These hats were toppers for the bags of cotton candy being sold at the circus and come “free” with the candy. The Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus is in town, with just two shows remaining, one this evening and one tomorrow, before the railcars in East Austin are loaded and the train rolls once again, on to the next town. The clowns and the young female acrobats from China steal the show, but that’s just one person’s opinion. The greatest novelty act is the upside down turn performed way above the audience, an exercise in disorientation that won’t be spoiled by being described here. This is the 134th edition, the blue circus, with David Larible.