Evening star., 1936-05-18
Circus, With New Orang-Utang,
In Capital for Two'Doy Stand
Red-Haired Natire of Sun,atra Jun ole
and Three Pee-Wee Elephants viii
Be Chief Animal attractions.

new, too. They arrived in America
a few months ago with six native
African elephant men, who for a
while paraded before their charges
in resplendent uniforms. But the black
men became bored and were sent back
to their native Congo.
Now they stand placidly chained in
elephant row. where 100000 pounds of
pachyderm are on exhibition, sand
wiched between the husky animal
kings from India, but it was feared
at first the tiny Africans and the
normal Asiatics would be at odds
So when the midgets came they
were chained apart and the full-sized
Indians were paraded before them to
see what would happen. Nothing
happened and peace reigns between
the two continents.
Three Are Army Veterans.
Facing the elephants are a line Of
camels, loose -jointed, ugly beasts, both
two-humper and single e-numper, who
in their native desert lands carry
Arab sheikhs about their romantic
business. Three of the strange fel-
lows we're once in the British Near
Eastern Army of the late Gen. Allenby
and fought for King George in Meso-
potamia.
The lot on which Bessie and Bubi
and the soundless giraf1es and the
camels are living for two days be-
came city of marvek yesterday
within few hours.
Before noon there was nothing but
grass and cinders. BY S the tents
were up and a new world was in
ready for action.
The first business was the raising
OF the animal top. Swift-moving
teams of wonderful horses who had
been cavorting all Winter in fields
outside Peru, Ind, charged up to the
lot from the Benning railroads yards
with the canvas and the poles.
A speedy steam pile-driver drove
the outside stakes into the ground
and the canvas was draped on the
greensward. Up. up 1t went. More
stakes to be driven inside were beat
into the ground by sledge-hammer
symphony - five broad-shouldered
roustabouts tapping the 6-foot piece
Of wood into the ground in unison.
Circus Folk Heavy Eaters.
Then up went the cook tent. where
the laborers and the staff men are
fed. Before night these had cram
med into their gullets 500 pounds of
bacon, 95 packages of pancake -four.
20 cases of eggs and mountainous
supply of other foods.
Outside the cook tent, while eating
was in progress, crew of rope
lashers tied down the top securely to
the chanty of an old Navy COB, who
urged a crew of six on to furious
action.
"Heave, shake. break and douse it,"
he called at each stake, and his
slaveys threw the rope around the
stake, looped it twice and knotted it.
This is some city," said Braden.
Everything but a mayor" He stood
beside the circus barber shop, where
you can get everything from mani
cure to SINCE.
When circus train comes to town
the performers scatter to restaurants,
to movies, to hotels. The whole works
travels on rails, and from the fiat cars
trundle wagons carrying canvas,
stakes, animals, dressing rooms, stoves
and trunks.
Everything is on wheels but the
people, elephants and horses" is an
old circus slogan.
Yesterdays unloading and build
ing of the circus city was q prime
attraction for what seemed almost
half Of Washington's population.
Bright and early thousands fiocked to
the Union Market lot to await the
wonders of a story book land.
Get back, you," roared Franz VOL
ska. the head animal man, and the
mob ran for the tents edge. VOL
ska turned his back and the spec
tators edged forward again to get q
better view of the animals.
Get back, you," shouted Frank
Braden, but little happened. "The
masters touch," he laughed.
The entrance to the circus this year
is by Sixth street northeast, out Of
difference to the market men, who
objected to having Fifth street roped
OF from casual trafic. h