Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-04-02
LARGE MEN ON PARADE.
A PROCESSION OF GIANTS in A
PAGEANT AT BRUSSELS.

An interesting Description OF Very
Amusing Spectacle illustrative Of Pop
siar Legends In Belgium Genuine
Mountains of Flesh IN Costumes.
For weeks the foreign readers OF
Brussels newspapers must have been
puzzled by meeting with paragraphs
such ~ sAntigon and his wife Pallas
have arrived aud taken mp their quarters
ut the town stores for Goliath, his
and win lodge at the Communal school.
No. O." and the like. The fact Is that a
general meeting Of the giants and other
representatives OF popular legends OF all
the towns OF Belgium had been arranged
m one of the principal features Of the
great national fetes. and 1t was certainly
not the least interesting feature Of them.
We had the privilege OF seeing them all,
from grave to gay. from the tallest
down TO the smallest--walk together in
q cortege snch Ms was never seen before,
and which will not be- soon forgotten 70
those who witnessed II.
The origin OF the giants dates, Of
course. from very remote times, and the
quaintest legends are attached 10 them
Considerable expense and trouble have
hean incurred TO dress them well for the
solemnity. and they looked. indeed, very
neat and smart. Numerous musical
bands were interspersed among the
cortege. which was ushered in by gen.
.aA
the group OF st. Michael, the patron
saint Of Brussels. on horseback. followed
by the dragon. conducted by maidens.
The historical carriage of the Amman Of
Brussels, with an escort of horsemen,
preceded whole family Of newly Gre
ated giants-the giants Of the future,
twenty small giants. eighteen capari-
soned horses. the relatives Of the small
giants and the elastic giants.
NOTED GIANTS
| After these new tangled personages
came the genuine old Brussels giants
Janneke. Mieke. Grandpapa. Grand
mamma. My Uncle and the Grand Turk.
Very funny it In to see the giants peep
in at the first and second floors OF the
houses which they pass. as II they were
to find out all family secrets The peo-
pie walking underneath the gianas and
bearing them have to do their task well
too. for the movements of each giant
must be in keeping with his character.
An ogre giant must move like an ogre,
and the motion Of a funny giant must
4 be funny. On a chariot followed little
Manneken. surnamed ''the oldest bur.
CESS Of Brussels" who did not seem toe
much fatigued from last Sundays work
when he served wine to the people In ths
same way in which he acts every day M
fountain in the Rue de l'Etuve
4 Manneken. who enjoys a yearly in
come of 200f. bequeathed 10 him many
years ago by an old maid. which incom,
serves to keep up his very varied ward
robe lhe is by turns an old nobleman. ,
! civic guard and burgessl. had put ol
his rich Louis XIV costume. with tn
cross of St Louis. which Louis XIV hal
conferred on him. A society bearing
the high sounding and ancient title o
! '.Societe du Grand Serment Royal
, st. Georges" preceded the pretty group.
} ''the mayors entry into the village.
: ''the village wedding" and the bring
, ing In Of the harvest The ancien
workmens society. the Companions Q
|, st. Lawrence. accompanied with becon
ing pride their giants Mieke and jar
, neke, and also the wheel Of fortune an
/ the Meyboom. a tree which Is erecte'
: every year In Brussels in cornmemors
D ton of repulse 500 years ago Of th
people of Ghent. who had come to Al
: tack the people of Brussels.
FEATURES OF THK MARCH.
! In quick succession moved now the s.
0 cieties of the Humpbacks of the Anchor
the old Guild of Fencers of st. job, tn