Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13

boiler wagons and the big vans that
carry the canvas dining rooms and all
the hotel equipment. These will be
hastened to the show grounds, the
worlds biggest kitchen will be erect
ed, fires lighted and a piping hot meal
Will be in readiness when Messrs
Ringlings' thousand and more board
ers arrive Most of the latter will
come TO town on the fourth and last
train, which is this season made up OF
solid, vestibuled Pullmans and given
over entirely to the performers and ex-
ecutive staff. Trains two and three
carry but few people for they are too
heavily loaded with Cinderella
spectacle paraphernalia, costumes.
golden tableau wagons and the can
vas roofs" of the rs tents of Ring
HhgNlile to have room for passengers.
foG the information of the inouisitive
small boy 1t should be added that tbe
users ana lions and things" travel on
the same train with the commissar.v
outnt. This is probably because Tho
Daoy animals sometimes grow bnngry.
IN the night as youngsters will. and
Ihe larder being near. can be sent off
meat. VI S4ioiNe
Long before the hour of parade the
ehure moving municipality will have
peeh established at the show grounds
ana most of the local small bows will
know all the elephants by their first
names. As for the grown-ups II is
iIhely that the majority of them will
tSo Te satishea to have the parade give
snen thelr first touch of Circus day
4eNer. The street pageant is schedui-
ed Tor 10 a. m. 1t will be three miles
Iohg and contain many novelties such
as team of 16 camels driven like
horSes, big mounted band in addition
20 those which disburse melodies fror,
the tops of gaily bedecked tablean
hoats; and zebras fitted with biz and
- iule' Inc contents of scores of
open dens promise TO extract "Obs,,
and "Ahs" along the line of ,o,dI, a1
most of the elephants will be on band
hundreds of beautiful horses will dra W
IuIhollhs gold leaf allegorical cars or
serve as mounts for strangely parbad
people ana, in place of the proVerbiaI /
Hopes '"o cal
Out at the circus grounds the side
SLOWS VIII open Immediately after the
street parade. The afternoon narN
tormance will begin at . u. m and ~ =
hlSht program at o'clock. In each in
stance the doors to the main tent and
menagerie will open an hour earIia~
that all may inspect the zoo or enjot,
the concert band selections Tbis go
son the circus opens with the Gender
eIi@ spectacle. The Ringing Broth
Sfs nave taken the nursery tale and
a,'Iitt ~ lI INTO gigantic pantomime re-
qulTlns cast OF more than OOn ac
tors. On stage which is said 70 Re
the largest ever constructed. and amid
Islryland scenery, the entire story Of
lne lalry-favored heroine is told from,
the days when Cinderella" noue+ si+
IN the chimney corner until she 70
=, SiallIls the glass slipper and weds the
Iahusome prince. ballet of 900 girls
VINO play the roles of sprites. d,,,a,.F
bands, huge professional pageants u"ail and
soIEeous costumes are features of the
production. VI 'iIe
After the spectacle comes the circus
proper, enlisting 400 arenic artisfS
Ihese number Antonio Zingaro snd III
oand of gypsy riders: Mile IeitzeI
the worlds smallest and greatest yva,
man aerlalst: troupe of 80 Chinese
nam @ plons from Pekn; Josseffson
and his company of arctic atbIetes.
Birdie Ford, who tangoes on Ioftv
wires; Silas Green and his entire fam
ny OF cousins, aunts, dogs and horses
IN laughable riding numbers. 81
clowns; and scores of Europe's fore
most circus artists who have been
oblged to seek engagements in Am
erica because of the great war, pre-
sented as a special entertainment for
the Juvenile patrons and made a mari
or the main teent program is a "circue
within circus" embracing a selected
company of dumb animal actors, in
Gluding all species of bears, monkeys.
dogs, cats and Shetland ponies knd
of course there will be eIenbants
three herds of them in many nev,
tricks featuring ludicrous cabaret
scenes.