Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
READY FOR FLOWER PARADE
Gorgeous Display Assured for Tuesdays
Demonstration.
SOCIETY WOMEN WHO WILL TAKE PART
Complete List of the Carriages and
Their Floral Decorations
and Route of the
Parade.

Preparations have been practically com
pleted for the flower parade next Tuesday
evening, which will be the GROWING society
event of the exposition. The time Of the
parade has been changed to suit the con-
venience Of spectators to $50 o'clock Tues
day evening. All week the members OF the
society set have been busy preparing the
decorative material, furnishing up their
carriages, making paper flowers and putting
the finishing touches on their costumes in
anticipation of the coming show. One
prominent member of the upper set has
been spending the greater part of several
days in Hanscom park receiving instruction
In the art Of driving tandem. Those who
have been busiest, however, are the mem
bers Of the committee who have assumed
the responsibility for carrying out the pro-
gram. This committee consists of Mr..
Thomas Orr, chairman: Mrs. Dan Fl.
Wheeler, jr., secretary; Mesdames Will
Carter, Charles E.. Squires, J. e. Baum,
Paul Charlton, ]. N. Metcalf, Charles offutt.
Arthur Remington, w. f. Allen, W.. b.
Meikle, ]. N. Baldwin Of Council Bluffs.
AS the result of the committees labors
the parade will consist of forty equipages
decorated in elaborate designs. The line
will form with Phinney's band in the lead,
Immediately followed by the escort consist
ing OF ten governors of the knights of Ak
Sar-Ben in elaborate riding habit and all
mounted, the white saddles and brides of
the horses gaily decorated with flowers in
keeping with the parade, The carriages of
the women are next in line.
Those who will make up the parade, with
the prevailing decorations, are as follows:
/, Mrs. F. p. Kirkendall; drag with corn
flowers and wheat.
2. Mrs. H. T. Clark; white crysanthe-
NUNS.
3. Mrs. George A., Joslyn and Mrs. c. c.
Chase; scarlet and white peoples.
4. Mrs. George Mercer; La France roses
and smilax.
s. Mrs. J. M. Metcalf; shaded pink holly
hooks.
6. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Franklin Smith
pink roses with natural foliage.
Z. Miss Mary Mercer; pony cart with Eas-
ter lilies and white roses.
s. Mrs. Gurdon Wattles and Mrs. George
F. Bidwell; shaded pink roses.
9. Mrs. John l.. Webster; drag with white
horses, pink crysanthemums.
10. Miss Louise Squires; American Beauty
roses.
IL. Mrs. ]. N. Cornish; royal purple crys-
anthemums.
IL. Mrs. Thomas w. Taliaferro; white
roses and white lilies.
10. Mrs. c. e. Squires; pale blue carleton
and pink and black peoples.
IA. Mrs. II. H. Baldrige; tandem team.
10. Mrs. ]. H. Evans and Miss Amy Bar
ker; victoria, heliotrope and white cryan-
themums. design in Vandyke points.
16. The Misses Sharp; white roses and
smilax.
II. Mrs. S. A. McWhorter; pale yellow
roses.
IS. Mrs. ]. E. Baum. shaded yellow and
black peoples.
10. Miss Elizabeth Allen; golden crysan-
themums.
20. Mrs. John N. Baldwin; pink peoples.
Fl. Mr.. AL Patrick; the Patrick tallyho
coach in the national eolors in peonies.
20. Mrs. A. H. Noyes; Ak-Sar-Ben colors
of red, green and yellow.
20. Mrs. Charles e. Ford; Marechal Mel
roses.
"a. Miss Mount and Miss Dickinson; burnt
orange and amber crysanthemums.
%. Mrs. A. J. Love and Mrs. Charles
Offutt; trap in morning glories.
26. Miss Bennett; canopy-topped carriage;
various shades of violet.
q. Mrs. NJ. c. Peters; spider phaeton;
pink roses and lavender crysanthemums.
IS. Miss Parrotte; water lilies.
20. Mrs. Downs; patriotic colors of red,
white and blue.
80. Miss Shiverick; carriage upholstered
in white, latticed with smilax and with
borders of pink crysanthemums.
81. Miss Andreesen; spider phaeton in
white crysanthemums.
80. Mrs. Nicholas L. Guckert; yellow and
black peoples.
33. Miss Gertrude Morand; pony cart,
Marechal Mel roses and tinsel.
"a. Mrs. Arthur Brandeis; golden but
%terfiies; tea and Marechal Mel roses.
35. Mrs. Jack Cudahy; spider phaeton;
white bride roses; ruchings Of carleton.
36. Mrs. w. r. Kelly; trap in pink tarle-
ton; La France roses.
81. Miss Alice Parker; trap in yellow
peoples, latticed over in pale green.
So. The Misses Hamilton; victoria in
lavender and royal purple crysanthemums,
80. Miss Adelaide Nash; trap in white and
yellow roses.
40. Mrs. G. w. Megeath; cart in La France
roses and trimmed with white satin ribbons,
All the women who are to participate will
meet at the Sherman avenue entrance to
the Bluff tract at 8 p. m. Tuesday. They