The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-21
THE FIRST DAY
OF THE CARNIVAL
Large Crowds, Good Weather and
Successful Events.
oREG0N'S FIRST QUEEN
croNned Amid Impressive csrsmoniss-Land
Parade GTasd Bsll--BeSutiiul NJ
fair Splsndid Races.

The opening day OF As:oria'' fourth
annual regatta dAwned brigh, and pleas
ant, with fair breeze playing over the
waters Of the bay Thv huodroda Of Wis
nors In the city were no, disappointed
by the events OF The day.
The carnival was opened In the morn
| ing by grand marine parade under the
direction OF Admiral /. y. Day. commo-
dorc ", T. Gregory vicc-c Commodore J.
o. Hanghora. and Captain Of the Fle4,
Rasgiall Every vessel. steamer. lamnch
and sail boat in the harbor, gaily deco
rated and illed with pass.ugets. pai lei
pa,od In the event nA escorts to the royal
ship. the Relief. which conveyed the
queen Of the carnival. Mrs. W. g. Goss-
lin. and her maids OF honor up the har-
hor 10 the grand snnd. who're rhe was
crowned. conducted TO her throas and
prcsonted to the mayor OF the city. who
IN an appropriate address. In which he
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the wllds found herr by John Jacob
As,or's fleet. gave over to the queen the
golden keys OF tho c.,y and extended
TO her lis freedom during her reign
The racing events and aquau; sports
during the afternoon were pully1 off
on time. and the scene On the bay. which
was continuously dotted with white sails.
was very brilliant one. Tomorrow's
and Monday's racvs promise to be- still
morc exciting and Interesting The
grand ball held last Night vas navel
afralr. and largely attended by .he "iour
hundrSd." The Spanish lan>s aId the
ld.fashion.d mlnucs. danced before the
quccu's throne. were specially pleasing
features. The illuminated marine pai ade
to be given tonight. and the process sion
OF woodmcn OF the World. will be lead
orders on shore yesterday morning was
a very crcditable on. and Grand Mar
shell wherNy scored another success.
The Klondike pack team WIS q realistic
fAAtlbhteiis RAA VI wv A~AANAt fANh sNiAA'A-
lean ships In the harbor are IN full dress
and the entire city Is handsomely deco
rated. II the favorable weathcr con-
Lnues. Astoria's 1897 regatta will be
recorded as the greatest IN It's history,
At the conclusion OF the morning GER
cmones, the GROWING Of the queen was
The most beautiful event OF the day.
Miss Madgc Sovey, who performed the
crowning, addressed the queen as fol-
lows:
Fair Lady, am chosen to place upon
your brow an emblem OF the most eX-
altcd slgnlncance. In the name OF all
your loyal and obedient subjects. crown
you queen OF our carnival OF the glorious |
Columbia"
The speech OF Mayor Taylor In pre- /
scnt.ng the golden keys Of the city TO |
the queen was masterpiece, and held
the close attenSion OF all within sound |
OF his voice,
In the evening the youth, beauty and |
gallantry OF this Occidental Venice gath
erred to dance and make merry at the
court Of the Carnival Queen The even
ing was opened with the royal march OF
the queen and her court after which |
the queen took her throne, with her
maids seated about her Then followed
the royal entertainment. The first was
the court mlnuet by Master Lawrence
Rogers and Miss Nauvtte Adams. After
this came a Highland fling by Miss
Jennie Curtis, Spanish dance by Miss
Madge Sovey and Fay L.therman, and
Sir Roger de Coverley by handsome
coterle OF ladies and gentlemen. To make
proper and deserved mention of each OF
these would require the major part OF
n newspaper. Suffice II 10 say that. un-
der the artistic training OF Prof Beggs,
the dancers acquitted themselves with
credit to themselves and Their Instructor
After this part OF the function. the
BAN proper opened. and despite the
throng and heat. the jolly. pleasure bent
dancers made OF 1t indeed a royal af-
fair They danced until the wee sma'
hours, and those who attended will long
hold in pleasant remembrance the fourth
annual regatta bail. and those who know
OF his efforts TO forward their pleasure
will include Prof. Beggs IN that remem-
brance.
The winners of yesterdays races are
ns follows: The scow schooner and can
merry tender races were declared OF on
account Of the boats not making the
course In the required time.
The sloop race. 2O-footers. was won by
the Cur.o Of Portland.
Sloops. F. F. Artist, White Wings:
second, Undine; third. Mayhower; fourth,
Columbia.