Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-19

old boy as well as the young boy, for the old girl as well as the young girl They
 were all in it. from early dawn yesterday
 to early dawn today The crowds on the streets, which wait ed patiently and good naturedly for the | moving of the procession, was immense. | There were at times no less than 15,000 | people close about the intersection of | First avenue and Twentieth street, and | 1t was no easy matter during several | hours for one to make his way through l the thick throngs that pressed from the | sidewalk out into the thoroughfare, | strainng for glimpse of the coming pageant. -.
 All the suburban towns poured their population into the mother city's lap early in the forenoon, and incoming | trains from all directions continually swelled the multitude until past noon. | The gate keeper at the union passenger | station said it was the greatest number l of visitors to Birmingham that ever passed through in one day. Order of March. l. Chief of police with twelve mounted full dress uniformed police, each having club ornamented with ribbons of the mardi gras colors. viz: purple, yellow | and green.
 2. Grand marshal with two couriers, | followed by full quota of masked uni l formed aides-de-cam also down the
 
 tance apart, were aides-de-camp. Then followed as numbered the sec | tions given below at 50 feet intervals. | 3. Brass band music No. 1, Chace. 4. The executive committed of the | mardi gras carnival, without masks, in | four carriages, which were drawn 20 | feet apart. 5. Mayor and aldermen in four car l riages drawn with space of 20 feet | apart.
 G. Maj E. L. Higdon in charge of Bir- mingham battalion, with several compa- | nies of Second regiment, Alabama state | troops.
 '. Col Jesse B. Wadsworth in com
 mand of the detaehmentSof the Uniform | Rank. Knights qS Pythias of the First | regiment of Alabama, with Col. Samuel Rand and staff
 8. Brass band music No. ?, Schwend. S g. Then came his majesty. Rex Vulcan | I, and attendants on floats 40 feet apart. 10. Two princes in carriages. ~ E | II. Float-Subject. "Blue Beard" . | 12 Two princes in carriages. 4e4ad B. Float-Subject, "Old King Colet' | IA. Two princes in carriages. aS< | 15 Float-Subject, Jack and Gill ns n 16. Two princes in carriages. a | IT. Float-Subject, "Humpty Dumpty.t | 1S Two princes in carriages. D 19. Float-"Subject, Mary and Her | Lamb" ,t
 20 Two princes in carriages. IT n 21. Float-Subject. Cinderella" 'n l 22 Two princes in carriages ' sf 23 Float-Subject. -Four and Twenty | Blackbirds. | 24 Two princes in carriages. As 4 | 25. Float, German, Turnverein-Subject. | "Orgin of Birmingham Carnival" ts D a | 26 Two princes in carriages. l. ufr | 27. Float of B. P. O. Elks-Subject. 1 "The Elk in Rocky Mountain Scene" | 2S Two princes in carriages. So- | 29 Float of Birmingham Athletic club Subject, Samson Destroying the Tenn | pie" 9's -' a'
 30, Two princes in carriages. 31. Float of Italian society-Subject. l "Columbus Aboard the Santa Maria" 32 Two princes in carriages. l 33, Float of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb l Subject Uncle Sam and John Bull" 34, Two princes in carriages. S5; Float of Trades' council-subject, | "Commissary Store" 36. Two princes. in carriages. I 37. Float of'S Loufs Saks-Subjects, "Atfam and Eve in the Garden of Eden '' 3S. Float of Caheen Bros.-Subject, ''The Bearers of Bad News"