Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-13
THE NIGHT PAGEANT.
Beautiful Floats Representing Many
Scenes of Ages Past 5000 Bicyclists in
Line with Flags and Lanterns

Beautiful Floats Representing Many
Scenes of Ages Past 5000 Bicyclists in
Line with Flags and Lanterns.
New YORK, October 12.-Hardly had the
last strains of music died away from the
neighborhood of the Columbus monument
at the Fifty-ninth street entrance OF Cen
tral Park, than New York and her 100000
or more visitors were again packed along
and about the line of parade eager to wit
ness another pageant. The scenes OF the
morning were repeated.
The parade was remarkable from the
fact that it made a wonderful showing or
the use electricity could be put to as
power and as light.
Shortly after o'clock the different
bodies who were TO take part In the parade
had about mustered at and about the bat
terry ana the lower part of Broadway, and
the police began TO clear the line or march.
The way was cleared and the crowd
waited, but the procession did not appear.
The crowd waited patiently, hoping that
nothing happened to spoil the show.
An Associated Press reporter hunted up
and down slong the line, trying to find the
cause of the delay, and at length he found
it, 1t was all matter OF Queen lSaoelIa's
tights.
"The Goddess of Liberty has taken my
tights" exclaimed Queen Isabella. land
I'm not going TO sit with Ferdinand wear
ing an Indian squaw dress" This was
spoken on float No. of the Allegorical
pageant as the procession was being formed.
Queen Isabella was not the only one in
trouble, for several others were missing
their particular costumes.
The street cars had been stopped for
long while, depriving the companies OF
bushels of nickels. The Mayors message,
ordering an immediate start was con-
veyed to Col. Garnet, and those in com
mand of the floats were told to hustle.
They did so, and at $50 the big show was
under way TO Fifty street.
First came platoon Of mounted police.
They were followed by as pretty sight as
New York has ever witnessed. 1t was a
body of bicyclists, 5000 strong, bearing
flags and lanterns. and lead by champion
A. A. Zimmerman. They were enthusias-
tically cheered.
Following these came a long line of
beautiful floats and thousands Of men on
foot and horse representing different
nations and eras Of the worlds history.
Among the more beautiful and attractive
floats was the car of Electra which was
the finest in tbs parade.
1t represents ship propelled by oars in
the hands of the Presidents Of the United
States The bust Of Washington is amid
ships, and Columbus is at the helm steer
ing the ship of state to place OF safety.
The car is labeled, The Hydra of Light
ming Controlled by the Genius Of Edison"
and the inscription is carried out by huge
monsters head filed with electric lights.
A winged woman reius in the monster by
lines of miniature electric lights. Thirty
girls in metallic costumes stand on re-
yolying disk and reflect the lights on the
car.
In the middle of this groupe is globe
with latitudinal and longitudinal lines
marked by electric lights. There were
5000 lights on this car, which is thirty feet
long and drawn by ten horses. All the
floats were lighted by electricity.
All the floats were magnificent. The
float representing homage to Columbus
shows a statue of the great discoverer as
the pioneer of civilization. He is greeted
by History and supported by Fame. AT
the foot of the car sits America, with Spain
and Italy on either hand.
The cavalcade representing the Spanish
Court shows Queen Isabella riding under
a canopy borne by four knights In full
armor She is followed by lords and ladies
of Iberia. The model of Columbus's cara
val is drawn by eight Spanish sailors, fol-
lowed by Americus Vespucius, Cortez.
PizarrO, Ponce de Leon, and other early
| explorers on horseback.
The Car Of Liberty shows statue OF
Liberty enlightening the world, with fig
ures grouped at her feet. Representatives
of various nations stand about typifying
the early colonizers of America.
The press is represented by beautiful
Young woman, dressed in black, coming out
of an ink bottle. She holds a weather
vaue in her hand and is surround ed by
pens. Behind her are printers at work on
a press, who distributed Official pro-
grammes along the line of march.
Poetry and romance are represented by a
fviug Pegasus held at the bride by Long
fellows youth who through an Alpine viii
lage passed bearing a banner inscribed
Excelsior" The figuehead of the float is
n swan with outstreatched wings. Behind
the Pegasus is a doorway, on the top OF
which Poe's raven sits on bust of Pallas.
In the float representing the Supremacy
of American Women fair maiden sits in
rocking chair on the top OF globe. Cupids
are at her feet holding out hearts and gar
lands to the sweet girl graduates. Blue
stockings are shown IN the act Of refusing
coronets aud money bags, while the flags
of the world fall at their feet.
AT the front of the car young woman
is surrendering the latch-key and check
nook 10 her lord, while at the rear huge
cigarette bears the inscription, MAN
Must Co" A Cupid swings on pair Of
snspenders at one side Of the float.