The age-herald., 1897-11-18
The Host Magnificent Eyer Held in the
 United States.
REX BALL AT THE AUDITORIUM
Parades By Clubs and Societies, Comic Parade and Grand Trades Display VIII Consti- tute Some of tle Features
 nance Committee Working.

It will be the greatest, grandest and most gorgeous Mardl Gras celebration ever held in Birmingham.
 The committee on designs of the Car nfvaa society so decided at a meeting held yesterday afternoon in Turner hal on Third avenue.
 The entirs committee was present, with one exception, as was also Presi- dent Lesser, of the Carnival society.
 The meeting at once got down ito busi- mss, and the progra nlme of the celebra- tien was discussed in full. It was unanimously decided to have the electric parade, which will be made the leading feature, which win be made tll- leading adopted by the committee yesterday af- ternoon provide for the most elaborate celebration ever held in this citY, and the enthusiasm of the members ss an evidence that fit will be carried out to the letter.
 PROGRAMME.
 Thers will be four grand parades, the festivities to wind up with a grand Rex ball at the auditorium.
 IA sub- b-committee was appointed to get up sketches and specifications of each parade, and to report back to a mset- ing of the committee on designs at Tur- ner hall Wednesday afternoon at 3:S0 o'clock.
 A committee was also appointed to arrange tor the trades parade, which will be the finest ever held in the state. Every merchant and industrial company will be visited and enlisted in this feature of the celebration.
 The following is the programme as ar- ranged by the committed:
 ARRIVAL OF REX.
 The festivities will begin with the ar- rival of Rex Vulcan III at the union de- pot on the morning of February 21. His royal highness will be met by the recep tion committee of the Carnival society and will at once enter his state float and proceed to the city hall where the keys of the city will be delivered to him. He will then proceed to a point where the grand trades parade will form, and at the head of the procession he wili move xhrough the streets of the city greeting his loyal subjects en route. A grtand stand will be erected in front of Steiner Bros. bank an First avenue where the judges will review the parade and award prizes for the best displays.
 ELECTRIC PARADE.
 The great electrc parade will be held on the night of February 21 and will rival any display of the kind ever held in the United States. 1t will consist of about twelve floats representing the sub- jects of next years celebration, which will remain a secret until the night of the parade.
 The subjects are said to be the most elaborate ever attempted outside of New Orleans. The entire parade will be lighted with many thousand colored cleo trio lights, which will have a most dag zling effect The illustrations and de- tails of the first electric parade which was held in Cleveland, O., are in the hands of the committee and will serve as a basis of operation but new and start fling features will be added, which will make it the grtandest electric parade ever held.
 SOCIETIES. AND CLUBS.
 On the morning of the second day a. parade by the societies and clubs of the city will be held. Already a number of applications have been received. The utalian society will be represented by several floats, which will far excel in beauty their prize float of the 1897 cele- bration.
 Other societies will have floats in the parade, and the rivalry to outdo each other will result in a grand display
 COMIC PAiRADE.
 The afternoon of the second day will be given up to a comic parade by the Carnival society.
 This parade will consist of ludicrous and Imaginable representatives of every conceivable subject. The committee will also keep the subject of this parade secret, but it is said a surprise is in store for the people.
 REX BALL.
 The grand Rex ball on the night of Feb. 22, will bring the celebration to an end. The ball will be held in the Audi toriuGn. which will be completed in time and will be a fitting climax to the festiy-