The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-11
DOWN TOWN CARNIVAL.
That During the State Fair VIII BE
Great.

That During the State Fair VIII He
Great.
The preparations for the carnival to
be coincident with state fair week
are progressing very rapidly and with
unexpected success. Present indica-
lions show that the week will eclipse
any such effort which has ever been
made by the people of st. Paul There
was a meeting of the committees at s
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
rooms of the Commercial club. George
r. Finch was chairman. There were
present: Gen. e. c.. Mason, A S. Tall
madge, Valentine Rothschild, w. w.
Cooley, D. Smith, F. w. Bergmeier, c.
w. Hall, o. L. Clausen and Mr.. Gray.
Chairman Smith, of the Venetian
carnival committee, reported that the
Thursday evening, Sept. 49, The whole
vicinity OF Lake Como will be made
as nearly garden of Eden as the hand
of man can do it. Everything else can
be seen. There will be 5000 Chinese
lanterns on, in and around the lake.
Any one who has ever tried to count
5000 stars, or 5000 bottles, or 5000
bubbles, will appreciate the magnitude
of 5000 lanterns. There will be all
kinds, colors, shapes and sizes. Some
will represent dragons, some men, some
balloons and some birds. They will be
strung everywhere There will not
be a drive or lovers lane in the whole
park which will not be Illuminated
with the lanterns. The candles in
them will be timed to burn for two
hours, and love-sick couples will be
warned accordingly.
But the great sight of the water car
nival will be the procession Of 100 row
boats. Each craft will be gotten up
in some fantastic shape. Dozens of
lights will be strung over each one.
Some will carry storage batteries with
which to throw search lights. Others
will carry colored fires Others will
carry loads of rockets and roman can
dies. In the center will be a large
float carrying the music. There will
also be bicycle parade.
Then there will be an 'upto-date"
night, which will probably come off
on Friday It will in reality be street
pageant of nations. 1t is expected
that all the nations of the earth will
be represented in costume, except pos
sibly one or two certain nations Of the
South seas, whose costumes it would
not be wise to duplicate in this North
ern climate after sunset. The parade
will be brilliant flow Of color and
mirth. There will be floats, secret So
cieties, burlesques and fun without end.
Each nights fun will eliminate in some
grand feature to be decided upon later.
The committees are figuring on several
which have not been seen in the West.
One of the most inspiring events of
the week will be the military pageant.
Gen. E. c. Mason, chairman Of the
committee having this in charge, re-
ported that the committee was plan
ming to have all Of the military forces
of the Twin Cities and from Fort
Smelling in line, as we'll as the G. A.
r. posts. 1t is proposed to make it a
very patriotic occasion as WE'LL One
of the propositions is to organize the
best singers among the veterans into
a grand marching chorus to sing battle
songs and national anthems while on
the move.
There will also be review and an
exhibition by the fire department, a
public reception of the strangers in
the city, and other features. No pains
will be spared to make it the best
carnival In the history of the city.