The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22
OUR CARNIVAL PARADES.
How New Orleans Has Celc-
brated tho Holiday Season for
Twenty Odd Years.
A Thorough Review of All Of the
Professions or the Myatick Krawa,
the Knights OF Momua. the
Twelfth Night Hevel~
era and Rex

Hainta days are nearly an frequent In Italy aud
plenty 81 time Ia thus Aft rdad the people TO,
rect aud recreation. IT Ia Il Tsrent here. We
have ahollshad nearly every holiday In Amer
ina- and those few We admit and celebrate Jan
nary y. February ~ aud July A. parske ~ a
sameneas- patriotlam. politics aud pow aar-
that make Them exceedingly manotopoua The
| consequence 10 TINT whenever the penple Of
this country tlnd rraanae, however slight Tor
having fun they Vreatllly aeIaa on It.
| That section Of the Houth which beIong cd
to France and Rrpu before 1t baosma part OF
tho Union has always enjoyed. along with the
Latin countries OF Europe. a holiday nevar
celebrated among the Northern nations Of Eu.
| rope. tho Carnival those few days coming ba.
fore Lent. which, IN anticipation of fasting sre
made espaeielly Joyous and lively. II IL unneo-
essatv to diHeuAe here tho question whether the
Carnival is "a reie ct tb o old Roman Haturnalts
| when the ataideat and most dianned Senators
were wont to run around Tho streets Of Rome
In masquerade or without any clothes what
| ever Ono thing Ia certain, the Carnival has
been celebrated aud In celebrated to-day Ia all
the cities Of Houtharn Europe and Latin America
but particularly In Venice ana Rome. The latter
city for many years drew hundreds Of tbouaanda
of persnns to II ta wttneHs tho fun aud merit
ment Of q Roman Carnival. Since Rome how.
Il
val has Loaf much ~ ita mag ndoenoe and nplet,-
| dor. The same may he said Of both Paris and
Venice. whose oelebrsH . q have grown less I'm
pooling every year, tn ,ea,eet ehow ip Paris
now II m III aars,se. ~ the middle Of Lent,
London atill hangs on to ifs Lord Mayors show
Il u oeepe lon pretending to be funny and his,
totieal, hut ono Of which the emaliest vii age In
Louisiana would he ashamed In tho south
Amer ioan cities, howeyer III" Carnival baa pre-
| served all its old aplendor, fire. dom aud fuu
and tho greataat lherty ana license Ia allowed
,sss,elio OF the French colonial days. alardi
Gras has always been celebrated here la olden
| daya, howevar, II waa confined mainly to u
numbnr Of ma keta who walked or rode around
the atraea. i was 4 sreat day with the boys also
| who. clothed III old duminons AID mseIa win
| u Rtout hickory club in their hnnlu aud hau Of
-four by their aides. would march around tho
e'reaa, looking fnr an available Victim on
whom they aould throw their -four aud whom
u he reaiRted. they would pupish with their shlI.
| lalRa, Several years. however. aoma of tho
wilder hora snbs'ituted limo Tor -four. and as
this on mora than one occasion came very near
producing blindness. tho police had to atsp In
an, arreat tho boys This was keptup Tor aev-
era years, mt both the -four aud lime disep-
poare' Tho n ,ur throwing wns eviianiIy n
| relle Of The Roman habit II throwing little con
,ait' made ct pas'n or plaster at maekers, A
| Rome amused hlmHaf by dumping an entire
barre! " thaan confetti on passing carriage
nearly killing Ito ipmatea. Tho Roman ROM MP po ,a
therenpon st.pred IN. and confetti in Rome.
Ike l,ur l., Il Now 0rlenna. 10 now . forbidden
| only ones which atiI PRESERVE thia habit having
stitu,ed water, however. far -FOUR. Thln ia
contained In little BALI of wax. with which tho
crowd Ia p"ltHd, fauirt gums are also raaortad
to-, md II Ia nothing unusual to have n bucket
81 water poured upon y"n from Rome gallery
untar which you are pHEaiUg.
But although for many years Mnrdi Hraa
Was celebrated by the appearance IT many
makers on our street. there waa no attempt
at = general prnooaaton Or celebration made.
