Evening journal., 1915-05-15
RINGING Circus
HERE AGAIN With
thrilling ACTS
Gorgeous Street Parade
Delights Thousand Pre-
liminary to Performance
MENACERIE A WONDER;
CROWDED BY. Children

Here she comes, fellers!" This
announcement passed from boy to boy
lined up on the curb as Ringing
Brothers big circus parade. bands
playing and wagons creaking appeared
down town today Elephants, clowns,
band, snake charmer and all the rest
were there. After several thousand
urchins had tagged the big process
sion TO the show grounds il was pro-
nounced "the best ever"
Grown folk we're on hand, too. With
little girls clinging to them. mothers
and fathers became as restless and
excited as the younger ones.
Circus day had hardly dawned when
people began coming into the city.
All railways and country roads led to
the blue pennanted canvas city. All
of the railroads brought i'm excursions
on special trains and long before the
parade reached down town, the streets
were thronged with people. The Ring
ling Brothers have always kept their
promises and their loudly heralded
street parade was another proof that
/ their word is good. No more glitter
| ing and brilliant display has ever
been made in this city. The parade
4 nearly three miles in length was one
unending array of novelties, light and
color The famous Ringing horses,
both in the teams and the cavalcades,
mounted by men and women in the
gorgeous costumes made a splendid
showing, Pretty and effective pic
lures we're made by the tableau cars
which were filled with girls in gay
garb. There was plenty of music and
our old friends, the clowns. received a
welcome equal to a congressman com
ing home with a Job for every Office
hunter.
The first Of the four trains which
transport the Ringing outfit from
4 place to place, reached the city short
ly after dawn. AS fast as the sections
arrived they we're snunted on to the
sidings.
Here the unloading took place and
continuous cavalcade of wagons
red and golden chariots, and all the
rainbow trappings of spangletown
wended its way from the tracks to the
show grounds.
Scattered groups of youngsters and
those grown-up who are always
Peter Pans when the circus comes to
town, we're on hand when the first
train arrived. They watched and mar
veled at the swiftness and precision
of the unloading process. There was
neither lost time nor motion in get
ting the show equipment from the
cars to the grounds. The grinding
brakes of the incoming trains seemed
as signals. The interior of the sleep
ers was astir in a twinkling. Men
stretched their limbs and tumbled
from the cars. A gigantic task
awaited them, but they we're ready
for it. With scarcely an order, 50
well as these men trained in their
duties, hundreds jumped to their
places and at once became parts of
that engine of life, each going about
his. appointed work without hesitancy
or doubt
Then came the procession through thl
streets. And there was that peculiar
something about the neighing of th,
horses, the deep thump of the wagoI
wheels and the clanking of the harness
which every community longs to hear a
this season of the year and which in
fects one with that indescribable long
ing for the interior of the white tent
which, for want of better phrase, i
called "rei wagon fever"
At the show grounds the scene wa
one of methOdical turmoil Men emptie,
huge wagons and began pitching the din
ing and cook tents One mammoth af
fair on wheels opened its sides and, be
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