Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1914 — Ringling Brothers' Circus Opens in Chicago April 11th. [ARTICLE]

Ringling Brothers' Circus Opens in Chicago April 11th.

A reliable messenger of spring is the announcement that on Saturday, April 11, Ringling Bros.’ big circus will begin its annual Chicago engagement at the Coliseum. It is said that the past winter’s preparations have been most productive of novelties and innovations. Already a large force of carpenters and mechanics are at work in the big Wabash avenue structure making ready to house the 'mamn?bth 89-car circus which is soon to leave its wirrter quarters at Baraboo, Wis. {Stage help, electricians and scenic artists are giving the finishing touches to the train load of scenery which is to be used in the colossal spectacle of "“Sokrtnon and the Queen of Sheiba”, which willjprecede the regular circus program. Rehearsals for the ballet of 300 dancing girls are under way. Costumers are busily engaged in fitting and refitting the tons of costumes required for the cast that includes 1,250 people, 735 horses and 32 camels.

The arenic program this year is to be exceedingly brilliant. The menagerie contains 1,003 wild animals, 41 elephants, 5 giraffes and a “baby zoo.” A half hundred clowns and harlequins will introduce satires on current events, 20 families of aerielists will perform miraculous stunts in midair and the ridng acts are the best ever assembled in the history of circuses. Two performances will be ■ given daily during a short season.