The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-09-18
FALL FESTIVITIES At ST. LOUIS.
September 9th to October
oath 1896.
A Grand Continuous Reign of Mlrth.
Melody and Mystery.

The committee having in charge the
st. Louis Fall Festivities, which have
contributed so much to the pleasures
of the good people of the Mississippi
Valley. as well AS those residing IN adj
lacent states. again announces its pro-
gramme covering the nineteenth an
nual season of mi.th, melody and mys-
terry. After voluminous correspon-
dence, carried on with the aid of Tn
Gle Sans postal service and mysteri-
Gus messengers from foreign lands, it
was decided that all the novelties of
the world, including the queens of
song, Kings of humor, princes of melo-
DIV and wise-dcreS of mystery. could by
land. water and aerial flight, reach st.
Louis September 9th, 1896, and take
their places on her carnival stage
where no curtain will drop between
the tWilights of September 9th and
October 9th.
The first attraction announced on
the programme of gilt is the opening
of the Thirteenth Annual st. Louis Ex-
position, which thows its doors open
to the public September 9th, and for
forty days and nights, until October
oath, will be the home for all wishing
to be delighted with its magnificent
displays and enraptured by the strains
of Gilmore's and Innes' Peerless
Bands.
The master of ceremonies next an
nounces our newly discovered but
highly esteemed friend. King Hotu,
Supreme high chief of the Funny Eel
lows. The jolly king with his band of
humorous chaps will entertain the
young and old on Saturday afternoon,
October Sd, by mirtll-prOvoking pa
rade through the decorated thorough
fares of the city. Act No. 3 on the
programme of gold will be delineated
by the st Louis Fair Association
through its Thirty-sixth Annual Ex-
hibition. The stage for this event
will be set on the morning of Mon
day, October 5th, and will not be dis
turbed until Saturday, October 10Th,
when the curtain drops on pleasing
! feature at st. Louis Carnival. A
blaze of light athwart the daIkened
! Eastern skies, strange creatures of in
conceivable forms darling to and fro
in the heavens and weird sounds on
discordant tom-t0ms waited OF the
breeZes from the seas announce on the
cNCiiiiiS vi LuCSudy. OEtODtl OtIl. tlF
approach of mysterious cayalcade of
beings from another sphere. As this
mighty army settles on the streets OF
st. Louis for triumphant march
through its avenues of wealth and
beauty, his august highness, the
Mightlest of the Mighty, the astute
Yelled Prophet, is seen in its van
robed in purple and gold and carrying
a wand charged with the powers OF
magic In order that the season of
carnival be highly successful. his high.
ness, the Yelled Prophet, King H0tu
and couriers from the Fair Association
and St. Lonis Exposition have issued
an edlct ordering the Missouri Pacific
railway and Iron Mountain Route to
sell tickets to st. Louis and return al
greatly reduced rates from all points
on their lines. Complying in full Will
the edict of such notables. the manage
ment of these lines will place the
above mentioned rates in effect. FoI
full particulars and copy Of programme
giving attractions in detail call on To-
cal agent. or address III. G. Townsend
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
st. Louis, Mo.