The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-08-09

! TIE oRIoLE.-The Order OF the orioie of
Baltimore will hold a general meeting ON
/ Wednesday evening of this week, when
plans tl;at have been ma.urcd for the Sep
rcmber pageant will be reported, together
with plats. drawings and descriptive out
c0nc,usiyely IN advance the character Of the
work which the Young men Of the city pro-
pose 10 present this year. IN 1881 the ORR
ole display was purely experimental, and
owing 20 the inexperience of those who had
the affair in charge the result was very far
/ from being as brilliant or successful as had
been anticipated. though money was not
wanting 10 secure far different ends had ii
been properly applied. Since then, how
! ever the Order of the 0riole has been or
! ganized on a basis somewhat similar to the
! Mardi Gras secret orders of New Orleans.
A large and intelligent committee was sent
! to the Crescent City last March to witness the
! Mardi Gras PROFESSIONS and sub-commit-
tee penetrated the sanctum sanctorum Of
/ the most exclusive of the orders, and the
! veil was lifted for the first time TO the gaze
| of non-resideniS. This initiation of several
energetic and intelligent young Baltimore
business men furnished the key for the work
which for the past three months has been
steadily pursued in secret In this work,
/ too. the Order Of the Oriole has been stimu-
1 lated by an ambition 10 present results which
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sponsors, who viii be largely invited 10 the
I celebration and most royalty entertained
4 without cost. The pageant will have as the
! raisoa detre that it is for the celebration of
| the herOism Of those who held Fort Nc
| Henry against the British feet and the
4 birth of the song of the .-Star-Spangled
Banner IN all the history of Baltimore,
the city has never witnessed such celebra-
/ ton OF these events as this September viii
[ present under the auspices of the Order Of
! the OriOle In addition to this patriotic
I foundation business viii be combined with
/ sentiment and pleasure. The celebration
/ viii inauguTate the fall business season-a
| time of year when the weather and the city
/ are usually at their brightest and best. Spe-
cial invitations have been extended 10 the
boards Of trade of st. Louis, Chicago, Gin
ciunai.. Louisville, Mobile, New Orleans,
/ Charleston, Savannah. Augusta, Atlanta,
/ Galveston, Norfolk. Richmond and VIII
! mington, n. C.,-fourteen leading cities of
the West, South and Southwest. Some of
these commercial bodies will he provided
with special through cars to insure every
comfort possible for long distance travelling.
and for merchants and business men gener-
ally, who may be coming North at the open
3 ing of the season, special inducements will
will he the certainty Of unriyaled amuse-
menis for the time being. The celebration
will last three days. covering the anniver-
sary of the citys defense, September IL,
and the two succeeding days The pro-
gramme will include q splendid military
display, royal day pageant incident TO the
I reception OF Cecelius, Lord OF Baltimore,
and grand night pageant of brilliant tab
! leaux. comprising larger number of floats
than has ever before been put on wheels in
any city of America. There will also be a
( brilliant assomblage and royal reception
/ by card at the Academy of Music, where it
! is expected Rex and perhaps the beautiful
/ Queen of the Carnival of New Orleans. the
maids of honor and many of the royal
dukes and dignitaries of the Mardi Gras fes-
tival last year viii be the guests of the Ia
dies and gentlemen Of Baltimore. II is very
greatly desired by all the members of the
Order of the Oriole to extend the utmost
/ hospitality to dignitaries OF the carnival
/ from New Orleans in return for the kind
ness and consideration shown the ladies and
gentlemen of Baltimore last spring. and the
social aspec: OF the celebration will there
fore be. no doubt, one of the brightest
features.-BGltimoTe ssR.