The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-27


street parade ,'hc1ic led tn
dcpar; sror., show grounds ~ 10
Il. in. ard Pass over the Poule-
ward 10 Monument avenue,
Monument aNeouc 10 E>-anklha
Franklin to Fifth street. Fifth
"a Proad and back To the Or us
grounds
Tluotion tents located at
tho. usual rtrr,ns rroun(fS--BT-7ad
stree! ard the boulevard.
Door 70 Fnenacerie and CON
roCttu- n}ajn--"T' II / and p.
m 'esfr. atE4ncs-> heotns ore
boar iatrr.
her ara no sleepy heaos"
ar ong Pichmond's juvenile ropn
iation his morning. Young Amer
sea v1s Up and cut ,oag before -he
dawn -teason7 Circus = town
Long anticipates. the inva2o- II
TIE re- wagons cam true when
ever before dawn the show trains be-
gan arriving = The Yards % the
Southern railroad The sections
travelled from Asheril]e \ {
tsrcc o. three hundred and seventy
miles
+, sa=r ~ As .ho4rh there he1
never been as many trains before
-. d matter % fact trere never
rae 1a3 ali Ringing arhsrs
has haen There IRE wera--rew
ard Fa-nCre & Eaile- corr btned
shows read the golden letters that
aio-r the scores upon score If Esia
~ MED circus cars Here was tar
f-sh'e evidence ~ the stors that had
heer for weeks repeated IN the
rvsua0fre or pictured IN foot h gh
Etsf A,aa =,
that America $ TWO r,ost famous
~srcpses had merged their finest
features y one NaSt super circus
9nG we~e soon 70 dss<Nrd upon
Hlchmoad WITH the biggest ard best
low hat had ever rraveied awheei-
Han rods Of vour Fster greeted
he arrival ~ the great circus Nor
IS ,h- crowd corr posed 7nrt~e'y
o~ %i&34es Many grovC UPS wers
r evidence The verdict Of The
- ron~ Ms voiced hv the lad with
ne fre-'<le6 face.
Some Circus. he said
Net h.a IS IS Ringing Brothers
7r1 Earruri 4 Bailey or-hjned =
'a76c no fuss or nose y unloading
rs r"on 4erS and packing them Of 20
re show grounds As someone re
MARKED the narager,@ nt has ev7
"r]< combined is -Svsrerr" as well
3 rs ma ry- other great features
r'l-st as Of Old came the flying
squadron with all the kitchen out
et m = somewhat more pom
Is a @3s ther .l-efQgc because there
aye more people Ia he fed Other
rains brought the heavy red wagons
0aHed with c4nvases and proper
'.es -tutt~s tbs vast parapherna-
.[
erEr-a~a hAre.
Elephants Make Impression
And he lepharts SuaN wonder
that @hc big rew circus IS able to
+nrounce A 'quarter Of a million
7oun3" pachTder'n number as a
toafurn Il ITS areric exhibition
Tor" ceu}1 have been used in place
~ pound ard there would have
hee1 none to douht the advertise
nent, THIS city has seen elephants
and elerharts" hut no such ha-tal-
ion AZ fEat which swayed its pom
Gerous way through he streets rom
he railroad Yards 10 the exhibition
grounds This morning. And the gil
rates. There w-are some who
claimed t. have counted dozen
As matter ~ fact. however. the
ever truthful p.ess agent lays claim
70 but eight Yet this is four times
S many as have ever Before been
Travelled with the show. All else
seemed 10 be in proportion.
Long before the hour set for this
mornings street parade the show
grounds Will have become the site Of
a tented town. The big top is a
mammoth affair never before ap-
rroached for size while the menag
erie tam IS almost as large as the
Haf7-tept Of former years The
r rise tents have likewise grown
FOR the @oal-ne.s are the pick OF the
two big circuses
Parade NJ 10 O'Clock.
The Grst event OF circus day--the
street parade--wili depart from the
slew grounds al 10 O'Clock II
prom isas to he the longest and most
brilliant procession that ever
Splashad its glitter and gold through
ms cstvs streets Wonderful horses
and record number of elephants
WI! he among its many surprises
T'lrcre will he MANY bands of all de-
scrIp'ions and all countries. several
cal5ores, scores Of open dens and a
host or novelties entirely new to
sparS Gland
FlnEling Brothers and Barnum &
Bailey Combined announce perform