Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
GRAND STREET PARADE
MARVEL OF BEAUTY
Hagenbeck- Wallace Street Pa
geant Never Before Equaled
BY Any Circus


tingent on the condition of the wealth
err as in former years. Don't worry
about little rain on show day, for in
spite of any wetness the performances
will be comfortably presented provid-
ed the railroad gets the several trains
in town in ample time.
Remember the performance is not
effected in any way by the parade.
If the street parade is late or is can
celled altogether in case of an ex-
treme late arrival of the circus, the
performances will be given complete
in every detail just as usual.
If the reader realizes how jealous
circus people are of each other they
would understand better why the per-
Torrance is never shortened or any
acts cut out. For the management to
say TO one or more performers that
they need not work at given time,
would be to cause mutiny.
The managers of a large circus are
abreast of the times. They are as
progressive as men identified with
other lines of business. Drinking
water is not provided on a circus lot
because it would be impossible to keep
it as clean as it should be. However,
good lemonade that is guaranteed to
be pure can be had on the grounds at
a small price. The circus carries
physician and surgeon. Accidents are
of daily occurrence, the same as may
be expected in any factory or city. Do
not become alarmed if there is an ac-
cident during the performance. The
victim is sure to be given every pos
sible attention and is cared for by
friends as well as the management.
The physician who travels with the
circus is always on hand and in case
any spectator becomes suddenly sick,
he will respond to your every need.
The new electric light system with
the Carl Hagenbeck circus will not
only turn night into day, but it will
prove a great convenience to the pa
irons of the show. After the show
at night the great search lights will
be so stationed as to the light the way
for the people from the grounds to
the walks or streets cars. The cleo
trio light wagons are the last to leave
the show grounds.
The new feature street parade
which has been the talk of the circus
world and the delight of the public
who have witnessed this wonderful
moving morning carnival of the Hag-
enbeck- Wallace circus has been pro-
claimed the most pompous and strik-
ing innovation in pageantry offerings.
1t is a regally mastodonic and rich
in display. There are to be seen
characters representing princes, po-
tentates and notables, displaying os-
tenations and lavish display of price
less jewels and costumes. Elephants,
camels, dromedaris, zebras, sacred
cattle, and ponies drapped in the
richest housing of cloth of gold and
silver will be driven and ridden by
natives Of their respective countries
Magnificent new tableau cars will
bear mobiles and their retinue of re-
tainers, proudly riding on superb
horses, whose coats can scarcely be
distinguished beneath their richly en-
broidered coverings. This blending to
gether of rich vestments, this clank-
ing of swords and jingling of trinkets.
these plumes, laces and other paraph-
ernalia present a most brilliant spec
tacle All the men, women and child
rem connected with the Hagenbek-
Wallace shows have some part in the
parade, and the four hundred of the
worlds finest horses will be in the
line comparisoned with a richness
that will be a revelation. Scores of
tableau cars, dens, tanks musical
vehicles fashionable park traps,
carts, chariots and floats will scin-
tillate with brilliancy. Numerous
bands of musicians and a colony of
clowns will add to the gayety of the
nations. The entire pageant will be
characterized by exclusiveness, novel
ty and brilliancy and expensiveness
of feature which separates it from
all others and marks it the grandest
exhibition Of its kind ever conceived
or presented.