The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-07

/ number, Keller .Bela's Hungarian
Overture" was, emphasized when the
band played Sousa's rarely inspiring
march, .'Stars and Stripes" The crowd
fairly climbed the rungs of the chairs
| and small boys sat on their fathers
shoulders that they might 'see the
band play" and watch Leader Graves
baton. Such an admiring and enthusi-
astic audience inspired the. band to do
it's very best. The Sousa march was
followed by a selection from that most
melodious of recent comic operas wiz
ard. of the Nilen Then came a sere-s
made by Moskowski, a selection from
can American Beauty" Lillian Rus
sells opera a medley by Sawmark, a
two step by Bratton, and an arrange
ment of the comic refrain, 'There'll be
a hot time in the old town tonight"
With such a fOrtuitous combination
of jolly pleasure seeking crowd, good
music and delightful weather, what
could be lacking to make the ocea-
SIGN memorable? 1t was divine night
for the lover. The man in the moon
rarely enjoyed the privilege of staring
at you with both eyes at once, for
f1eecy clouds f1oated across his coun-
tenance, ever and anon" as the story
writer's say Young couples embarked
in boats. and glided away from the
shore to listen to the music Fathers
and mothers took their children out on
the lake to see the fireworks. Thou
sands of people saw them from the
shore. There was no attempt to indulge
in an elaborate pyrotechnic display
The exhibition consisted entirely OF
rockets and Roman candles. The can
dies were set off not only from different
points around the, lake, but from boats
stationed at various places on the wa
ter The reflection of the pyrotechnic
display in the water beneath greatly
enhanced it's effect
The Venetian carnival" which it
was announced would be a feature of
the nights Spectacular programme,
could not be presented, owing to the
vigorous breeze that swept across the
lake. 1t was intended to equip a flotil-
la of row boats with Japanese lanterns
and to move them across the water
in procession, but the breeze was more
of a zephyr than the Japanese Ian
tern is accustomed to meet with, and
this picturesque feature was necessar-
ly omitted. The eastern shores of the
lake were Illuminated at two points
with brilliant red fire that cast ruddy
paths across the lake.
About the middle of the evening the
thousands of people who stood on the
form of the pavilion observed on the
opposite shore what looked like a pro-
cession Of lights. Along the lights
moved by tWoS and threes, passing the
Japanese lights that lined the boun-
dary of the lake. The moving lights
at first set the crowd to wondering,
but they soon guessed that they were
attached to bicycles. The bicycles,
several hundred in number, were rid
den by members of the White Flyer
Cycle club, Capital City club, Utopias
and other clubs. =
The showing made by the wheelmen ex-
eeeded the expectations of the most conserva-
tive members of the carnival committee. Not
only was there larger turnout than at any
similar parade held in st. Paul but the
unique decorations. odd costumes and devices
were what made it the most successful BIZ
cycle display seen in st. Paul. While many
of the wheelmen were content to polish up
their colored lenses,the majority of them spent
some pains in decorating their wheels. There
were all kinds of pleasing effects in bicycle
decorations The most striking feature of the
parade the showing made by the riders
of the White Flyers. They were costumed
in pure white suits to match their wheels
riding two abreast. with arms locked. They
made a fine showing. One of the noticeable
features of the parade was the number OF
ladies participating, IT would be difficult to
say just how many Of the fair sex Joined
their more sturdy companions in the parade
but they far exceed the number estimated
wheels were ridden by the men, the ladies'
exhibited the most unique effects in cos
tunes. There were a. number of up-to-date
twentieth century costumes worn by the
ladies. Many of the ladies rode with divided
skirts, others rode with bloomers, and there
was one costume in the, parade which showed
a marked departure from this years style in
ladies' bicycle costumes consisting Of a
blouse jacket and tight knickerbockers. Near
ly every tanderp in the city in the |
parade. The tandems afforded a better oppor-
tunity to decorate than the single wheels.
The cyclists formed at Sixth and Seventh |
streets proceeded down Sixth to st. Peter, |
thence to Fifth street. and then turned up
Fifth street to Pleasant avenue, out Pleasant |
to Oakland. out Oakland to Summit avenue, |
out Summit to Lexington and thence to- Como |
avenue. The, bicyclists expected to parade |
before the. pavilion. but owing to the pres
ence of large number of teams in that vi |
cinity this feature was abandoned.
Superintendent of Parks Nussbaumer who |
is accustomed to sizing up a crowd, estimat- |
ed that not less than $4,000 people visited |
Como park last night. Certainly such |
crush was never seen there before. They |
not only occupied every inch of space in the
pavilion, but the walks and roadways over