St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-27
SYSTEMATIC AND ELABORATE
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE
FOR FAIR WEEK.
A GRAND STREET PAGEANT
FOR FOUR EVENINGS OF THO
WEEk-MILITARY AND CAR
NIVAL PARADES,
THE BRILLIANT ILLUMINATIONS
The Scope of the Magnificent Div
plays Outlined at the Meet
ing Yesterday.

Tuesday Nig'ht-Bicycle parade, In
join. ~
~ Wednesday and Thursday Nights
10 be devoted to grand military and
nremen'S paradeS.
FRIDAY Night-Wonderfu street oar
nlVal and return of the merry revelries
Of lce-palace days.
This years bountiful harvest in
the Northwest, the return of peace
and plenty after the many dark DAYS
OF the past two years will be the oc-
casion of great rejoicing by the citi-
zens of st. Paul during the week of
the fa1r. The vast yield in the wheat
helds, the remarkable DEVELOPMENT
OF the crops in Minnesota and the
two DakotaS, the resources and di-
versified products, will be Appropriate
ly displayed and advertised during
that week, so that all who come
may read and see that the North
west may be properly termed the
modern garden of the gods.
Again the streets will be turned
into theaters, and the carnival will
hold sway from dawn till dewey
eve. The thoroughfares will be dec
GRATED. The residences and busi-
ness houses will be lined with flags
and fanciful emblems of the wheat
fields. The great domes and other
designs which contributed so much
10 the brllliancy of the streets dur
ing ice palace times will be resiIr-
rected, and the nights of fair week
Will witness scenes of noisy revelry
| not only authorized by the law but
participated in by the leading nier-
chants and business men of the
city of ST. Paul.
Into the hands of the German citi-
zens, who know so we'll how to ar
range such things, the arrangement
OF the street carnival will be given,
| and thousands of grotesque mask
ers will dance and run and ride
through the illuminated avenues and
business streets. The military, both
government and civil, will be called
to arms from all directions, and
join in the grand street pageant
which will be one of the distinct
features of the week. The, civic and
secret societies will be called upon
to mass and join in the festivities
by appearing on the streets in re-
gala and lend a helping hand to
make this one of the most successful
or modern merry makingS. For it
will be merry-making in every
sense of the word, while serving
the practical purpose of advertising
the Northwest and calling attention
to the fact that the people of the
SANITY City are grateful for the
abundance which kind Providence
has seen fit to bestow upon them.
So that everybody is expected to
turn out and make this an occasion
long to be remembered. 1t is the
dawn of a new era of prosperity in
the Northwest, a season of plenty
and a season of most auspicious
promise. The cyclists are not to
be forgotten. On one of the nights
in the week, with gaily decorated
and lanterned wheels, they will ap-
pear by the hundreds and parade
through line of march to be espe-
of the people may see. A call will
be issued to every owner of a wheel
to take part in this unique parade,
and no limit is placed on the ex-
tent of the decorations for the
wheelmen. So that while the day is
put in at the fair in seeing the Won
derful products of the state and the
Northwest, the visitor may rest as
sured that he will be abundantly
cared for at night, for every night
will be night of revelry and the
good old days of the ice palace and
carnival will be brought back vivid
ly to mind.
There is talk of building a wheat
palace to signalize the return of
plenty in the bread basket of the
world but in all probability the
auditorium or some existing building
will be covered with grains and
sheaves of wheat and flowers and
flags and other stuffs from the farms
of Minnesota, these decorations to be
taken direct from the farm lands
and SO arranged as to display to
advantage the wonderful results Of
diversified farming in the Northwest.
The projectors of the idea are hearty
in their efforts to arouse sentiment in
favor of the palace, and doubtless it
will be well under way with a week.
The merchants of Sixth and Sew
enth streets have been holding meet
ings for several weeks, and with
out exception they have agreed to
indulge in illumination along the
streets named to the extent Of
thousands of incandescent electric
lights, and these in connection with
the illumination furnished by the cit
liens will present picture that will
not soon be forgotten by visitor or
resident.
All this was thoroughly talked over
and arranged at the Commercial club
yesterday at a meeting of the general
committee on fair week festivities. Tho
meeting was large one, and President
Footner presided. Present for the JOBS
bers' union were George r. Finch, r,
A. Kirk, Richards Gordon and J. w,
Cooper; the Commercial club by Presi-
|. dent Footner and Messrs. Bowlby, Of
the Boston, Smith and McNair; Sew
enth street by Messrs. Joseph Elsing-
er, of the Golden Rule; H. M. Fagley,
of Browning, King. & Co.; Frank w.
Huber, of the California Wine house;
DR.. w. j. Hurd, the King Bee Den
tist; G. E. Lehman, of the Plymouth
Clothing house; F. G. Hoffman, w. B.
Greening and representatives from the
st. Paul Dry Goods company, Yerxa
Bios and other firms; the state fair
by Secretary Randall, and for the