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IffX TWENTi-SECOND YEAK. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , JULY 31 , ] 802-SIXTEENT PAGES. NUMBER 43.
LARGEST , GRANDEST AND MOST COMPLETE CIRCUS ON EARTH.
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3-Rlng Circus , Elevated Stages , Mighty Millionaire Menngerla , Roynl Aquarium. Mnmmoth Museum
of Marvels , Far-Famed Horse Fair and Equlne Congress , Embracing 36O of the Finest
Blooded Horses in the World , Together -with Mor j High-Salarlacl People , More
Acrobats , More RHers , More .Aerialis s , More Novebus , and
More Genuine Circus Acts Than Any Two Other Shows in the World
Exhibited Under the Largest Tents Ever Erected.
Having been unjustifiably assailed by a rival show advertised
to exhibit in Omaha nearly SEVEN WEEKS LATER than the date of
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theRingling Brothers' World's Greatest Shows in your city we would
respectfully submit to the public , which alone will judge between us , a
few plain , pointed and pertinent questions. *
If ours is a small and insignificant show , as our rival claims , and
beneath the notice of these self-constituted censors , why do they
attack us ? If ours is a show so limited in scope , so infimtesmal in
size that it can bear nd > comparison with theirs , why do they spend
thousands of dollars in endeavoring to make the public believe
that our enterprise is unworthy of patronage , and that theL exhi
bition is the only show on earth ? .
If we are frauds and prevaricators and distorters of facts if we are
sa'iling under false colors if we are endeavoring to deceive the
' Dublic that has made our great good fortune possible -why do
they attack us now , NEARLY SEVEN WEEKS AHEAD OF
THEIR OWN EXHIBITION , and endeavor to besmirch our good
name , when the public need only wait until tomorrow to convince
"itself whether or not the Ringling Shows are all they claim to be ?
Why a"re they so anxious to belittle our exhibition in the eyes of
the public ? Doesn't it look as though they were afraid of compe
tition and that the marvelous success of the Ringling Brothers'
Shows , which have come to the front with such giant strides in
the past few years , has aroused their spite , spleen and jealousy ?
Did you know that thesewoulciba dictators claim to have the ex
clusive privilege of exhibiting in Omaha , and that they openly de
clare that thev will allow no other show to exhibit here IF THEY
CAN PREVENT IT ? When did you give any show or showmen
a monopoly of the amusement privileges of your city ? Is not such
a claim the supreme height of audacity ?
Do you realize the fact that the concern in question does not appear
in your city for nearly two months after our great exhibition , and
that you are expected to wait all that time before witnessing a
show ? Do they mean to insinuate that you are too penurious to
spend the price of admission twice ? What other conclusion can
you come to ?
Do you believe that any show would spend thousands of dollars in
, , ' trying to induce you to "wait , " if its name and reputation was
such as to make you do so , without their resorting to means so
meretricious ?
' " WMat do you think of the calibre of showmen who tell you that not
to wait for their exhibition is to constitute yourself an"unredeem-
able chump" ? Is there anything in-the ethics of decency that au
thorizes such a radical departure from sound sense and good
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breeding ? '
X . USE ? " What do you think of an institution that declares with sublime ( ? )
egotism that "other shows simply do not exist" ? Is not comment
on so colossal a condition of "big head" superfluous ?
? " What do you think of the methods of showmen who offer newspa
pers money to attack the Ringling Brothers' performances ? Do
you vv.e rh iMiwft'T.Fi.t. such flagrant violators of the proprieties are
chagrined w'heri tril6i'i' ' "ir3apors ) [ , prizing their honor above finan
cial gain , repudiate these ef'lbrts to stultify the press ?
What credence can be placed in the avowals of showmen who de
clare in April that they are "coming soon" and now announce
that they will not visit your city until the middle of September.
What assurance have you that they will come in September ?
Doesn't it seem strange that in view of the fact that the Ringling
Brothers have never received an unfavorable newspaper notice ,
that their rivals should be the first and only people to attack them ?
