Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-17
THE DEAUTIFUL ORIENTAE. PA
GEANC Of g4ALLA ROOKH.
Manager FOrepnugh Expends
Ha 100000 tn order 10 produce
it upon tfe street for
en- n Free Public

1 GH free Rubiic
9Ay ~ show a
!aOn the morning of Saturday Sept
oath in addition to many other sen
sational features, there will be pre-
sented in the Great F0repaugh
Show Parade, a beautiful and real.
istic representation of the Oriental
Pageant Illustrating the departure
'of Lalia RoOkh from Delhi. ~
The great Snowman, Forepaugh
has expended $20O,0O0 in order to
incorporate this. spectacular feature
in his princely parade. There will
be represented with truly Eastern
magnificence, reSplendent beauty
and loveliness, the departure of
Ialla Rookh from Delhi for CASH
mere. 4
+Who has not heard Of the Vale of CASH
With its roses the brightest that earth
Its temples and grottos, and fountains as
AS the love-lighted eyes that hang over
their waves ?' ii}4bTn Glf
All the scenes of oriental Inagnifi-
cence and grandeur recited by the
Immortal author of Lalla Rookh
are depicted in this, sublime and
beautiful pageant, precisely as de-
scribed by him. In response to adj
vertisements in the leading Journals
in the principal cities of the United
States, and for a princely salary,
the lOveliest lady in the land has
been secured to personify the beau
tiful eastern princess, Lalla ROokh,
whom the poet describes as "more
beautiful than any of those heroines
whose names and loves embellish !
the songs of Persia and Hindoostan, |
more perfect than the divine inn
ages Of the House of Azor." Inil
this gorgeous, glittering, oriental !
Lalla Rookh is seen re-
,Iinlng in her sumptuous Howdah, |
borne aloft upon the back of pom
ferrous and kingly elephant, the |
argest on this continent whose !
velvet trappings touch
he ground I; a fair young female I
lave sits tanning the princess
through the rose-colored wells, with 1
of Argus Pheasant's wings,
md the lovely troupe of Tartarean
nd Cashmere Maids of Honor ride
IN each side of the Princess upon
mall Arabian horses. Rajahs and
doguI Lords follow, accompanied
" Cavaliers in costly armor,
Mounted upon
steeds with their housings OF rich silver
Their chains and poirtrels glittering in the
nd caInels, tufted DER with Yernen's
Shaking In every breeze their light-toned
BELLS"
In keeping with the author of
ALA Rookh's description of this
rand, glittering, lavish and luxu-
ious spectacle, are seen the Guards
t the great Kedar Kald1i, with
heir silver battle-axes and maces
f gold, followed by the rGreat
Tazir, or Chamberlain of the Har-
IN, and the retinue of the Court of
'elhi, mounted upon elephants, |
lmels and Arabian horses, deco
tied in oriental trappings, and
caring aloft the royal standards
le entire scene recalling to the be-
older the glories and the grandeur
the distant Indies the mysteri-
is land of the Vedas, the parent [
the modern world, where 4,
Thegorgeous East, with richest !
hand,
Showers ON her kings barbarlc pearl and !
gold" !
The whole forming the most
picturesque and real ]
tic oriental spectacle ever present I
| in the New World. This con- ]
flutes but a single feature in the I
and procession of the Great Show. I
ore than a mile of chariots, 20 !
ephants, hundreds of horses, mu- +
cal bands, mardi-gras masque- d
des, and a world of famous feat +
es make up this grand parade. b