The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-01
A NIGHT OF REVELRY.
Forty Thousand People Witness The
Grand Carnival
A PAGEANT OF TORCHES AND
FLOATS

"The Idyls of the King" and "The
Legends of King Arthur" Pictured
in Gorgeous Tebleaux-A Magnificent
Spectacle from the Ages Of Ro-
nance and Chivalry-The Passing
OF the Grand Parade-The Streets
a Dense Mass OF People and the
Park Thronged-The Grand Review
savannah witnessed its first carnival
last night. From dark until midnight the
streets through which the carnival process
sion passed were thronged with people.
They blocked the sidewalks and crossings,
and climbed upon doorsteps and fences
Windows and balconies were black with
them.
Every elevation from which the carnival
could be seen was utilized. Windows
brought almost any price, and hundreds of
men and boys climbed trees, telegraph
poles, and upon awning roofs.
The Marshall house balconies held a
mass of people, and the Oglethorpe Club
balconies were filed with members and
their ladies. The Screven house and the
Pulaski were throngeds land Christ church
and the custom house steps and
the city exchange balcony were packed,
as they never have been before All the
way out West Broad street to Liberty, past
the De Soto, and through Drayton, CASTOR
and Whitaker streets to the park extension
the sidewalks were dense mass of men,
women and children.
At the park the display was brilliant in
the extreme. The parade ground was
illuminated with colored fires, which re-
flected upon the foliage of the trees and
formed picture of wonderful beauty.
THE START OF THE PROCESSION.
The procession was to start at S:15 o'clock,
but it was half an hour later before the
flashing of the lights and the glare of the
torches in the eastern part of the city
told the waiting thousands that it
had begun to move. The torchlight divis-
ion preceded the floats. Twelve hundred
torches were in line, and the column
marched in double rank. A platoon of
mounted police preceded it. The Brunswick
band marcGed at the head, and was followed
by the organized torchlight bodies:
Lantern Brigade, composed of
brotherhood Railroad Conductors.
Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers.
Flambeau Brigade, composed of
Myers Band
Chaplain Rev. j. L. Gilmore and Sailors of the
Vessels in Port in Uniform.
Grand Marshal r. G.. Gaillard, Assistant
Marshal c. d. Russell, and the aids, J. T.
Shuptrine, s. r. Harris, A. NJ Letter, r.
j. Davant, Jr., and d. w. Zepperer, rode
at the head of the. procession. As
tary Band, preceded by the standard bearer.
and followed by the floats, turned into
Broughton street, a great shout of applause
went up. Grand Marshal A. s. Quicken
hhimer. Assistant Grand Marshal j. c.
Shaw, Standard Bearer c. NJ. Fielder, and
the grand marshals aides, G. s. Connerat,
g. s. Schwarz, 8. Fredlein, g. s. McAlpir,
Sig. Binswanger rode along the line.
AROUND JOHNSON SQUARE.
At no place did the carnival show to
better advantage than when it made its
circuit around johnson square. AS the
torchlight procession filed into Bull street
from Broughton, the gathered thousands
broke into wild cheers. The path of the
floats was marked by blaze of red and
green fire, showing off the floats to excel
lent advantage. In front of the Screven
house, Christ church, the custom house. CITY
exchange and the Pulaski house, the floats
were illuminated, and the idyls which they
represented and the rich costumes of the
characters envoked hearty cheers and ex-
CARNATIONS Of admiration and surprise
at their beauty. The chariot con-
tanning Cobb's band halted at the
Screven house and the Pulaski and
rendered inspiring music as the floats
moved around the square, which was a
blaze Of light from the 200 torches and the
Greek fire that lighted up the symbolic
floats.
THE MARCH THROUGH LIBERTY STREET.
As the procession turned into Liberty
street from West Broad a shout went m
from thousands of throats The procession
was over half an hour passing the De Soto
The effect of the colored lights on the trees
was beautiful. The entire distance from
West Broad to Drayton street was lighted
up by the brilliant fires. A great crowd
thronged the street in front of the De Soto.
and the windows on every floor overlooking
the street were filed.
As the band chariot. with Cobb's band.
passed in front of the hotel Dixie was struck
up, and the crowd cheered Justify. The
procession turned into Drayton and the
crowd followed to the Park extension
Every foot of ground along the streets was
covered by people, who thronged even the
housetops to get glimpse of the process
sion.
The glittering chariots, Lit up by the fires
tand rejecting lights carried alongside. made
a magnificent display never before seen in
Savannah.
z The story represented by the fioats-The
sldyls of the King and The Legends of King
'Arthur-is one of the most romantic that
has come down from the ages of chivalry.
1t was beautifully pictured in the floats.
and their setting and the beauty and rich,
ness or the costumes won admiration from
the thousands of spectators The story of
the subjects represented and the description
of the float and characters, in the order
In which the floats appeared, are as follows:
Excalibur.
Excalibur was the famous sword of KING
Arthur, and the story of how he received #
as follows: One day King Arthur while
riding with Merlin, had a conflict with a
knight guarding pass, in which the kings
sword was broken. and his life saved by
Merlin casting spell over his antagonist
Then the king and he departed, and went
TO hermit who healed his wounds. and as
they rode Arthur said: 81 have no sword. u
mo matter" said Merlin, thereby is a
sword that shall be yours" So they rode
I'LL they came to lake which was fair
water, and broad. And in the
nllost OF the lake Arthur
was aware of an arm clothed in white
ssanite, that held fair sword in the hand
10, said Merlin, "yonder is that sword
that spake of. 1t belongeth to the I,edv
OF the Lake, and if she will tbo,, ,,,a~,os -