Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-21
FLOWER PARADE AT LINCOLN
Climax Of Carnival Week Comes in a Very
Attractive Form.
PROCESSION OF DECORATED CARRIAGES
over N Hundred Vehicles, Covered
with V~nri-CoIored Flowers. Pass
Through the streets and Elicit
Favorable Comment.

LINCOLN, Sept. 2O.-(special Telegram)
"A flower parade, probably the most attrac-
tive feature OF the street fair, come today
as the climax OF carnival week. The spec
tacle Of a hundred or more vehicles all
gaily decorated with vari- colored flowers
and drawn by pranclng and well groomed
horses slowly passing In procession through
dense crowds and under handsome arches,
was something that had never before been
witnessed in Lincoln. The crowds were
larger than on any previous day OF the
fair and everybody enjoyed the occasion.
The day opened fair and cool, a fresh
breeze blowing and floating clouds temper
ing the suns fierce rays. 1t was just such
weather as best suited the crowd and did
away with the necessity of using fans and
umbrellas. There was little dust, not
wlthstanding that street sprinkling was out
Of the question after the people had taken
possession of the thoroughiares. Old glory
foated on the breeze from every house along
the line of the procession and from every
booth in the street fair district. Bunting
and multi-colored decorations added to the
carnival scene all that anyone could wish.
The women, notwithstanding the cool
weather, did not forget to wear their pref
test gowns. all adding color to the moving
scene. Everybody was gay and pleasure
hunting was the pursuit of Lincoln's visi-
tors.
The Line of March.
The line Of march extended through the
principal down town streets and some of the
residence portion of the city. AT the state
capitol the procession was reviewed by Gov
ernor Poynter and state officials with their
wives. The judges-ex-Governor II. H.
Shedd of Ashland, C. A. Robbins and Albert
Watkins of Lincoln and G. B.. Lection of
Fairbury-also viewed the procession from
this point. The parade was scheduled to
start at $3.50, but there was the usual delay
and the command to move was not given
until shortly before 5 o'clock. Anxious peo-
pie had been waiting in the streets for
several hours to witness the procession OF
f1ower-decorated vehicles, and when the pa
> rade finally began to move a loud cheer
rolled along the street as a signal for the
approach of the pageant. Applause was fire.
quent along the line and occupants OF car
riages which met with the approval of the
onlookers responded with smiles. All who
participated In the affair were gaily dressed
in either white or other light colors.
The parade was led through the densely
crowded streets by a platoon of police, fol-
lowed by Mayor Winnett riding a prancine
and artistically decorated horse. Next came
Chief Marshal Ernest Folsom and his aides
A. H. Walsh, Claude Hayes, Earl McCreery
and DIR, Earl Woodward. The first division
consisting of vehicles of two or more seats
and drawn by two or more horses, was Leo
by Marshal Sam Whiting, who was imme.
diately followed by Bonds military band Of
Ord. Mrs, John B. Wright, the flower queen
occupied a beautifully decorated carriage
drawn by four white horses, near the heat
of the procession. She was dressed in 9
handsome gown of cream satin covered will
mouselline de sole and deliberately embroid
cred with almonds and stones. The queen
coach was surrounded by ten pages, al
members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
Following came the. maids of honor In the
following order: Misses Daisy Cochrane ant
Clara Watkins, carriage trimmed with white
and pink flowers; Josephine Poynter ant
Helen Hoover, carriage trimmed with blue
chrysanthemums; Laura Houtz and France.
Gore, white flowers; Helen WEIGH ant
Blanche Garten, pink chrysanthemums; Fan
ME Cunningham and Jane Mcfarland, whit,
and green flowers.
Young Women's Fraternities.
Quite a number of the young women
fraternities were represented, those mos
prominent being the Kappa Theta, Delt
Delta Delta, Delta Gamma and Phi Beta Phi
All their coaches were decorated with fra
ternlty ana university colorS, scarlet an
cream. Several of the vehicles were sur
rounded in the procession by pages or out
riders.
One Of the most attractive vehicles in tn
parade was a large Concord tally-ho coacr
profusely decorated with pink chrysanthe
NUNS of different shades. These were har
moniously graded from the darkest shade
on the low portion of the coach to nearl
white at the top. 1t was driven by Mrs. RIOS
Curtice. The other occupants of the coacl
all OF whom wore pure white costumes an
carried pink parasols, were: Mesdame
Watson Of Friend. Elmer Merrill, Ere
Howe, Frank Smith, Elmer Henkle, H.
Freeman, William Morrison, Misses Eth,
Hooper, Henrietta Hollowbush, Helen Name,
Marie Hoover, Myrtle Stevenson and Grac
Harrison.
The parade consisted Of four divisions. I
the first division. following the queen an
her maids, the order was as follows: Kapp
Alpha fraternity, Mesdames Palm, Ensigl
Mcdonald. Ridge, Taylor, Cofroth, Smitl
Winnett, Charles, the Delta Gamma fra