The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-09
THROUGH EYES OF
YOUTH, Reporter
SEES BIG PARADE
JazzfuI Jerks Of Clownflil
Trombone, FIappety-Flap
of Elephant Feet and Riot
of Color Transport Cynic.
RY Roa YouNoAeAIN.

Replete with calliopes, clowns ana
cock "A doodle hats the great parade
Of the greatest show on earth" took
Memphis by storm Saturday.
Ringing Brothers. Barnum
Bailey combined. brilliant with color.
brimmiaE with interest and every BIT.
as fascinating as In the barefoot
days the parade captivated thou
sands standing along Memphis curb
stones. II foretold wonderful story
of the great show which was TO be
staged at North Parkway and Dun
lap street Saturday afternoon and.
Saturday night.
All circus parades are the same
until one sees the Ringing Brothers.
Barnum a. Bailey offering. Then
all are the same but the biggest or
them all
Nobody expected the great parade
TO meet the physical requirements
drafted for II by advance press no.
tiCes. II didn't-and no parade ever
did. But II took Is minutes to pass
given point, and II satisfied--every
elephantine pound Of II, every horsey
smell Of II, every gay dash OF color
OF II, and every steamed harmony
note of II.
heartstrings, and the circus atmOs-
phere is created from within. Mere
description always falls flat. But q
boy of 12-the most interesting age
for boys---would have seen something
like this. had he stood at Madison
avenue and Second street Saturday
morning, starting at 11.40 o'clock:
A hammered, beribboned and sba7
decked mounted escort. followed by
band wagon, all instruments play
ing. Men and women. mounted on
dainty stepping horseflesh. ac-
coutered as polo players followed.
Wild animal wagon-ca cages, contains
ing lions and tigers next. CossaclSas
many OF them. A negro band. jazz
Ing to the tunefullest OF tunes. Horse
women again gaily bedecked.
| And then
Believe me or not---hyenas, who eat
but once a week. and sleep butunce
d month, and what they have to
laugh about nobody knows--bears
and more lions, riding in state in
their travelling cages.
kprsemen again. many OF them.
wohderfully mounted, prancing steeds
peppy enough TO cause envy to en-
ex-cavalryman, a yellow-clad band,
followed by horsemen also decked out
| In yellow, and then, more lions.
At this point, an aged woman spec
tator, years having sapped her zeal
for circus parades. attempts to Zip
| through the line of march. She slips
and falls almost directly beneath the
hoofs OF a wonderful praeing bay
horse, ridden BY a woman clad In
deep red velvet--an equestrienne de
luxe. But before the woman can
rein in the prancing steed, his Wild
ly flashing eye has Erasped the sit-
uation before him. and even as .
bluecoat dashed forward TO assist
the gray haired near-victim, the
horse has carefully placed one fore
hoof beyond her, and tremblingIy
come to a dead halt.
The aged woman IN assisted to her
feet, and the parade, momentarily
halted, continues.
Shetland ponies, eight of them.
drawing a calliope. follow the woman
rider whose horse so cleverly avoided
trampling the woman. Other wona-
en-, similarly clad and mounted, trail
her, with the siren shrieks OF the
calliope behind.
Then a cage of leopards--wonder-
fully graceful spotted beauties fol-
lowed by cage Of polar bears.
Horsemen. scores. black and white
clad. come next After them 10 Shet-
land ponies. drawing another caI-
liope, also playing
Red and blue plush h-cIad horsenien
next in line, followed by Indian mys-
ties atop a gilded circus parade
wagon.
Eight camels. drawing a float la
beled Egypt" comes next in line,
then "Africe." mounted band. and
Uncle Sam and Columbia ON an
other float behind the mounted mu-
sicians. Horses drawing this wagon
wear trappings of red white and blue
shields, and loud shouts. greet its
appearance.
American horsewomen. designated
by patriotic-colored trappings, fol-
low the Am 'ica" float, and then
the parade halts while the traffic COP
on the corner let's two street cars
go through. tdBthe distaste Of the
crowd
A pure-D Columbia float comes
next followed by the ever present.
never missed clown banG rendering
| intoxicatingly weird music
Then the magnificent herd of ele-
| plants, "a Of them--a leader and the
others two abreast--huge tuskers.
some Of them, others gigantic feFni-
nine pachederyms, and then the final
calliope. and the great parade has
passed for another year, unless
One is ~, and rushes to Third and
Madison 10 see 1t all over again!