St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-04

and display, and was royalty attended by
the pnblc- The hall was beautifully dec
or ated for the occasion. and from the en-
trance presented very elaborate display Of |
bunting. From the curved rafters of the |
building red. white and blue drapery
was hung in alternating colOrs, pre-
senting the appearance of flies over
a stage. These extended down the sides,
and az the galleries were festooned with
other drapery. From either end of the hall
teey concealed the roof. At the base of the
curved roof and along both sides of the hall
was hung white bunting. and back of these.
over the galleries, yellow. The material
for these hangingS was several feet in width,
giving an appearance of richness not other
wise obtained. Blue was used along the
front of the galleries and underneath pink.
These side draperies were lOoped and feS-
tOOned at the different columns and had the
effect of nearly covering the woodwork of
the building. The walls of the stage were
entirely covered with yellow with q wains-
coating of red. This extended beyond
the stage arch to the galleries and then
yellow some distance further. Around the
walls of the stage large white panels were
placed and then each was drawn together
at the center, remaining in the shape of an
hour glass and surrounding acknowledged
panels of yellow. Over the stage arch was
a wide red draping and in the Semi-circular
gable was beautiful Arrangement of red.
white. blue and green stripes radiating
from the center to the roof. The throne
was placed in the rear center of the stage
with side. back and canopy of dark mater
ial. From the top of this to the top of
THE STAGE ARCH
were stretched strips of yellow,
green and white in rays
This large canopy covered large part OF
the audience chamber with very snowy ef-
feet. At the side OF the stage arch black
curtains were loOped back. Over the gal
lery, in the rear of the hall, was a canopy
similar TO the one over the audience cham
Der. The stage and steps approaching 1t
were richly carpeted, and on the center OF
the steps were arranged number of callas,
roses and geraniums. with SmilaX and other
plants. The combination of colOrs pre-
sented in the decorations was excellent and
the ensemble very pleasing.
Early in the evening the people began
/ 10 arrive at the hall, and the galleries were
! gradually filed with people in cirZen's
dress, while the three military OrganiZa-
tiOns, Companies G, ID and +. and the null
| titude of carnival clubs in their vari-colOred
uniforms, presented beautiful sight. At
low estimate there were fully 3, 600 people
|
their. royal majesties and their court
During the whole evening the street was
thrOnged with carriages. and a constant
stream of people poured into the hall. and
| glanced at the elegant historical costumes
of the royal persOnages and court, and then
at the uniforming cOstuming of those
in attendance, easily suggested some land
/ and age far removed from our place and
| time. But few appeared in full dress,
but the club uniforms. the fur OvercOats,
and the plain every day dress of those
present made a picture of infinite variety
not possessed by the conventional swallow
tail.
HIS MAJESTY APPEARS.
At thirteen minutes before 10 o'clock, the
King came from the right wing of the stage,
accompanied by tine queen, and assembled
the throne with the queen at his left I'm
mediately following them came the court
iers, elabOrately dressed in the court cos
tunes of Louis XIV. The gentlemen stood
at the right of the king. and opposite near
the queen stood the ladies, while on the
steps of the throne reclined the two pages.
1t has been known for several days who
would impersOnate King Borealis, anC
when Gen. j. w. johnson took his seat Oh
the throne last night and faced the people
they were not greatly surprised, but they
had had no intimatlon that Mrs. l.. l.. c.
Brooks was to be the queen, as was the case
The ladies of the court were: Mis-:
Finch, Miss Forepaugh, Miss Flandreau
Miss Bigelow, Miss McLaren, Miss Av
rile, Miss Smith, Miss Bunker, Miss Gift
ford and Miss KoOntZ. The gentlemen
were ID. X. AIonfort l.. l.. @. Brooks, IL
S. johnson, +. j. Potts. L. G. lngersoll
Charles Wright a. b. Sibley
L. E. Newport, Sherman Finch, DR.. Val
Slyke, Ed Hamilton. William Armstrong
Walter Driscoll, and Herbert Brown wer
pages.
The coming in of the king and queen wa
the signal for music, and the clash of tn
band stationed at the opposite end of tn
vast hall and the swaying of the multitude
of varicOlored uniforms, OyertOpped b.
richly-embrOidered banners, presented
scene at once grand and pleasing to the ey
of the behOlder. Company ID, NJ. n. g..
under command of Capt. Ed Bean, marches
upon the stage. and saluting the roya
party, returned and were formed il
lines each side of the steps with their arm
| at rest Company L, Capt. Dawson COM
] manding. next greeted The king and queen
! and returning were formed in the rear O
the guard lines to the right. Company c
Capt. Blakely commanding, next paid thei
2 respects to the majesties and were forme
i'm the rear of the guards on the left. Th
march Of the carnival clubs then began
and the Windsors were
THE FIRST TO ASCEND
: TO the stage from the left, and as the
marched across to the right passing tn
= king and queen, returning to the hall at tn
} right of the stage, every member of tn
club saluted the royal party by tOnchin
| 40 riO xNh
! salute was returned by the king who stoo
on the throne, while the queen. sitting a
, his side, smilingiy bowed her acknowledge
+ ments The example of the Windsor clu
) was followed by the Wakoutas and othe
clubs, who marched upon the stage by two:
and a continual line of uniformc
e men and women were passing across tn
: stage for nearly an hour. From the stag
e the scene that the hall presented was on
b of beauty, and recalled wildly to the min
S of the historical reader the scenes of tn
/ French court during the seventeenth Ger
tury. when the ambitious Louis XIV
strove so eagerly for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT {
e France through the power of arms. o
: the right line Of men and women. richl
: uniformed, were marching to the time
j the martial strains OF the band, and to tn
Y right, in contra direction, lines of col
S trasting colors were passing, while tn
!. center was filed with companies awaitin
!. their turn to fall into the marching rank
: The combination of rich colors in the un
: forms formed a picture that would hav
set an artist crazy with delight FIankin
the hall on either side, the galleries wei
II filled with visiting
CLUBS IN UNIFORMS
and admiring spectators. whi
n in the background the seats reacl
: ing from the floor almost to Il
q roof, filed with prominent citizens, gay
z one the idea of the arenic pastimes in IL