The New York herald., 1878-03-05
MERRY MOAIUS.

GRAND PROGRESSION OF HIS MtsCHIEvoVS MAJ
xsTY AT MEMrHIs-cHILDHoop's HAPPY
HouRs-REvIEw OF THE REVIEWERS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD1
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 4, 1873
AZ three o'clock this afternoon tho entry Of His
Majesty OF Miiruie, King Of tho Ancient order Of
Uiks, was announced by royal salute IRON the City
Bun Battery In expectation OF the trlumpha march
Of Inc king, fifteen thousaod TO twenty thousand por-
sons had gathered ID the neighUorhood Of Court
square, whero the Mayor graciousIy handed tho mon.
arch tho keys OF tho city, Tho chariot, marvel OF
tho decorative arr was preceded by the Light Guards
and followed by tho ChicKasaw Guards and the Bluff
City Grays. Tho crowned asure was haioa with en-
tn usastc chesrs by the multitude. Alter slow rido
through Main street and the dispensing OF many thou
sands Of handbills tho royal vision disappeared.
THE EVENING PROCESSION.
As usual the procession at night attractive and
gorgeous, drawing from tho mysterious cavcru," as
The programme relates, 'the romance OF childhood,
Its pleasant memories, Its weird fancies its joyous
delightful "reminiscences that worc wont
TO cast glamour o'er chdhood's BRIGHTEST hsppiest
days. and tho Muse Of tho Uks, by the magic wonder
OF nor glorious art, blends Tho witchories OF tho
past with the impross Of tho present." The eort6ge
was made up OF ten ''lving pic,ures"
MUSE uLKs
Fir.t IS the Muse OF Tho Uks, Nest and Nestor OF
thu YOlk and tho UlkS n!ght OF tue
know ledge with the intelligence that gold Is being
kept down until afior definite action OF tho Sivcr
bill, and show ng how high up II Will go Tho egg
discovered by Columbus came next with OF
rudeiy dressed lobby lists Congress declaring Will
be bad egg unless all tno meat Is yellow. Chs
tory" held up Secretary SbermAn's ideas about II.
PICTURE NUMBER TWO.
"Hcy Dddle Diddlc the Cat and the Ftddle' formed
tableau No. . IT represented tue war IN the East;
the Turkey gone; bones, stuihng and gravy Gobbed-
or by houval-of and Skobei-On. Tho CZar, auocsat
OF the Rasners carrying of plato and spoons. Eng
land IN roast beef crOssng tue crescent ana ng
Tor the Dardanees. Peace declared 'sood with vara-
tions
No 3, a'Jack tho Giant Killer" was q humorous
sketch OF local debts and diilicultes.
"oLD KING COLE"
The "Morry Old Soui' pictured In the mining
regions oi Pennsy at Msuch Chunk King Cole,
groaning beneath mortgage; directors IN clover,
ghtcned by powerful calcium, streigthcning divi-
aends, watering stocks Sudden deaIh oil tno bank
and failure Of Perc Honen to resuscitatc II.
NuMBER SIX.
"Who killed Cock KobDini" was tho sixth. Here
was tho uminated Temple OF Mammon, the conse-
Grated cenotaph OF the kings, queens and aces OF
homus and with tramps capitalists, strikers aud In
sursnce agentt In the foreground was tho sxrcophs
gus Of the New York carnival and grave digger re-
spcctuIy performing Tho last rites Tor The advertising
fraud
APoTHEOsIs PREKDoM.
The tenth anu last ''nving picture" was the
United states, completed arch, meeting OF pelican
ana palmetto, President Hayes becko inx home tho
long lost sisters while tho small boy extends tho
"goden horn OF plenty"
After the procession tho grand ball, which was
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