Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-10
CIRCUS TO ARRIVE
In EARLY MORN


ton of youngsters and grownups the
trains will be met by the circus Of
ficials who are in the city to-day
laying out the show grounds. select
ing the proper site for the intricate
stagings necessary for the circus
spectacle feature, In Days of Old"
and making all other eleventh hour
ARRANGEMENTS for the coming of the
white tops"
one of the officials who will meet
the trains tomorrow morning is the
"24-hour man." He will rouse the
various bosses and their laborers and
shortly after will be begun the tre-
mendOus task of moving the contents
of the cars from the railroad yards
TO the circus grounds. once on the
lot the air will resound with the
-3=-.=2p of sledge and stage driver.
great blue poles will be erected. the
commissary department get its work
under way, the thousand animals of
the menagerie be safely housed, the
bloCB-lonE canvas stables be bedded
Down for Ringlingville's regiments
of splendid horses and in almost less
time than II will take to tell the
story, the entire tanbark town will
have been completed and its inhabi-
tants seated at breakfast. :
Breakfast over with the prepara-
ton for the morning parade sched-
uled to reach the downtown streets
shortly after 10 o'clock will be got
under way. Preparing this seasons
three-mile long street pageant is a big
task in itself. The. scores of open
dens must be furnished to the bril-
liancy of the sun. the big teams of
dappled grays dressed in their finest
trappings. the elephant squadron
given taste of the vacuum cleaner,
the clowns painted TO within an inch
of their lives and the many tableauX
wagons decorated in gayest garb.
While all this is going on the hun
dreds oN men and women who par
ticipate in the parade are donning
their CONSUMES and musicians are
tuning up for the melodies that are
peculiarly characteristic of a circus
parade. One of the novelties of this
seasons gorgeous procession is a big
brass band mounted on handsome
horses. That the musicians may Civ.
both hands to their instruments the
bride reins are attached to the stir
rups and so the rider guides his
steed with his feet. Another innova-
uon on the part of the Ringing
Brothers is the introduction of pneu-
matte callioDes. One placed near the
center of the pageant is drawn by
dozen shaggy camels harnessed and
driven like horses. A much larger
calliope of the automatic air type,
and operated by a gasoline engine.
brings up the rear of the procession
in lieu of the old-fashioned steam
piano." which used to trail smoke
through the town. This new style of
calliope was built especially for the
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$1,000.
Following the street parade the
sideshow will be opened at the circus
grounds. The circus performances
will begon at and p. m, the
doors to the l 1,000-animal menagerie
opening an hour earlier. The
Ringing Brothers are said to be Of
fering more arenic sensations this
year than ever before. Prior to the
appearance of these will be present.
ed the gigantic spectacle of knight
hood and adventure, I'm DaNs of
Old" This pantomime will be en-
acted by cast of 1850 characters
and will introduce a ballot of 800
dancing girls. Following the fall of
the final curtain on the spectacle the
real circus will begin. Among the
hundreds of arenic stars to be pre-
sented will be Lily LeitZel, the
worlds smallest and greatest aerial
gymnast; May Wirth. whose forward
and backward somersaults on the
back of a galloping horse and run
ming jumps from ground to steed
promise a sensation; the great Hill
larry. who will attempt to leap the
gap" with skates attached to his
head; Austrian woodchoppers Telling
giant trees in exciting contests; the
Otagawa and Tamak troupes of
Oriental wrestlers and strangers;
the Johannes Company of Icelandic
"glima champions" Ernest Clark in
triple twisting somersaults in mid
air; five troupes of men performing
at the top of sixty-foot poles; and no
end of other marvellous features, in
Guiding world, famous riders, leapers.
aerialists, acrobats. gymnasts and
balancers.
Aside from the more than 500 men
and women artists the circus pro-
gram will offer many dumb animal
actors. There will be five herds of
trick elephants; three troupes of
wonderful seals and sealions; per-
forming and posing equines, includ-