Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11
MOTHER" TALBOT
AND HER "CH|LDREN
Though 90 Years Old She Looks
After the Barnum & Bailey
Show Family of Nations.

Mother Talbot, with more children
than the old woman who lived IN shoe
ever dreamed of possessing, Will be here
Monday and If hers is not the frIskicst
lot of children that ever landed IN this
town-well, they are, anyway. And for
plavthingsl Elephants and bears tigers
lions and monkeys. and ever SO many
other ere ltures that are not found In the
average nursery. Mrs Talbot Is mother
of the Barnum and Bailey circus and all
the people connected with 1t are her
children her adopted children. She
keeps house for them secs that their
clothes are kept IN repalr--storcs away
their savings for rainy day-lends
sympathetic ear to their tales OF tribuia-
ton adjusts their differences, and coun-
sells them when they are in need of advice.
1t is n pretty wcighty responsibility, III
this Job of being mother of such large
aggregation of individuals OF different
races and widely divergent dispositions
as is comprised in the bug circus,
As mother of the circus Mrs talbot
is the presiding genius, under Mrs.
Wallace, the wardrobe mistress, over the
home lfc" of the show people. Really
the show people have home life and that,
too. while hey are travelling the land over
entertaining other folks Tho domestic
instinct is very strong among the circus
women, particularly for the reason that
they a~e deprived of actual home lie a
great part OF every year. he circus
women sew and many do exceedingly
pretty fancy work They don't have to
keep their circus clothes IN order. ne
circus mother does that. and large part
of mother" Talbot s duty is the care OF
the circus wardrobe She has a throng
,fe ,,r,l 70 ne pNnprf at cutting
a pattern for trappngs for an elephant or
camel MS n fashionable modesto IS at
cutting those for her clientele. She IS,
in short the PaquIn ot circus land.
Although over sixty years Of age she ~ rs
lively rs the provcrblal cricket Mrs
Talbot was a principal danseusc IN her
Younger DAVIS and she attributes her
splendid health in great part to the tram
ing of those days
To-day the circus is exhibiting IN Balti-
/ more and comes here upon lis own four
snrclal trans early Monday morning.
The FIRST thing upon the circus program
/ Monday Will be the street pageant at
I 10 O'Clock Monday morning II IS
promised az he a delightful reminder o.
/ what is IN store for those who attend the
I show Almost three mules 81 parade are
4 promised three miles ~ Scintiiaung.
tFldcSccnt, gorgeous, Elil'ttitlR' k'"'f'''
awc-inspirinc Notwithstanding caval-
cade. dispersed with elephants, steam
} caliiope and little Of everything else
under the. sun. stretched out in such q
long review that the weary vanguard
will almost have returned to the show
grounds before the tail end has even
started. The parade viii take on the
nature Of huge moving horse fair over
SEQ horses being in line. There will be
| II. and where conditions permit, "a
splendid Perchcrons drawing the leading
| band charito. and the man who finds two
| rcIns ncrpcxing when he takes his girl
| out Tor a livery stable ride on Sunday
I can look with wonder al the nonchalant
| ,hariotccr who pilots this remarkable
hitch There viii be large displays Of
wild animal life in open cages and long
string Of elephants Will make the journey
afoot There Will be bands galore