The Washington times., 1915-05-09
CIRCUS TAKES CITY,
PARADE TOMORROW
''WorIds Greatest Shows" De-
train, Raise White Tops, and
Prepare for Exhibition.
TIA nirciia In hare

The circus is here.
In the early hours Of this morning II
! descended upon Washington. bringing
all the strange sights and the thousand
rainbow hues and tons Of spangles char
acteristic Of the white tops
All Of which Is another way OF say
Ing that the Ringing Brothers worlds
greatest shows" is here. detrainins. feed
| ing itself, furnishing up plate glass and
gold leaf and otherwise preparing for
tho gee-rand parade which is to take
over at the old show grounds at Fiji
teenth street and Florida avenue north
east. orises the dull thud OF the stake
driving mallet, the aroma of unbbaled
hay and open air cookery, and tho ALL
prevailing perfume Of the sawdust
Sunday mornins-breathed there the
that he didn't yearn to get up before
daylight, and watch those four long red
and yellow trains roll into tho Eckins-
ton railroad yards?
| to go to Sunday school; plenty Of time
| for that though-but there was bunch
Of kids asoing down to the baltimore
and Ohio tracks, ana II he could get
| back in time to dress up-aw, now, why
not?
Sunday School Scholars Excuse.
| Sunday morning-well surely there
couldn't be any harm In going. for
didn't the newspapers say that the cir
putting UP the dining tents and the
mena gerie, and the stables. and feeding
the working men and the tight-roRe
ladies and the monkeys and all?
| Aw, now-why not sneak out and go
| over just for a little while?
| Besides, maybe the Sunday school les
son would be about Daniel In tn elions'
den, anyway; wouldn't It be good
| - xolr 1n0l
the lions themselves? Always did want
to see for sure II lion could get a
mans head in his mouth, really enough.
like the pictures. Naw-wasn't going
| TO try II. or course not!
And so 1t was that there was many
threatened attack OF apoplexy under
small caps this Sunday. and many
treasured quarter, or even four-nit
pocket. snd many haphazard answer
| to some scriptural query. the witness
being occupied mentally with such re-
| Elections as these:
| Ringing Brothers or bust. Gee, Ia
, hate to be a monkey. II that monke%-
was to be a numpire Of a nelephants'
baseball game and had to call a ne,e-
phant out on strikes"
Ringling Or Bust.
| And no wonder. You may babble OF
the new generation" and boys old
before their time. and precoc!ty. and all
that sort of thing But the sons and
heirs Of the men who got up before
dawn to watch and listen to the dim
and creaking forms Of the ghosty wa
gon train of the one-ring circus Of Ions
ago-those said sons and heirs are go
ing to adopt as their halesome mott"
for tomorrow and Tuesday:
Ringing Brothers or bust"
It's in the blood, and just so long as
springtime comes and the red wagons.
the calliopes and the white tops are
abroad In the land, it's going to take
moro than human science to eradicate
this microbe Of the circus.
The Parade.
The circus grounds are located at
Fifteenth street and Florida avenue
northeast
The doors to the menagerie and main
tent will open at ] and p. m. and
the performances will begin at and
p. m.
The downtown seat sale is at Ogram's
drug store. Thirteenth and Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
The street parade will leave the show
grounds at $50 tomorrow morning and
pass over the following route: Along
| Florida avenue to K street northwest.
along north side OF Mt. Vernon square
to Ninth street to K street. to Twenty
second street; along Washington circle,
thence east on Pennsylvania avenue
(south side) to First street northwest;
around east side of Peace Monument;
north on First street to B street: along
strte ct to Tennessee avenue north
east. to Fifteenth street. and back to