Mobile fret inauGurated tho ilen Of present
Ing ananea ~ floata moving around the atreea
tho Cowhelions Of that city having had a On.
81 ept iniu s,t
Of this kind In New OrlenuH WINS given In isF7
Tho affair Ind been we'll worked no. and there
wives OF those. who were enRnged In Ii knew
aught of 1t. All that tho public was awars Of
waa that an organization, known ma the NJ vs.
tick Krewe. would appenr on tho ptreets nj
night. representing various tahIeaux. Tho con |
seunonoa waa nut tho R'rseta wore crowded
with people. who welcomed thia display with
shouts Of app nuae. Its complete s,,ooess was
assured. and IN n rnnseuu6nra
THE MYsTtuK GREW
hns not ceaand w parade On Mnrdi Graa evor
since. except whom war or pesilenes waa
among ua.
1851 MtIToN's PARADISE LOTT
Millions grand poem was tho ono aolscted bv |
tho B1yatick Krowa for its nrRt representation |
Tho procession included MI tho main eharuo-
The Serpent: Pluto. tho Fntea. tho Furios. the
Gorgeous. the Harplea, Ixion, Aisyphns Satan
beelznbub. Molouh. DaRon. Mammon. Hluttony. |
Drnnkennesa. Avarioe. Murder. Lioentious-
The tableaus eIven NJ tho daiety Theatre tar |
tnrwardr tho Vari"ti"el wore four In number
IartaruH. tho Expulsion from Paradise tho |
Conferences ofbntnn and Boolzsbnb. and Pande-
monium.
1859 MYTHOLOGY.
Ffrst came Comus loading the Krowo: follow
Ing him rama Momue: then Taurus In Il cur
attended by the Four HsRaonR: Flora Goddess
OF Flowers. In ear wrenthnd with flowers and |
drasn by butterIlies attended by Pomona and
Nettumnus: Oeres In II car drawn by oxen fol-
lowed by Pan and Fauus: Baa ,hus In n lenp-
ara drawn sar. and after hin, his intoxicated
ssat on his donkey After them followed ali
the principal NEUROLOGICAL characters
Tn" tnbleaux consisted OF tive In number. tho
tors. making = classic Pantheon; the reeond
rspreaenttd Mtnerva's Victory; the third. ths
Revel: and tho fifth Oomus. Krewe and proeos
sion.
1s59-THE ENGLISH HOLIDAYS.
Comus selected ihis year for representation
attended by tho Lord OF MisruIe and tho Abbot
OF Unrenson. who were wont to preside over
tho festivities II thai holiday: MAJ, Day. with
Its attendants. Lick In Gtoen and Robin Hood
Midsummer Eye Just sach night lG as shake shake
attendants. Pease- Blossom, Must I'd Seed and
Moth. came forth from their retreats to hold a
hfairy festival; and last but greatest Of all.
dehes and drinks Of y Christmas dinner
UNI Pudding. Minee- Pie. the Wassal- Bowl.
Als. IoTI anu tnhmpHkue. AT the theatre each
OF these holiday fol med II tableau.
ls6o-THE HISTORY or AMERICA
With his graphic pen Comus akatched rapidly
the history OF America from its discovery to
the Missouri compromise. The floats were If
teen In number. CHRISTOPHER Columbus led.
followed by the English. French and Spanish
explorers. Then came the early Dutch settlers
under Hendrtck Hudson thu English colonists
under Capt. John Smith. VIM. Penn and Miles
The heroes. generals and sta esmen
Of he Revolution made np three groups and the
N ocasston wound no with those statesmen. Clay
and Webster. who wers mainly instrumental In
bringing about the compromise of 1889 All OF
these figures wore draped In white 80 as to rep
resent statues
The tableanx at the theatre were unusually
numerous aad long. there being no less than
Ten or them repreas ntinR various scenes from
American history
1sGl-soENEs FROM LIFE.
The procession this year was ia five Sec
ions. Childhood. Boyhood Youth Man :,
lood and Old Age, while Death followed In the {
ear. Childhood was an infant In the cradle +
o.IoMed by bis nurse; BoYhond WAS sur- | .