The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-05
Carnival Notes.

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| The reign of Queen Jean is over
Josh Davis was a circus all by himself.
/ The carnival king welded the scepter
in last nights parade.
! The Chinese had jubilee in Plum
alley all day yesterday.
| Meakin's mask looked like a doublet of
1 the time of Queen Anne.
Utah! We Love Theem That was
evidenced along the entire route of the
/ procession.
Mayor Glendinning has stepped into
Queen jeans shoes, and will run the city
for another year.
There were many bright things in the
carnival but J. Wash Young was the
star OF the whole outfit
No city in the world ever gave such a
show with less Of the Objectionable fea-
lures usually looked for.
Illustration yesterday that he was not too
old' TO run with the machine.
The fireworks all over the city were
very fine last night. Red fire rockets,
and roman candles set the streets ablaze
Cupid and Psyche" on the veteran
! firemens float, were represented by de-
seendants of the men who ran wild de
masheen.''
Mrs Harry Jennings was a perfect
Goddess of Liberty, and the young ladies
on her float were among the prettiest of
Salt Lake
c. NJ. Jackson of the battery n. G. u
received applause from start TO finish
and at the tribunes the press gang gave
him a royal welcome.
The Chinese dragon was great fea-
ture in yesterdays parade, creating a
big. sensation. 1t is beautifully finished,
and represents weeks of skillful labor.
More than one overloaded visitor took
a look at the wabbling dragon in the
light of the red fire last evening and ran
like a scared deer, feeling sure he had
'em
Miss Young, the sister of the goddess
who sat to her left, is the image of her
elder sister and it will not be long be-
fore she holds such a place in another
carnival.
Everyone has had the impression for
several days that there was beer to burn
in the parade, and were not surprised
last evening when the froth on Fishers
caught fire.
Chief Pratt and his officers, and Ser
geant Eslinger especially, are entitled 10
all praise for the manner in which they
handled the crowds and kept the crooks
from operating.
In California everyone masks carnival
night. That night in this city does not
get beyond the name It's dead Slow
was what commercial man said about
II p. M in the KnutSford last evening.
Chairman Rognon, of the executive COM
mittee, who had charge Of the fireworks,
exercised a bit of excellent foresight last
evening as a precautionary measure
against fire. Before the parade started
he had procured a supply of blankets
which he had soaked in water and had one
placed on each float, giving instructions
that in case the float caught fire the
blanket should be thrown over the ignited
portion Immediately to smother the
flames.
There were few sections in the entire
parade that commanded the same atten-
ton as the veteran firemen-the men who,
in the days gone by, with water and
muscle aimed to aid and worked TO
save" Among the men who walked in
yesterdays procession were those who
fought the fire fiend from the days OF
the rubber bucket and the brigade to
the time of the steam engine and the
aeriel ladder. Humble in station though
many of them may be, they are entitled
to the thanks of the millionaire property
owners in the days of the long ago. No
night was too cold no day was too warm,
no distance was too great-the old boys
got there. And so. in response to the
lusty cheers of the boys in red, given in
front of The Herald building yesterday,
this paper has to say: "All honor to the
Vets! Hats Off,
The leader of the Indian band is
David r. Hill, a full-blood Indian, and
not Mr.. Lennon, the principal of the
Indian school at Grand Junction, as err
roneously announced.
Surgeon-General Penrose and his
staff. consisting of Lieutenant-Colo
C. F. Wilcox, Major F. A. Meacham,
Captain w F. Beer and Lieutenant ].
A. Critchlow, accompanied the parade |
prepared to be OF service in an emer- |
gency Their carriage was designated |
by two red cross flags.