Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-07

| al 10 o'clock In the morning II was late IN
the evening before it had completed its line
Of march, and the crowd had Just enough
time to dash home, eat a hasiy dinner and
get down town again to secure q front seat
| for Menus.
THE PAGEANT AT NIGHT.
| At 8 o'clock at night the Knights Of Mo-
mus made their appearance on the streets in
their tenth annual representation. 1t is well
known here that the Knights are populous
club of this city of good standing. They
made their first appearance in 1874 in Scott's
story OF the 1aiisman, in very crude shape.
Since then they have improved annually
until now, they stand at the head Of all the
carniv al org anizations. The Knights formerly
held their display on the last of the year,
but this was changed in 1878 to the Thurs
day before Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday.
This year, in consequence OF the retirement
of the Mystic Krewe of Comus from street
| parades, Momus was promoted to the va
| cancy and took the night of Mardi.Gras. It's
displays for some years past have been IN
usually fine, as was evidenced by the fact
that the Oriole Club, of Baltimore, purch ased
the old floats, dresses, ETC., of the Knights
last year, warmed them over again, and gave
in October a display identical with that
given by Momus the previous spring.
These old trappings, mask, transpar-
encies, ETC., were then sold to Phils-
| delphia and appeared there in the Penn
bi-centennial. The crowd had again assem-
bled on Canal street. and other main thor
oughfares OF New Orleans, when the Knights
| put in their appearance, coming from up
town, and with a transparency in advance
! that told that the subject they were about 10
illustrate was the Moors in Spain, subject
taken from the pages of Washington Irving
and Prescott, and which offered an unusually
fine field, ia colors, architecture and design,
for street display like this. First, OF course,
comes Momus himself, dressed in Grecian
armor and mounted on a chariot drawn by
leopards, over clouds studded with stare,
sym bolic of night, whose son he (Momus)
was. Following this came the story OF the
Moors in Spain, told in seventeen tableaux,
as follows:
The Moors In Spain.
l. The TEMPTATION. The m aids OF b onor
of the queen, wife of Roderick, the Visigothic
King Of Spain, were represented seated ia
the garden OF the royal palace at Toledo,
| amid orange trees and fountains, contesting
| as to which possessed the most beautiful
| form and face. The fair Fiorindss daughter
of high nobleman, who has fallen asleep
beside the fountain, lies half disrobed by her
companions, who are studying her charms.
From the gallery of the palace the king
watched this scene, sees how handsome is
this sleeping beauty and resolves upon her
conquest.
2. The WARNING was a story half le-
gendary, half historical, told by Irving,
King Roderick was represented in the act of
visiting an ancient tower near Toledo, where
at tradition related he could learn the future
Of his country, bat in 80 doing would doom
himself 10 die sudden death, the last of his
race. The king hiss broken the lock and
penetrated into this tower, of vari-colored
m arbles. The two hermits, who guard it,
stand to one side, and the king enters, ac-
companied by the archbishop Of Toledo aud
| several Spanish cavaliers break open . casket
he 6nds encassd in pillar, and finds therein
a scroll which tells OF his own death and the
| conquest of his country. This was one
| OF the largest and hxr dsomsst floats ever
exhibited in New Orleans. The tower,
which was supported on four colossal stone
lions, and which was constructed of stones of
| 100 colors, reached up 10 the third story OF
an ordinary house, and required large
number OF telephone and telegraph wires to
be taken down on the route of the procession
in order to allow it to pass.
| TIE TREACHERY OE COITNT 1JyTJAN
the father of the maid of honor, Florinda,
seduced by the king, who appears before the
tent oil Mura Ben Meier, commander of the
Saracens in Northern Africa. Mura is
seated in his tent in all the pomp Of a bar
barian conqueror. The traitor bends before
him., tells him of the wealth awaiting the
Moors in Spain, and invites him to that
| country.
4. TIE FIRST EXPEDITION TO SPAIN, under
the famous Taric ell Puerto, or the One.
Eyed. The tableau represents Taric's dream
while en- route 10 Spain. He is in bril-
liantly-colored and ornamented Moorish
galley. Moorish, Saracen, Tartar and Ber-
Der chiefs occupy the frout of the vessel; on
the poop Taric falls asleep, when Mahomet,
| all arrayed in white, desceuds TO the vessel
FROM cloud, and pointing to Spain tells
him that the country is destined for him and
his people.
5. THE EATTLE OF GUADELETE The tab
lean represented the moment when King
Roderick, 6pding that the battle is going
against the Christians, leaves the msgnifi-
cent en- sriot in which he was driven to the
field, and mounting his charger, rushes into
the fray, only 10 meet with death. The scene
showed a cavalry battle. A score of Sara
Gems and Cloths, mounted and armed, the
former with iavelins and sabers, the latter
with battle.axes and swords, are met in a
desperate struggle.
6. The CAPTURE OF TOLEDO, the Gothic
capital, where Taric invades the royal pal
ace and captures the twenty-five golden
crowns of the Gothic kings Accompany
ing him are trio of Jewish merch ants, who
come as pawnbrokers to make an estimate of
the value oil The captured gold.
Z. The CAPTURE OF NoRBoNNE, FRANCE
The scene Being the Christian church where
the Moors found a number of solid eques.
trian statues, and in front of which they
erected pillar, saying that they had
marched thus tar northward and then turned
| south again. The only figures in the scene
are Musa, accompanied by two OF his gen.
erals.
| s. MUsA AND TARIc BEFORE THE CALIPH
Alevalid Almanzer, at Damascus, arguing
the question as to which deserved the credit
for conquering Spain. The Caliph is seated
On dsis in his palace, surrounded by his
counseiors. The rival generals stand before
him, Musa showing the rich trophies in gold
and silver plate he has captured, while Tsric
| presents TO him as slaves Gothic prince and
| princesses.
8. The BATTLE OF CAvADoNGA, or the
cave, the first point at which the Spaniards
made stand against the invaders. At the
| mouth of the cave stands the celebrated
Pelayo, the Goth, accompanied by soldiers
aud hermit, who bears aloft the crucifx.
In the plain below are the discounted
Moors, under Ibrahim AL Alcamar, who have
| been driven back by the Christians.
10. THE FIRST CALIPH OF SPAIN, the
Moors having thrown off the suzerainty OF
the Eastern caliphs, Abdurrahman, king of
Cordova, the prince of miraculous adven-
lures is seated in Moorish palace, the very
pillars OF which are garlanded with flowers,
| receiving his chiefs and subjects.
IL. Ell CID, whose dauntless courage has
| defeated the Moors in a hundred battles, re-
| fuses to fight longer under the banner of
Leon unless King Alfonso will make oath
on holy relic that he is in no wise &C.
| countable for the death Of his predecessor, as
| common report charged. The Cid, clad in
| mail and mounted, waits before the kings
tent as the latter takes the prescrib ID oath
| from the Bishop of Toledo in the presence of
| number of his courtiers.
12.THE DEFEAT OF XEREs, which broke the
powers of the Moors in Spain. The tableau
showed the moment when defeat threatening
the Sp1niards, San Diego or Saint James,
the military SAINT of Spain, clad in silver
armer and mounted on white charger, de-
sends from heaven, and placing himself at
the head of the Spanish cavalry, charges on
| the enemy and 70 its them.
Is The TRIBUTE OF GRANADA. Muley
Abul Hassan, one of the last Moorish kings Of