The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

OF all that is grotesque and weird and
| RIDICULOUS IN human nature, II stands I'M
p2ralleied. 1t was the longest procession
OF the fiesta, and abounded in pictured
| D11S and cartoons of every description,
| notably, however. political ones intended
70 lnlpr ess the minds of the masses with
sense OF the sublimely ridiculous pro
tecuoa' which would be afforded this
! country If il continued to coin only
! honest money Magnificent robes and
Spienolaly equipped steeds, belonging TO a
/ hlng MomuS, who saVored of BachuS,
anu MS m1nious heralded in court attire;
a Queen Thaiia who, with her maids of
nonof, might well have been just released
from The deep slumber which left the
| sleeping beauty perfection Of loveliness;
al conspirsd to render the spectator ut
seriE ohbvious OF time, place or century
| eIly, II seemed as If the vista of years
| had suddenly rolled backward and
plunged prnsaic humanity once again into
tue vortex of the age of romance
AND Afterward riotous laughter filled the
! ar, as every conceivable creation the
n1ang OF man has ever conjured or the
haDd OF artist depicted, appeared on the
seems and made Sixteenth street a Verit-
! 2oie f2nt3sIna of color and motion. For
a. few adults have once in a lifetime. was
inonhrea OK the day. Trlby and Pl.s-
! ella fitrted outrag eously with every
variety OF little Billee. logged out in
garments the Ike of which even Solomon
mad never dreamed Of and the merry
raskets Oh that street infected the sober
pedestrians ON the sidewalk with their
mir.h in go far as TO make the most dar-
ing Of innocent liberties permissible. Six
CLOCK with its published edict of baniSh-
rnent came all too soon and the merry
rnasRers are al looking forward to the
rare Did time they will have next year.
! a masquerade ball was given at Arlington
park Wednesday evening, which was but
. supplement &c the fast and furious fun
OF the afternoon
The third DAY Of the carnival, today is
Military day, and the city is filled with
troops from the United States forts the
Na1ionai Guard of Colorado. New Mexico
caSets from ali over the state. A parade
at 20 o'clock was the opening feature.
1t formed on four of the lower business
s'i eets and was headed by the marshal
OF the day, Colonel Henry c. Merriam.
BESIDES the excellent knowledge of mill
tsry TACTICS which the martial grandeur
or the scene afforded oniookerS, thought
o. Their value to q nation arose involun-
preston right and left. This thnu@ht
found vent also, in TIN cheers which
greeted an almost perfect Gre department.
dlspl5y LED by out-of-town fire ladies.
and brought up in the rear by the best
Denver has TO show. 1t is needless TO say
that q finer could hardly be shown. In
strong contrast to the tinsel finery of the
preceding parades, was the unique feature
Of the day, !. e., the Chinese exhibit,
brought here from San Francisco especial
" for the occasion. Silks and satins, and
gregated thousands Of dollars, were a
sight to feast the eye upon, in their gor-
geous richness of sheen and design. Ban
ners on this occasion were held aioft,
which. If read. might give quite an in
sight into Chinese character, for the in
scr,ptions on them are the history of a
people, condensed.
Last, but not least, on the programme
Of the grand entertainment which viii
forever remain a spoken monument of
DenVer'S greatness, was the grand parade
of the slaves of the silver serpent. and
its attendant ball at the Brown Palace
tonight. Not in all the annals of history
or adventure has such a monstrosity.
such a living body of lambert flame, ever
been chronicled. as was that which crept
along the street, covering in its hideous
CITATIONS nearly the length of a block.
The great silver serpent creature of
day, awakened into life in the morning
livion with the approach of midnight
Attended by its slaves, and spouting
str cams of fire from its dragon mouth, it
walked the streets. never hating until 1t
met its doom down in the cavernS of
night which mail Pluto as their dread
sovereign It is to Chinese fertility OF
invention that Denver is indebted for the
life cf this awful creature. but it was a
native Denverite who conceived its resus-
citation in such a complete form. Fifteen
floats followed in its wake, each being
heralded by a band Of music. For the
most part they were living pictures taken
the float .'Othello'' "Aladdin's Lamp"
Robinson Crusoe," and Flying Dutch
man" Some represented scenes from the
ideal world of song, Swanee River,
''Sinbad" and "Bogie Man" being among
the number An allegorical when Spring
Unlocks the Flowers was followed by
Down Went McGinty," and it was hard
telling which was best, both being perfec-
tons of scenic art, embodied on float
But when the Free Silver float passed the
grand stand the cheers which arose from
doubt as TO the American love for the
practical and good in life, as well as for
the beautiful. Cheer upon cheer filed the
air, until ii fairly Vibrated with the sound
OF human voices, and not woman left
her handkerchief unwaved as the scene
from the drama of a nation slowly wound
its way through the streets. Sixteen
immense silver dollars and one of gold
formed the side panels of this float, and
at its rear two marble columns supported
twin eagles with outspread wings perched
on two silver dollars. Uncle Sam stood
between. At the base of each column
fullneSs of renewed prosperity.
AT the ball in the Brown Palace only
the upper tendon of Denver was to be
seen, 1t being an entirely exclusive affair, |
limited to only a few hundred invitations.
Youth and beauty presided here. and when |
the queen for the ensuing year, Miss |
Bessie Jordon, was chosen the selection |
was marked by the extreme good taste !
which has characterized the entire fiesta
All the slaves of the silver serpent were |
present and their grotesque appearance !
served only to bring Fairyland, with its
Beauty and the Beast stories, nearer
than ever, as they passed in and out of |
the brilliantly lighted ball room, accom- |
panied by visions of loneliness in the |
shape of fair women, fiower-crowned and |
wreathed in the halo of perfection which |
only beauty can bring with it.
But it is all over now-it is midnight |
and tomorrow Denver will go to work |
again. ALIX J. MULLER.