The Portland daily press., 1897-08-26
The Annual Carnival An Event Of
Exceeding Interest.
RIVAL HOTELS REPRESENTED By
GAILY DECORATED COACHES.
New England's Lone Democratic Congress
man, MIR, Fitzgerald of Massachusetts.
Heads the Parade-The Redberry GluD
of Boston Takes a Conspicuous Part In
Festivities.

of Boston Takes a Conspicuous Fart IN
Festivities.
lSPECIAL TC THE PREsS.1
| Old Orchard. August 25.-Old Orchard
tried as an experiment at the close OF last
season coaching parade, and the So
| journers there and the citizens OF the ad-
joining country took so kindly to 1T that
| its projectors made up their minds to try
it again every year. The present season
came very near drawing to a close with
out seeing fulfllment of that resolve.
but at the eleventh hour the hotel people
and the towns people rallied and their
production is entitled to go down in the
books as the prettiest spectacle Old Or
| chard ever saw.
1t was feared yesterdays forced post
ponement of the chief feature of the carni-
val would put damper on proceedings,
but on the contrary 1t gave the time
needed to get several of the best coaches
| into more presentable shape than would
have been possible yesterday, even
had the weather been fair.
| 1t was brilliant pageant that twas wit
messed by the thousands Of visitors who
thronged the railroad square and con-
| tiguous thoroughfares for about two
hours Every one of the larger hotels was
represented in the parade, and there were
numerous private vehicles, floats and ad-
vertising wagons in line.
| Congressman John F. Fitzgerald of the
Ninth Massachusetts district, who is
spending the summer with his family at
| the Old Orchard house, was chief mar
shaI Of the parade, and he was surrounded
by staff of prominent Boston, Lowell
the sinew OF the Redberry club, Massa-
chusetts organization that every summer
helps to keep things moving here. Two
members Of his staff, being unable to
procure horses to their liking, chartered
the elephant from the Zoo, which made
the overland trip from Righy on the
closing day of the New England fair, and
they made a circuit of the streets astride
his expansive back. The memb bers of the
staff all wore blue coats, duck trousers
Il and white caps bearing in monogram the
letters R. c." ~. s4
At the drawing for places Hotel Aldine
was in luck. Its coach, an old timer,
gorgeously decorated in pink and white,
headed. the list. Next came the Hotel
Fiske display, q barge, elaborately
decorated with white and yellow cheese
cloth and trimmed with roses, ribbons
and golden rod. 1t was drawn by eight
gray horses, and its seats were occupied
by twenty of the handomest ladies among
the Fiske guests. A pony team and a
three seated surry, the latter decorated in
pink and green, and occupied by Sea
Shore bellies, represented that popular
hotel in the parade.
| Next came the Hotel Everett coach, q
tally-h sumptuously bedecked and laden
with pretty girls in striking costumes.
The Portland Railroad company's eight
handsome grays furnished the motive
power for this turnout. The Lawrence
| blackboard was decorated in the national
colors, and the Irving house blackboard in
green and pink, the ladies in the latter
vehicle all wearing costumes made
|
branch of the Young Ladies' Charitable
| association had an attractive blackboard
display, and behind it came the Cleaves
house blackboard, resplendent in green,
pink and yellow.
| Among the most attractive private
bitches were those occupied by parties
| from the Old Orchard house and Sea
Shore, and Mr.. D. f. Sullivan's trap.
Mr.. Sullivan had utilized many natural
flowers in the decoration of his vehicle,
and the effect was very pretty. Pony
teams, hayrack filled with school chill
dren, a blackboard filed with children
from the Montreal house, private car
riages, comical floats, advertising displays
and the towns fire fighting apparatus
completed the procession.
The judges, Senator Richard Sullivan
of the Robbery club, and Messrs. Ben
nett and Milliken of Old Orchard,
awarded the prizes as follows:
| Rest decorated coach-Hotel Everett.
| Best decorated barge-Hotel Fiske.
| Best double team-Sea Shore house.
| ERest single hitch-D. f. Sullivan of
| Boston.
Hest barge drown by two horses-Young
Ladies' Charitable Association Of Law
renee.
Best four-in- in-hand-Hotel Aldine.
/. School children's display-Old Orchard
pupils. ~
| ton.
Single team-Mr. Dodworth and party
of the Old Orchard house.
Comical team-The ninstrels, Mr..
Elliot and party of Hotel Fiske.
A ball game between two teams made
up of Redbury club m.mbers, balloon
a scension and numerous other outdoor
diversions were crowded into the day,
and tonight there was brilliant display
| of fireworks.