Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-15

THE BRILLIANT PAGEANT LAST NIGHT
The three days festival OF the Mystic ordcS
OF the orioie closed In Baltimore last night with
Q grand spectacular procession, witnessed bv
many thousands OF people. Besides the Order a
the Oriole, the mystic societies OF Comus ana I'm
Krewe, Momus and his Knights. Rex and his
Court, and the Knights OF Proteus OF New Or
leans; the Yelled Prophets, OF St Louis; the Men,
phil, OF Memphis the Cowbellians, Infant Mystics
Momus, OF Galveston, took part In the proce ssion
The pageant was composed or three divisions.
devoted to different subjects The first consisted
or nine floats, representing the rulers OF revels,
and ENJOYS from foreign potentates, etc. The
second division OF eleven floats, representing
illustrious women, and the third division, OF six
teen floats, was designed 10 illustrate an epic
poem. The crst tableau OF
THE FIRST DIVISION
represented Lord Baltimore astrfde an orfole IN
full flight; the second Rex the King CT the Carni-
val, in Elysium; the third, Comus, mounted on
Pegasus, the winged steed; the fourth, Momus,
after he was kicked out OF olympus and natural
tied in louisiana; the NTH, Proteus, as a sea-god,
riding on large flying dolphin; the sixth, scene
on the banks Of the Mobile river, In which the
four mystic societies OF Mobile were symbozed: the
seventh, a Inquire Momus coming from the sea which
laves the shores OF Texas; the eighth was a repre-
a contribution OF the Mystic Order OF Memphfi. OF
Memphis; the ninth, the production OF the Mystic
order OF St Louis, "The Yelled Prophet"
SECOND DIVISION.
Tableau OF illustrious women, preceded nv A
representation OF Cupid mounted on an immense
peacock, armed with bow and arrow, I'm a field OF
brilliant flowers The first tableau was repre-
sentation OF Semramis, queen OF Assy ria, In war
Chariot Second-ZenObia, seated In a howiah on
an elephant led by soldiers Third-CorneIa the
Roman matron Fourth-Sappho, ia a Grecian
chariot Fith-Ceopatra, in her barge. sixth
Elizabeth, listening 10 Shakespeare reciting one OF
his plays Seyenth-Joan OF Arc, clad In gleam-
ing mail mounted on a white charger Eighth
Mary stuart led TO execution. Nnth-Isabella
and Ferdinand enthroned. receiv INK from Column.
bus report OF the result or his search for a new
world. Tenth-Josephine, representing In the
foreground the period OF her girlhood when listen-
Ing 10 the prophesy OF the negreSs predicting her
future grandeur, and 1n the background the fulnl-
ment OF that prophesy as empress on the throne OF
France.
THE THIRD DIVISION
Illustrated the Hindoo poem, the Ramayana, In
which is told the adventures OF Rama a Hlndoo
god, who became incarnate TO protect his people
from the expressions OF the Demon Ravana The
first tableau was an exact reproduction OF the car
or Juggernaut three stories, OF the height OF
"A 1eet, ana IS feet square, mounted six.
teen wheels OF 16I1 feet I'm diameter. The second
tabeau represents the author OF '.Ramayanan re.
ceiving from Brahma the poets inspiration. Four.
teen other floats followed illustrative the poets
development OF his theme, representing the sacri-
flee OF the white horse, the council OF the CODA
where the destruction OF Ravana is decided upon;
the nuptals OF Rama with SIT a, the Punishment OF
Rama from his fathers Kingdom, the abduction OF
sta by havana, the coronation OF the royal ape
Sugrva, the discovery OF Sitas place OF imprison-
ment after her abduction In coral grotto brilliant
with stalactites In garden OF tropical plants and
flowers, the contest between Rama and Ravana In
the clouds, both mounted In charots drawn bY
unearthly steeds, and closing with the descent OF
the tableaux were OF the most gorgeous descrtp-
ton