Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-18


she clouds, and waving In her baud
the scepier to which the winds are
Obedient.
"rmR SHADES or EVENING"
The Angel Of Evening was drifting
through the heavens upon clouds rosy
with the glow Of sunset. The Evening
Star was holding alOf the black robe
| OF Night, about to cover the clouds
with It's starry fringe.
THE SPIRIT or The RATNBOw"
| was one Of the most strikingly brauii-
ful tableaux IN the procession. A sum
mer cloud was represented drifting
| through the heavens, from which a
| sparkling rain was falling. In the
midst OF this rain was the heavenly
J bow, shining with all Its prismatic
| colors, fairy bridge over which little
| elves, with wings Of clouds and robes
| OF flowers OF the most brilliant hues,
were passing 30 and fro, while other
elves were sporting among the neigh
boring clouds.
THE SHADOW or DARKNEss
/ showed a mass Of dark black clouds
/ behind which stood open the gates Of
hell, inclosing within the demons
| and devils dancing merIily over the
| toriures they we're iuhictlng upon the
/ souls Of their victims Upon the
clouds was seated DcSih himself, scep-
ter in hand, grlnuing skeleton.
SaudAlphon, the angel Of prayer,
! was seated upon 8 cloud at the gate
! NJ heaven, collecting from the sugels
vino mount the ladder OF light 70 the
/ celestial city, the prayers from each.
/ The peRrly gates Of heaven were
swuug star and the glory Of the shin
I ing courts within was revealed.
The subiect chosen by Menus for
| representation this year was novel and
| entirely out OF the usual line OF carni-
val parades, berg very romantic aud
I poetic. some Of the scenic effects were
/ suTerb. The crescent upon which
I Momus rode seemed drifting through
/ the air aud the clouds Of the various
I aerial tAbleauX looked truly buoyant,
l but the bet effects were the long drops
I OF glittering water that shene ike dia-
mOnds Ia the Fountain and Rainbow
I tAbleauE.
Momus made smother important inn
proyement IN Illuminating the process
sion by calcium lights Ia addition 20
the torches usually borne
"A MONT or FESTIVITIES.
Tonight Is night Of balls There
are over twenty iu full blast in the
city, with over 5000 dancers. OF
these the greatest ana most important
are those OF N lmus 81 ih4 French
Ops ra-hOuse aud Rex a. Washington
I Artillery hall. The latter building was
magHldcently decorated for the Occ4-
sion, with two large daucing-Tooms
and q thrOne-rOOm, where the king
and queen sat IL state.
j
20 represent portion Of Sherwood
Forest. The door was covered with a
mo So sod and numerous trees seemed
To spring from 10. The throne was
erected upon verdant hillock in the
center OF the forest. The immense
crowds passed before their m issties.
paying their respects. After a recep-
ton lasting two hours, the king and
quren and royal party descended Ia
the dining ball ana opened the ball
With a quRdhlle, after which the
dancing became general.
EVEN MATURE SMILED
The weather to-day was perfect. Th,
thetmOmeter rose some eight or ten de
graes and averaged 7U' Somewhat
sultry for the visltors from the ex
IRENE North, but there was pleasan
, breeze blowing all day long. Tn
tickets for the balls ran shOYt snC
thousands OF persons who had conn
here from great distance TO n'tent
them received none. BY 10 o'clocl
this morning $500 invitations to Tia
!, Rtx ball had been issuet
l aud the managers were advised
/, not TO issue moro, aa II would be ex
tremely dangerous to crowd more thsl
/ Hb la nnUabaf ithfN I1a hssl.Itt.r
result was disappointment 10 all tn
late c0mers The whole day psssel
of without difficulty or disturbance {
= any kind.
:, a FATAL ACCIDENT.
There wa, only Que LeriOus accident
e Marie Carbon being run over by iii
cars and fatally injured The picl
: pockets, however, roaped rich harV
est Fifteen OF them We're arreste
while plying their trade. They we
all from the North, mainly Philade
Z phia and st. l. uls The a
/ rivals by the trains laet nlgl
aud this morning were fewer than o
previous days. The hotels refused tw
> days ago to take any mora visitors, an
{ must Of the arrivals by the late trair
u OF last night were compelled 10 d
without sleeping accommodation
I, Among the uufnrtuustes we've th
! cadets from the state Military inst
!, lu'e who acted as an escort to Rex VIII
a were unable Ia tind quarters and r
u maiued up all night
. THE RUSH FOR HOME
!. There viii be rush tor the trail
tomorrow morning but u is qui
impossible for the railroad accon,m
!. da' ions here To handle all the peop
snNious TO leave aud II will he a wee
A. before they get away. Sever,
# large excursions left here this NOR
ing, composed mSlnly Of Nnrther
vessels. One makes the tour al Flor,d
a and another goes by Cuba, still anoth,
TO Mexico. while Col ]. q Watkir
!. IL organizing n grand journalistic g,
A cursion to Western Louisiana to r
main there two or three weeks hun
Ing aud fishing.
d Associated Press.
AN APPEAL 10 THE PEoPLR
4 NEW OkLsANs, LA, Feb l7-Tt
exposition management have mac
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