Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-05-25
Sells -Floto Show and Buffalo
Bl's Wild West Troupe
Coming to Aberdeen
CODY WILL LEADPARADE
Free Street Spectacle to Be
Held in Morning (; Show
Afternoon and Night

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from Thursday this week, so far as
concerns the average Aberdeen small
boy. Circus day! What an awful lot
It has meant to an awful lot of world
weary adults! In fact, as must admit
many Of these same world-weary
adults, who brazenly announce that
they've got to take the kids to the
show. anyway" circus day never does
quite lose it's thrills.
THE camels is COMM"
Also bunch Of elephants with un.
pressed trousers and the humpback
sacred cattle and the blood.sweating
behemoth Of Holy Writ and a fascin-
atng medley Of other things. Forget
EN-? There will be more than the
small boy population on hand, Thurs
day morning. when roll into Aberdeen
the long trains Of vari-col0red cars Of
the Sells-Floto circus and Buffalo
Bill's original wild west show.
There will be plenty Of adults to
turn pleased ears to the leaky blare
Of the clown band tuba, the howl Of
the concession man-and, we'll, lot
Of things. For was there ever cir
Gus without "all the cur-i-os-i-ties-s,
ladies an gents, ever conceived for
your entertainment an amusement?
Certainly not.
Two Shows Sure.
And speaking of curiosities and
clowns and cornets and other things
of an alliterative nature, there will
be many thing to look at with the
Sslls-Floto circus this year. Every
advance man swears it, the an.
nouncements chortle it and the truth
ful press agents weep oceans of briny,
salty, eye-swelling tears when there's
the slightest intimation of doubt. And
seeing that this Is the case. the fol-
lowing statements must be accepted
- fact:
That, first Of all, shimmering sun
Qr slanting rain, that circus'll be In
Aberdeen Thursday for two perform
ances, afternoon and evening.
That Buffalo Bill (Col. william
Cody will lead the parade, to ride
around the great arena, to give his
famous salute from the saddle and to
\ personally supervise the presentation
Of the wild west program of the show.
That there will be forty-y-y-y-y-y-
count em--forty-yy-y-y-y-y clowns.
Acrobats and AerlalIsts.
That there are q million, or at the
least. q hundred or 30 acrobats and
aerialists; a whole congress Of eques.
triennes, and all of'em pretty; group
q special attractions, including Rosa
losalind. the rider;. Captain Dutch
Ricardo, who trains lions, tigers and
leopArds with buggy whip; Fora,
the bravest woman in the world"
\ With her three herds Of performing
tlsphants; Indians, riders, cowboys.
roters, soldiers. ranch girls. Devlin's
&ouaves and
The press agent has just wandered
y and begged that too much space
b not used about the greatest show
( II the world!" Yes, he did-not!
But anyway, there are the promise
q many. many things to be seen un-
der. the white tops this year-and. OF
course, there is the promise OF a pa
rade. That will come at 10:30 o'clock
Thursday morning and it will traverse
Heron and other downtown streets
with Buffalo Bill in the lead.
And after the parade. to quote the
enthusiastic press agent, should there
b . wild rush for reserved seats, an
uptown seat sale will be opened at 8
O'clock Thursday morning at the Red
Cross drug store, where general ad-
mission and reserved seats may be
obtained at the same prices as charg-
Cd at the ticket wagon on the grounds.
The price of those general admission
tickets, and that includes seat aIso'
p twenty-five cents. Reserved seat
and grandstand chairs are extra.
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