The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-17

do nothing else except appear in the parade. The animal men do nothing but attend to the animals, the canvasmen put up and take down the tents, nothing else, while the ..razorbacks' load the trains.
 In this way all employees of the circus have plenty of leisure tune. They em- ploy it in various ways There Is a rest room for the men and one for the ladies. Yesterday afternoon there was a very spirited game of quoits in progress just behind the mems dress tent. The women sew and, of course, gossip
 The feeding of such large number of people is quite problem, but 1t is solved in a way characteristic of the circus. There is one monster oven on wheels much resembling the pictures of the field kitchen of the German army. In this oven all the baking and frying is done, while all the boiling Is done by means or steam generated by an engine nearby and conducted to the immense cauldrons by pipes. There is also steam table, so that such food as griddle cakes may be kept warm after being cooked. Hot food is regarded as a necessity and every pro- vision is made for the comfort of the show people.
 The cooks were having quite a time yesterday afternoon, or rather were just recovering from it. In the early morn ing the wheels of the cook wagon had sunk into the ground made soft by the rains on one side. but the other wheels rested on rock so that the stove inclined at an acute angle. The chief chef snort ed in disgust as he said Tt took almost an hour to fix that" What. had been done seemed to an initiated one to have been enough to keep a large number of men busy several hours.
 
 It was interesting to note what distinc- tions were made between the men in the eating The dining tent covered several acres, and was divided almost In the mid de by high partition. On one side of this the performers and the executive staff eat, while on the other the labor ing men-that is, canyassmen, ''razor- backs and animal men eat. On the wcrkingmen's side there were special tables for the bosses of the gangs. On the other side of the partition the per- formers and the executives of the circus dine, while there are also special tables on this side for the heads of departments. The negroes have tent to themselves.
 The only distinction discernable was that the dishes for the workingmen were oi porcelain, while those of the performers were of heavy china. The food is the same Incidentally, when the Ringlings are with the show, and one of thcm usual ly is, they eat with the executive staff and partalSe of exactly the same food that the lowest paid man with the circus has.
 The circus has a commissary depart ment just as has an army and the duties are the same The show buys its bread and fresh meat as it goes, but carries a large supply of staples with it. being able to get better prices in this way.
 The progress of the world in the last 9 years has been astounding and nowhere has this been felt more than by the circus. The method of lighting Is typical of this. In the old days the tents were poorly H. himinated by nicSering gas lights. Today incandescents glow in all parts of the tents. and the big top is lighted bp pow erful arc lights. the current for which is generated by dynamo that goes with the show. There are two of these big dyna-