The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-21
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Yesterdays Flower Parade a
Dream of Beauty.
FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
Saw the PROFESSIONALS of
Prizes Awarded.
PRIZES AWARDED.

For the best decorated ladys wheel
! First prize. S25 scholarship in Kelso
| School of Music, Miss Stella Erickson
second prize. SIS scholarship in Kelsc
! School Of Music, Miss Blanche Ryan;
third prize $40 scholarship in Kelso
! School Of Music, Miss Marguerite Hat
field.
For best decorated gentleman's bicycle
First prize. $50, H. L. Hunt; second prize,
so, Arch Gibson.
For best decorated one or two-horse
novelty, s15 lamp shade, Edna Goldstandt.
Worthy Of special mention-Bicycle, Joel
Tucker; tandem, Winnie and Maurice
Barnes; pony and little girl Marjorie
jackson. goat cart, Nellie Sim; pony cart,
Harry Sternberg.
Judges-M. A. Mcclellan, Wichita; Mrs.
John Stewart, Wellington; Mrs. S. r. Pc
tiers, Newton; Attorney General Over
street. Guthrie, o. T., and Ed. Hoch, Of
the Marion Record.
Take a canvas Of sunlight and sitt upon
1t every color of the red days Of autumn,
every tint and gleam Of Apollos ancient
charm; crowd the fresh red blush Of June
through the white lights of summer till
the colors are deeper and softer and
richer; takeI the heights and spangles and
curtains of April green and wrap them
about and pierce them through with the
hot rays of harvest time till it is all a
glow Of gold, a splash Of brown or a
dripping CLEAN of red; throw these up on
the canvas in the perspective of natures
plan; set the canvas up against the pur-
pie of the east sky in an October after
noon; over It all drop the charm of a
wind song that the Kansas day huns
dreamily after the first frost falls; all
about set long line of human life, strug-
Cling and drifting by turns; now across
the canvas and its background OF colors
set the current of a dream, the flash and
fringe and fiutter Of flowers; circle and
streamers and lines, tufts and bouquets
and loads, festoons and rolls and cur
tains of red and green and blue, Of white
and gold and crimson, dashes and sparkles
of color and harmony, sweeping, fiutter
ing, drifting. That was yesterdays flower
parade.
It was a picture of real things for two
hours 1t will tinge the memories Of
those who saw it for a lifetime Wichita
never saw such wealth of color and
harmony such a gorgeous display of art.
y
ors. Nor could the cynical Ruskin have
found a single fault with its harmony
of arrangement, It's splendor of effect. 1t
was picture in real life, drawn against
the sky, such as would have made Turner
rank above Angel.
Not a Wichita man or woman who saw
the flower parade yesterday who did not
feel proud of the genius and persistence
that accomplished it. 1t was a triumph. 1t
was never equaled in Kansas before.
. When Grand Marshal o. A. Boyle led
the procession down the street yesterday
he was cheered along the way. He has
had entire charge OF the display and he
did weeks OF hard work toilget it under
way. It must be remembered that It is
difficult to keep up the high pressure that
always follows the inauguration Of such
an entertainment as the Street Fair.
Most OF the same people who supported
the civic parade also aided in the flower
parade. The floral procession yesterday
was the gift Of those who participated
for the entertainment OF those who WIS.,
tied the Fair. Mr.. Boyle certainly &C
complished his work in splendid fashion.
There was more OF variety in the parade
than one would have imagined could Re
possible. There was one sad feature OF
the Gay : proceedings. L IRLeoSOE j. NJ.
Lee. Of the high school faculty. who has
been sick for several weeks with typhoid
fever. died Yesterday morning. On this
account the high school did not take thar
aoat in the parade. although one had
been beautifully decorated.
The first division forming on Main
street was headed by Chief OF Police Cub
bon, followed by mounted police on
horses. decorated with flower saddles and
collars. Grand Marshal O. A. Boyle and
his aides came next on gorgecusly deco
rated horses and uniformed. Next came
the flower committee in carriages.
The great feature OF the first division
was the flower queen and her beautiful
fcat. The float represented q water scene
IN the front OF which were two large
white swans with golden wires attached.
Then interviewed a placid water scene
made OF white flowers. IN which an i'm
mense shell was placed. The queen.
dressed in her rich gown. tewels and
crown. was mounted ~ the top and close
10 the rear rim Of the shell, and her maids
Of honor were seated ct her feet. while
near the waters edge were two pretty
flower girIs with baskets OF roses AMI
l1acs snd lilies Miss Nahaney, the
queen, was the reconciliation Of Lowell
ness anu >Ele wore AeI La4HsS Win DE-
coming grace and ma5estv. The entire
float was covered with pink and white
chrysarth emazns mada in the mos, deli
cate fashion. and a 6rape-y Of these hung
from the platform nearly 70 the ground
The entire car was drawn ny four %
Dold's Zig horses. The queen was given
cbeer after cheer.
The queens loat was followed BY W.
s. a tandem trap driven rs Edward Raw
son. representing the Hotel Carey. The
trap vas decorated with 30 vai,e chrys-
anthemums,
The United German societies followed
with their magnificent representations
and floats which were seen in the civic
parade OF "wednesday niEhr. including tie
fosL German committee IN
carriages. the ratrt0tic foat and German
Queen f5At. all ~ when Looked as tss-
chatting In TIE sualsg h1 as II TIE electric
liEat q Wednesday night.
No. g was The Wouan's Relief Carps'
double trap. decorated IN white chrysa1-