The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-08

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Be It known that there will be
many g. restless Juvenile sleep on
this the night before!
There is no necessity for enlarging
upon the statement. The Hagen
beck Wallace circus, that young
sters' fairyland and oldsters' surrep-
titious delight, will be here tomor-
Tow with all its famously TINA
known frills and fanfare and fss-
cination of parade and performance.
The cherished American institution
is coming prepared to demonstrate
that 1t stands superbly solitary In
tented amusement pre- minence,
All good Americans, when they
die, go to Paris. said a wit Of the
last century. But all good Amer
circus. And. to the American mind,
there's a great deal to be said m
favor of the, little boys theory that
the chief difference between Heaven
and the other place is that in the
other place you can never go to g.
circus. because there Isn't any. So
tomorrow the circus grounds will he
a childhood's Paradise and Il magic
wonderland where age reverts TO
you;n.
Many Will Greet Circus.
That fraction of the city's popula
tioal which will HE itself to the rail-
road yards in the hours of tomor-
rows dawn to greet the incoming
circus cavalcade. section by section
will not be inconslderable. With tae
circus almost every day is moving
day Into its sixty eight double
length cars are loaded and unlOaded
nearly 1900 employees. $50 horses,
more than a score of elephants,
three herds Of camels. acres Of tents,
great wagons, and chariots, prop
critics, scenery and, costumes by the
ton, and natures rare bipeds, quad
rupeds and mammals, herbivorous,
carnivorous and amphibious crea-
lures from every, land and every
sea. ~
Spectators at the scenes Of de-
trainrnent and on the show grounds
will be given a remarkable demon
ssrration Of efficient organization and
system. No other thing so vast and
complicated in dimension springs so
rapidly. into existence as the Hagen
-Wallaee encampment. Soon af-
ter the local breakfast hour the cir
Gus house will be in order, advance
agents declared today. The won
derful city of tents. built with the
greatest conceivable If hurried, care
and thoroughness, will be a living,
breathing reality.
Pointers for Housekeepers.
The city housewife, would stand
aghast in the cook tent" of the cir
Gus tomorrow morning when the at
taches are taking their breakfast
Here is q list of some of the food
purchased here and scheduled for
delivery. on the show grounds at five
o'clock in the morning: Eighty gal
Ions of fresh milk. twelve gallons Of
loaves of bread. two hundred pounds
of porterhouse steak. Westphalia
ham, young lamb chops and young
veal outlets for breakfast, seven
hundred pounds OF butter, thirty
five bushels of potatoes. ten bushels
OF vegetables. fifty packages of mac
aroni, fifty pounds of American
cheese, one hundred pounds of rice
pudding. two hundred and fifty pies
of three varieties and one hundred
and fifty quarts of Ice cream.
This quantity of food is supple
mented by 145 gallons of coffee a
day and 80 gallons of tea, 1t is pre-
pared for the hungry employees of
the show by seven cooks working
under one chef whose word in the
Kitchen is law. Two butchers cut
L14S A4CGLls ACAl DOSSt CA44plOyC GU DIS
helpers in the bfgatent during per-
formances, do nothing for an hour
before mealtime but peel potatoes
and prepare the other vegetables,
and the meals are served by twenty
five walters on the workmen's side
of the dining-tent and by thirty-five
on the side occupied by the officials
of the show, the performers and the.
freaks. There are eight boys who,
"a - hut
water. tea. coffee and milk.
They Are Well Fed.
The latty may believe that the
people Of the circus are provided for
but scantly. The absurdity Of this
notion is apparent when it is under
stood that among the several hum
dred arentc performers in the circus
are men and women capable of earn
ing from 800 to $1,000 a week. You
can't feed a thousand dollar-a- week
man or woman on scraps. nor,
laboring man, who, when he
works. must work hard in all con-
ditions OF climate and weather.
Parade at 10 O'clock.
The open-air parade will leave the
show grounds as nearly 10 o'cock
tomorrow as possible. and an eye
feast Of professional glories, such as
was never before witnessed, is prom
Used. Three miles Of moving rnaryels
viii disclose. absolutely free upon
the streets. open dens of wild beasts,
teams Of trained zebras, herds OF
ponderous elephants, droYes OF Ash
attic camels, tiny ponies, magnifi-
cent selected horses from European
and American stables. huge organs,
chimes Of bells. tubericon musical
instruments and Roman chariots,
Calllopes; emb1ematic, parabolic and
allegoric triumphaF cars; nursery
ryhnaes illustrated by colossal gold
en- floats, tableaux yivants, hundreds
of knights and ladies' ballet girls,
gorgeous trappings. uniforms, cos
tunes, accoutrements. accessories,
banners, devices, designs and es-
Cutcheons. the whole submerged in
q flood of brazen harmony from
many bands, binding metoric
magnificence, dazzling lustre and
dreamland beauty never before
vouchsafed the eyes of mankind,
Some paradei
AS to the circus performances,
there viii be the customary two, the
first at Q o'clock In the afternoon and
the final at eight o'clock in the eY-
eniYig. The spacious entrances to
the tents will be thrown open an
hour earlier to receive the crowds
eager to view the geological exhib-
if. which IS perhaps the most COM
plete and accurate Of It's kind ia the
world,