The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17
S.TATISTICIAN WHO FORGOT CRATES
 QUITS INDESP AIR
Fate of Man Who Tried to Calculate Unique Cir
 GUS Figures.

It is said that as sta tistician once at. tempteds fs E :s6ss XII s:sany acres of ground 1t would take to grow the hay. oats. barley and bran consumed by the 735 horses 32 came1s and 10 ze- bras of the Ringing Brothers circus; plus the acreage that would be re- quired, to raise the grain to make the bread, buns, cake and sWeetmeats that are eaten by the 1870 people of Ring iingvilie during the months, of giv- en roed season Rer1rt has it, that he used up thetShtire 4ereage of Con- necticut and had started in on Massa- chusetts when someone reminded him that he had left the herd of Al ele- phants,, giraffe family, the hippopota- mi and the two rhinoceri out of his calculation, whereupon he threw up the job in despair.
 It is to be- hoped that another cal cuiater yt1 take se the task some day., for it would be Interesting to know just what the grand total represent ing to know just what tn egrand total represents. Commenting upon this subject, A. L. Webb, chief commissary with the Ringing Brothers circus, which is to exhibit here Tuesday, May 29. said. in a recent interview.
 T think we can leave lthe acreage {. problem to the statistfafans. Just now we arc mostly concerned with the high cost of living. There is scarce ly an article of foodstuff that has not scared in price during the past few years. Sugar. bread, meat and many other things have taken a shoot sky ward. It costs us 12 cents more per meal per person than it did year ago. And the circus may not cut down it's expense in. this direction, Its people work hard every day and, what is most important, they work in the open. TAe out-ef-door air whets the appetite as nothing else can. There are no dyspeptics in Ring1ingville An organization the size of Ringing Brothers cannot be moved with ra- pidity unless its working men are we'll fed: nor cah it give finished perfor- paanaes unless the same treatment is afforded its artists For some unknown reason there is popular belief that the circus does not set a particularly attractive table. But if the layman will only consider for moment the size of the salaries paid some of the performers he must conclude that they demand the best. Every single person straveiing with Ringing Brothers is boarded by Ringing Brothers. And the working men in the most 1owIy position have exactly the same menu ias that which appeases the appetite of the highest salarfed arenic perfor- mer. More thaA that, every man has absolutely all heswauts, to eat. It is nothing for brawf1y canvasn1an to consume two steaks, a plate of spota- toes. another of bread and three cups of coffee for breakfast Three meals are served for all each and every day, The only requirement is that the peo- pie of the circus report on time for meals. The dining tents are never open for less than one hour for each meal and usaaily remain open for a longer time. Hxpefts ia such matters who have traveled with us have made reports showing that the people of the circus fare better in the matter of wholesome food than 85 per cent. of fine families in the United States"