Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-10
THE UGLY ULKS.

manner, conceived the idea of revie ".
| ing this theory, and this in a comic and
ridiculous style; therefore, all the more
mystifying and exciting wonder as tC
the real character IF the object had in
view. Yesterday being their first effort
at anything like a spectacular exhibit
! tiOn, they succeeded in so far as enter
! tanning and pleasing the public are con-
cerned. What they did certainly as
tonished, and in point of the burlesque
features must be commended, as they
doubtless will be, both by the citizens of
Memphis and the thousands of visitors
who witnessed the procession, which
was composed of nine floats, sur
mounted by large figures, some Of which
were ten feet high.
The following was the
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION.
Arnold's Old Memphis brass band Of
twenty pieces.
Csvalcade of knights, heralds and
courtiers.
Royal chariot of Ulks.
Ancient peelers on foot.
Second FlOat-''The RiVals,u
Third FlOat-TwO worthless sitting for
picture.
ItCluOIh LOUISVILLE Dduu VI lN6uLy
pieces.
Fourth Float-High life before the
deluge.
Fifth Float-A hard-shell party.
Sixth Float-A new figure in the Ger
man.
Seventh Float-EIephantine, rather.
Eighth Float-The skating rink.
Ninth Ff0aL-A mixed Ioat,
ALL ABOUT THE FLOATS, ETC.
The cavaIcade was composed of sew
enty-five knights, representing the diff
ferent eras In knighthood, from it's
earliest tradition down to the latest
record. The picturesque beauty Of this
feature Of the process sion can peter be
imagined than described. The Roman
and the Greek, the Egyptian and Nu-
bian, the Saracen and the Turk, the no,
blest of Attali and the fiercest of the
Gothman, the princely knights of south
ern Europe, the Crusaders, the Spanish
heroes as far as the days of The Cid, who
was such terror to the MOOTs, and is
said to have stampeded their forces
even when his dead oody was mounted
upon his faithful steed, were all repre-
sented and personated with remarkable
fidelity. The helmet and the plume, the
shield and the battle-ax, with all the
panOply and the gsrb of antiquity, the
medieval ages, and of yet later days,
were to be seen. The fabled glOries OF
Spanish ehivslry, when grave dons and
potent senoras alike rewarded the true
knight and encouraged knight-errantry,
were revived, and in such a manner as
to treat it other than commendatory
would require the genius Of a Cervantes
de Savedra, or the not less attractive,
though borrowed, taste of Butler. 1t
was Byron, the poet Of the ocean, who,
alluiing indire tly to that most won
derful of all works, Don Quirote de la
M0nchd, said that "Cervsntes laughed
Spain's chivslry away" and it was
much later that SHAY, in his "Outlines
of English Literature" criticiZes the
remark, as he believed that the unfortu-
nate child of genius referred to
the existence of knight. .errantry, not
to its idea and enchantmAnt, which
yet dwell in the Spanish mind when the
great book was composed. But we were
merely jesting, for these knights were
burlesque creatures, and with all their
wondIous gift of impudence had not
dared to journey into the Holy Land,
nor to lay suit to fair lady's hand, for
their heads were immense, and resem-
bled those ofdifferent brutes, such as the
bullfrog, cat, dog, horse, COW, bull, ram,
lamb, hog, tiger, etc. But the whole af-
fair, as stated in the beginning, was a
burlesque, and it was not inappropriate.
Next to the cavalcade was
THE KINGS CHARIOT,
a huge car mounted on four wheels, and
oH i'm fhn Gharo nf a - Del hs,
t. n feet broad and at least twenty five
feet high. The mouth and eyes were
plainly visible and well-defined, while
the large curling horns were the very
image Of a ram. On top of the head
and between the horns, was the throne
of the King of the Ulks, who stood
there holding bis golden sceptre as def
antly as did bis ancestral Cloths upon
the mountain-hights OF barbaric Ger
mauy, long before that country knew
civilization or had yet begun its mag
nifcent march along the royal highway
OF literature, art, philosophy and science.
Surrounding the king are his medical
and spiritual advisors, four pages hand
somely attired, and the very picture of
royal favoritism. At the base of the
throne, and on the platform proper OF
the noat, are the Kings Testers, called
in more usual parlance, "fools." Like
most fools, they Were dressed quite fan
cifully, displaying usurping taste and
picturesque Ostention leaving no abiding
place for elegance. Altogether, the
chariot, its king, pages and fools, were
quite creditabie, and evoked untold
wonder, especially as a sheepish idea is
expressed as 10 royalty in this land Of
ayowed republicsnism, with its people
of practical fetichism.
THE ANCIENT PEELERs.
There were "ssven wise men of
Gotham" says Mother Goose, and his
tory speaks OF the 'seven wonders of
the world" but more remarkable than
these are the "seven ancient peelers"
who were yesterday burlesqued as per-
fec,ly as the modern ones are fmper-
sonated by Fox in his Humpty Dunpty
These policemen are under command
Of captain, and have green birds
heads, with immense eyes, and alligator
shaped teeth. They wear the regulation
cap and carry their billy in hand, are
seven feet tall, have necks of spiral
bones, like railroad car spring OF coil
OF wire, their uniform is made to re-
semble pea-fowl feathers, and owing to
the lack OF four months psy their great
feet have no easements on, and show
large blue nails, that instantly aroused
puDIic sy mpathy. OF them IL is said:
When rogues fall out, honest men
get their duesU
"A harmonious aud friendly party
waiting for four months back pay"
"Nigilant 70: duty or q drink. Attent-
I've when the midnight hour sounds
If not asleep"
TIE GIRL or THE PERIOD.
The first float represents a large
stump, twelve feet high, and al its base
sits a fac siDliie picture of Darwin, whose
bald head, intelligent face and gray
whiskers contrast well enough with his
body and limbs, which are those OF an
ape. He is making love TO the "Girl OF
the Perlod," creature composed en-
tirely of false haiT, with . head SIS large
IS t1Onr-barrel Her wits are wool.
gathering. Her hands are feet with