The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-28
THOUSANDS COME TO BISMARCK FOR
CHRSTY'S BIG FTVE-RINC CIRCUS
ThrOngs Crowd Streets as Big
Parade Goes at NOOn-Many
Attend Afternoon Perform
ance-SecOnd Show Will Be-
gin at 8 o'clock Tonight

Circus day, to the kids the big
gest day Of the year, not excepting
Fourth Of July or Christmas, is
here today, marking the first visit
to Bismarck of the Christy Brothers
big five ring wild animal circus,
the largest circus in the world that
still retains the always looked for
street parade.
From everywhere within j wide
radius people have been driving to
town to see the circus. Throngs of
people, old and young, gathered
early in the business district and al
though it was entirely too soon,
grew impatient because the street
parade did not put in an appearance.
They jammed the sidewalks. streets
were filled with c:rs and the roofs
of buildings as we'll as telephone
and telegraph poles were used as
vantage points to get an unob-
structed view of the big pageant.
Scenes Of circus day were enacted
as early as 8 o'clock when the
crowd began to arrive and the cir
Gus street men began to display
their wares. Soon vari-colOred
balloons were hobbing in the breeze,
fond mothers bought little rubber
elephants for the kids, some pre-
ferred the rubber snakes and blue
birds on stick net with a ready
sale. The merchants profited by
the coming of the circus, particular
~ the restaurants and the ice
cream parlors. Drug stores were
well patronized and everyone gar
nered in a few extra dollars that
were not left with the ticket sellers
out at the show grounds. The cir
Gus spent quite I. sum with the To-
cal merchants, all of the feed being
purchased here by the 24-hour man,
so called, who came here yesterday
and had delivered this morning, two
tons of hay. rs bushels Of oats, 1000
pounds of bran, four sides of beef
for the animals, 500 loavcs of bread
at the cook house, half a dozen
crates of eggs, and twenty gallons
of ice cream for the candy stands.
There was truck load of groceries
delivered to the shows steward
early this morning and all of the
500 employees Of the big show spent
some money in local stores. To
some q circus may be am i'll wind,
but it blew a lot of good today to
local merchants.
Christys Quite a Show
The ChriStv show is no small At.
fair. It looks as big as the Ring
ling show on the lot. There is q
mammoth circus "big top" with
seven poles, that looked almost as
long as city block, q menagerie
with six poles, that held 80 cages Of
wild animals End the elephants and
camels, q side show with its freaks
and curiosities, a pit show where
there was q midget and a six legged
horse, two dressing rooms, four
stables filled with more than 200
fine horses, q cooking tent and din
ing room and blacksmith and repair
shops. The circus has its own elec-
trio lighting system, and carries a
force of expert mechanics. There
are with the show more than 500
people and they represent almost
every nationality. There arr Chin
ese who do marvellous slides in the
circus. Porto Ricans, famous aero
bats, who think nothing Of turning
triple somersaults, Mexican wire
walkers who stand on their heads
on wires strung 80 feet in midair,
, Spanish girl who does . whirl of
death with : flying trapeze, and
animals who perform from every
cline. Most Of the workingmen
were colorel and it was worth =
trip to the show grounds to watch
the gangs Of four and six pound the
long stakes into the ground, biff,
biff. biff, never : miss, each one
hitting in proper rotation. They
sang as they worked and seemed
Z happy 60 lucky crowd. "Y hs, sub,
we's all frum Texas" said one Of
the gang. "Been with Mister
Chreesty fur . long time. He feeds
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