Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-06

A trainload of happiness came to
town this morning--or rather, two
trainloads. For when the putting en-
gines had shunted their long charges
Of flat cars, stock cars and sleeping
cars upon the side tracks this morning
1t meant something different from the
usual line of railroad business. Those
cars contained happiness, happiness for
the kids. happiness for the fathers and
for the mothers and for the sisters and
brothers of the city-they were the cars
of the Sells -Floto circus and Buffalo
Bill (himself) which is to exhibit here
this afternoon and tonight at Twenty
sixth and Main streets. And a busy
place it was down at the siding after
the arrival of the trains. Men shouted
and ran here and there; they opened
the doors of the big stock cars that
the sleek, glossy horses, the fry, long
haired camels, the great, numbering
elephants might be led down the chutes
and on to the circus grounds. They
strained and pulled at heavy wagons,
there came the creal1ing of windlasses
as the wagons, one by one. were low
cred down the runways. There were
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dience, calls, laughter-for the circus
man is always happy.
And then, one by one, as the wagons
We're lowered, the horses were hitched
and the rocking, swaying journey to the
circus lot begun. Not moment can
be wasted you know, either when
circus is arriving In town or leaving
1t. And especially Is this SO with the
Sells loto circus, where the great,
spreading canvasses cover IL acres of
ground, where just as soon as the load
ing or unloading of one train is fin
ished. the task must be begun with
another.
All Worked Swiftly.
And so, swiftly they worked this
morning. worked at the cars. worked at
the lot, where the cook tent arose be-
fore all else, where the fluttering little
flags told of the position of the mena-
gerie tent, the horse tents and the main
tents, where the massive spindle wagon
with Its gasoline power-an invention
of "Bill' Curtis of the Sells-F1oto cir
cus--sent one tent after another into
the air. where men hurried here and
there that everything might be ar
ranged on time. So thus Ii was, that
when parade time came. the wagons
went forth, the bands played and the
Voealina and the giant Serenadum sent
forth their shrilling music-for the
knowledge was sure that everything
would be ready on the return-that the
performance of the afternoon would
come on time.
incidentally, there are many things Of
interest to be seen in that perform
ance. Principal among them-outside
of the purely circus acts-will, OF
course, be Buffalo Bill, who. with his
retinue of riders, ropers, ranch girls
and Indians, presents a spectacle en-
titled "Warpath," in which the progress
of civilization from the time of the
frontier to that of the present day
is depicted. Then, naturally. there are
the/circus acts, the equestriennes, the
aerialists, contortionists; the wild ami
mails and their trainers, Fora and her
three herds of elephants and those 40
clowns without which circus is not
complete.
More, the Sells-F1oto circus promises
this year that everything is new, from
the tents to the acts--that is, every
thing except the price, which remains
25 cents. The downtown reserved seat
sale is at the Overland drug store.