his department.
l'Ausomcbile drives about the country
l'were taken by several of the circus
jipeople.
| Checkers was the favorite game OF
circus people on the grounds, and sew
eral match games were played. A par
ty of clowns, who. in their citizens
F,clothes appeared like ordinary human
beings, amused themselves with pitch
ing horse shoes.
Circus people generally commented
today on the orderIiness of the peopl.
visiting the circus grounds. Circus
folk do not exactly relish the laity
prying into private affairs on the cir
Gus grounds. and there was an absence
of this. the circus people say. Towns
people were equally free in their com
ments on the utter absence Of dis
orderly element among the circu.
folk.
"6aby Section" PIeases chiIdrsn.
The baby section" of the Barnun
& Bailey menagerie proved of wide in
terest to the children visiting the cir
Gus this Afternoon. The menagerie con
tains more baby animals than are us
ually seen in single collection. Tw,
baby black bears are confined in tn
center section of the monke,
cage, and in another cage are seve,
baby lions and two baby tigers. boil
lions and tigers being seven month
old. A baby leopard four months OF,
was today taken from its mother an,
added to the cage containing the lion
and tigers.
And the most interesting OF all i
Harry. the baby giraffe. Harry wa
was born at winter quarters, Bridge
port, Conn. January 81. 1912. the Jan
uary following the last visit OF tn
Barnum & Bailey show here. Tom an
Mary, who were here two years age
are the parents OF baby Harry. an
Mary is to become mother again mex
November Tom, Mary and their so
are valued at $4,000. There are onl
two more CRATES in the country, a
the department of agriculture has pro
hibited their Importation. ciaimin
that they are responsible for a hoo
disease that Is communicable 70 horse
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