Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-27

Undaunted by threatening weather,
a mammoth crowd of merrymakers
gathered under the big top" of Bar
mum & Bailey's circus at Ponce De-
Leon grounds to witness the matinee
performance Monday afternoon. A
slight rain about noon and heavy
clouds apparently had no effect on
the carnival spirit, which was sent
liting at the sight of the gorgeous
parade during the morning Officials
Of the circus predict 4 combined at
tendance Of 10000 persons at the aft
ernoon and night performances.
Such throng would break Allan
ta's record even for visit from
President Wilson, Evelyn Thaw or the
Sultan of Sulu
Most Of the crowd which lined the
streets during the morning followed
the parade to the circus lot and par
took of lunch there mid all the noise
and pandemonium which prevails in
tho vicinity Of such q gigantic or
ganization. Thousands OF persons, a
large majority of whom were small
boys, wandered about the grounds
prior to,the opening of the main gates
at l O'Clock While policemen were
stationed thickly around the tents,
good order was conspicuous.
Thousands See Parade.
Thousands of people. lining the
curbs. witnessed the parade Monday
morning when that marvel of mag
ic" appeared in Atlanta's prosa &c
streets heralding the greatest of
them ALL"
Long before the appointed hour-10
o'clock-the crowds began TO as
semble When the first trumpeters,
composing the vanguard Of the line,
pranced out of the lot at Ponce De
Leon on their snow white horses, the
streets along which the parade was
to pass were lined ten and fifteen
deep. The sunshine of the early
morning brought out one Of the larg-
est throngs which ever witnessed such
an event in Atlanta 1t numbered
probably $4,000 persons.
The juvenile representation was the
greatest. Small boys and girls
threaded their ways between the legs
OF their elders to the forefront Of the
lines and there with wide eys and
open mouths viewed the mysteries of
the circus as they were unveiled be-
fore them In slow and dignified de-
mean. incidentally, probably every de-
scendant OF Ham within a radius of
MANY miles of Atlanta was among
those present. ..
The parade was routed from its 10:
along Ponce DeLeon avenue to Peach
tree street; thence to Forsyth, to Ma
rietta and to Peachtree again. From
there 1t turned back TO the grounds
via Peachtree and Ponce DeLeon,
Dense Crowd at Five Points.
The crowd was greatest at Marietta
and Forsyth, and Five Points Traf-
fc during the procession was de-
moralized at these places for some
time.
All mankind knows just about what
circus people do on week days. They
know that the "circusers" roll into a
town at an unearthly hour in the
morning, tumble out of their berths
about o'clock and walk to the lot"
where they eat breakfast. At 9
o'clock they march in the "gee-rand
parade When they come back,
lunch is waiting for them: then they
don their spanglrs and gold lace AMI
GLADDEN. the hearts and thrill the
souls of young America: then they
eat their dinner and back again 10
the sawdust ring unit! midnight.
Everybody knows it's work from sun
rise to shutdown
But what do they do on Sunday. the
only day in the week In which there
are no performances? What did the
Barnum & Bailey people DO yeste~-
day out at Ponce DeLeon Park?