, 1899-08-24
DENVER CARNIVAL.
a FULL WEEK OF PLEASURE.
Preparations for n Better Entertainment
and Larger Crowds Than Ever Be-
fore

Preparations for the fifth annual Fes-
tval of Mountain and Plain, to be held
In Denver, September 18th to Both
next, are in an advanced state. inc the
Board of Direction promises to eclipse
in magniticence and variey of display
anything that has hitherto been at
l,tempted. The various committees are
actively at work. n all report n grow
ing enthusiasm throughout the city and
state over the great event.
1t has been decided to devote the en-
tire week of September 18th to the fes-
tival, in order that ample scope may
be given to the various interests to be
represented, and, as additional attrac-
tions, a horse show and street fair have
been included as special features. 1t
being the intention that the festival
shall primarily furnish an attractive
exposition of the varied of
the state and of every county in the
state, invitations have been extended
to the commissioners of the several
counties to cooperate with the board
and furnish such displays as will best
Illustrate their various products. AL
ready replies have been received from
many counties, and the outlook is that
the state generally will be more fully
represented than ever before.
Especial interest is being taken in
the maids of honor contests in the sew
eral counties. The board has decided
that there shall be n queen of the fes-
tival, who will reign throughout the
entire week. TIT lady who will occupy
this exalted position has already been
selected, but her name will not be
made known until the day the festival
begins. In order that she may reign
| in fruIV nItnanIvy SfvIn yhn will L.. -
tended by n bevy of maids of honor.
zach of whom is to be selected by
newspaper ballot in the county of
which she is a resident. 1t is the desire
that every county in the state shall he
represented, and already the contests
for the honor are becoming exciting in
the various counties.
Another great feature of the festival
Will be the miners rock drilling con
test. 1t Is intended TO bring to Denver
Tor this event all the miners of national
reputation i'll rock drilling from the
and other states. and the
event promises TO be one of the most
exciting and interesting of the entire
week. Suitable prizes will be awarded
TO the winners, n already many
teams of reputation in the mining
camps of this and other states have
signified their intention to enter the
contest.
The exposition and horticultural and
agricultural street fair is to be one of
the innovations of the festival. and al
ready great interest Is being manifest
ed in this branch of the exposition.
Several streets of the city will he set
apart for HI fair and closed to gen
cral traffic during its continuance.
The musical feature of the festival
Will be one of the most attractive of
the week. Already twenty bands have
entered for the band contest. which
VIII occur on Wednesday. September
2tth, Before the grand stand. and the
rivalry promises to be one of the clos
est. The city will be filed with meIo-
dy during the entire week. the bands
parading and playing in concert
through the streets. and on the even
ing of the contest giving a concert be
fore the grand stand.
Immediately after the concert all
bands will be massed together. and
playing h BLACK Hills March," by
John Burg, will march down Sixteenth
street.
AS the festival would not be COM
plete without n day devoted TO the
sons and daughters of Momus, Thurs
day, September 18th, has been allotted
to the maskers. on that day KIM
Argentum Aurum will have absolute
and ~unbounded sway. The merry
makers will have the freedom of GER
tain streets for the entire afternoon.
and it is not necessary to say that
fun and jollity will rule supreme. The
day will be ushered in with a grand
mask parade, and 1t Is understood that
a humble of novel and striking effects
in the grotesque line are in prepara-
ito by several organizations, which
expect to surpass any previous efforts
in this direction. The days festivities
VIII close with a grand mask ball in
front of the grand stand.
The coronation of the queen of the
festival before the grand stand on
Monday evening will be one of the
most attractive events of the week.
The grand stand. which will be bril-
liantly Illuminated for the occasion.
will seat 10000 people. and before this
vast c%oncourse the queen. surrounded
by her maids of honor, will receive the
crown, to the accompaniment of music
from hundreds of Instruments. ON
this occasion. too, will occur the
awarding of the Grand Regent upright
piano, the gift of the Denver Music
Company, 1887 Champa street, to the
maid of who may be chosen for
this distinction. The secretary has al
ready communicated with the clerks
of the several counties apprising them
of this superb gift, and asking them TO
notify the young ladies who are can
didates in their respective counties.
The instrument Is n of the finest i'm
the world. and there Is no doubt that
there will be the highest rivalry for
Its possession. The method to be
adopted in making the award will be
duly announced.
II Is the design of the board, with
the cooperation of Denver's mer-
chants, 10 illuminate and decorate
their places of business and the prin-
cipal streets In a manner worthy of
the occasion. Fifteenth. Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets viii be literally in
n blaze of electric light. the two former
from Larimer street to Broadway. and
seventeenth street from the Union De
pot to broadway. The effect will lie
most beautiful, with the v%ari-colored
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