The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
1T WILL BE A CORKER.
Friday Nights Sport of the Comin g
Carnival

Carnival.
Zone gigantic jag of joy" is the way
Maj. W. w. Cooley expresses it, in
speaking of the Friday night carnival
Of fair week, of which particular
evenings entertainment he has full
charge.
This will be the close of the celebra-
ton and like wine, the best is reserved
until the last. 1t will be very unique
affair and will attract thousands and
tens of thousands of strangers to the
city. Oscar Wolf, who has just re-
turned from a trip through the south
ern part of the state, says that every
body is on tiptoe through that part of
the country, to see what entertain
ment st. Paul will give it's guests on
that occasion. 1t is safe to add that
there will be nothing else going on in
Minnesota Friday night, Sept. 10.
In the first place, Maj. Cooley has
secured ffty-seven first-class vaude-
vile artists, including trapeze and bar
performers, acrobats,, slack wire walk
ers, jugglerS, experts in light and
heavy balancing, comedians, musical
clowns, vocalists, clog and fancy dan
GERS and negro MINISTRIES, including one
minstrel quintette. Then there is
large number of volunteers from among
the old local favorites, including that
fun making pair, Tenny and Wolf, and
otisoo al. II 1OuIIOy, OI- chicago. lnGS6
will perform in the open air at different
points along the streets.
There will actually be "three big
shows in one" on this eventful evening.
The fire department will make a run
not stately parade. but an actual
helter-skelter, gong-dinning run, at
breakneck speed, every piece of ap.
paratus in the department being called
out. This alone will be worth travelling
miles to see.
But the crowning feature of the night
will be the Mardi Gras, in which thous-
ands of people in all sorts of costumes
and masks will appear upon the streets
There will be groteSque novelties and
monstrosities and all sorts of laugh
producers. The Red Men will be out
in full war paint and feathers, and
the members of the carnival clubs will
all appear upon the streets in uniform
Dancing platforms and spacious halls
with the best of music, will be pro-
vided for those in costume; there will
be half a dozen of these ball rooms to
accommodate the. hosts, and this idea
is sure to prove popular with the young
people.
The streets will be brilliantly illum-
mated with colored electric lights. red
fire and myriads of Japanese lanterns
The lanterns will be distributed free
at least several thousand of them Will
and every person in ST. Paul is urged
to turn out and be host in himself
to help entertain the visitors The
evening will wind up with fire works
display
Maj. Cooley has opened an office tenn
porarily in the Commercial club rooms,
where he is busily engaged in arrane-
ing the details. He has appointed the
following subcommittee for that night:
~ Mardi Gras-Wi,bur Tibbils. F. H. Rice,
Gedney.
To secure Clowns, Reubens and Grotesoue
Speciaties-F. H. Tenney, w. S. Tompkins,
Dennis.
Stages and Appointments-M S. Mead.
Frank w. Baer, George e. Lennon, F. B.
Mample and DR.. Asa-F. Goodrich
Fire Department Run-Chief Jackson, of
the department.
Darktown Fire Brigade-M. E. Nichols.
Distribution of Japanese LanternsrLouis
Nash.
The executive committee of carnival
week met at the Commercial club
rooms yesterday to hear the reports of
subcommittee. 1t was decided to i'll
wife the militia company Of Anoka to
participate in Wednesday nights as
sault on the fortress on Willow island.
The work of erecting this castle will
be commenced the first of next week.
Dow Smith, chairman of Monday
nights Venetian water festival, report
ed that the street railway company
would have 5000 Japanese lanterns in
Como park and 1000 more will be pro-
vided for wheelmen who will partfci-
pate in the bicycle parade from the
Windsor hotel to Como. At the latter
place a competitive drill of bicycle
clubs will be held for prizes
Of Tuesday nights civic parade.
Chairman Nash stated that the Hamn,
Brewing company and Fleischman
Yeast company had been added to
the already large list of those who
would put in floats.
The finance committee reported a
gratifying success in the work of rails
ing funds, so that the executive COM
mittee will have unlimited coin at its
disposal.
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