The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-18
Crowded out last week.
THE HAGENBECK- WALLACE
CIRCUS

ne Daylight Saw the Beginning
~ of the Unloading of the Al
most Unlimited Parapher-
MALTA.
=, The circus! Long live the circus,
" peanuts and lemonade.
Three long trains of yellow cars,
loaded to the guards with circus
! Daraphernalia and equipment of the
Hagenbeck- Wallace circus reached
High Point Friday morning. a =
! of the early arrival of circus there
was good sized reception COM
mittee on hand to welcome the
showmen. Some were there who
declared that they had not missed
seeing a circus come in" for Is
years.
At daylight the work of unloading
the trains began. The heavy red
and yellow baggage wagons were
rolled from the fiat cars and hauled
briskly to the show grounds. On the
circus lot" the wagons containing
the great steel cooking ranges were
located conveniently and soon a
small army of cooks, chefs and wait
ers were busy preparing breakfast.
Jimmy Davis, who has charge of
the culinary department, said that
nearly 1000 circus followers were
fed between z and 8 clock.
A steam stake driver fairly brist-
led the ground with stakes for the
% tents which covered a range of
IA acres. The Carl Hagenbeck men.
aeerie tent was erected following the
hotel tents that the rare and costly
wild animals could be protected
from any possible inclement weather
The barber shop. library, office,
blacksmith, harness and carpenter
tents were elevated later. The huge
arena tent, the largest ever used by
the Hagenbeck- Wallace circus (45O
feet in leneth) was ready at 10
O o'clock.
Within the space of three hours
after the arrival of the first baggage
wagon on the grounds the once bar
rem lot was transferred into Ii. e
city, which lacked only town c,
Gil and state charter. There was
lawyer. an Uncle Sam mail man,
physician. minister of the Gospel,
the Rev. Cadesmas Pope. D. D. to-
eether with carpenters. blacksmiths,
and all other artisans found in the
average city.
With breakfast over preparations
were begun for the immense street
pageant. 1t left the circus grounds
shortly after 10 o'clock and travers-
I'd the principal downtown business
streets while thousands lined the
streets, curbings and crowded Office 7
windows. What they saw was not J
Disappointing. There were herds of
elephants with native riders, scores
IT the dens and cages were opened
o the public. The gold leaf on the
'lleeorical floats and tableau wagons
listened in the bright sunshine of a
ypical circus day weather. There
we're number of bands of music Z
long with two immense steam cal
iopes. Upwards of 1000 men.
women and horses participated in
he parade which was one of the .
biggest and best ever seen here. I
Following the parade the circus \
rounds became the objective point.
he side shows did an immense
BUSINESS. There was our old friend
he wild man and all the freaks and
and monstrosities garner.
d from the four corners of the earth.
he showmen told in glowing terms
the merits to be found just inside
he tents. The band just on the in
lde thumped popular air and the! 4
rowd hesitated no longer. (
The doors of the Carl Haeenheek
1enagerie were opened shortly after
O'Clock. An hour was allotted for
ne biggest and best in the world.