The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-10

pets, with his warriors and his soldiers
S.round him, came the mighty Aure-
Illus, whose name Us borne to-day by
the Orleans OF the new and old world.
The car that carried him was by long
odds the highest in the procession.
Intricate pillars and columns of blue
and gold, studded with precious gems,
intertwined themselves, rising one
upon another. Perched on the very
summit OF this, fifty feet in fihe air.
was Aurelius, wearing the purple
tOga of a Roman Emperor and sur
rounded by the Roman eagles.
Proteus rode behind him in military
attire in a chariot which was an exact
reproduction of the war chariot of the
Romans-its sides two sphinxes, its
front a blazing sun.
The next float showed a group of
Roman ladies watching Aurelius's tri-
umph. At each corner Of the Roman
Atrium, represented here, were mar
BILE statues holding in their hands
wreaths for the victorious Aurelius.
On a dais in the center of the room,
supported by four immense golden
lions, were the ladies'. Garlands of
flowers stretched through the room,
where the floor was covered with bou-
quets.
The Genius of Peace rested in chari-
OF of shells supported by the wings of
a dove and surrounded by birds of
paradise and Others of beautiful hue
and plumage, attached to the chariot
by strings of roses.
Other historical scenes followed
marking important epochs in the his
tory of the world. The persecution of
the Christians in the Colosseum at
Rome, the the tableau depicting two
young Christian girls arrayed in white
and pursued by lions, lone of them felled
to the ground by the beast and is in
the very act of being devoured by it;
Constantine protesting the Christian
faith-the scene a church of ancient
Byzantine architecture, its cupola of
gold, suppo ted by pi lars of porphyry;
Attila at the gates of Ravenna demand
ing the ransom of the town. His Hun
nish warriors surround him, clad in
skins. Upon a carpet placed at the
feet of ''the scourge of God" the Ro-
mans are piling gold ornaments, vases
and other riches as the ransom OF the
city; Pepin crowned King of France;
Abdurrahman in his Moorish palace
Peter the Hermit preaching the cru
sades-Peter, with cross in hand, adj
dressing from q monastery an audi
ence of knights in full arinor, who,
with their swords lifted high in the
air, promise to redeem the Holy Land
from the infdel.
Baibarossa was seen kneeling at the
foot of the Pope, seeking his forgive
ness and restoration.
Nmour, the Tartar, was represented
amusing himself with the imprisoned
Bajazet, confined in a cage before
him. The scene showed tent spread
on bleak and desolate moor. Around
the tent were scattered innumerable
skulls, trophies of his victories, while
from its front dangled bloody scalps
and horse-tails.
Columbus at the Court OF Ferdinand
and Isabella, after his return from
America.
And finally Luther at the Diet of
Worms, defending himself before the
bishops, prelates, princes and the other
German potentates which composed
that body.
All the tableaux were excellent.
Among the more striking were the
massacre Of Christians on the Colos-
scum, Constantine protesting the
Christian faith, the palace of Alb
1urrahmm and Luther at the Diet of |
Worms.
The Order OF the Moon and the
comic societies made up the r.main-
der of the procession, with ludicrous
Durlesques Of popular songs and Incl
tents. At O'Clock Rex had traversed
he principal streets of the city and
reached Canal again, where his forces
we're nnarahaled and diefnisqad