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Show t!:r Hey, Skieney! Look What s , j Comin' Ter Ogden Tomorrow , ; I 2 it That great American holiday, neglected ne-glected by the calendar makers but foremost of all In the oyes of tho small boy, will be ushered into Ogden at midnight. For tomorrow is Circus Day. In tho weo, small hours Just before trains will be "spotted" on the sidings of the Oregon Short Line railroad. This will bo followed closely by the remaining sections, until the total of 89 cars have arrived. On the sides of each will appear the words, "Ring-ling "Ring-ling Brothers World's Greatest Shows." Tho mighty caravan will como from Salt Lake City, where the circus is exhibiting today and when the last car has disgorged its contents this city will have become tho temporary tem-porary home f tho greatest tented enterprise en-terprise ever traveled in America. Tho invasion will add to tho local population approximately 1,370 people, peo-ple, 1,009 wild animals housed in more than 100 dens; aviaries of beautiful birds; 735 horses, herds of elephants, captained by the giant "two-story" mammoth, "Big Bingo"; an entire family of giraffes, 35 camels and herds of ostriches and zebras. First to reach the railroad yards tomorrow to-morrow morning will bo what is II in nisBCTi' iiir 1 ii,' nn i i i . i i nuns I known in clrcusland as tho "flyinir miais. Sadie, the seven-ton hiDDoooti-,mus hiDDoooti-,mus and "Old Cap. Congo," pEute of the chimpanze delegation, will be here but their cages will be so tlght- ffciSvT8? ?llth tarPaul's that if is likely that the small boys will be rewarded re-warded with little more than the sound of mysterious noises coming from EX5!?t Dl1' jftthe,le bgabin refuse to be interviewed, the cooks the waiters and the hundreds of working work-ing men who accompanv the big kitchen kitch-en outfit will be very much In evidence. evi-dence. The first business of tho day at the show grounds will be the erection of the dining tents so that a hot breakfast break-fast may be served the men traveling on the first train and the people who will arrive on the remaining sections The dining tent is bigger than ever before and it will not be surprising if tomorrow's diners consume more Chan 400 dozen eggs, 5,000 griddle cakes and a proportionate amount of uacon, potatoes ana coffee. For this season's Ringling family numbers almost al-most 1,400 people. Local railway officials were today of the opinion that all the circus trains will arrive by daylight tomorrow. tomor-row. The acros of tents will have been erected long before the hour of parade which, with its "three miles of glitter and rainbow magnificence" will constitute the first official ap-pearanco ap-pearanco of the circus. It will include in-clude hundreds of people from strange lands and regiments of beautiful horses in gorgeous trappings hitched to glided parade wagons or ridden by handsome cavaliers and fair ladles. Fully 30 elephants and scores of open dens will be in line. There will be two calliopes and many bands, Including Includ-ing a company of musicians on horseback. horse-back. The novelties will Include a team of 14 camelB drawing a massive mas-sive float and driven like horses. Two performances will be given hero, at 2 svnd 8 p. m. The doors to the menagerie will open at 1 and 7 o'clock, giving patrons a full hour in -!m which to visit the animals and enjoy $m the promenade concerts played by Ringling Brothers' big military band. itsm First on the main-tent program will JH come the spectacle, "Cinderella." This HHP best-loved fairytale will be told by a cast of more than 1,000 characters Em dressed in gorgeous costumes more k&k beautiful than those which are pic- fc.W tured in the story books. Every in- cident will be portrayed from the H&f transformation of the heroine from mm Ella-of-the-Cindors to the lovely prin- Sf33 cess who attends the great ball, loses fflpn her glass slipper on tho staircase and 'Wffl later claims it together with the hand Ifg of the handsome prince and goes to ig live in the palace. There will be a Ear coach made from a big pumpkin, foot- fgf! men dressed like mice, great glitter- 1 f ttp ing processionals and a ballot of 300 JlfH dancing girls wearing wings just as &7M all good fairies are supposed to do. il4H The stage on which the gigantic pro- f-'W' duction will be presented Is of tre- 't'M mendous size and the scenic, electri- r)rS cal 'and mechanical effects are more i -'am remarkable than those seen in grand f-Hi opera. raH Following "Cinderella" will come the Hfli circus performance embracing two rB hours of arenic numbers in which 400 tB artists will take part. All nations will bo represented. fcSB Among many remarkable acts will n9H bo. the famous Wirth family of rid- rlH ers headed by May Wirth; Hillary f jH Long who loops the loop with skates SB attached to his head; the MacPherson 'H clan of Highland horsemen; Austral- ( 'Jfli ian wood choppers in amazing con- j tests; the Joseffson troupe of Icelan- die and Soudanese champions in feats ,S of strength; the Tamaki company of iB jiu-jitsu marvels; Lilly Leltzel, the LH world's greatest aerial gymnast; Ivan Mfli Romoffsky's Siberian riders; whole llB companies of world famed aerialists WmW Including the Clarkonian and Nelson HB families and scores of other artists In ER daring ring, tent-top and hippodrome rait achievements. faWs IeBKv |