St. Landry democrat., 1886-10-02

ever. Their waving plumes, their nylns
banners, and gay music gave spirited
and martial appearance to the paseanss
which attracted the admiration and
praise OF all beholdrs.
The six communicates entering the lists
In this competition are among the most
renowned in the order for discipline and
excellence of instruction in the regula-
ton tactics. All of them have been more
or less winners of prizes, and the rivalry
Is therefore eager, and the award OF the
prize will be watched by all with jealous
expectation. The Detroit Commandery
now holds the prize banner,
which they have won in two com.
petitions. The De Molays of Louis
vile were the first winners at the
Chicago conclave. and are the boss
drlllers OF their native State. Another
organization which has an enviabe record
for the precision of its movements Is the
Raper's, of indianapolis, some Of the
members of which arrived in the city
very late, and it was thought for time
that they would not be able to compete
at all for the prize. The St. Bernard No.
80, of Chicago, is a formidable rival and
had hosts of friends on the grand stand
to-day who warmly applauded when they
executed difficult manHuver success.
fully.
The movements which attracted the
greatest amount of applause from the
multitude were the formation of the
Greek cross and passion cross. The lat
ter movement required great precision in
marching and faultess judgment of
distances by the guides or pivot men OF
the wheeling column. The reverse
maneuver requires equal skill and
was executed with faultless eft.
feet by soma of the communicates.
Another evolution which was Witnessed
with much admiration was the formation
OF the triangle. The ranks of the COM
peting Communicates are formed in
platoons in echelon, to execute this
movement, from which position they are
moved into the form indicated by a few
simple maneuvers simultaneously exc
cuted.
The Temple of Noolah.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23.-The local and
visiting mobiles of the ancient Arabic Or
der of the Mystic Shrine celebrated last
night at Druid's Hall, the great Mussul-
man festival of the ebay of Arafat at
Mecca" the last feast of the Arabian
year. The shrine of Moolah, the local
Temple, was thrown open to the visiting
MOBILES, and under the auspices of Mednah
temple of Chicago there were nearly
three hundred of the faithful taken into
the order. The pilgrims seeking the
shrine of Mecca were conducted across
the hot sands of the desert and will prob
ably sympathize with the next pilgrimage
they witness, for it is said the sun of
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ing degree. The symbolic illustration OF
the sacrifice of sheep in honor of Ibra-
heen, and of the burning of the prohibited
garment, was also a part of the mystic
ceremony.
At six o'clock in the evening quite
number of the visiting mobiles paraded
the Illuminated streets and attracted
great deal of attention by their unique
appearance. They were uniformed &C.
cording to the various degrees Of knight
hood attained by them, excepting the
mobiles of Medinah temple, Chicago,
whose zouave dress was extremely pretty
and tasteful. Turbans of alternate coils
of white and red cloth, togas of red fan
mel, trousers of blue, made after the
Arabic fashion, fair leather zouaye shoes
and heavy white duck leggings.
ON THE STREETS LAST NIGHT.
The streets of the city were again illu.
minated last night and the scenes OF
Monday night last were repeated, save
that the crowd was much larger. Hall
an hour after the close of the charity
concert at the Fair ground the influx was
noticeable and by seven O'Clock in the
evening all of that great assembly haQ
been transferred to the downtown
streets, which were almost impossible,
either for the wayfarer on foot or the
Knight and lady in a private conveyance.
By eight o'clock all of the illumination
fixtures were blazing and when there
were no bands or PROFESSIONS with.
in sight the brilliant lights and
decorations were the attractions. All
along Fourth street and Broadway the
crowds gathered or rather stood still, fol
the Jam was so great that movement
either way was next to impossible. olive
street was dense mass of humanity from
Third street to Sixteenth. There was not
room on the sidewalks for the people, SO
they took the middle of the street Wild
the carriages and street cars. The olive
street line of cars were blocked, and cars
stood one after another for distance
of three blocks for over an hour
for the reason that the throng was sc
dense they could move neither one way
nor the other. On Fourth street ane
Broadway the carriages became blockaded
at every intersection. During the parade
of the "Shriners," between six and eight
O'Clock, Broadway was practically i'm.
passable between Chestnut street ana
Washington avenue, but after that nag
passed portion of the throng Worket
westward on Olive street to witness the
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Then Olive street became I'M
passable. and blockades oc.
Cured at every crossing. Bands with
ont number naraded the streets. and the