Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-13
BARNUM & BAILEY
CIRCUS ARRIVED IN
ALL ITS GLORY
It Came Here From Baltimore
Yesterday. With Best Exhibi-
ton in Its History.
MARVELLOUS PARADE

The circus Barnum " BAILEY came
To Wilmington yesterday alter the most
successful weeks business the circus mas
ever cujovcd. three days having been spent
in Washington and Baltimore. In the
former city President Wilson and party
found time To seek diversion under the
circus canvasrs and incidentally had To
pav n war tax Mt the entrance, Just the
same rs any ordinary mortal tndS IT.
necessary To do The circus came here
lIpon it's own four special tratns and al
had arrived and been dctrancd shortly
after the breakfast hour. tine hears
peoplc say that only small towns tall
ior the circus stuff these days that
Nilmjnptnnians wont get UP early IN
the morning To watch sturdy men drive
stakes and stretch canvas tine hears
these things hut one muStn believe them
Hundreds awaited the arrival ol IN"
circus trains Yesterday morning and later
scurricd around the show grounds at
Front Il mon streets, with atl the
curiosity ol n crowd at county tar
Throughout the dav thousands kept
coming and going to the tented cty.
They pecrcd under the canvas covers ot
the red wagons and lifted up tent flaps.
where transformations bareback riders
were sorting ont their linerv, and solemn
looking clowns were IRONING ont thor
SMILES for the parade and performances
of TODAY They stuck their heads INTO
the mess tent got Whit from tho
cooking ranges and exclaimed My stars
they've got chicken for Dinner. rs u
that was the most extraordinary thing
IN the world
The streets were packed with people
when the parade reached the downtown
thoroughfarcs this morning The IN
reant was some two miles m length and
anIextra barrel of adjectivcs would have
to he opened IN order 10 do u JlSii'c
EVERYTHING was as splc and span rs the
nrbyerhIal summer girl The horses
WEIR IN sulcndld condition the wartrphe
looked fresh and bright trapplngs were
rletan and IN every essential the cavalcade
bore ont the adjcctlves which have pre-
coded II There were many new features
and the brilliant ravalcadc madc 2 hit
with the crowds Many of tho cages
werr opened and there was long string
ri carncls and elephants who made tho
tourney under their own steam 81 To-
say II was q real circus parade inst
such an affair as would ho expected q
this admittedly largest and best ot err
c,lses.
Shortly before noon TODAY large
number Of fathers prepared to leave their
offices Tor ths daX with tho sad news that
they were under tho painful necessity
Of taking the children t. tho clr'1is.
They were commiScratcd hV other mai"
workers who still liked the circus. but
didn't have tho children The entrances
were opened at l. and tho show started
at . o'clock. to An audience which com
nletelv filed the enormous tent Only
the vcrv hnldcst Of mon attempt I" dc
scrlbc tho ordinary circus, and when.
as IN this instance. IT i tho Rarnum y
Bailey CIRCUS the task - n horcutCan ono
and more or loss discouraglng to tho
noyitiatc nf the Fourth Estate. lhree
rings. FIVE stages and the immense track
are kept necessarily busy and there IS
more and more Of everything than over
before The show opens with tho much
horaldcd pageant entitled Aladdin and
his Wonderful Lamp II IS a dazzling
affair in which over 200 people take
part. tog, her with hundreds ot horses.
three herds 81 elephants and other an
mals
Its rrescntation tonight viii be i'm
measurahly enhanced and heautihcd by
the calcium light effects possible az the
night show After the pageant came the
purely arcnic features. There were scores
of them-aIi good. and for tho greatest
part. new It Is bully circus through
out and it Is hopeless TO try and review
IT other than To saw 1t IS the last word
in circuses and will amply repay visit
from even the most blasc amusement
patron Ii IS permissible. however, TO
refer to the artistic performances at
Bird Millman upon the high wire. Pailen $
bruins who skate on rollers and ride
hicvcles as good aS any school boy. the
really remarkable art presented by the
Artist Model Horses. ponies and dogs IN
a posing number; Lupcta Perea- dashlne
Young Spanish girl who thrills by her
exploits high IN the very dome o. the
tent the Hanneford family OF cqucstrlans,
Ella Bradna with her trained horses and
Russian wolf-hounds: the equestrian fox
terriers and babnons, Stone, the human
aeroplane and the Bedford troupes. These
were some Of the hugh spots on program
ehich presents naught but acknowledged
champions IN their respective hncs The
show viii be repeated IN It's entirety to-
night at ) clock and Is well worth seeing.