Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-11
CIRCUS COMES
HERE in ALL
ITS SPLENDOR
Hagenbeck-W Wallace Shows
u Arrived Today Gives
Two Performances.
Parade This Morning Was
Glittering, Picturesque
81 Spectacle.

Juvenile dreams came true anu
mature expectations were realized to-
day. The Observation-Disclosures circus
made good its claims.
From daybreak it has held h city
q willing captive, surprising triumphs
Of other circus invasions and sustain
ing its reputation as "a magic wonder
land under canvas and in parade.
Three trains Of sixty-eight double
length cars are required to transport
the vast and wondrous effects of the
Observation-Disclosures circus n they
morning. No preparatory arrange
ment that human foresight could con-
ceive had been neglected and the
work of detrainment began promptly.
The usual volunteer reception COM
mittee of small boys and girls m
their elders was on hand to bid the
big institution a vociferous welcome.
The first section, known in a circus
parlance as "the flying squadron"
the immediate wants of the encamp-
ment al the show grounds n had
been stripped of its burden of cook
tent equipment. menagerie, pole and
baggage wagons. stable canvas n
two hundred draft horses before its
companions Of the rail had been
sighted.
The march to the show grounds be-
gan with but a slight delay and i'm
mediately upon arrival of mar and
beast the scene became n of fever
ish but well-orderd. hustle and activi-
ty. The commissary department and
animal shelters were first established.
that food might await the hungry
hordes or the way.
1880 In Tent.
Teams of, horses were soon pulling
the towering center poles of the big
top" into upright position and the
skeleton Of the monster. within whose
folds 1880 persons may comfortably
accommodate themselves, was in
place. The vast reaches of canvas
together while fiat on the ground.
Then the mammoth white cloth swell
ed upward.
Eelephants, camels, chariots. allie
gorical floats and other vast and
varied paraphernalia kept arriving.
and riders. ~ringmasters, wild animal
trainers, aerialists, acrobats, equili-
brists, clowns, ballet girls, freaks,
ticket-sellers and all the others OF
the picturesque circus throng fast put
in appearance. Seamstresses worked
with needle and thread amid the
whir Of sewing machines in the ward
robe tents. the harness, paint, wood
working and blacksmith tents were as
complete in their facilities as any
stationery establishment: the shetland
pony tents delighted the children and
commanded the admiration Of the
elders: in a shady and sheltered spo'
the striped cloth Of the circus barber
shop showed.
The Parade Starts.
Cages were thrust under thu
menagerie tent only long enough fol
the feeding of the animals and a has
ty Furnishing Of gilt and paint ane
cleaning Of wagon wheel and body
Soon horses r~eappeared, now plume6
and accoutred, and drivers donnec
tho uniform Of the parade. The SOUND
Of music began from many bands
Clowns. characters, jockeys. proud
knights and fair ladies, in glory O.
crimson and gold. and green and sill
yer. Joined and the picturesqu,
cavalade nearly three miles long wa:
In motion. Bud German, equestri
an director. led the line. He had al
ready been owe the curse once, not
Ing its rOadbed condittonswith caution
borne OF long experience.
Through crowded streets the parad
measured its glad and glamorou
passage. Tigers and lions an
leopards stared steadily through tn
AIOu udIS u many cages. Out tdk1ni
INC heed Of the pigmy humans VIII
STARED back. The hyena yawned witt
accumulated ennui.
Richly decked camels walked wit
Aoft and spectral tread in three ser
arate droves and elephants lumbere
~letsurely behind their head trainer
Above the shrill tones Of the fife an
the blast of the cornet and the clamo
OF drums and cymbals rose the oft
repeated admonition: Look out 70
your horses, the elephants are clos
behtnd!" A clarion-voiced equestria
moved up and down the line of b1
spangled magniicence with this warn
ing to all who viewed the spectacle i
wagon or saddle. A quick, keer
trained glance revealed to him tn
probable effect the "led' animal
would have on each city or countr
equine within y or scent.
Clowns Show Their Tricks.
The clowns were very much in ev
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