The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
Circus Comes to
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 the corner of State and Main streets the route having been reversed owing to the steep hill on Washington ave- nue, which could be driven better up than down, the officers bent their ef- forts to place the children in the front ranks where their popping eyes could sec without obstruction.
 Officials from the Connecticut com pany directed the movement of trad- f7c so that it would least inconven- fence the public and the parade and the line of march down State street. through Main, up Washington avenue to Fairfield avenue. and thence to the circus grounds was carried through without, hitch.
 At the corner of Fairfield avenue and Main street the crowds surged thfckest and among the spectators were some of the best known citizens whose comments on past and present spectacle of today. Noticeable among those who have witnessed similar showings was Benjamin Root, the well known veteran of the postal ser vice in whose hands was a toy bal loon, and whose eyes s4lone with a fustre whichs betokened the pleasure which such a pageant still stirred within him.
 Headed by the marshal in his light running vehicle, the big band wagon of the 'sWestern Hemisphere" with it's brightly uniformed members playing martial air looked down with dis dain upon the cream and white charg- Knighthood were picturesquely acs cortred. In rapid procession passed more of the noble aniznalsa with the queens of the arena astride. all clad in the purple yellow and gold plush of the mediaeva1 tirnes And as they .1v recognition between their 'sold Pal Al" passed It was The Big Top Is Up All Hello, Pal sCorAe With Us, Boy, until finally Harry Mooney with his 21 numbering pachydernas appeared. Again the familiar sound former and driver alike, Hello. Al, Y and a return of Hello. Harry and then a surprising spectacle was witt messed in the streets of Bridgeport when at signal from their mahouts the two leaders of tae herd kneIt in trunks closely twfned gave grave and silent salute to one remembered by all in the land Of the canvased roof though 1t is nearly a score of years since he took active part in the ring. And ''on the lot this afternoon in the very seclusion that the great crowds give the regular attache of the circus,
 
 and the days when he was with the show
 For the little ones the open cages showing the big lions, the king of bAassts calmly surveying the throngs through which they were driven, the tigers, black bears and leopards, were as vista from unknown lands. There were gaudy closed vans in gold. yellow green. blue, orange and every color of the spectrum. The big hippo rolled onward to be replaced with cavalry from the Austrian er1a- pire, floats Of all nations, including the Egyptian, reclining under her canopy and famed by slaves. the land of the Jap the Turk, the Ara D ana the American Indian. All these, youthful eyes beheId with awe, until the parade of the- ponies. followed by the screaming ca1liope, brought l1ed- lam into the streets and the oxninous n1urrn1lr of resurning trafflc inpeIled caution into the breasts of mother and child alike.
 And during the morning and early hours of the afternozl it was a long period to wait until the doors would be opened and the big seven-pole arena would swallow up into it's 16. 900 capacity many of those who gathered for the first performance.
 That tonight's opening hour of B o'clock will again see the great top filled to capacity and the side shows doing 'homes town" business seems assured.