The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-04-06
BIG CIRCUS AND
A BIG CROWD AND
| kBIGGER Rain
Sparks Circus is an Event and the
Local Shrine Club May Bring
it Back Next Year

Circus day in all its glory and damp
T ess-both internal and external-has
come and gone. Wednesday was fill
ed with thrills, and the blasts of circus
music, the blatant voice of street and
lside show barkers, the weird roar and
screams and screeches Of the beasts
and birds of the Jungle, the trumpet
ing of elephants, the unearthly sounds
of the denizens of the deep, the rum
BILE of wagons and clatter of horses
hoofs. the shrill shrieks and thrilling
jazz of the steam lunged calliopes-
and RAIN.
Various estimates of the crowd has
been made, but none could be taken
as accurate. The streets, walks, parks
and windows were filled with a good
natured and rain-soaked mass OF hu-
mainly when the big parade came up
Whitlock avenue and around the
quare at eleven o'clock. Heading the
parade We're several very attractive
and beautifully decorated cars carry
ing the Sparks brothers and other
leading men of the circus, Illustrious
Potentate w. Bayne Gibson of Allan
ia, Mr.. Len C. Baldwin, president of
Marietta Shrine club, leading local
Shriners, the Y. w. C. A. girls, and
others. Next came "Tiny," Yaarab
Temples mascot pony. driven by Mr..
Robinson, drummer in the Oriental
band; the pony carts of j. R. Brumby
and j. E. Massey. followed by all the
gorgeously painted and decorated cir
Gus wagons of beasts and reptiles and
band wagons of the big show, and in
the wake there came the camels and
elephants with many local wild beast
riders clinging fondly and frantically
to the elephants ears and the camePs
hump. Some of the Marietta ladies
who participated in the parade and
rode the animals were Misses Nannlo
Conner, Agnes McCollum, Myrtis Pea
cock, Constance and Georgia Cole.
Sparks circus is all that it is adver-
tised to bets great circus and the
acts are of the highest class. The
trained seal and trained pig acts are
especially good.
Hard luck is taken by circus people
as you would take salt on your food
inst a little to make the dish more APP
netizing. The first hard luck was the
misfortune to one of the handsome
ring horses, when it slipped on the
wet paving and falling broke a leg.
The animal may be allowed to live
# was left in Marietta, and Is now
being cared for by local boy. MI
Sharks gave the horse to the boy
The next hard luck was the ram
nd while the afternoon performance
was well attended. despite the ram
tho night crowd dwindled to about
ona-tbird capacity as torrents OF the
heavenly fluid was turned loose at the
hour that Yaarab Temples Orlental
hand announced, the opening numoeL;
The "big top" suick and spar anu
met from the factory. leaked Ike a
SS~iva--iust another bit of hard luck,
Moro narafro was ordered, ana
tho canvas will be given another ra!'-
proof bath when the show reaches us
Iav+ st0n at Ftowah, Tenn.
The Sparks Brothers are congenlai
gentlemen and will ALWAYS be given
hearty welcome in Marietta. and nave
eipnified their intention OF coming
hack with the Shrine circus next year.
Doenite the rain the circus was enJoV-
pd-but financially it did not come
up to expectations.