The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-02-20
MARDI GRAs IN MOBILE.
Tho Mystic Societies Reception
to Felix.
,o,nl 10 ma DrMocnAr.sTAR.

her itty-ifth anniversary OF Scorer
Mystic Societies, was celebrated
today with more brillldnce and
lavish display than ever before.
-Four separate societies, number
ing hundreds of men with 80 elab-
orately decorated ''floats" (plat-
forms for moving tableaux) eAm
prised the pageauts, with thous-
ands OF groups and individual
maSkers and mummerS, on foot
and on horseback and on all sorts
of vehicles.
Many thousand strangers crowd
ed trains and boats Tor Two days;
and TO night not less than 10000
persons Witnessed the brilliant
night pageant. q
The cerrmonies begin by the ar
rival of Emperor Felix, Sublime
Sovereign OF the Empire OF JOY,
on Monday evening; and his recep-
ton by his Household Staff and
Body Guard ; with escort OF First
Regiment OF State Troops, the Ala
8amt State Artillery Company aud
the Fire Department. The city is
already decorated with alT kinds Of
devices. and c0lOred lamps.
At noon today the Rights of
Revelry, the senior Day Society,
aud chosen Mystic Body Guard OF
the Emperor, escorted him through
the city streets; followed by the
Komic Keow Boys aud a large
procession Of varied maSkers.
phe knights OF Revelry made n
beautiful parade. ''Man and Ma.
teriap was illustrated on II hand
some floats, seeming to move by
themselves, no horses being seen
in the parable. The magnificent
double device of Crowu, Bowl,
Crossedswords and Masks of Trag
edy and Comedy came first then
floats richly representing in Statu
AIRY OF Gold, Iron, Silver, Marble,
Brouze aud Faicnce, Progress" in
the following subjects: Agricul-
ture, Manufactures, Mechanics,
Commerce, Travel, Discovery, AS
tromomy, Mining, horticulture,
Art, Fashion, Muse, War. Spert,
Literature ; aHd finally he grand
Throne Car OF Felix, the Emperor.
This time His Sublime Majesty
masque.aded as King Cole, sur
rounded 10y Fiddlers Three. pipe
and bowl bearers, etc.
THE KOMIC KEoW BOYS
represented Il travelling circus, with
10 large floats, for animal cages,
and side SHOWS; riders OIL pads,
| Snake Charmers, etc. 1t was m
extremely clcaver parody 0 the
| circus craze, from the band wagon
to the calliope screaming at the
rear. Shouts OF laughter greeted
the KcOw Boys all along the Iiae ;
and their procession was voted Su'
/ perior 10 the clever parody las,
year OF "Dr. Curvei'S Widest
WcsteSt Show"
10 NIGHTS MYSTICs
were the most beautiful ever seen
here, aud old experts declared
them by far the finest ever yet
seen in the South. The elder 50
ciety, the
ORDER OF MYTHS.
celebrated Its 18Th anniversary
with "A grand,y beautiful pageant
of "ChimeraS;I the IA richly color
ed floats, eli tering With foil and
gold and jewels, SHOWING scenes in
The erratic life OF Don Quixote and
his greasy Squire Saucho Panzi.
Seldom has the art OF decoration
been put TO more severe test /; but
it stood it well aud the glitter and
sheen of light aud color was so
tasteiully cOntlived as not to dc
tract from the clever unity OF the
idea. The scenes chosen, covering
some 50 characters. we're: Erratic
Fancies, Wind Mills, MahOmet of
Gold, the Grown OF Trebizondc,
Treason, Incantation, RemOrSe, a
true Knight, EnchaHtmeut, Appe
tite, GrandenrS, highland Post
script. The beautiful emblem OF
the Society tFolly chasing Death
around a broken marble pillar
preceded the parade followed by
"A rich aud gliucring float depict
ing the Design OF tie Pageant.
To night, also, paraded for the
10Th anniversary,
TIE INFANT MYsTICS.
youngest OF tue Night Clubs, but
excelled 10y none in taste aud ele-
gauce of their successive pageauls.
This time the Infants chose as
their theme the popular but grand
"Fall ofJericho;' illustrated it by
eight huge, and truly magnificent
floats, in%terSpersed by brilliant
bands of armed aud armOred riders
of the ancient wars. For years the
InElut Mystics have been. known
as faciie PriRceps of Mystic Num-
merry: but tonight beat the record
and scored such a triumph as never
was known for them before. The
subjects chosen from their theme
for illustration in their grand NOV
ing pictures were; Council of the
Kings, Joshua aud the Angel, Rahab
and the Spies, the Ark of the Gov.
enani, the Seven Trumpets, Jeri-
cho Fallen, Collecting the Spells,
and Joshua Saves Rahah.
Aud so moving into Lenten fast,
through light aud color and beau