Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
TUESDAY CIRCUS DAY; BIG SHOW COMES
OVER M & ST. L. RAILWAY FROM SOUTH

| You boys and girls who have been
counting the days since you saw the
first big red poster on the fence, you
| grown ups, too-stop counting, go to
bed EARLY tonight and tomorrow wnen
you awake-Lo! and behold! the Dig
circus will be a part of your citN For
while you are sleeping a great train OF
eighty mine cars will be hurrying here
| from Ottumwa and while you are tax
| ing your breakfast a new population
will camp out on the big lot on Fifth
avenue, between Lee and Marion
streets, eating an equally good break
| fast, cooked on a wagon kitchen. They
will have moved the Barnum Il Bailey
show from the cars and by the time
you Are in the street, unless you were
one of those who climbed out of BED
before daylight and saw the thing
done, they will have the twenty acres
of tents set and preparedness will have
proved it's worth.
Officials of the NJ. & st. l.. railroad
expect the big caravan to arrive at
the local yards between the hours OF
and a. m. 1t will be in four sec
tons, the first carrying the commits
sary, the workmen and all the animals,
the second and third sections, with the
red wagons filled with the canvas
poles, ropes and the many other neces-
stiles for the construction of the
thirty-two tents of which the white
city is made; the fourth, Pullmans ana
private cars, containing the performers
and officials of the show.
The show will unload at Center
to Linn and go
east on Linn to Fifth avenue, thence
north to the show grounds.
While the herd of forty elephants
is helping to set things right the saw
dust is being sprinked, the lemonade
is being made. the popcorn baskets
and peanut roasters will find their
places and everything will be hustle
and hustle until the moment the parade
is to start.
1t is the memorable law of the circus
that everything must be in readiness
before the great cavalcade starts. Then
every man must have done his duty,
then every rope and ribbon must be
in its place. For the parade is really
the start Of the circus
The parade will leave the circus
grounds promptly at 10 o'clock. The
parade alone represents an outlay in
money of 100000. 1t will move west
on State street to Fourth street, thence |
south to Main, and east on Main TO |
Fifth avenue, thence north to the
grounds.
There will be two performances of
the circus. afternoon at ? and evening
at s. The doors will be opened one
hour before the performances in order
to permit a visit to the great 200.
which contains unusual interest this
year because of the arrival during the
winter of five young lion cubs, six
young leopards and tiger, four baby
kangaroos, and a little giraffe.
The big show starts with the tri-
umphal entry OF Aladdin and his grin
cess in the pageant aladdin and His
Wonderful Lamp 1t is described as
the most magnificent picture that was
ever presented by living moving crea-
lures. The costumes have been de-
signed 70. only with historical exact
ness, but with all Of the splendor and
richness that could have been possible
in the days Of China's greatness. The
great elephants which have played so
prominent a part in all mythology and
history OF the ancient east, are robed
in coverings that cost thousands OF
dollars in velvets and cloth of gold
There are 1,2S5 persons in the per-
Torrance, caravan OF thirty five |
camels and $50 musicians. The music /
which is Of the exotic eastern school,
was especially written for this per-
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