Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-24
THE ICE CARNIVAL.
CRst Your Ballots for Queen Polnris
TnIny.

CRst Your Ballots for Queen Polnris
Today.
Today can be found the coupon ballots to
be used in the voting contest which is to
choose from among the fair ladies of Omaha
the peoples favorite for the exalted posi-
tion of queen of the land of the Midnight
Sun. Tho Bee will furnish the ballots in
sufficient quantities to satisfy the demands
of the adherents of the different candidates
for the imperial throne. These coupons will
be published from day to day in the morning
and evening editions of The Bee on page
2, and the coupons can be . placed
In the ballot boxes prepared for
their reception in the business Office
OF The Bee or at the carnival head
quarters in the lobby of the Hotel Mll.ard
That IA close count can be kept upon the vote
tho results of each days voting uD to the
hour of p m, will be published each morn
ing. The reign Of the sovereign, Queen Po-
laris will be during the four days carnival
at the Transmlssssippi and International Ex-
position grounds JanraTy 49, 10. 20 and 81,
1898. All who are interested in bringing
sands of visitors to Omaha during carnival
week should begin now by joining in the
friendly contest and continne until it is de-
csded who bs to be the favored one that will
WELD the scepter of Aurora Boreals. The
maids of honor will be chosen from among
the next highest candidates for the royal
throne and will be selected equally in num-
bers from the city and county. The queen
and her consort will have large folowlng
and court as the different uniformed skating
toboggan, ski and curling clubs will form
the honOred retinue, while the ice palace will
be her official residence, whe.e she will rule
her subjects and direct the carnival in all
Its joyous and gay revelry.
The palace will be erected upon the island
IN the center of the lagoon, with ice bllus-
traded bridges leading from the mainland to
either SIDE, while grand stat case will lead
from the surface of the lagoon up to the east
ern entrance fanked with ice statuary of he
roic PROPORTIONS. The turrets and battlements
of the palace will be enhanced in beauty by
many new and novel electrical effects The
architectu al beauties of the exposition build
ings, which surround the court Of honor with
the Illuminated palace of ice as the piece de
resistance, will form picture that will never
be forgotten and will give the spectator the
impression that the whole scene is taken
from the choicest conceptions found in the
arabian Nights"
The ailroads entering the city have from
the very first been enthusiastic in support
of the exposition, as is evidenced by their
very liberal subscriptions 70 the fund, and it
is safe to assert that during the coming fes-
tive season special low excursion rates will be
given that ali may attend the carnival. They
fully recognize the fact that the winters
festivities will do fa- more towards adver-
tising the beauties of the exposition than can
be obtained through any other source, as
every visitor will be living speaking adver-
tisement for the exposition proper, which will
be without doubt the second largest ever held
on this side of the Atlantic and will be by
far the handsomest In ensemble.
Norris q Love, the gentlemen who have
the ent!e charge of the detail work of the
carnival, are two wel-known amusement
managers, who have worldwide experience
and come here to close contracts upon sew
eral large concessions with the exposition, ani
when the possibilities of the lagoon ror o
winter carnival presented themselves the
matter was at once acted upon The idea
quickly took hold uoon the pecole and the
present status of the case shows that the
success will be far greater than even the
most sanguine had figured upon.
The country press will be asked to hold
voting contests for maids of honor to repre-
sent the different towns In the grand cortege
and ceremonies incidental to ca niva week
and 1t is to be hoped that the interest in
our sister towns will be as great as is shown
tn the city