The evening world. Newspaper, March 21, 1908, Page 9

From a $20 nm Rise of Ringling Brothers to the Top of the Tent World . And of course !t Is “bigger and better | Zircus Limit Reached. We have a third more elephants, ¢ d fifty more per m & Batley year,” said Br afraid the modert t reached the limit grow any large: e number of cari it is dimeul he railroad By Charles Darnton. | BRFECTLY innocent attempt on my part to crawl under the| canvas of the new circus “trust” almost broke Mr. Alt. T.} Ringling’s smile. Mr. Alf. T. belongs in the middle ages of the) Ringling Brothers, who now control the Barnum & Bailey Med) Circtis in addition to owning the Forepaugh & Sells Brothers’ Show and the Ringling Brot! Circus. There are Al. Otto, Alf. T., Charles and John. They sta: the road In 1882 with a little one-horse show that was worth about $200. To-day their circus interests represent over $8,000,000. They might | not if that they But, MERELYA BROTHERLY : ARRANGE MENT : alled “the cireus ring,” but not a tru —| of Alf. T. He admitted, almost reluctantly, iveuses in the country. lue the # the character of tht © answered. “Bu the the elrcus thir ber of sensationa cd the number of iti which are the resull training, and whicl people came from far and} naturally win deserved admiration. Thi ‘thriller’ is a recognition of the de mand of the American public for ex cltement, but I do not believe this @e mand will keep up forever. This yea, nt over a number of nev any. The Americas y European fn tts make cted a trust—merely a broth prs and the Barnum & Ba r of course, At the time of the trans- fers we were the only active managers in the business, and go—well, that’s | how {t happened. To be successful a circus must have an active manager | on the ground—right on the lot, In fact—tt can’t be run on the long-Atstance | plan. And, above all, it needs a manager of experience.” From this point the story of the Ringling Brothers’ experience meal along like a circus parade. | Started with a “Pin Show grand aggregation of domestic cartel elghbo! “We started as boys,” began \ Ws ca began thelr career on foot are wort millions, ‘Counting winter quarters and real estate, our elreus ho! probably worth —$8,000,000,"" wad Mr, Ringling. “After wo had run the hal show for @ year,” ho reverted, “we be- |.” came acquainted with ‘Old Yankee Rob- {naon,’ as he was called. He had been In the business for forty years, and came on the run,” cn hat hyena ht in at least § ft was the we have brov i villages and raised ” Ring- sion from pins to pr Tell the truth, but te into th i always careful not t old wagon int d Tip Ns Yl: LO ily horses to draw ays Amercan liven ‘em up+ from town to t t in the gulse of a milltary | with the notion that she was a la ata st s 1 woman at the door, e see him,” eno? Is na he weel?* uist deid, puir bodie,” t we ward pur | we forms and a r| drunken man \ The Seven Ages of Great Men (*) Mayor George B. McClellan J FICIAL CAREER AS SECRETARY TOTHE BOARD THAT BUILT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, aia ae ST Y HAGE ax FG G0 a iia CAPACITY, HIS SERVICES GAVE THE BRIDGE SUCH VOGUE . >= ASIAGE-~ THAT THE RESULT HAS BEEN _@ DAILY CRUSH EVER SINCE av NEEDED NO NURSE AS AN INFANT, ZL : BEING EASILY PACIFIED IF ONLY Y ne ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH CAST oOFRP iy PATERNAL SHOES 2) HIS APPEARANCE AS COLONEL WHILE ON GOV. HILUS STAFF SO ELECTRIFIED RICHARD CROKER THAT HE PREVAILED UPON HIM = BM WITH VARIOUS INDUCEMENTS SUCH Wy AS- PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ASSEMBLYMAN, N CONGRESSMAN AIND MAYOR,TO BECOME AN ASSET OF TAMMANY+SAID INDUCEMENTS BEING ACCEPTABLE TO THE COLONEL HE FORTHWITH BECAME AUMEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION MUCH TQ THE GLORIFICATION OF THE TIGER AS BM Will BE NOTED By ATS COUNTENANCE GUAGE- In 19795- AS E SPENT HIS EARLY Wee erase ee ae ae HE SERVED QN THE 1 WAYS AND MEANS | SPARE TIME IN CLOSE COMMITTEE AND OBSERVATION OF THE jj sed — i i Ray eee Folate: ART OF CORRECT j ° . 2 / ee . Vi Nod Om CRATS AT THE ESS FOR MEN WN g Z , } we EXP/RATION OF DR SS . RY Z ae Lae e HIS FOURTH TERM a AFTER WHICh HE 7” WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY THOUGH SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE IN ITS LOCATION THE MAYORALTY CHAIR Li 5 -N AND COL.MSCLELLAN Y; ’ ae Ys, Y Zs STILL REMAIN ON 15 PERWEEK | GAR, , Ore tres / Ge j ee: ; LEA" TERMS OF FRIENDLY Ns Zs 4 g RELATIONSHIP, AND DESPITE INTERMITTENT WAILS OF “FRAUD FROM UNCERTAIN SOURCES HE £ s CALMLY UTTERS— e “ “ q WAS EMPLOYED AS A REPORTER IN NEW YORK AFTER GRADUATING FR : - OH-FUDGE: PARK : FISWING BEING 4 FAVORITE PASTIME OF A NOTABLE RESIDENT, NE Took Us Tie Sruny J . PLACE ¢ And BECAME A VICTIM OF THE MATRIMONIAL HOOk .wHICH INSIDENT MAY OR MAY Noy i (Pd IPG) BANE INSPIRED THR COMPOSER OF THE SONG “HE'S My PAL” ~ .