If the RinglingBrothers' Shows are unworthy of patronage , why
has the marvel&us success of their exhibition attracted such uni
versal attention ? Why has it grown from a small overland circus
to the largest legitimate arenic enterprise in America ? Why is the
fame of its quintette of founders and proprietors a household theme
wherever this great exhibition has been seen ?
These are pertinent questions , and our friends , the public , \vill
Judge for themselves whether or not we have been assailed legiti
mately or with justice. N
The public's very obedient servants ,
RINGLING BROTHERS.
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Terrific Gltitlintor ! il Combats , Absorbing Trial , of Strength irid E iiliiiMtic ? , ( Irintl ( ilu Day SpiIs and bjicjluclos.
A PAGE OF CLASSIC HISTORY SET BEFORE THE MODERN WORLD !
Two and FouV Horse Chariot Races , Jockey Racas with Lady and Gentleman Riders ; Novel El
ephant arid ' * Camel Races ; Child-delighting Pony Races with Monkey Riders ; Laughable
'j Donkey Races with Clown Drivers.
Most Marvelous Wonders of ik BruteCreation Gathered fromManyClimes
PRINCE CHALDEAN , the PFRCHERON BEAUTY , sired in Normandy , weighing 1800 pounds , and the proud possessor
of a mane full 9 feet in length- the LARGEST LIVING HIPPOPOTAMUS ; two mighty herds of Ponderous
Elephants , two herds of Desert Born Dromedar.es , Mountain Climbing1 Llamas of South America , Sacred Ox
of Burinah , only Porcine Circus on Earth.
The World's Greatest Summersault Rider. Other
H Shows bill him ; we alone have him. * >
REED SISTERS , SROTHERS VERKO-N ,
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.Europe's Premier Equestriennes. Flying Kings of the Air.
In FIRST AMERICA. TIME ! . 's Troupe ol 100 Other Cir-J
Thtf s me rivalry which seeks to discredit
the Ringling Brothers' great exhibition in the
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eyes of the ) maha public concentrated every
energy to injure our reputation and business in
Milwaukee weeks ago. The accompany
ing extracts from leading Milwaukee newspa
pers , published the day after our exhibition in
that city'speak for themselves ,
DAILY M3WS nin llng Brothers' circus gave two performances yesterday
to the utmost capacity of the tout , The sulo of reserved souls was stopped ut 7:80 :
In the ovonlnj ? mid sulo was suspended out truly ut the door at 7:15. : At that hour
the vast Interior was packed. Of the performance nothing hut nralso can he said.
'Iho nuinhors on the program were lotion , and all possessed that rarity in oircui
work novelty. Frequently thcro were llvo acts bointf performed at the wirnu *
time n nil all posnessin uiiusual excellence. The Ulngllng Bros , ha vo miUo a
record that will he had ) to heat.
TTIK JOUIINAL The performance la fully un to the work of the beat shows ,
portions of it boluir unexcelled by any tiling over before presented In the nu\vduai
atcna in this city ,
KVHNJNGVI3CONSINTlio hip tlirctf-rlng tent waa c-owdod afternoon and
cvoninp , und at 7:10 : the Nva ou was uloied. Not another ticket could bo had for
love or money. The monatiorlo attracted a I'eat deal of attention , dnd the pro-
gramme in the main tout w.ia carried out to the lottor.
TII12 SKNTJNUL It wnsa jjood show. Hundreds were unnblo to got Into
the touts All necessary adjuncts to the well-regulated circuH were there in pro1
iu lon. The menagerie presented m.iny attractive features , some of whloh have
raiely been been in thix city.
snow ( iroimas ,
* 20th antTRaul Streets ,
COUNTOIL BLUFFf * . AjUQUST
JPwo Performance * Only Afternoon a * 2 , Night at 8 DoorstOnen One Hour Earlier Admission Adnlb3 , 50c ; Children , Uilder 12 Yean 25c
GRAND TBEE STitEET FAGEAMT AT V O'CIiOCK TOMOBBOW MOHNIMG.
Cable and 24th St.lines
run direct ; Walnut-
Hill & South Omaha
lines within 3 blocks.
Sec Moscow's ' Cliiiniog Bells ,