The daily gazette., 1876-03-02
MARDI GRAS.
The Mystic Krewe of COmus' Display
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A New Orleans special despatch to
the New York World says:
The weather to-day was magnificent,
and the city crowded with people. Mr..
Albert Baldwin, Bostonion, who came
here in 1858, was King of the Carnival,
and 10 him more than to any other per-
sons is due the credit of the days pa
geant.
The event of the day, of course. was
the procession of the famous Mystic
Krewe of Comns, which surpassed all
it's previous efforts to afford our citizens
such display as would delight them and
do credit to itself The subject of the
pageant was the Biblical History Of the
World, from the time of Adam to the
destruction Of Jerusalem. The display
was gotten up at an enormous expense,
and the costumes, all of which were
made in Paris, were absolutely accurate
from historical point Of view.
The first float represented Adam and
Eve ia the Garden of Eden, seated be
meath the historical apple tree, about
whose limbs, with head bending towards
Eve, was twined the wicked serpent.
Eve, in the act OF giving Adam the fatal
apple, is surrounded by the lamb and
lion lying down together, and a stag
standing by in total unconcern. Gene
sis iii, 81
The next picture was representative of
the confusion of tongues at the build
ing of the Tower of Babel. In the front,
amid mass of brick and stone, stood
the architect vainly trying to make him
self understood by the master builder,
while an overseer is lashing the dumb
founded laborers who fail to understand
his orders. The costumes in this scene
were very simple, the laborers wearing
only clouts about their Ions. Genesis
xi, ~
Next came a beautiful tableau repre-
senting Abraham in the act of sacrificing
when he is stayed by the warning voice
OF God j angel. Genesis xii, 13)
The next scene represented marshy
river-bank, rank with semi tropical
vegetation, in the midst of which stands
the Princess, clad in loose white robes,
watching one of her maidens in the act
OF lifting the ark containing the infant
Moses. In the background is an ibis,
the sacred bird OF Egypt. Exodus
ii, 5.)
The capture of Jerusalem by the Jews
was represented by a group, consisting
of the Jewish Generals Judah and Simon,
officers and soldiers, standing amid the
ruins of the captured city, inspecting
the numerous captives, including Adoni-
Beck, King of Jerusalem. Judges i, ~
The next float contained one of the
most. touching of all the pictures. King
David seated on his throne, surrounded
by his astonished courtiers, hangs his
head in shame as the Prophet Nathan
reproves him for having taken to himself
the wife of Uriah, in the words "Thou
art the man." Il Samuel xii, ~
Tie next was the most gorgeous fea-
ture in this unusually gorgeous page mt.
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
rcde slowly along in a glittering car of
gold on a throne of ivory and gold and
clad in the most beautiful crimson and
purple merino and woods, set off with
brilliant jewels. The royal pair We're pre-
ceded By the royal standard, consisting
of a staff of gold, covered with jewels. Il
Kings, x, 81
Agroup, consisting of Nebuchadnezzar,
King of Babylon, standing amid the ten
broken columns of the Temple, surround
ed by the plumber of the house of God
and by his officers and soldiers, followed
by numerous prisoners, including Zede-
klah in chains, represented the captivity
of the Jews and thefulfillment of Isaiah 5
prophecy. QI Kings, XIV, ~
The next fioat represented BelShazZar,
surrounded by his wives and concubines,
pausing in the midst of his unholy revels
to listen to Daniel, W no stands by, as he
interprets the meaning of the handwrit-
ing on the wall. On broken column, at
which he King looks with awe and dread,
stand out the words, Meme, Meme, Tekel,
Upharsin." Daniel v, 25)
Cyrus, King of the Medes and Perslans,
was represented on his throne in the act
of numbering the golden vessels which
Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jeru-
salem, and which Cyrus paid for the
temple he had ordered built in the Holy
City. ezra i.)
Next came tableau Of Qneen Esther
Informing Ahasuerus of the intended
massacre Of her people by Haman. This
scene was grand and life-like. esther
vii, g. The next and last picture repre-
sented the Roman triamph over the de-
struction of Jerusalem by Titus. On an
immense triumphal car, drawn by horses
four abreast, was erected the imperial
thone of Vespasian, upon which the EN-
peror was seated. In front of him, on
the steps Of the throne, stood two sons
Titus with the laurel wreath of the con.