New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-13
NIGHT WAS ALL BLUSHING.
RADIANT AND FAIR IN BRILLIANT LIGHTS

THROUGH LINES OF SPLENDID COLoRs AND
GLOWING TINTs THE PAGEANT PASSED
NEw.YoRK A CARNIVAL GARDEN.
Where the braying of bands and the heavy
tread of marching legons had resounded through
out the day. the night was filled with the war
whoop Of imitation Indians and the glrllsh glggllng
! ot real goddesses who took part in the evening
parade There were men on bicycles ana girls on
floats There were Austrian guards in all the
glory Of metal helmets, white plumes white
sanics. cuirasses gold cpaulets, white trousers
! TOP boots spurs and eauntlets. and there were
| Continental guards in the quaint uniform OF Kew
| olutionarv DAYS There allegorical noats
Illustrative of everything famed in song anu
story and OF some things that are not III was
a prctty seht when it got started The GODDESS
| NJ Liberv and all her cousins on the female SIDE
were there perche;l on lofty seats. nravlhs the
overhead wires AMI the chill breezPs OF 'ne
night in low neck and short sleeves. and little
else
The electric lamp again contributed TO the most
novel effects Hundreds OF little glowlamps
marked the outline Of the designs, and brought 'he
gded dragons and the winged Pegasus out into
prominence and beauty The repertory of the allie
gorcal genius who produceG these perlpatetlc "orks
~ art included the whole chronology Of science.
| IL from tnc pTtHlStOIlC Odi
with Chaos and Old Night down TO the Car Of
| Electra who was particularly brilliant maiden
somewhat given to the reprehensble practice Of
sparklrg. Music aud her sister Song were there
cnthroned with Liberty and Poetry and Science
4 plump Young woman with abbreviated skirts
rcprcsented The Press She held a pen that
WAS certainly miehtler than the sword, for it was
| twice as long Columbus had his private chariot,
while Vespucci was compelled to share his equip
age with Cortez. The Puritans, the Dutch, the
| Quakers. the McXicans and the Indians all had
equal opportunity TO brave the night and pneu-
monia while Fame" on ahead to trumpet
the news of their approach.
little delay OF two hours or so In starting
gave the faxen haired dvnties a chance TO en-
pcriencc few Of the inconvenlences of an exalted
station, when one IS clothed mainly IN face
powdcr and spanges Finally the Austrian
aids reported e,crythng in shape, and the pro-
cession started up Broadway, the heavy cars
rlmbling and joltinG over the cobblestoneS, the
bicycles moving jauntily along with lanterns
swinging As the camel's spongy hoof makes no
echo from the pavement, the iron steeds and
riders M the street in silence rolled.
The city was twinkling mass Of lights along
the whole line of procession from Broadft. to
| Central Park The Edison Building was lighted
with letters OF fire. spelling out the name of
Columbus and the dates l402 and 1892. Half
dozen electric pnwheels of five or six feet each in
diameter rcvolved upon their axes, and shifted
from white TO blue, from red 10 green In color
Along Broadway the display was varied and de
| lightful TO the eye
Not the Tuileries in the days of royal France
when Louis the Louis who called himself the
State" held his gay court there, or when Inter
imperIal power shonc brilliantly in those famed
gardens, and not any palace Of Venice vas ever
more lovely to loo, upon in perfect
| evening than was the City Hall last night.
The graceful pile in the park. the one admin
| i,trative building which is adOrnment and
credit to the Queen city of the Observation-Disclosures
ont clear and beautiful last evening. The three
line, of lights strung around the building like
| ucarls on cleaning white, flashed softly, but not
| family. The pillars. the classic portlco and the
| purc entabature shone through a fine light so
soft that il seemed to be mist-tinted. Seen from
the park, bathei in this carnival light, ana from
! the streets around in which lay dark shadows by
contrast il was a lovely picture, and the pity
WAS that the tens OF thousands in the upper part
nj the city missed so charming and so refining
sight.
AT Washington Square Il pair Of calcium lights
| wer, turned upon the tall marble arch, a"d every
color in the spectrum WAS thrown upon "a ..'''.
\ double line of Chinese lanterns lrlnged the
house of Edward Cooper, and across the street
frame of twinkling red lights outlined the Kline
lander mansion and disclosed the eager races oil
hundreds of poor children TO whom was afforded
tbe chance to view the parade from comfortapie
stand thank, 10 Miss Rhnelandcrs thoughtiul
kindness.
T., tho avenuc many houses displayed their
s.r;ngs of Japanese lanterns. The carpet store
. t,,r.oop+bst WAS hung with arc lights The
front Of TiGanv's building slowcd with similar
annIoorc. while from Seventeenth to Fifty-nnth-
. tbo INGENUITY of the electricians had been
,,.or,,vhcrc excrted in the effort to outdo each
other ,
, thousand yellow paper globes swung from the
o,,orL- of roncs which ovcrhung the line OF
march from Twenty -thr1-s; To lhlrty-ionfthst''
and cycry tree in Madison Square bore LOAD OF
oIden fruit Of the same artificial creation. Inc
,hservcr niight easily have imagined himself IN
f,irvland The weird effect OF the black masses
NJ snrctators sitting in the shadowy incline oil the
observation stands, the long vista oil lights en-
tending up and down the avenue. ana hluihs 'he
tars with their nearer radiance the poetic tracery
of the campanile crownlng the Madison square
Garden tower bathed in soft crimson hSnt Vi
the most delicate imaginable tint, and tipped by
search-licht that sent its ghostly finger OF misty
ravs down 10 the neither world. like slender
Jacobs ladder, all combined to drag one from his
moorings in the nineteenth century and drift him
ont into the realm Of fancy and romance
The crowds Of the day were duplicated in the
gatherings Of the evening. as III the mornlng'
avery stand and window and foot OF space were
occupied Fakrs sold soap boxes and stepladdeE
and barrels for the use Of the belated spectator.
When a stout man came into camp they would