| Show I TILE rIlE COST OF 01 TIlE JlE SHOW The remInIscences 0 of the lat late W C Coup of the Barnum Show how howa a are continued In Th Saturday I OIt this week The following is II an extract On One ot of the largest shows ever r or organized In this country and nd which wu was reputed to be worth macre InON than hr halt a million dollars w wu Inventorial Inventor on the Ibe death of one ODe of time the proprietors with a view to selling the estate tet of 01 the decea deceased and to the great surprise or of the tbt executors 11 was found to reach In value IUt only about Twenty ao ago a show bow With a adaily daily dlly expenditure ot of 11 was extravagant while years art ago aco a circus who whose receipts averaged sixty a day was considered to be do doIn doing In ing a rood good business Today Todar there ii 11 one Ihu show tb the of oC which are undoubtedly more than 1100 the day da It I Is ur whit what wonder ful fui displays aN am made mad by others at a acost cost coel ot of than 1000 the da day Fhe cost COlt of cages varlee varine The orna emna mental cars Cirl used for tor all tIling are and even ratel and are arp provIded With R a liege hure paste arid and other They cot cost from IL t to The lIt flat and na stock cart re reused used by circa circuses CUlt cost from UN to Sf each c from 1400 up upward ward Some Som also 80 have their own private cars call fitted with every imagInable convenience and such uCh a cr car colts high In the thousands Th Tb of the wardrobe ot of course on the amount used UNd and U its quality and whether the are intended for tor a spectacular show how or rr Sn n ordinary circus TIle The wardrobe and chariots chrlot used In Ut the pro ot of our Congress Con 01 o Nations COlt Mr Ir and myself more than W paid for our first drome drom tent alone and tItle Ihle did hI not I In elude tnt tents h hens tt tests antI camp tent AtteNnI rd ho hoever VIt we w had a larger larrer one made for tor very tr muM much ie money Tb assaIl emall that hover round around ChIcago and the lit cities ot of the Wat I in summer usually us a tnt tent about eighty feet teet across with two 10 middle pieces This equipped WIth and nd lights COIte about 00 |
