The daily gazette., 1882-10-26
THE GREAT PARADE.
THE BIG DAY OF THE Bi-cEN-
TENNiAL.
AN ENORMOUS CROWD OF VISITORS
The Grand Trades Display, With The
Mystic Pageant and Reception ut the
Academy In the Evening.


PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.--The streets yes
terday were equally as crowded as the
previous day, the eager desire of all to see
the great trades display manifesting itself
early In the morning by the hurry ing crowds
who bent their steps toward Market, Chest
nut and Broad streets, or who packed them
selves In the passenger railway cars, re-
gariless Of discomfort, SO tlev were carried
to their objective point. At 10 O'clock loco
motion was difficult on the 81 lewalks of
these thorouahiarcs, and those who were
hot content to struggle along ut q snaii's
pace, or lodged around the groups which
were constantly getting In their way, were
compelled to take to the highways, at least
for portions of the distance tiaversed.
Among the crowds were many who were
evidently visitors from surrounding cities
AMI towns, who came in entire families,
from the aged grandmother to the youngest
infant, and whose lunch baskets, shawls,
waierproOfs and other wrappings denoted
that they had come prepared to make them
selves as comfortable rs possible during
their stay and ON the hninpward tourney
BY the time the procession began to move
the siaLds along the route werea all occupied,
Wife every available point lor sight
steng was taken advantage of by those
not so fortunate us to have places secured.
from the second story, on which were seated
the proprietors and their families and friends;
and Others, ,fDstead of the goods usually dis
played In the windows, had them filled with
ladies and children, who presented a bright
and pleasing picture to pronenaders and
proccssionis. The .olicc arrangements
seemed to meet all the requirements, but
the officers frequently had trying time at
the Intersection of streets during the pro-
gress of the parade to keep the surgins popu-
lace from bearing down or breaking the
ropes and obstructing the line.
The previous blocking of the streets by the
parade was not experienced to so great an
extent yesterday as the day before, as some
OF the railway companies ran their cars to
the route of the parade and then ran them
back on the same track, after reversing the
position of the horses. Others jumped the
track at some point, and made connections
again after pulling square over another
track or upon the cobblcs of side streets.
In many cases the intersecting streets along
the line were choked up for some distance
on each side, the block not being relieved
until the parade was over.
As the procession moved along, many of
the characters represented came in for a
great deal of humorous criticism, and any
thing which looked odd or strange, or any
person who had anything about him that
could reasonably excite ridicule, was made
target for the shafts of some portions Of
the crowd; but there was apparently no
malice in the fun or any hard feelings en-
gendered on the part OF the victims.
Al the close of the parade there was the
usual rush for the railroad depots and fer
ries, for two hours afterwards the street cars
had as much as they could do to carry pas
sengers to their homes, and at the end Of
this time the streets did not appear greatly
relieved OF the Lhrongs which had lined
them for hours previously.
THE PARADE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED.
The police arrangements were much i'm
proved yesterday, SO that on North Broad
street, the crowds being kept back to the
curb and the lines well guarded, every one
could see satisfactorily aud there was no in
terference with the countermarch, which
made magnificent spectacle on that wide
and denscIy crowded street.
The head of The line, led by Chief Marsha
Walter e. Wilson, started southwark from
Columbia avenue promptly at 10 o'clock,
Chairman James Pollock following in an
open barouche. At 1918 O'Clock the
head of the line passed Broad aud Poplar
streets, where the roadway broadens,
and IL was moving southwnrd, with
occasional halts, for about four hours.
The head OF the line having passed
over the entire route, rcappeared at
Broad and Poplar streets, moving north
ward on the countermarch at about
LIS o'clock, and at that time and place met
the head of the Eighth division-the brick
laycrs-who had just started into line. The
head of the procession reached the termina-
tion of tho route about 1.30 O'Clock, thus
occupying about three hours and half, in
Guiding halts, IN traversing the entire dis
tance Of some six miles. The columns
steadily moved past each other OH North
Broad street for over an hour. 1t was at 2
O'Clock TINT the termination of the last divi-
sion passed out Of Poplar street
to take IT'S place IN the line, and at that time
The head OF the Third division, the cracker
and biscuit bakers, had just, reached there
on the northern countermarch. IL was
nearly 4.30 o'clock when the end OF the line,
In rather broken and struggling condition,
reached Columbia avenue, over six hours
after the head had lett there, and long
before that time the tired spectators had
been leaving Broad street In large numbers,
SO that the crowd Was much thinned ont.
The procession altogether was probably
niue or ten miles long.
THE MYSTIC PAGEANT.
Soon after tw hight crowds of people were
to he seen hurrying to obtain eligible posi-
tions upon the route laid down Ior the pro-
ceseion of the Mystic Tableaux Association.
Being the first representation of such an
affair in this city there was more than ordi-
nary curiosity evnced by citizens and
strangers alike to view what had been pic
tured to them as IA most dazzling pageant.
The sidewalks, steps and windows OF resi-
denccs and stores, together with the
numerous stands erected from which
TO view the different displays OF
the week were crowded., nay, more,
they were packet with eager watch
crs, who patiently waited Tor hours the APP
lr a'h of the procession. Delay was oc
casiuned by the preparations necessary for
starting the floats from the rendezvous. AT
u dwelling house on Broad street below Ok
ford, tho young men who were to assume
characters I'm the several tabeaux assembled
and considerable time elapsed in getting
everything in readiness 10 move. 1t was
not until well on to 10 o'clock that
the line was formed, and yet the
crowds, which were greater than
during the day, seemed to take
matters good humorcdly, as though deter
mined to see all that was To be seen. The
bespanglcd structures upon the floats, tt
gethcr with the gay costumes worn by the
participants, were of dazzling brilliancy
when the bright, sharp rays of the calcium
and colorcd lights were turned upon them.
IL was exceedingly hard upon the eyes, and
at times it was almost impossible to view,
with satisfaction, the splendor OF the pa
geant.
Wagons containing calcium lights, and
men carrying blue lights and Others bearing
lanterns, which bore the names of the
tableau upon the floats, were the methods
adopted by which the line could be viewed