The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22
A REAL CARNIVAL.

So we are to have a good old
fashioned carnival over again. The
people have so decided, and they have
said it after so much opposition, SO
many years of struggle and such re-
peated Weddings to objection that we
know how much they want it. 1t is
to be carnival of the old sort, with
a big ice palace and all the attendant
Festivities, and everybody in st. Paul
is to have good time, and everybody
out of st. Paul is to be invited to come
in and share it. The G | o e indorses
heartily and enthusiastically the ac-
ton of the carnival directors, and Of
fers them and the people behind them
every assistance in it's power in MAX
ing the carnival a big success.
We have deferred in the past to the
objections of those who feared and be-
lieved that the building of an ice palace
was inimical to the interests of the
city and the state by creating wrong
opinion of our winter climate. That
opposition, it must be confessed, has
grown weaker year by year, and, as
the grounds upon which it rests are
more carefully examined, they appear
to be less tenable. If there were any
such harm to be anticipated, then it
has been already done. There could
be no wider advertisement of the ice
palace feature than was given to it
during the three seasons when the
beautiful edif1ce stood for weeks in
Central park. There is probably not
one individual in the United States
whose opinion Of the winter climate of
Minnesota will be changed by the pro-
gramme for our winter sports this sea-
son. On the other hand, the express
sions Of regret that were heard on
every side last winter have convinced
us that there is a. stronger feeling in
favor of an ice palace in this city than
most people realize. The disappoint-
ment when the carnival association de-
cided last year to strike off the palace
nigh universal Experience proved that
without this central feature it is diff
ficult to arouse public enthusiasm
fully, or to make such a display as
will really attract 9 people to the
center where entertainment and sport
await them. Nothing can ever take the
place, as a spectacular feature, of the
magnificent scene of the storming Of
the ice palace, and no ingenuity can
devise any occasion about which an
equally gorgeous demonstration can be
made to center.
The greatest Improvement of all in
the plan for the present season is the
understanding that the ice pail
ace will be located somewhere
down town, probably on Rasp-
berry island There has never
been any other suitable place. Even
when Central park had not been laid
out and beautified, it was compare
lively out of the way for the tower,
ing edifice of crystal whose lights and
COIoTS OuSnI 10 DE visible DAY ana
night to every person coming into and
going out of 9 the city. To expect
success of \ F>.cagnival placed as
last years was, ina location where
it required street car ride to reach
it. is to look for. the impossible. Some
where on the l6wland along the river,
in full view of55eyerY train and within
easy reach of the central business dis
trict, is the place and the only place
for an ice palace, and Raspberry is
land seems to ANSWER best every re-
quirement of suitability If it be too
much to expect that our people will all
unite in forming clubs and marching
and merrymaking, as they did when
the carnival idea was an entire novelty,
we do believe that they will join with
great heartiness and unanimity in fur
nishing spectacle that the whole
Northwest will want to see and enjoy.
The carnival is go and a good thing
Now let US push it along.