The Evening critic., 1882-08-03
ORDER OF THE oRIoLE.
Els September Festivities - Pro.
grnnime for the Coming Celcbra.

grnmme for tho Coming Ceicbra.
don.
Alarge meeting OF the order OF the orloie was
held last night In Baltimore at which plans
aud programmes for tho September colcbra-
tlon Of the anniversary OF the defense OF Bal
timorc wero submitted and enthusiastically
rntined. The order has over three hundred
members, comprising some Of the most active
young business men OF the city. Mr.. J. q.
Panghorn was elected captain, and entrusted
with the direction OF all tho movements con.
nected With the pageant on INC tnira n,ghsoi
lions we're reported, including Robert Garrett
& Sons, $1,000; Robert darrctt 500 Bar
$500; Eutnw House, $500. Thosc sums
arc additional to tho fund raised
from individual mombers, which is OF Itself q
very snug amount. The first day Of tho cello.
braiion, the 10Th OF September, is tho ami.
versary OF tho defense of baltimore, which
Will be signalized by o grand military demon.
prizes. ON the 13ih OF September Lord Balti.
more will arrive and receive the keys OF the
city. The gentleman who Is 10 pcrsonate his
lordship has already boon selected, and the
costume no viii wear will be made In Paris.
Costumes for IT'S other 1gurantes have been
ordered from The same place. Lord Baltimore
will be attended by n cavnlcldo OF several hun
dred persons In costume. II Is expected that
the military will assist In tho escort Of his
lordship and suite from tho steamers wharf,
whore he will land TO the City Hall and thence
/ TO tho Academy OF Music. Agrand reception
and fuil.dresscd audience, masked bali aud
tableaux Will comprise tho events at tho
TENDER tho grand pageant will tako place. For
\ this event thirty.five or forty floats are being
prepared 10 exhibit sirikingly .boantiful tab.
leaux on the street. Upward OF 400 men VIII
be employed TO carry lights for the iliumtna-
ton Of the procession on its route OF march.
The ngurantes will all be. members OF the
order OF the OrIole, dressed and drilled for
tho parts which each individual will be called
upon TO assume.'
In 1881 the oriolo display was purely OK
1 perimehtal, and owing TO tho inexporience of
those who had tho afrair I'M charge, the result
was very far from being rs brilliant or sue.
cessf,il as had been anticipated, though money
was not wanting to secure far different ends
had II been properly applied. Since then,
however, the Order OF the Oriole has been
organized on basis somewhat similar to the
Mardi Gras secret orders of New Orleans.
large and intelligent committee was sent to tho
Crescent City last March 10 witness the Mardi
Gras PROFESSIONS, and a subcommittee pene-
trated tho snnctum sanctorum of tho most
exclusive OF the orders, and the veil was lifted
for the first time TO the gaze OF non-residents.
This Initiation Of several energetic and
intelligent young Baltimore business man fur
nished tho key for the work, which for tho
past three months has been steadily pursued
In secret. In this work, too, the Order of the
Oriole has been stimulated by an ambition to
present results which Will do no discredit TO
the New Orleans sponsors, Who vii Pc largely
Invited to the ceiebhfstfon and most royalty en-.
JSItdined without cost In all tho history OF
celebration OF these events MS this September
will present under the auspices OF the Order
of tho Orlole. In addition to this patriotic
foundation, business will be combined with
sentiment and pleasure. The celebration Will
innugurate the fall business season-a time of
year whom tho weather and the city are usually
at their brightest and their best. Special lnyl.
taiions have been extended to the boards OF
trade of st. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louis
Vile, Mobile, New Orleans, Charleston, Snvau.
nah, Augusta, Atlanta Galveston, Norfolk,
Richmond and Wilmington, N. O,-fourteen
west. Some OF these commercial bodies Will
DO provided with special through cars to In
sure every comfort possible for longdistanco
travelling, and for merchants and business
men generally, who may be coming North ut
the opening OF the season, special Inducements
there will be the certainty OF unrlvalcd
amusement for tho time being. Tho
celebration Will last three days, as stated
above, covering the anniversary of tho
city's defense, September ~, and the
two succeeding days. Tho programme Will
tableaux, comprising larger number OF floats
than has ever been put on wheels In any city
OF America. There will Glso be q brilliant as.
semblage and royal reception by card at tho
Academy OF Music, where 1t is expected Rex
and, perhaps, the beautiful Queen Of tho Car
nival OF New orleans, the maids of honor and
many OF the royal dukes and dignitaries OF the
Mardi Gras festival last year Will be guests OF
| the ladies md gentlemen OF Baltimore. 1t Is
| very greatly desired by all the members OF the
Order OF the Oriole to extend the utmost hospi-
tally to dignitaries Of the carnival from New
Orleans In return for tho consideration shown
the ladies' and gentlemen OF Baltimore last
spring, and the social aspect OF the celebra-
tion Will therefore DO, no doubt one of Its
| brightest features.