The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-10

ed, of unadulterated, unalloyed, pure
and wholesome pleasure. The revelry
not that of the night before the battle,
but of the night after the victory, will
be as untrammeled as the bubbling
spirits Of youth.
1t will be one night in a lifetime
Tor those who are not residents of ST.
Paul a year from now. For it is in
tended to make the Mardi Gras car
nival of this week feature of
every subsequent state fair. Promi-
nent business men, young, active, en-
ergetic and enthusiastic, have taken
the matter up and propose to see that
so long as the agricultural fair of Min
nesota shall remain, its visitors shall
be the happy guests of the city of st.
Paul also. But they have not put off
anything for subsequent carnival
nights. New ideas, perhaps, may be
invented by future committees, but the
carnival committee of 1897 has done its
work with the determination that moth
ing should be left undone which might
tend to make the night of pleasure,
Sept. 10, 1897, in st. Paul, surpass all
others in the memories of those who
see it, while establishing record that
will make subsequent carnivaliers tax
their brains to rise above the level of
puerile imitators.
The perusal of the thousand attrac-
lions summarized below, with exact in
formation as to when and where to
find them. will give a general idea of
what is to be the feature of the car
nival-the fete of the maskers on the
Sixth street Midway"
MARDI GRAs MARCHERs.
The first event of the evening will be
parade of the members of the Com
mercial club, in Mardi Gras dress. An
organization has just been formed
among the members of this body to
perpetuate locally the Mardi Gras idea.
invent new ideas, and generally to add
to the glory of subsequent fair week
productions. Great enthusiasm has
been manifested in the ranks of the
present organization, over 100 of the
members of which have joined the new
uniformed company The costume will
consist of white duck trousers, blue
coat and white yachting cap. The men
will carry canes decorated with red
white and blue ribbon. Capt. Ed S.
Bean will be in command.
The members will assemble at the
club at 730 p m, and at will start
marching down Fourth street to
Broadway, thence to Seventh, to Jack
son; to Sixth; to ST. Peter, where they
will disband to take part as individuals
in the further festivities of the even
ing. ST. Paul can expect good results
from this new organization, as most Of
the members are young and energetic.
Future carnivals will show their per-
sistence.
FIRE DEPARTMENT RUN.
At $50 p. M, as announced by the
city hall clock, the st. Paul fire de-
partment, which will have rendezvous
ed at Third and ST. Peter, will make a
dash up st. Peter to Tenth street. The
run will have all the spectacular effect
of a real metropolitan emergency run,
and will no doubt prove one of the
best features of the evening. The po-
lice have arranged for extra forces en-
the line of this run, to prevent accl-
dents such as marred the last run or
the kind in the sister city. Efforts will
be made to distribute the crowd along
the line of this run.
DARKTOWN FIRE BRIGADE.
At 8.45 %. m. as the last of the fire
department has reached Tenth street,
the Darktown Fire brigade, equipped
with its characteristic fire fighting APP
pliances, will dash down ST. Peter
from Tenth to Sixth and down Sixth
to Wacouta, where will be discovered
a serious fire in a negro cabin whose
sleeping inmates will all be uncon-
scious of the fate which menaces them.
The brigade has performed many life
saving feats in its past, and the crowd
which gathers around the cabin To-