St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-14
vIyAL OF FORMER CAR
NIVALS.
FLAMBEAUS TO BE REVIVED.
MILITIA MEN AND SCHUNEMAN 6
EVANS, CLUB MADE ROME
HOWL AT NIGHT.
RED IN HONOR OF EUsTIs, KING
wholesaler. to Have Tephisto-
phelean AEgregation-Ice and
Fort Plans Enlarged.

The spirit of 1886 and 1887 pervaded
carnival headquarters last night, when
the Schuneman & Evans club, nearly
| 100 strong, filed into the spacious rooms
preceded by the drummers and fifers,
and listened to a number of enthusi-
astic speeches complimenting them
upon the fine appearance made by the
| tasty uniforms, and excellent march
ing The principal streets had been
marched on, and the club was to listen
to speeches by several of the officers
Of the association. Secretary John Ry-
der made a felicitous address to the
club. congratulating them upon their
good showing, and incidentally placed
the headquarters at their disposal
Brief speeches were made by Messrs.
Tudor and Tousley, of the club, and
Bradford, who spoke for the Mime
haha Skating club, some of whose
members were present. The remarks
made during the evening were fire.
quently interrupted b. applause, the
calls of the club and the footing of
| horns and the beating of drums. The
club promised to turn out it's full COM
plement for the big parade Friday
night.
The National Guard Carnival club
was given a great big impetus at the
armory when rouSing meeting of the
| guardsmen was held, at which it was
enthusiastically decided to adopt the
costume and good will Of the famous
F'lambeau club, which took sucn a
prominent part in the carnivals gone
by, and many of the members of which
were national guardsmen
At the gathering last night, at which
Companies c, D, e, Ii, Battery A and
Company E, Of Merriam Park, were
represented, John Ryder, the energetic
secretary Of the carnival association,
stirred the soldiers by relating the
plans already made for the success of
the carnival, and without an effort a
membership of 100 was secured. and
the uniforms ordered so as to be ready
for the general parade OF clubs which
will take place Friday night.
The Flambeau costume as is gen
orally known, consists of red, and at
night, with the torches burning, pre-
sents thoroughly effective appear
ance.
|
Ihere VIII be general meeting of
the National Guard club this evening.
when number of details will be ar
ranged. All members Of the guard or
ex-members, or members of the old
F'lambeau club who wish to take part
IN the clubs festivities this winter are
urgently asked to represent TX
The
tatlng the formation of a carnival club
IN the wholesale district expect a large
turnout tonight at carnival haaduuar-
| tiers. The meeting will be called to
| order at o'clock, and within an hour
1t is expected to have an Organization
formed which will enroll $50 to 200 men
curing the week. This is not an unwar-
tanIeo expectation when it is recalled
! that several of the large houses in the
wholesale district turned out clubs
over 100 strong in previous carnivaIs.
ana these clubs were leaders in the
carn1Vals at every stage. Therefore
the carnival officers are building high
hopes on the wholesalers club. It is
sate to announce that interested vet
Grams IKE George r. Finch will be
! present at tonight's meeting to en-
courage the boys by their moral sup
port, just as they have ALWAYS CON
trlouted literally of their means to
push the carnivals of the past. and
| the present one as we'll Mr.. Finch
| VIII preside at tonight's meeting. lust
TO snow the youngsters how to push
soou tnlng along In an Informal
way, committee has been consider
Ing the question of uniform. and will
advocate bright red, with appro-
pirate trimmings, as a graceful firth
ute to the Minneapolis representative
Fire King Eustis.
There is considerable speculation be-
ing ihuulged In by the members of the
various carnival clubs as to the iden-
tlty OF the carnival queen. whom II
was announced last night had heen
CHOSEN by Borealis Rex Flandrau. Her
name will probably be given in the
onc1al pronunciamento which is ex.
day. Jun
The Minnehaha Skating club held o
orlef business meeting last night. when
hanCfu or members of both sexes
was added to the clubs roster and q
schedule Of the weeks engagements
made up. After the meeting the Nom
oers visited with the members of the
Schuneman & Evans club in carnival
neaoquarters. The Minhehaha costume
is exceedingly pretty, and the presence
OF several members of the softer sex
last night served to add to the beauty
and dignity of the occasion
The Boston club will parade this
evening on the downtown streets
headed by the carnival fife and drum
ccrps,and tomorrow evening the Mime.
hahas and the Lafayettes VIII have g
Skating party at Aurora park.
The members of the executive com.
mlttee of the carnival association me-
yesterday and ordered their uniforms
which will be unusually attractive
Ihey will consist of white blanket fan
mel, with rich blue trimmings, consist
ing OF topue, stockings and scarfs.
The committee decided to build E
more beautiful and substantial BLOCK
mousse than at first projected, an6
plans to that end will be made immedi
ately at considerably increased ex
pense.
The committee will meet early this
week when it will be decided whether
or not the big parade arranged for Fri
day will visit Minneapolis. Big plans
are being made for this parade, an6
heading it will be the directors in theil
brand new uniforms
n lNr Il.