St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
NOW THE FUN BEGINS
st. Paul's Third Winter Car
nival Will Be Inaugurated
This Afternoon.
King Borealis Will Come and
Take Possession Of His
ley Castle.
Thousands of Loyal Subjects
Waiting to Welcome His
Majesty.
Some of the Details of the
Preparation--This After
moons Parade.

Inc grand winter Icle begins. High
carnival is proclaimed in honor of his
majesty, BorealiS, king of the Arctic
regions. The palace is completed, and
ready Tor the brief sOjourn of the Ice
King.
1t will be eleven days of jubilee-only
brief season for the public to turn
loose its enthusiasm in honor of winter,
and indulge in free delight.
Ready are the tObOggan slides for
daring tobogganerS: strapped are the
snowshOes to the feet of daShing run
ners; prepared is the rink for the eau
tiOuS, steady curler and the active
pOlOiSt. a season of sports, of curling,
of snowshOeing. of ski-running. of polo,
of tobogganing, of parades, of illumina-
tons.
The city of st. Paul will once again,
the third time, become the winter
theater for the great drama of Borealis
and the King of Fire.
BorealiS will reign supreme: he will
conquer but once the King of Fire. and
finally summer will vanquish winter,
and the King of Ice will become the
captive of the King of Fire.
\ Carnival of bright Examinations,
Kaleidoscope panOramas: of grand
pyrOtechnic exhibitions: of wonderful
displays of floats, paradeS and equi-
pages. it will be.
The superb spectacles of an ice pal
ace. twice Illuminated with a thousand
cOlOred lights, twice a grand fountain of
fire. twice bathed in a fiery storm of
color; men, women and children upon
winter rampage: races, sports, games,
tObOgganing: Indians, polar bears,
Shetland ponies, old settlers, coStumed
carnivalistS, street illuminationS and
masQueradeS, such will make up the
Carnival of 1888.
To-day the city will attire itself in
Carnival garb to celebrate the advent of
BOrealis. king of Boreas. His majesty
will make his entrance into his favored
city at Seven corners, and be escorted
by his patriotic subjects to his palace of
ice. 1t will be a magnificent pageant.
The five chariOts of ice, drawn by white
horses caparisOned with harnesses of
frost, and guarded by polar bears.
will be escorted through the
streets of the city by forty or
more Carnival clubs in gay uniforms of
many bright colors. These five chariots
will be occupied, respectively by Du-
rant, BorealiS Rex, Lord High Chan
eellOr Sutphin, Lord High Chamberlain
DllOuGS. 1lldHCcllOI hclltI III IIlt EN-
cheQuer and Keeper Rand of the Great
Seal. The great occasion will be her
aided by bands of music as the pro-
cession marches gladly to the
Carnival park. There Mayor Rob
ert A. Smith will surrender
the keys of the city of St. Paul with due
obeiSance and speech of welcome, and
his majesty will cOndescend to make a
gracious and brief reply. Gen. r. W.
johnson, who vacated the Arctic throne
in the year 1886. will inform his third
successor how he ran the carnival when
he glOried as Ice King, and Mc(iill. gov
with short address upon ice castles
and other castles in general.
After this the grand ovation to the
king, BOrealiS Durant, his majesty will
be shown his regal apartments in the
Hotel Ryan. where in the evening he
will distribute his patents of nobility.
During the day Carnival park will be
the scene of day fireworks; in the even
ing the park will be formally opened to
the people and everybody will
indulge in a gO-aS-yOu-pleaSe enjoy
castle of ice. The palace built for the
residence of the king while here is a
combination of Gothic and Norman
architecture, with numerous towers.
battlementS and minarets. and a Won
derfully designed labyrinth interior
1t is far ahead of anything of its kind
heretofore.
Tomorrow will be commercial travel
ers' day, aud the Knights of the Grip
are expected TO do just as they please.
There will be display of equipageS
upon Summit avenue from $50 to $3.50
p. m, and at the latter time the fine
turnOuts will proceed to the palace
grounds for inspection, the award of
prizes to be maid on the next day.
At p. m. the palace grounds will be
the scene of Indian and SnOwShOe races
for prizes. Thursday will be the OPEN
ing of all winter sports. Otto Drcher,
Jr.. will be in charge Oh that day.
THE SToRMING.
On the evening of Friday the first
grand stOrming of the Ice palace will
occur, the mayor of Rochester to i'm
personate the Ice King, who will make
an attack upon the palace of Bore
ais. All the clubs will turn out and the
night will be Illuminated with grand
protechnic display, surprising anything
of its kind ever witnessed. The Ice
King will triumph over his ancient and
natural foe. who will be taken captive
and carried from the palace grounds.
The day will be given up entirely to
Wllllor Sports. anu TIE SllOWSllOe lIlaCcneS
will continue, with Henry Z. Burdett in
charge.
Saturday is children's day, and it will
be merry time for juveniles. There
will be a procession of children's local
clubs. and pony brigades. The palace
will be Illuminated in the evening, and
during the afternoon the Steeple chase
across the country and q S nowshoe race
will take place, W. G. Read being in
charge of all sports for the day. AT p.
m. there will be competitive prize
drill Oh the curling rink, open TO all
clubs, twenty minutes allowed for each
club drill.
Special appropriate services are to be
in order Sunday, and the churches are
expected to be filled with uniformed
carnivalists.
Monday, the 30th, is to be Old Settlers
day, and ali the Old settlers associa-
tons in the state are expected to partic-
ipate in the fun. There will be pro-
miScuouS procession of old settlers in
tally-hO coaches, Indians, dog trains,
etc, and there is to be mixed pro-
gramme of mixed races carried out.
The tOboggan and ski races will COM
mence, and the snOwshoe races will con-
tinue. III. II. p. Hamilton will superin-
tend all sports; w. G. Read will have
charge of the tobogganing, and Thorkeld
Wilson will have charge of the ski con-
tests. The st. Georges club will give
grand ball at the armOry.
1t will be a morning of sports tuesday,