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

lEF OeAebrnI1oH FOR Herald Readers.
~ DENVER, Oct. S.--With a mock Queen
ITALIA, mock Lord High Mayor. and an
exceedingly mock lot of Doodle aldermen
Denver has for the past three days been
held In sway by the jolliest, most gayly
Il eckiess government which ever existed
5 outside of Fairyland. And its people to-
gether with the hundred thousand tourists
fvho have assembled from all parts OF
he country &c assist in The celebration of
he second Festival Of Mountain and
'iain. have taken full advantage of the
sitnadon by turning out en- masse and
- aking wholesale holiday For the time
S2eing business to q great extent has been
81 .telally SUSPENDED, and the entire city
rom capitol hill 10 the Highlands, looms
ap IN an unequaled array of splendor
@spanncu by countless chains of incan-
$5t1escent lights. Sixteenth street began its
snare OF the festivities as early as Mon
LAY evening, ana was thronged with sight
seers, ali eagerly anticipating the golden
lays OF joyous forgetfuiness and abandon
store for The populace.
M The carnival colors this year are gleam-
81 Dg white and bright. yellow-silver and
ycsd--and they waved from every roof and
pinnacle in great streamers OF bunting,
smblazoned with gigantic inscriptions of
IL q 4. Large Banners of the star
H spa1gled kind we are all so fond of, also
& ormed an important part Of the roof
s=lecorarlOn. Ia store windows and along
Tie entire fronts of the tall buildings on
sixteenth street, the beautiful folds Of
color, emphatic of the coming struggle
Z for the prosperity or ruin of q country
relgD supreme, draped in all the forms Of
ate artistic vagaries and ideas. Patriot
81 SIN abounds here in the Queen City for
.&there are bat few Denverites on the
*Estreet today who are minus a gorgeous
$sSnot of ribbon. invariably yellow and
aSwhite, small boutoniere or a huge paper
Edower of the genus chrysanthemum or
- ilnflower. The latter are carried by the
&dozens both boys and girls. and men and
.5wcmen, wearing such wall flower exhibits
ms would adorn the covers of any num-
cer OF yellow books.
AT the union depot Monday night the
#croEd filled every niche of space in its
#lncessant march toward the hotels and
lodging houses of the city, all of which
#are reported crowded to their utmost ca
@pacity 1t is seldom that so many marked
8rypes OF an old and a new civilization
ware found congregated at q. state, or even
r. naucnai eNninlt, aS are to be seen in
8the streets OF Denver at this time of roll
4iicking festivity. The pioneers from their
#homes on the Cnce desert Colorado plains
@and the dark-skinned cliffdwellers from
54soldierS on foot and horseback, and cos
#mopolitan civilians from all parts of the
sglobe; all are here. even to the rich robed
Il celestial who. in strong contrast 10 his
#yond the shores of his native land. And
Zone and all are having "A nigh old time"
&of it, too, They can't help themselves,
Efor old King Momus rules now, and
laugh and grow fat is the order of the
day. For three days the dismal words
hard times were sentenced to Danish
4ment into that Oblivion which, it is to be
hoped, viii soon engulf them completely
Promptly a ] O'Clock on Tuesday the
v loud report OF g cannon announced the
1fact that the Festival of Mountain and
n al 1n clio -,g1 for.
starting the pageant of progress filed into
line. winding around and through all of
the principal streets until it reached the
City park, where a halt was called. The
grand stand is stationed at the corner of
Broadway and Eighteenth streets, and
4 it was on its lower tier of seats that King
Momns. by courtesy, Argentum Aurum
Y Lord Mayer Of Denver, in mock reality
sat surrounded by his court waiting for
the approach Of the queen, and the sub
5ects whose floats were to do him homage.
And homage, such any sovereign might
be proud of. was well made manifest by
the gorgeonsly magnificent array of floats
contributed by tie merchants of Denver.
The queen. Miss Blanche Wright, one
of Denver's most beautiful daughters, oc-
Ecurted a veritabe palace on wheels, seated
on &. throne in full keeping with the
par ed by sixteen maids of honor. repre-
senst1g the counties OF Colorado living
exesn plification of red-hot figures which
stir the hearts of men when they read
and worship when enshrined in so much
beauty.
OF floats and charots, and flower decked
carriages, drawn by gayly caparisoned
by lines of cavalry and mounted police
and enlivened by at least twenty bands
of music, there seemed no end, and the
shadows of evening had well nigh en-
wrapped the city before the last cadence
had died away.
The Pueblo fire dance attracted a dense
A.
park in the evening. and although lacking
The wild aninius which characte-izes the
genuine article, and which is rarely
feature OF a public exhibition, the dis
play was very attractive from Weird and
fantastic point of view. 1t was hard to
realize, however, later on, down on Six
teenth street that the entire population of
Denver could be aught but there, for from
the beginning TO the end of the IL
Illuminated portion, the thorougiesre
was ore vast sea of faces, a mae--
seemed almost impossible to effect a
safe landing Good humor and noise pre-
vailed everywhere. and laughter and tin
horns footing seemed to be having q hard
struggle for victory. All the small boys
and the big ones, too. for that matter,
were out in full force. and an amusing
feature Of their marches up and down the
street was that where at first only 4
bakers dozen participated, the number
grew with every step until at last it at
tanned the size of a miniature battalion,
armed with every cOncelVahte implement
of torture in the shape of horns and tin
cans. and drums and dishpans." Bands
were stationed at every corner from
Broadway down to LariTner street and as
the boys had CONE 10 the city from the
smaller towns and villages fully equipped
for the occasion, and in splendid training.
the bulk Of the music was exceptionally
fine The roof of every trolley car was
,yeilnigh covered with a network of red
and green jets, and moving, amid the
accompaniment of regimental music, they
presented one Of the luridly beautiful
sights which live in i memory forever.
"A three DAYS Fourth of July one might
well call the Festival of Mountain and
Plain. except rs it surpassed in boundiess
measure, any celebration of the glorious
Fourth which late years have witnessed
One of the most unique attractions of
the carnival was the band concert which
took place in front of the grand stand
"Wednesday morning. Twenty-Five or
chestras playing the same selection in one
5ninitesiD,al sweep of harmony, afforded
a musical treat which quite battles the
power Of description. The Colorado Mid
land boys came out ahead and proudly
carried their prize banner on every posi-
BILE occasion after. Clad in the huckslxin
garb of the Sioux brave and feathered in
up-to-date fashion. they formed quite a
feature in the jambouree," and their
award of merit met with unanimous
cheering from the crowd assembled.
Official calculation places the number
of souls in Denver at the present time
as high as 250.000, and that morning per-
1.aps one-third of this number had gather
ed in the City park enjoying the lIixUr-
lance Of its gayly decked promenades and
watching the dancing and running of the
Indian warriors on the race track Even
a balloon ascension and parachute jump
had little power to divert the attention
of those spectators who were engrossed
in the maneuvres of the ever interesting
red man.
men and women are but over-groyn
children. after all; care-worn, world