Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-05
CARNIVAL WEEK.
The Festival Of Mountain and Plsin and tho
Priests Of PaIIas.

DENVER, Colorado, October B -
Colorado's third annual festival Of
mountain and plain opened auspicious-
" to-day. The gayly-decora'e1 city IS
crowded with visitors and nearly every
one OF the dozen lines centering here
was compelled to run special trains
this morning to accommodate the would
be sight-seers from points within a
radius OF several hundred miles.
The morning was devoted to receiv-
Ing the cavalry troops, Indian tribes
and pioneers and escorting them to the
encampment at City park. Shortly
after noou the pageant Of progress
moved from Fourteenth aud Lawrence
streets through the principal streets of
the city. There were divisions devot-
ed to pioneers, TO mining, manufact-
urss and agriculture, as well as to cow
boys. Indians and Chinese. The sld-
est pioneers, wrinkled and gray, rolled
10 carriages and were accorded an en-.
thusiastic reception along the route.
La the line were large number OF
picturesque floats representing scenes
in the early days of the state and also
modern development and commercial
progress. Immense crowds Witnessed
the procession and enthusiastically
cheered its principal features.
favored by superb weather and wit
messed by an enormous crowd, the.
opening pageant of the mountain and
plain carnival moved, early this after
noon. Il proved 70 be a Dewildering
and stunning exhibition The grand
stands on all the streets were packed
by the admiring multltudes. The Of
ticials in charge OF the pageant Of pro-
gress, made jt a splendid success. It
was estimated that $4,000 visitors were
here at noon. Complaints are made,
with foundation, OF discour-
sesy and Discrimination on the part OF
hose managing the publicity end of
The aft nr.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, October g.
Carnival week is here and Kansas City
gives itself up for three days to the en-
oyment of big chunk of merriment.
It is calculated that there are at least
'0,0U0 strangers IN the city and every
arriving train is loaded to the plat
orms. The street decorations are pro-
use, elaborate and picturesque.
Soon after sundown Tonight the fes-
ivities will open with the annual pa
ade of the Priests of Pallas and which
viii be the most gorgeous carnival af-
air of the kind ever seen in the coun.
ry. The subject chosen for the parade
, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy
ales and they will be Illustrated by )
venty floats and $50 characters. One
undred gayly costumed young men
i'll ride along the line on ~gorgaousiy
aparisoned horses. The parade will !
Itend over fourteen blocks aud 600
usicians, to secure whom this state ]
I'D Kansas has been secured, will en-
ven the line of march. The bands
ill be wedged between the fl 'ats SO
lat there will be continual music fromj
art to finish The parade will be re- \
iewed by the state and city officials
nd invited guests from abroad from
and on Grand avenue where The main
iumphal arch has been erected. Fes. Is
IONS and arches of colored incandes- (
ant lights will give the center Of the
tY the appearance of fairyland Az
u the parade has passed the thou
snds will give themselves up to fun ,
nd festivity which will last until long
tier midnight.