Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-15

scenes rom media avail stories and tradi
lions, from the songs of the Eibeluuge
Lied, the LsngobArdran tales, the searcl
5 for the Holy Grail, etc.
Proteus himself, In compliment to tn
moving procession, came as the Prince O
Flowers, mounted on gigantic butterfly
, whose outstretched wings were thirt
feet from tip to tip. Then followed tn
following scenes from
MEDIEVAL POEMS AND TALES:
King RJtner of Lom osrdy departing
from Bari in his golden ship to rescu'
OBS, daughter of the Emperor Constan
tine, the sea nymphs and Tritons, mounted
on dolphins gathered around his boat,en6
listening to his songs.
The banquet seen at the court OF Con
stantine, where the Emperor turns loose
his lions on the Lombard heroes, and
Osprian saves the life of the Princess
Oda by tearing open the jaws Of the i'm
mense lion that attacks her.
The Moorland lake, to which Wolf Diet
rich went In search Of the Holy Grail. The
lake Is held by an immense dragon and
other swamp monsters who refuse to
allow him 70 pass over IL when he attacks
and Stays them.
| Wolf Dietrich rescuing his wife Sigis-
runds, converted by the witches into 9
besr, and defeating the immense giant
Drusician and his army Of dWaIfs.
Dietmsr. King OF Bsrne, rescuing
Queen Verginal. imprisoned in castle Of
Ice on the summit of the Alps. The
taolesu presenting Dietrich on horseback
| halting before the tall towers OF the ice
palace, in the summit OF which are the
imprisoned
QUEEN AND HER ATTENDANTS.
The underground palace of L.urlsp,
King Of Styria, built wholly Of jewels and
precious stones and guarded oy dWaris
and gnomes.
The battle between Dietmar and L1n-
nan in the rose garden, which med &c val
tradition supposed TO be locaEed at the
top of the TSrolese Alps amid perpetual
snow and ice.
S.gtried Staying the dragon Pafnis, the
latter filling with its folds almost the en-
tire foat.
The Elbelungen Hoard, the treasures Of
the world, all the gold and jewels lost, col
lected by Vari and his gnomes and hidden
| at the foot Of s waterfall. It WAS to get
these treasures that the heroes ofthe Nioe-
lungen Lied started on their adventurous
expeditions over the world.
The Awakening of Brunheld, the orig
lnal "sleeping beauty in the woods" Sig
fried hearing that Brunheld Is bewitched
and sunk In perpetual sleep starts to the
rescue. He finds her sleeping on high
hill, around which is burning an everIsst-
ing FIRE. Through this he rides with his
good steed and ewskens her
WITH KISS.
Hagen In the Grifin's Nest. The infant
son OF King Sigesband of Balean isycar-
ried OF by monstrous griffin to its nest
as food for its young, but the brave boy,
Selling a pike, dispatches the monster
| and escapes.
Gudrum, the Imprisoned daughter Of
Hagan, walking on the seasands Of the
Northern ocean, listening to the love
songs Of the mermAids, who tell her of
her lover, Herwig OF iceland.
Beowalf Of Gothlsnd, oeGcending to the
bottom OF the ocean, and there engaging
In combat and killing the seaWoli, which
has rav6ged the coast OF Sweden and
carried OF many msidens to devour. The
scene represented was the bottom of the
ocean, strewn with corals and oVergrown
with seaweeds. Fishes, crabs and sea
monsters of all kinds were lowering
around the brave Goth, who fought under
such disadvantages and against such fear
full odds. y se 4---.- ..'.--.
Percival, who fluids the Holy Grail and
overcomes the dragon that guards it,
crowned King by Teirefar the Moor, lite
mel, Queen Repause and her amphitrites.
BAysrd escaping from hell while the
Emperor Charlemagne throws a mys-
FERROUS powder into the eyes Of Satan,
Temporarily binding him
The next Goat represented the familiar
mediavsl legend OF Tannhauser, where
the great wsrrior, wandering through
the Vorslberg, meets Venus, falls into her
arms and becomes her
Save AND CAPTIVE.
The goddess and her nine nynphs were
clad in the Aimsy and insufficient gar
ments thst tradition has assigned them
Lohengrih, in his boat drawn by
swans, sailing over the lake to the de-
fence Of Elsa.
The ta5ieaux were all appropriately
mounted. Many of the legends, particu-
larly those of the Holy Grail, Tannhauser
and LoheDgrin which have been preserved
in poem or opera, were understood, and
even she less familiar stories were SO
beautifully represented that all could IN
derstand them. The hRndsomest scenes
were the Moorland lake and its swamp
monsters, the ice palace Of Verginnl, the
rose garden on the summit of the Alps,
Tannhauser and the Swan knight Lohen-
grin.
The procession Rnally reached the
French opera house at 8 p. m. This had
been fitted up as 8 ballroom, and here,
after several tableAux, Pfoteus received
his guests. The Rex carnival ball was
given in the Washington Artillery hall,
where the throne room had been con-
verted into model garden filed with
pots and GoWers. Here the King and
Queen, Miss Jennie Cottraux, surrounded
by their guards and maids Of honor, re-
ceiVed the thousands Of visitors. Besides
these large number Of other balls were
given st all the washable halls 10 the city,
and perhaps 10000 people are tonight
dancing out he carnival.
AT AUSTIN.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Feb. 1.-THE Msrdi-
Gras procession which occurred about
noon to-dsy was witnessed BY about
5000 people, ladies and children, who
crowded the sidewalks on Congress ave-
nue. and Pecan street. Oficer ChennY-
vile acted as grand msrshal and rode st
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