Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-11
Streets ThrOnged
With People Who
Witness Parade
Circus Arrives Late Because of the De
lay Caused by Wagon Being
Mired Leaving Eugene,


DELAYED by being mired while leav-
ing Eugene early this morning Al, G.
Barnes circus arrived in the.city at 9
o'clock this morning and started to
erect tents and open camp in feverish
haste.
Young boys, who followed the GUS
| tom from time immemorial. were up
with the birds this morning to witness
the entrance of the small city travel
ing with the circus, were extremely dis
appointed.
At 10 O'Clock This morning, the time
scheduled for the parade the streets
were lined with people, sitting wher.
ever convenient Despite the speed
with which the circus boys worked to
arrange for the parade. the long line
-of wagons containing animals, the ele-
plants, camels and zebras. did not
start the march until IL O'Clock this
morning.
Clowns riding on tops of wagons
amused the people with their antics.
The music of the bands and the CALI
ope filled the people with the holiday
spirit that is always present when a
circus appears.
A mammoth industry of amusement
is the Al. G. Barnes circus, whose show
place covers the land, fills every city
and every village. Having such an
extensive territory it is not often the
same city has the opportunity of see
ing this unusually amusing, thrilling
educational enterprise more than once
in three years.
Mr.. Barnes brings his wild animal
circus to Salem today.
Al. G. Barnes. sometimes referred tc
as the wizard of animal educators
has chosen as his profession the art
of making people happy. He has as
sembled from every known country
. animals Of most every species and has
educated them TO do circus perform
: ing. Surely a great endeavor That
; his circus should be different from all
; others, he has specialized in educating
: animals thought by all other animal
: students TO be unteachable to perform
the same as dogs or ponies, whose
; abilities to entertain and amuse are
; well known. As a result, groups of
; llamas, zcbros and camels are seen
; doing astounding acts. The common
donkey educated to sing, elephants to
play football, kangaroos to box and
run races, ostriches to dance, pose and
do military and tango steps quite be-
; yond anything seen elsewhere. Mules
that buck i'll the most delightful fash
ion, monkeys and dogs in aerial trap.
eze work, seals and sea lions in anus
linn innTlipgr In1
feats While lions, numbering So are
taught to ride galloping horses and
leap through hoops of fire. One mon.
ster Nuban lion is hoisted to the top
Iof the tent, surrounded by squirting
| fireworks. Lcopards, tigers, and jag
uars are seen in roles extraordinary
This afternoon s performance open
ed with that wonderful spectacle, a
conquest Of the Nyanze. This $4,000
pageant IS new creation from AL
u. Barnes, master Snowman. It's won
derful display Of gold cloth and gilt
terlng arraymcnt. while the world IS
famous prima donna, sang from the
back of large elephant the tribal
songs of Nyzana. Al. G.. Barnes, CON
sldered the worlds greatest Snowman
"h" V"uCdJoF OF W1ld animals, mas CIV
en- to the circusloving public some
thing that has never been attempted
under canvas before In the spectacle
Of the conquest Of Nyanza, it would
take columns TO describe each of the
20 display numbers that Al. G. Barnes
offers to the public in his wonderful
show. Louie Roth and his "a lions,
Mable STARK and tigers, Samson, the
balloon lion, Captain sjtonewall and
his educated seals, Martha Florine and
her Persian leoparus, Stephen Bally
and his polar hears, Cleo Weber, the