The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-27
PARaDES DAY AND NIGHT.
ELIxS STREET FAIR AND CARNIVAL
PROMISES BIG THINGS OF
THEIR KIND.

Entire Park Extension to BE Utilized
in the Exhibition of the Large
Number of Attractions-SOme Have
/ Already Been Secured-Free Pa
rades Through the Streets VIII BE
Among the Features-FloraI Pa
rade is ScheduIed-There viii BE "A
Queen of the Carnival. With COur-
tiers and Maids of Honor-COrOna-
ton of the queen to Inaugurate
the Fair.
The Street Fair and Carnival TO be
given in the fall by the Savannah Lodge
of Elks, promises to be the biggest thing
OF the kind ever held in Savannah and
one of the biggest ever held in the South.
The committee in charge says it will be
all of this and more.
The entire Park Extension is to be util-
lied in the exhibition Of the various at
fractions that will be comprised within the
Street Fair. The entrance is to be at the
intersection of Bull and Hall streets and
from that point there will be al every
step, something that will interest, amuse
or instruct the crowds. An animal show
that is the best in the world, a pair OF
diving elks that are said to be marvellous,
a stable of race horses, which will run
chariot and other races an industrial ex-
hibitlon that Will include, for the first
time, the products of the manufactures
around and in Savannah. flower parade
by day, and illuminated pageants by
night, are among the host of attractive
features that the management has prom
ised.
The Street Fair and Carnival will last
from Nov. to II, inclusive, and may be
continued through the remainder of the
month. The contracts with the amuse-
ment companies which will be engaged
will be made to read in this way so that
the continuance through the month may
be effected without any trouble Mr.
George D. Benson, who has had years of
successful experience in the business, has
been engaged as director. and is in fun
charge OF the selection OF attractions. He
has been instructed to get the best and
cleanest that can be had for love or
money, and is following his instructions
to the letter.
The consent of Council ana of the mill
tary commands OF the city has been secured
10 the use of the Park Extension bv the
the way of the enterprise have been put
aside and time only is needed to perfect
the details.
The floral parade will be a novelty in
Savannah, where despite the abundance
of flowers that are 10 be had here during
the fall, no such enterprise has ever been
carried to a successful conclusion. A
handsome prize is TO be offered for the
carriage or trap most handsomely arrang-
dppOTa Cd nd IN ie
there will be large number of entries.
Queen of the Carnival is to be selected
by a committee and the Queen is to have
a court, with courtiers and maids of honor
The coronation of the Queen is to be one
of the spectacular features of the opening
night.
Chairman W. ]. Watson of the Execu-
tive Committee announced yesterday the
committees. with their several chairmen.
by which the enterprise is to be conducted.
These committees, with their chairmen,
are s follows:
Executive, w J. Watson; Privileges.
Leo McGovern; Premiums, Rev. Dr. w. c.
Schaeffer; Paredes and ORGANIZATIONS w
I. Dixon; Advertising and Bill Posting.
J. c. Shaw: Floral Parade. w r. Leaken;
Ladies Committee on Floral Parade Mrs
w. r. Leaken; Music W. F. Blois; Booths
and Buildings W. D. Puder; Lights and
Decorations, T. F. Thomson; Contests and
Coronation. J. H. Furber; Police, Water
and Sanitation, W. J. Harry; Transporta-
ton. w. w. Starr, and Reception, H. w.
Palmer
The Street Fair and Carnival will he
advertised extensively all over Georgia
and the adjoining states and every effort
VIII be made to get as many persons here
as possible. To this end a rate of one cent
mile has been practically secured from
the railroads entering the city from env
point within the state or within 200 miles
of Savannah.
The carnival feature will be modelled
after the Mardi Gras at New Orleans. and
VIII be designed and carried out on an
elaborate scale. The parades will he
through the streets of the city. and will
OF course, be free. They will be intended
90 attract audiences to the various nor
formances that will be in progress at tho
Park Extension.
Within few days an application will
be made to the Superior Court for
charter for the "Eks Charity Fund AS
ISOLATION" which will be the legal name
of the organization by which the street
fair and carnival will be conducted. The
proceeds of the project are to be devoted
wholly to charity. The charity of the
Elks is of quiet and unostentatious de-
scription, but il is always promptly and
freely bestowed when need calls out for
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