The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-06

The good old circus with Its CLEANS
| its glitter, aud its goiG, due III FAR
mont with all the certainty Of spring
itself, will once more invade the city
/ tomorrow, and promises TO be the
i mecca Of all whose hearts are young
for one whole Joyous day.
Long heralded, it will become an
absolute certainty when four long yell
low trains draw into the Baltimore
and Ohio yards between 4 and A.
NJ. tomorrow, with sleepers and stock
cars bearing the magic caption:
"R1NGLING BROTHERS WORLDS
GREATEST SHOWS"
AS fast as the sections arrive. they
will be shunted onto the switching
tracks at Walkers siding. There the
detraining will take place and the cav
.alcade OF wagons, horses and animals
march to the circus grounds.
No urging will be required to hasten
| the small boy or even his sister to the
railroad tracks. They will undoubt"
eddy be down at the yards and grounds
by the hundreds long before dawn.
eager TO catch the first glimpse OF
that cargo OF elephants and spangles
SO dear to the heart OF the young.
Young or old, those who greet the
! Ringing shows will welcome what Is
said to be the largest arenic enter
prise that has ever visited Fairmont
More than 1900 persons will alight
from the trains, herds OF elephants
lumber down the gang planks and
735 horses pass through the streets, to
say nothing OF the 1903 dens OF animals
which compose the zoo.
Out to the show grounds will be
pitched the greatest stretch Of canvas
ever built. This is the "big top"
which measures $50 feet in length by
$50 feet in width. 1t bigness Is essen
tial to correct presentation Of the
spectacle Of Solomon and the Queen
OF Sheba, which Is this seasons added
feature with the Ringing enterprise.
One-half OF the main tent is required
for this great Bible epic for which the
Ringlings carry q cast of 1880 char.
acters. The new tent which has been
built to accommodate this massive
wordless play is large enough to hold
10000 spectators besides.
That the other stretches OF canvas
might not suffer by contrast and since
larger dinning and dressing tent
were imperative because of the great
er number Of persons Travelled, the
management decided upon a complete
new outfit. All this will greet the eye
when the visitors go to inspect the
twenty.four tents Of Ringlingylile to-.
morrow.
The official program for the day
which the circus Is to spend here in
cludes parade which will leave the
show grounds at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning and performances at 2 and
s. P. M. The doors to the main tent
will open one hour before the COM
mencement OF the circus program,
that patrons may have ample oppor-
tunity to inspect the menagerie and
enjoy the promanade concert OF tho
Ringing military band.
The program in the main tent Will
open with the spectacle OF Solomon
and the Queen OF Sheba" It has as
Its feature a magnificent pageant de-
ypicting the extravagantI life and times
iof ancient Israel and q ballet OF goo
dancing girls.
The introduction Of the, spectacle
has in no way curtailed this seasons
regular circus program, for It rs but
an added feature followed BY two
Shours' of Earenic display: This enltsts
the skill and daring of more than 400
performers OF whom over. 80 per cent
are foreigners making their first aprT
!pearanceS in America Forenno stsa among
them are: Johannes osetssons the
sLloyds, Mrs. ETHEL the Nc ae;p ayens