Birmingham state herald., 1897-03-04

rell presented most pleasing picture. and she wore her honors with grace and dignity.
 The allegorical floats in the two night parades were, as predicted, beautiful of design and workmaiship and attracted Tmgch laatts.enti92nn ena stought f2Eth, u.szs7 ited praise. The subjects. new and wzlf chosen, were of an order to make much of and the opportunity was not wasted. The committee on designs of the Carnival Society had many contributions to sslaet from, and in chosing the ones presented they did we'll N #
 After having ssttled upon the designs for floats another arduous task presented itself, that of costumes for the characters on the floats. This problem was easily solved and the selections were nos only gorgeous, but beautiful in their app7o- priatensss. The committee did well.
 
 The executive board had I monumental task assigned them and realizing this, went to work with will and surmounsed obstacle after obstacle until the finish. so successful in every detail was reach d. The president of the society, the other officers and committeeman are entitled to the high st praise.
 The trades display was a credit to the merchants and business interests and that they were and will b. amply repaid cannot be disputed. Some of the mer- chants failed to make displays and com mentS were heard yesterday regarding thsir refusal to participate. Of course, it was optional with them as no com pulsion has ever been suggested in the matt=r
 
 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, in presenting to view a float without mark or sign to indicate from whence it came, showed magnaninous spirit. The float refer red to was that of Cupid, in the first night r. olNt ny1 and the workmanship, largely creditahle to MT. Sam Moses, was of high order. When 1t became generally known who the contributors of the float were, it was evident that their praise was far greater than had they paraded their name in large letters.
 Twas a pity, indeed, that the decidedly beautiful float contributed by the Italian American citizens was destroyed on Tuesday night shortly after turning into Twentieth street at Sixth avenue, be- fore being seen by the countless thous- ands along the line of march, as 1t was beyond question the finest effort of them all So perfect in every particular was it that the committee on awards prompt- ly awarded it the first prize. The Italian Americans of Birmingham are enterpris- ing and, as far as able to do so, willing to lend their assistance in any under taking for the advancement of the city's interests. One float which unfortunately failed of mention in the trades display, was that of the Page Woven Wire renee company, Adrian, Mich. This company has made Birmingham the distributing point for their wares for five southern states. The float was twenty feet long and eight feet wide. It represented park enclosure, sub-divided into cages, as it were, in which were to be seen lt,,oo oorf1i peapnpL stately stag and innumerable rabbits, all seemingly con tent with their surroundings. The manu- factured products were well displayed upon the float. As a whole, it was neat design and won much admiration. Who could have managed such monster parades as were witnessed during the two days fete more admirably than dfd Grand Marshall F. J. McCrossin? So well did he have his aides disciplined that once the order forward march" was given not a hitch occurred to make them a success. His was a monster task, but he carried it out perfectly.
 Another severe task was that imposed upon MT. Peter Houppert as master of ceremonies of Rex ball. Pete" as he is famiharly known to all. had, to use common expression, "his hands full," and it required much patience upon the part of himself and his efficient committee to carry out the programme to the satisfac- tion of all. It was done, however. and MT. Houppert and his aides deserve great credit
 The German court was an attraction in the several parades which evoked much favorable comment. The costumes were perfect and the makeup of the sev- eral gentlemen showed great skill.
 It would be unjust to them to omit word of praise for the leaders of the sew eral bands of music and the individual members. The music was well-selected, admirably rendered and greatly enjoyed, being a great addition to the parades. Then, too, the admirably we'll selected music rendered exquisitely by Grambs' orchestra at the Rex ball is worthy of mention.
 All honor to the military, and special honor to the Capital City guards, of Att lanta.
 The mfngham Packing company are entitled to great credit for their contribu- tion of "Beouf Gras." The float was beautiful in appropriateness and the ma ssive beef commemorative of the oc- casion was a noble animal to look upon.