The sun., 1919-03-23
big 3 IN 1 CIRCUS
Is COMING TONIGHT
Largest Elephant in the World
and One Twice Its Size
Will Lead.
GARDEN READY FOR SHOW
Many Of the Animals Give As
sumed Names, but May Be
Identified on Sight.

Speaking Of real estate news. the
terms OF the lease by which the Ring
ling Brothers and Barnum q Bailey
Combined Shows take over Madison
Square Garden for a spell OF spring
weo Their stipulates that the circus must
grab possession of the Garden at one
minute after midnight tonight There
fore exactly at 1880 A. NJ. Babe, the
biggest elephant in the world. and Nero,
which is twice as big as Babe. will en-
ter the Garden. but the three cylinder
publicity department will not be bedded
down in the Garden until n few minutes
after Jacks restaurant pulls the shades
and throws everybody out an hour later.
Bachelor of Science Wilbur Williams
explained last night why the circus Is
coming to town, when. wherefore and
why. Said Old DR.. Williams. speaking
in part;
lead the procession into the Garden.
Following Immediately after. the Gtrd6d
cumslopdrddlis. as most authors list
them, or as Linn@us has II the Ccrvus
cdpelopdrdis, will"
It seems that Bachelor williams wont
to Harvard. where he specialized In
English. He and John Corbin took
posi- graduate course together at Ok
ford and the result Is that nobody can
understand nothing OF what they say
"And the leo" Mr.. williams contin-
ued, nobody now paying any attention to
him, will follow the cervts odmelopor-
dolls Of Linneus. Seven Of them:'
Seven Of what, Mr.. williamsr'
what I just said. Seven of them.
The leo OF Leach, or. as We used to say
in silly old oxford, the feIts leo Of Lin
naus Directly behind the cages Of the
leo will
bill" somebody interrupted snap
pishly, by this leo stun do you mean
that the lions will follow tho gira1fes
into the Garden?"
Exactly. The"
Then. why don't you say %. you
poor"
Hush! Behind the cages of the tells
leo will be the red and gold wagons
containing most wonderful examples of
specimens perhaps would be better
word-the most marvellous specimens OF
the tclis tiorts OF Linneus. The 5elts
tt"
Meaning just ordinary pacing tigers.
BillT"
Precisely. Seventeen OF them. ow-
ing to the fact that the pick OF the Ring
ling and Barnum menageries will af-
ford New York and America a view OF
the greatest menagerie ever offered to
the public by circus"
60 on"
THE Jelis ti9rts OF Linnnus, as 7 was
saying. will follow the teis leo into the
| Garden. Then the"
How about land locked salmon. Bill?''
I'VE have no fish. / was about to say
that the cages of kangaroos. a marsu-
plal animal whose numerous species
constitute the family macropodidae. will
| next fol"
I'VE get you. Bill. How about a couple
Of tickets on some Monday night for
! your show"
| Mr.. williams turned the proposition
down cold. II was explained TO him
| that the reporter ten days ago had prom
ised a financial man on the paper box
for the circus II the financial man would
help the reporter out on his income tax
report. Mr.. williams listened patiently
and again turned a deaf ear.
"Oh. very WELL" said tho reporter
meaningly. tipping UP and down on his
toes. ooh. very well, very we'll. very
well, very well. Just for that, Wilbur
nothing doing. You come In here seek.
ing space in great metropolitan daily
with a bill OF 100000 n year for print
paper. and when you are asked for q
couple Of dirty little measly tickets fol
your show you answer that"
IT answer" answered Mr.. williams
that come to you with scientific data
about a fast disappearing fauna which
you may take or leave"
Nothing doing then about a couple OF
measly tickets for your punk show"
Not thing doing"
Very we'll"
And Just for that Mr.. Wilbur vii
liams was escorted hurriedly to the ele
vator, headed downward and informed
as the door was slammed that his punl
show. great as II is. wouldn't get a lin,
| of mention