Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-15
BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
Interesting Detail of the Programme
Prepared by the Monumental City
for the Mardi Gras and Carnival in
October s

AHtChOStiuS DCtdu VI luC LTOSTdIlLuC
Prepared by the Monumental City
for the Mardi Gras and Carnival in
October. ia
The success of Baltimore's big eelebra-
tion last year exhuberated her citizens,
and in mastering all its manifold details
so perfectly, gained an experience which
this year will be turned to the best pos
sible account The Oriole celebration
this coming October will be an immense
thing. Funds ample to meet every re-
quirement having been freely subscribed
and placed at the disposal of those hav-
ing the affair in charge. In msst respects
the order OF things will be entirely diff
ferent from last year, and in the way of
gorgeous and novel features there will
be no comparison between the two cele-
bratiohs. For years the desire has been
intense to witness a genuine Mardi
Gras parade without being forced to go
upon a journey of thousands of miles.
The fame of New Orleans, Memphis,
and Mobile as the centres of Mardi Gras
and Carnival festivities has spread
throughout the entire country, and wnen
| it is promised that Baltimore shall
equal if not indeed surpass the greatest
efforts of any of the cities named it
means much. Contracts have already
been let for the mystic pageant, the sub
! ject illustrated in an extensive series of
tableaux to remain dead secret until
the night of the Mardi Gras. Mr.. De
Leon, the gentleman who has designed
and perfected the mystic features, has
had ample experience, having been at
the head of similar undertakings at New
Orleans and Mobile. Baltimore pays
him $4,000 for this special feature, but
this represents by no means the whole
of the pageant. As much, if not more,
will be expended in other series of
tableaHx, some of them designed and
prepared by the different societies OF the
city, and others gotten up under the i'm
mediate direction of the general COM
mittee. An entirely new departure in
this sort of parade will be the use of
platform cars upon which the tableaux
will be constructed and which will be
run over the street Car tracks. 1t is es-
timated that the gageant will reach q
length of three miles, and under electric,
calcium and other brilliant lights, will
present scene to be witnessed but once
in ,lifetime. The Mardi Gras will,
however, be but one of the great events
fof the three days festivities. On Mon
day, the 10th, the new water works are
to be formally opened with beautiful
display by fountains and all that sort of
thing. In the afternoon the grand day
light parade is to- eeeufand will without
doubt eclipse the big parade day of last
year, and to do that it will indeed be
great. In addition to the military of
Baltimore and adjacent cities, it is ex-
pected that several of the military or
CARNATIONS en- route to Yorktown will
stop over and participate. Aside from
the soldier boys, there Will be.graEd dis
tplay by Fire Departments, Masonic, Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias and other
ore anizations, AT night, the glorious
Oratorio with its almost countless voices.
Tuesday morning is set apart for the re-
eeption of the French visitors, and
among them, the immediate defendants
of Lafayette, De Barras, De Crosse.
De Rochambeaux, and other great
Frenchmen who played so grand part
rs the allies of Washington during the
Revolution. With them will come many
of the most distinguished men of the
French republic: statesmen, generals
and naval officers. Two French men-of-
war, fully manned, are nov on the sea
bound for the Chesapeake; and Balti-
more s welcome to her illustrious guests
will be n memorable one. Wednesday
will witness new honors to the French.
and a general series of receptions to all
visitors Throughout the city. At night
come the glorious Mask and Carnival
with all its merry features, its eccentric
costuming and brilliant details. 1t will
be. happy wind-up to the three days
pleasures, and if ali comers do not have
the iolliest time of their lives none VIII
be blamed for it but themselves. The
B. & o, with its accustomed enterprise
and liberality. has Joined in the fun
spirit of the celebration and announces
a rate Of one-half the regular fare from
all stations, on the main line. divisions
and branches. Tickets, are, to be good
for ten days, thus affording ample time
for all. As is well known, Baltimore