Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-11

| ing Sousas El Captain march. Tho
| harmony WINS perfect and was without
a doubt the greatest feature Of tho
Whole program. Fifty thousand peo-
| ple zen IN line and followed the bands
| uoWn the street and the scene pre-
| scented was "awe-full." "Awe-fulI'' H.
the only word in the English language
mat describes the subumty OF the
music. Ihe prize of $500 for the best
band was won by Telluride
The features OF the FIRST day openpd
| up with q pageant OF progress First
! 20 l!uat of the Clin dWellers then tho
] INDIANS representing the FIRST settlers
| uI the plains. then the pioneers of
! colorado, who crossed the plains in the
| late 4J's and early 5l'H. The detail yug
carried out with much precision. In
many the original prairie schouners
! and harnesses were used. Then came
! unnts descriptive of the early cstab-
llshment Of the city Of Denver. depict
Ing the scenes and incidents Of its car
IS settlement These floats and this
portion Of the parade were entirely in
charge OF the pioneers association. the
apciety being made up Of men and wo-
| men who came to Colorado prior to
1859. There are about 400 members
still living. Following this division
came the decorated carriages one OF
the most beautiful features Of the en-
| the prade. 1t made n string OF about
three quarters Of a mile long Then
came the nllegorirul floats representa-
tive of the growth of the country at
| large and of Colorado in particular. All
Of them were of the highest possible
elegance, in napicr moChc. and were
the creation of an EnElishman named
George u. Robinson who built the re-
cent floats at Los Angeles In April last
and at New Orleans for the Mard
Gras. The floats furnished by the
various counties IN some Instances cost
thousands of dollars. In every case
they told n story Of the counties
wealth and products showing the value
of the various minerals produced In the
mountains and the fruits Of the irri-
gated Plains Following this division
came the floats Of the business and
manufacturing establishments Of Colo
RADIO. Last hut not least was the dis
MAY of the Denver Chinese. Every
Chinoman employed In Denver prac-
tically went on strike ten DAYS before
the festival began and spent the time
In arranging the various and wonder
ful displays. at "a cost Of nearly SEQ
600 They brought from the Orient,
bands. banners implemnrts Of war
and roF1lia which the priests Of their
country wear when worshlppinE their
lUnumernhle gods. In n float one NJ
the most beautiful In the parade. rode
five Of their favorlte gods and two
goddessea. nanEed on either side by
soldiers Of the army Of Coufuclus.
Following the gods came the hands
C7), making the most weird and horrl-
tla ,nrsic irn1glnotla and With them
ror,o C,biy,,,,a, ,or,,,iur, bov ,ftsr bo,
Of drocrarkcrs which thev shot on ali
aiones tbo. route Of march Tho end
81 t,Sie di,.t.tNn asa nv The ,oradc vas
tho vondctfri Chjnrse dragon two
hundred Zoe, in lanptt yyhirh crovlal
rlonn The stracte To the horror Of chit
drer and horses. Tho bend Of the
dragon was made Of green with glar-
Iarrya mouth ont Of which shot n
tongue of fro Tha animal ,vns heati-
tlrtlllv vrotcs1ua with apqrklIur scales
Of silver and t-nl1 After the paradc
tho fire dauartnent rave nm exhibition
81 life-sayirr. ste. pt the five-qtnry
building erected for TINT purpose NJ
the grand stand Corner ColfaX and
Broafwpvl Tho DAVIS program con-
hiudad with nm Illuminated hlcvcIc pa-
rndp Mt O'Clock on the down town
streets nrd Indian games and five
works M the CITY pnrk
frivolity The lord NJ mirth ruled the
CITY from noon tin midnight. The
great masked parade moved ut
o'clock and was most unique and
startliurly original procession. First
came the lord of mirth accompanied
hy his court and retalners, who were
followed by beautiful floats which
found "a parody ON the allegorical dis
play Of the day previous. The Denver
Athletic club--a prominent social or
gnnigation Of Denver-had an amateur
circus parade called "Bungling Bros
circus
Then came the Denver Wheel club
GOO membcrs); each appeared as
tigers. riding bicycles. Following
came the Arapahoc wheel club, dressed
as Indians, to represent the tribe from
which they took their name After
this organization marched the Y. 81.
c. A. wheel club, who enacted parody
on the Chinese display OF the day
prior. They carried out the scheme to
the letter, Even the dragon. whose
head was an exact counterpart of the
Chinese, but whose body and tail was
made up OF hose pipe, ranging from
the largest size down to the smallest,
a pipe no larger than lead pencil, and I
which stretched 400 feet behind the /
head Of the monster. The Denver e /
Rio Grande Railway was represented !
by float showing hades In all its fury.
At the mouth of the lloat stood Satan |
who hurled the condemned into the /
fiery furnace. Here came upwards Of /
5000 men, women and children, masked /
and dressed in grotesque and hand
some costumes
After the parade the streets were /
given up 10 the promiscuous maskers, /
VINO revealed IN run until shutdown. /
lhe day festivities concluded with |
grand Bul Champetru, which occurred ]