The Greatest Show On Earth gave its 99th and final performance last week in Atlanta, replete with clowning, the blare of trumpets and prancing steeds. In seven months the show had played to approximately four million people in 18 cities and 15 States. It had grossed $2,500,000, broken many a long-standing attendance record. In 21 coaches and 40 freight cars it had traveled 5,118 miles. Its magnitude (2,000 performers, 300 vehicles) dwarfed even the tinseled grandeur of Barnum & Bailey-Ringling Bros.
When the last cheer died away and the last tent was folded in Atlanta's Piedmont Park, most of the performers...
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