Kansas City journal., 1897-10-08


foot were not there. but the small boy and
his mule. the clown and his jokes, the
maskers and all others who wanted to take
a day off and have some fun were on hand
and found in that division the place for
them to march.
1t was well. exceedingly well, that the
division was organized. 1t was filled with
and may be. 1t had some comical things.
some also that were of heavy wit. But all
In all the division was full of interesting
features and enabled many citizen to
get good laugh out of it. t.I..
DR.. L. w. Luscher was division marshal
of the "all Others" and he led the motley
crew. First came seventy-five Red Men from
the camps of that order in the city across
the Kaw. Tony Vogle was in charge and his
band Of braves showed up well. Their
feathery trappings. their 'tomahawks and
other arms and war accoutrements pre-
sented an appearance quite in keeping with
their savagely painted faces. At the head
of their line was a float showing camp life
among the=red men before the days of
troubles with the paleface had fallen to
their lot. Squaws were busy. getting the
seven-course dinner ready, while the noble
red men lolled about in the shade and
smoked the pipes of peace and easy con-
tentment. They were from the Kiowas,
Cheyennes and Tippecanoe tribes but they
all possessed the same desire for comfort
and plenty to eat and nothing to do. One
Of the Tippecanoe maids wore wonderful
dress for the period the float represented.
1t was of sky blue, with pink braid trim
mings. and fitted as If she wore corset.
Behind the float came fifty Red Men on
ponies. each III war paint, with many sug-
gestive features of mimic warfare show
Ing.
The Cherry Sisters" followed in coach
of great age, which was heralded as the
rapid transit the people had presented them
If they gyrIsdf would only fl! their next
H. W, Gates and B. L. Stine, Of Rose
dale, rode in a carriage under banner
announcing that the suburban town was
arranged Rosedale fire department that
was run in the parade just behind the car
rage and made q great hit with its ridicu-
a venerable looking horse that wore trous-
that has been deaf for twenty years. on
garden hose, stepIadders and two old tin
buckets. Along the side was banner
stating that at the London show the Rose
A Klondike spirit was prevalent for there
were half dozen rigs showing some Of
the ridiculous features Of the frigid Ell.
date when Henry Clay ran for president
first. On top was barrel, duly labeled, 10
hold the store of wealth the prospectors
ened to the side of the coach and a well
smoked camp cooking outfit was swung
beneath. while shot sacks and flour sacks
filed with refined & gold lay on top Of the
riders.
Tom Davis, who auctioned of Ganzhorn's
whiskers,. was ON hand with "a float He
had 1t labeled the F. E. A. float and the
half dozen men with him were served with
many schooners of amber colored liquid
He said the F. e. A. was copyrighted. He
had a hand organ and monkey to keep the
boys moving. e.
Harry Lander and Ed Martin rode in the
four-herse Deadwood stage. It was q di-
lapidated blackboard and made a ridicu-
lous showing
The Lincoln hack from Kensington. the
juvenile fire department. the conglomera-
with numerous footmen came in glorious
mixture all along the line.
The horseless wagon made a hit. It was
four widely varying sizes and patterns and
it made a great rolling and creaking as 1t
moved along the street. It was shown by
dale, and was voted "al right" all along
the line.
An ambitious man rode a wheel Of mighty
construction 1t was safety made of two
CT the old style high wheels. He declined
to give his name, but said he was from
Westport and & was opposed to annexation
threatened to turn the hose on him for
his lack of patriotism. -.
The division closed with a string of boys
dressed in all styles with painted faces who
were followed by many advertising wagons
that wanted to get their wares before the
mighty crowd that welcomed King III XII
on his annual tour. g.
First ColOred Division.
Bringing up the rear Of the parade came
the divisions Of the colored citizens. The
eighth division, which was to have had two
floats, was represented by one. A. ]. Clark.
one of the aides, explained the absence of
the other which was called the Grand
Symposium of Colored Industries" on the
ground that when that division was pre-
pairing to march to the point of formation
the two horses attached to 1t could not pull
it. After using every means known to ex-
cite team to its mightiest efforts In vain,
the float was left standing still. The hour
was late, and no one could suggest an
available team to add to the two powerless
motors already in the harness.
The marshal Of this division was w. H.
Bousfeld. who rode a. fiery black horse.
The following aides rode their steeds with
Ashcraft. 7. 3: Carter. c. II. Countee. John
Spencer. r. Wiley, Robert Simpson, Thom-
as Bass, Professor r. w. Foster Austin
Smith. B. B; Francis. Austin Young. 8. 2.