The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-18
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THE HAHHANa Ne GUM0bs
Eaftor Democrat Your criticisms Oh
tina presentation oil the aAfyan Race
IN Gptn,ls were conceived Id. inisapa
pfehension Of the nature OF the subject.
The ''Afyah Haee" was not. nor could
| IL have been, properly nor correctly re-
presented by personalities gr nHtionall'
ties, but was presented IN its race iaio-
synprasies OF general and daily habit.
III we'll "a could be arranged III the
small anares Of wagon platforms. and
devoid OF national or personal .ehHfaea
ter. comprising az 1t does nearly every
dominating nation and person OF
history. The object Of the 'Krewe' has
never been, nor ID IL now, the presetta.
tian of .sstriking historic attitudes" nor
..ntetures" only, but Ii has sitns1 ut hiss
terieai accuracy, just criticism, effective
satire, and instructive bnrlesqus. IN Or
DERBY consistency with the title Of lts
subject. The death Of CHsat" and the
Police Verse" were not feprssen To-,
tive habits of the AryanR ace, and would
have been totally out ul place, anu
a MISREPRESENTATION OF the subject !.
whereaa. that given was one character
istic OF The daily life OF the luxurious
Romans OF thet age. a,.,..
The special acts OF Charlemagne
',erowning himself, or being erownsd
by I,ee.a had nothing whatever to do
with the character or habits OF the
Aryan Race, formed no part Of them,
and would have there been medley
eonfounded.. Bat that great king. In
regal state az he was shown, was the
recognized embodied ideal OF The gev-
eminent Of the entire Afyan Race IN
that aye the name Of any other King
OF that age with the. same Insignia OF
government would have been equally
correct, but less striking, and, IL ts
probable that ''regal State" OF simply
haeyprnment" as the title OF that car
might have better conveyed the ilia
tended lesson.
The fourth car, which so puzzled your
critic, and was 'past his ilnding out,
waa a daily scene In Democratic Rene
400 years d. G.. correctly shown and
readily recognized by historical readers,
showing also the costumes OF the three
classes senators. soldiers and pleblahss
Court Of justice, NI1th century, was
common et that period, and, although
prohibited by eanenical law, 1t was
eountenanesd md presided over
by the BiahopR. Dona, ufrana.
Queen Of CASTLE. settled d dis.
n,ite In this manner with the pfelate OF
Santiago. In which her champion get
Ting defeated, she immediately had his
eyes torn out.
The scene shown Is an exact COPY OF
d picture Of trial between two
granaees Of Spain about Il land claim.
written and drawn by two eanenigas
who witnessed IL. the enclosure is eS.
aetly an they have shown it,; but your
critic. who knows better, thinks that
they fought in more elegant place.
The cavalier on car XII was not clad
In plate armor." carried no fitting
lanee.n but was dressed and mounted
In the costume OF the occasion and the
age.
Tho priest offering the fire to lsis did
not have a ''bifd q head that should have
been Dogs" but did have the head
that IL found engraved on many Of the
stones recently exeavated on the sites
Of the Temple OF Isle Ia Egypt.
There are other minor criticisms,
equally frivolous and incorrect with
those cited.
The authorities for the personnel OF
the subject are volumihoug, and were
found iii the Astor Library of New
York, and the libraries OF Paris, and 1t
Ia believed to be 40 correct as can be
drawn from existing authorities. The
Myatic Krewe Of Cotnus pays for It's ana
nuai festival with Ito. own money;
its street pageant, tableaux and ball
are perfectly free Of cost to the entire
public who participate In them. II
spares no expense to present its sub
jeets correctly from all accessible OK.
listing authorities, often mourning trip
TO Europe to consult them. and 1t does
not recognize either the right or the
propriety OF diotation from any person
an to what or how it should have or
ahall give It's FREQ exhibitions to the
public. oSB or THE kRnwa,