The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-31
TOMORROW Is
CIRCUS DAY
And EverybOdy's Coming to Green
wood to See Ringing Brothers
Greatest of All Shows.

Greatest of All Shows.
Tomorrow's the day-Circus Day
long heralded and impatiently await
ed by the youth of Greenwood.
Many a youngster will go to bed to
night with the alarm clock set for al
unearthly hour, to dream of a seat il
the very front row with the pretties
bareback rider, bedecked in silks ant
spangles, blowing him kisses Will
balancing on the back of a prancint
horse. Or, maybe-if he ate that sec
ond plate of pie he may dream of be
ing chased down the street by tigers
and CRATES and things, all in com
mand Of the fat clown policeman.
But the sound of the alarm clock
will dispel all such startling happen.
ings and a a. m. promises to find a
goodly gathering of both young and
old in the yards Of the Southern Rail-
way.
For that is the hour local Southern
Railway officials today figured the
first of Ringling Brothers Circus
trains will be spotted on the South
ern Railway freight sidings.
The first section will be closely fol-
lowed by the remaining four trains
until the entire aggregation of 80
cars has reached this city. All will
come owe the Southern Railway from
Greenville, where the show Is exhib-
iting today.
Unloading will begin the moment
the first train called the flying squad
rom" comes to a standstill. Detach-
ment after detachment of wild ami
mails, horses, mysterious looking wag-
ons and vans grooming with their
loads of wonders will thread their way
through the freight yards and over
the streets to the circus grounds near
The Buckeye Cotton Oil Company's
plant on West River Front. Gangs of
workingmen will precsde them on foot
20 make ready for the work of plac-
ing the mammoth kitchen and canvas
lining rooms SO that a hot breakfast
nay be served the remainder of the
zig circus family when it arrives. The
commissary staff and equip
nent is carried on this first train, as
IRE most of the inhabitants of Ring
Brothers 1Cs cage menagerie.
The second and third trains carry
he physical equipment, such as the
'igantio main tent, scores Of parade
nd tableau wagons, carloads of ward
ODE used in this seasons new specta-
lie, "Cinderella," and still more cars
equired for the transportation of
he immense stage, electrical and me-
hanical paraphernalia required for
he great fairyland production. The
ourth and last section is a solid vesti- .
uled Pullman train on which travel !.
performers and executive staff. !
'hen the last of the 80 cars has Z
cached this city there will have been .
lded to the local population, 1870
1908 wild animals, Al ele- !.
aants, captained by "Big Bingo," IS
lmels, 735 horses and herds of gi-
ffes, zebras and ostritches. 1t is :,
i'd to be the largest tented enter Il
Use ever placed on tour in America. :.
Throughout the early morning hours :,
e work of erecting the tented city
Ill progress until by 10 a. M, Ring
will have been entirely erect
and all be in readiness for the pa :
de. The street pageant promises b!
hree big miles of glittering glories." -,
lere will be scores Of open dens ex-
biting some of the finest specimens
ON the menagerie, a great brigade
wise old elephants and baby pachy- ,,
rms; blocks of gorgeous floats with -
range foreign people riding in state !"
Top of them, and two calliopes in "
ace Of the usual lone steam piano. %
my novelties promise to be in evil :"
nee, such as sixteen camels, hitched "
abreast to a famboyant tableau
.gon, zebra teams and, aside from y
my other bands, a company of musi-
ms mounted on horseback. =.
After the parade will come the : y
ening Of the side shows at the cir ;s,
grounds. The local performances ~,
the "big top" will begin at 2 and 90
M, the doors opening at l and Z or
lock, so that all who choose may e..
ample time to become acquainted w;
h the animals and listen to the ho
'menade concerts played by the 50,
nous Ringing Concert Band. From ov
NAL land the visitors will pass to or
for this season the main ~,
I nropram onens with UC;ndorolJo y :.