, 1880-08-18
THE TEMPLAR' J : !:
Grand Parade Of the*s H.
saders---Ten 1hou|E 81
in Line. ~s
The Finest Pageant of the
Kind that Chicago Has
Ever Seen.
It Would Have Been a Greater
Success hut for the OPP
pressiye Hcat, :.
Which Made 1t Necessary to Greatly
Shorten the Line Of +,
March.
A Number Overcome by the
Sun and Obliged to Leave
the Ranks.
First Days Session Of the
C0nclave-The Grand
Masters Report.
The Exposition Building Ball
Cannot BE Called a
Success.
The Attendance too Great and
the General Arrangements
Imperfect.
The Competitive Drill This Morning.
and the Musical Entertainments
This Evening. ::
An Uneventful Regatta--A Visi.
to the Hospital-The In !
:. valid Corps.
The Competitive Drill This Morning
and the Musical Entertainments
This Evening.
An uneventful Regatta-A Visit
to the Hospital-The In
: valid Corps.
THE PROCESSION.


YESTERDAYS PAGEANT.
ASoT1rE1l or TIE DAYS
made memorable by the presence OF the
Knights Temp!ar hns goie b.. Tile grand
procession. which Wns to be tile cltief
scenic feature attending the sessions Ut the
Triennial Conclave, Inns pnssed Into history.
1t Is ITO longer something to bo looked for
wnrd 10, al!d to be awnited with ,ea9nr ex-
1ectallcy. It Is now something which has to
10 criticised, which Is compelled to pass In
review, not before d Grand Muster, but the
Judgment Of those who sat md saw it, or Of
those unlucky ones whit nat but uiu not nee it.
Will procession nearly everything de-
l,c'lts on tic day.. Its succgss or fuilure ID
duo to tho clements rather than to the Mar
slIAIs. Nothing can save procession wlt!ch
llas to march lit the rain-',ot cyel, Napoleon
]]0napartc or Zen. Jackson. II the weather
Is hot II Is almost equally us difficult for the
commander to preserve tho allegiance OF his
snbor1lllntes. a secluded spot where lagcr
lonms nnl tho still Is unknown Is too much
for their sense Ut duty, unless 1t be temper
ancu army. \ windy .lay l.s Its vexations,
fur tho atandart-bcarer Is apt to be wrapped
up In his banner, or to be carried ott Ills feet
hy lts swelling sails. There arc three or four
times iii each ycnr when person says to
himasclf "'rhis Is proper dny OIL which to
l,aye procession" Yesterday, however.
WAS mt oIc OF thosu exceptional ttt,es. anti
TO t!nt .nl,lcll Of tlo eoilp!ntht alM fault
finding l!eard lnter !n tlle attcrnooit was duo.
morning, but, Instead Ut cooling tho telnpern-
tutr, It rather heated 1t. 1t cAlise1 that lall-
tnl closcilcss atlh sllltrincss which Wtre III
dlsagrecable to tic sIgl't-seers, n1d 'llnst
1resscdA A'ul Korgcousiy cnparfsunett Knights.
\ little after O'clock 1t began u
ilSea t9eatccd d9'ef; f;u a te f1s p3sot tio tis
ill., ti,ose wI!o haI pa!a tacir ocy esST fuf teir
Srats. llal It nut been for those clouds,
however. WHICH broke away lator, allowing
llnt It stnrtetl on limo rs 1t might have iiono
With ws n afs e ..IS;t R.IHs; ~ S Es"}Sax e sa fGss as
turing ItX lnny ularclt, a.lI everybody would
lIavu 6cen fur butter satisfied tllai was tie
ca4g. :,
strMcIetl too fnr IL tl!o south, ai,1 was con-
t %"s eou%ctarex tS % on SiS Msfsan wv; asras !Se
!te!yinE o., t 3i'lciSl tint
ts Gsrt, Ii $aiis. M"aiso,, K !s s 'S Moiio: t;
STREETS, numbers Ut .tnltts lind been put up
l,lo! so!lo OF thoso thoroughf9rrs, nlld a(l
thu buildings which fFo,tctl npDii .tlle1A ARd
oee" oeoup'cu p3 etu"us u slknl'aoc's'
OWING TO THE HEAT
roud, nnd soinn iMuxcllSlUlU tieiays during
ti,o iIlarcl, Itself, 1t became absolutely ini-
possible for tllo knights to walk tilU entiru
ttat ratjIor tou nltcll tilno Wns nvtaltesjy
Wustetl by tlsu Qrand Masters tariiugss
1T tic start, do not appear to
10 well founded, however, while
on tho contrary it Should lu remembered
tIat Ills exposed position when reviewing tho
procession was culculntMl to nut its own