Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
1ARNUM d BAILEY CIRCUS
GREETED BY IMMENSE CROWD
HERE TODAY.
DISAPPOINTMENT OVER ss. u rs
FAILURE TO HAVE PARADE
Late Arrival, Of Last Trains Made II
impossible to Give Parade And Open
Doors At MAN Features Displayed
in "Big Top"--Aiaddin Pageant Pret-
ty Spectacle. +


biles brought to the city today thou
sands of people to see the biennial local
performance Of the Barnum & Bailey
circus. AS on all days when many
strangers come by auto, the streets
early were parked with cars, and long
before noon the south half Of the court
yard was utilized for parking purposes.
Extra equipment on all railroads was
provided to bring people to the city by
early in the day, became less unsettled
toward noon. I
The only disappointment for the big
crowd was the lack of a street parade.
This big free spectacle, for which the
circus crowd began early to gather,
was dispensed with because 1t was
physically impossible to give it. Late
ness in the arrival Of the last two
trains made it impossible to give tho
parade, serve the immense meal to per-
formers and workmen, and open the
doors at 1 o'clock.
Trains Handled Over Two Roads.
The handling of the four big circus
trains over two railroads was the cause
Of the delay in reaching this city
from Ottumwa. There Is no direct line
between Ottumwa and this city, and
the routing was over the c.. B. & O..
via Maxon, and the NJ. & st. L. The
%" was late in delivering the trains
to the M, e. st. L.. and the latter road
was Just that much late in bringing the
trains in here. The first train, sched-
uled to arrive between and 4 o'clock,
did not reach here until ABS. The next
one came at $500 the, third at 1905,
and the last at 10: 40. The last train
contained performers and members OF
the executive staff, including the pri-
vate car of John Ringling, of Ringing
Bros, who joined the show Monday IN
Ottumwa.
"AIaddin" Feature Pretty Spectacle.
The circus opens with the presenta-
ton of the old Arabian Nights story
OF Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp,
and shows Aladdin and the Princess or
Cathay in all their glory, following the
wonderful things accomplished by the
use of the magic lamp. The OLD
Chinese myth is carried out in detail
and the costumir1g is true to the sup
posed period. Chinese kimonos, OF tins
richest Of hand embroidered silk, were
purchased III China for the production.
There appear In the pageant. In addl-
ton to the elephants, camels. ano
horses, about 1000 people. The music
for the production was, written espe-
cially for 1t, and contains much that is
typically Chinese.
Other Features of Performances.
AS is always the case with the big
circuses many distinctive features are
seen during the performance. Circus
people whose names have become ia
miliar to most circus goers are with
tho Barnum & Bailey show. and were
with it when it., showed here last IN
1915.
Among the numerous stellar acts is
Bird Millman, the queen Of the wire.
who does a tight wire act that Is well
worth while. Miss Millman's work al
WAYS proves one Of the drawing cards
Of the show.
The Hanneford family riding act
featuring Elizabeth Hanneford and her
brother "Poodles," Is another Of the
classy performances LIS 40 8.
ilv'' riding act that is really within the
family. Mrs. Helen Hanneford Is rihe
mistress and with her in the act are
her four children. Two younger broth
ers Of Elizabeth and "Poodles" make
up the team. ''Poodles' amuses his
audience by his clown makeup and his
riding is very clever.
Another humorous act is that OF
soloman, the man monkey. who does
In contrast with his act is that Of
Prince, a real chimpanzee, who per-
forms as much like q man as Is posi-
a bar act, appearing as a chimpanzee
BILE. Some of the audience wondered
which was the man and which the
monkey.
In the aerial section the Segrist-sil'