The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-26
THE SHRINERS.
They Owned Providence Yesterday
and Can Again at Any Time.


trian camel with two humps ana the oroi-
nary Arabian camei with one hump.
Both kinds have been seen In hhode is
land recently, and there Is q legend OF
strange and mysterious tribe OF men
OF Providence that camel whlcn
changed during the watches OF the night.
1t walked through the city streets with
the throng of mobiles, and the populace ex-
claimed see that hump! But on the even
ing OF the same day at place some
what remote from the city's marts therc
were those in the goodly company VINO So
exclaimed, see those humps, and IT was the
same beast Of burthen, and such was
called call RACHEL % that the members OF the
Palestine Temple Ancient Arabic Order
MOBILES OF the Mystic Shrine gave 10 the
city OF Providence for the park menagerie
on the evening Of June 25, 1894. That's
yesterday.
For the purpose OF spreading upon the
records or merely for next morning refer
ence, here are the following details
At Providence Opera House yesterday
the order held its secret meeting for the
initiation of IS new Shriners and the de-
interior of the big theater looked
more like desert than IL
has on some OF the nights
in hard times season when poor show
was on the boards. Illustrious Potentate
George l.. Shepley welcomed he novtiate
after lesser beings had unfolded for them
the mysteries. A. l.. Anthony, past
sented with a set OF the jewelied
emblems and then the company was ready
for public inspection, with the exception
of one or two who had been out In tho
worst OF the sand shower and were oe-
layed in removing the atoms OF sahara
S-- l. L~s IN In, a md
The Street Parade.
The street parade was something well
worth seeing. IL was odd, and just as Al.
tractive as II was odd. Hedly's National
Band led the march, and behind the mu-
sicians came tho Ing line OF Shriners,
marching four abreast, each in full dress
and wearing the fez. 1t was great display
of good looking men and spotless linen.
Rachel ambled along half way down the
line, gorgeously decorated with the
appropriate trappings and led by
w. Dennis was chief marshal md the
assistants were George +. Weaver, L. ii.
| Tilling hast, William Otis, DR.. Byron
Whitford, Andrew B. Eddy and WS',am
| Harvey.
AT so'clock the line divided into two
parts, the shriners and their guests anc
the drummers and trumpeters and he ol
Roger Williams Park and Rache
kept right on walking for th'
came destination with her in,
terror system OF natural filtration anc
water supply in perfect order Tor tns
| Journey. Ii is not true that all the Watel
was in the camel.
At the Park.
At the park everything was beautifully
informal. Seven hundred Shriners and
lot more who would have giver
worlds IL they had been Shrin'
ers instead OF ordinary guesti
went into mammoth tent and put out o
sight mammoth supply of things goot
To eat. AT one side was the oasis ane
everybody found it. The sand was rea
and so was the lemonade tha
was dished out of the many bowl
into score of waiting glasse
per second. Hedly's Band was at ths
other end Of the tent, but not so far ava,
that it was necessary to get out OF tn
oasis to hear the music which was con
quantity. There Is no fun equa
to dancing the skirt dane
in concert en- the green sward. Dur
ing the festivities there was rumor that
the official part of the program
had been carried out, that tw'
speeches had been made and tina
Rachel, the patient thing, had beel
Commissioners. George II. Burnham, on
of the chiefest Of the mystic chiefs, ha'
stood on chair and was seen to make
oratorical gestures, and thos.
near enough to touch the chat
said that pleasant words and wise word
fell from his lips; hearsay has it that MI
Richard Deming, chairman OF the parl
commissioners, did the same thing late
on, and these reports are, undoubtedly
true, for the following bit o
valuable evidence may be placed II
defence Of the theory; all the spokel
words were not unheeded and pupil II
stenography practicing his art, said tha
he could make this much out OF his re
port of Mr.. Burnham's address: - =
the honor to place In - custod
the camel Rachel, genuin
- OF the desert, as tn
- Of Palestine Temple to Roger -
Park. And the same persistent shor
hand man said that Mr.. Deming said
On behalf of the - OF Providence
- your generous gifts. 1t is q timel
, for the numerous wild -
in the menagerie - - companion
gratefully - the gift and - yo