The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-08
The Yelled Prophet.

The pageant OF the Yelled Prophet is the
and Mobile and Kansas City have their
Mosques and their mummings, but st.
Louis rejoices in festival more elaborate
and she has reporters that pour out all the
walls Of rapture and smite all the chords
of melodious speech, in celebration OF her
celebration. The Ball of the Yelled Prophet
WAS given In the Merchants Exchange Hall
last Tuesday night. Our esteemed con-
temporary. the ST. Louis Republic, which
sent forth whole troop Of melting
mouthed enthusiasts TO paint the august
scene, strikes the true heroic note in calling
the hall this vast prytaneum of the city,"
and neither on the way to the prytaneum
nor inside OF 1t shall we miss anything Of
the splendor of the occasion, for we follow
the Republics rhapsodists. Let MS advance
To the mood Of flutes and soft recorders:
Not those festival days of ancient Greece and
Rome now buried In the dreamy past. had the pomp
and ceremony and complete abandonment TO good
natured merTment and hearty fellowship OF cultured
civilization been equalled until that mysterious po-
tentAte from the Orient, the august Yelled Prophet,
made his seventeenth annual appearance In his DO
loved city of st. Louis last evening.
For almost two decades this mystical ruler from
the far appeared In all his glltterng glory,
IA his favored city OF the occdent Just at that pOet
cal of the year when the soft voluptuousness
of summer has been superseded by the golden pomp
OF autumn; the beginning OF the time when society
has returned from Its soJourn at watering places and
Its visits 10 the mountains and dells and beauties OF
nature TO settle down once again In the delightful
oyment Of all those manifold social festivities where
heart beats heart, and mankind Is lifted TO high
level Of amusement Instruction, aud intelligence"
n. "a nj nTFn ~
looks at the cracker boxes in the coat room
with sad eyes" Within the vast prytaneum
"were gathered together the valor and
beauty OF old st. Louis, the flower OF cul
tured civilization in this Western city,
which in kissed by the waters Of the mighty
Mississippi" Wepause here to reflect upon
the fact that "HENRY BLOSSOM, a silk tile
and the sweetest girl you ever saw were
much In evidence" II you please, we will
now go into the hall, which is " fraught
with the folds of the Stars and Stripes"
and take look
In the centre Of the vast enclosure wherein mys
tsFlous MoKHASSA and his loyal retinus held high
nlVA arose the great fountain. festOoned with net
WOTE OF wild smax, In which were caught great red
and white chTysanthsmums and glorious tiger lilies
adding 20 the riot OF color Astounding everywhere
About the base OF the fountain were banked tender
palms and eXOtics, and through all . hundred
eOlOrsd lights CLEANED like many kohinOors and ht
up the alabsseT and cupIds thAt held In place
the giant bowl from whence sweet HEsE who never
looked upon q nobleT Assemblass on high Olympia
EaEsd calmly the happy thrOns that nlled the
chamber floor, And over ALL palms smilaE nOwsrs
and crystal globes fell sheen Of water that, like
fairy Niagara tlnkled merrly among the leaves
and contributed delicious eoOlness 10 the heated at
nlOsphere'
This is very beautiful, and we cOngratu-
late ERNEST KESNA, who game in ON a
pass" and RONSIE HUTCHINSON, who
wore a dress suit" The Yelled Prophet
wore Turkish trousers and a satin ulster,
crown with wings and an incandescent
boss, and PODulist beard, lie is surrounded
by electric lights, fairies, pages, high priests,
sword bearers, maids Of honor; in short, a
clustering train. CONUs is there, and Pro
TEUs, and the Lord Of MisFule. and WYATT
SHoLLYCROSs.e for the ball would not have