The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-03

Tho Nations OF the Earth paraded In 81.
Louis last night. ana their procession
through IN. streets. from the den Of the
Yelled Prophet which few may enter-'o
the great thruueruom OF that monarch
which many may and do enter was he
tween living walls composed of hundreds OF
thousands of the Prophets !oya. ~subjectS
and their guests. the visitors.
The parade passed under a canopy or ren'
orang. and purple tinted clouds. fornri by
the smoke from hundreds OF farinS lam
beauX carried by his Matesty's saves.
Through these clouds. at intervals. there
sho; bright streaks Of the Prophet's coiors'
like sunset rays that shoot through clouds
which hover over the horizon. and bathed
the whole central part Of the great mon
arch's favorite city In the glow OF his royal
colors.
The route was a long one-from west OF
Twenty first and Walnut streets by q CIR
cuitous path To the Merchants Exchange
building at Third and Chestnut streets. FOR
the Prophet believes In presenting himself
for the homage OF as many OF his loyal
subjects as he can possibly reach on me
occasion OF his annual visit. And that 'he
devotion of these subjects had been IN no
manner leesened by his twenty-three
previous visits was proved by the fact that
last night thousands upon thousands OF
them. on highways and byways. In street
ears and on housetops. on the hard grant
told sidewalks and perched In windows ana
on window lodges. waited many hours for "A
sight Of his benign face. for a wave from
his generous hand and for a lingering look
az the gorgeous pageant which he brought
with him.
The parade was well worth watching.
There was novelty in conception. clever
ness in creation and art In arrangement and
characterization. The route was from the
Prophets den west Of Twenty-first street
on Walnut. east on Walnut TO Twenty nrst,
north to Pine. west to Twenty-second. north
to Locust. east TO Fifteenth. north TO
Washington. east to Twelfth. south on the
west side of Twelfth TO Market. north on
the east side OF Twelfth To Washington.
east to Fourth, south to Spruce. west 10
broadway. north TO St. Charles, east 10
Third. south to Chestnut. and west 10 the
Chestnut street entrance 10 the Merchants
| Exchange.
The crowds were so dense all along this
route that It was difficult to say where the
greatest number Of people were congre-
gated. At tire starting point perhaps h.eS
persons were closely packed; at each Of the
turning points the street corners were i'm
passable until the mounted police had
cleared the way. But II was at Twelfth
street that the first great crowd was met.
Here tens of thousands of people. big and
little, young and old. of all sections of the
city and OF all nations Of the earth-of oil
colors. creads and past and present condi-
tions-jammed against each other and
struggled for the best positions. They
spread out over broad, asphalt paved
Twelfth street clear beyond Market: the
windows OF the big buildings We're packed
with them; and baak against the hcuses
were dozens of stands loaded with hundreds
who paid a price for the accommodation.
/ The route from Twelfth on Washington
avenue was through a wall Of humanity
that at times almost deiied the police. Al
/ Sixth street n temporary halt had TO be
called TO enable the escort TO force a pas
cage.
II was hari work forcing a way through
the almost solid mass that filled Fourth
strickland then Il all had to be done over
again on broadway. for as soon as the
parade passed a point on Fourth street the
| people at that point surged away toward
broadway to meet II as 1t came back. BY
the time the Journey along Fourth stree,
and broadway had been made, however, all
but a few tens Of thousands of people had
seen the parade at least once. and IL was
comparatively easy work getting south or
Third street until Pine street was reached
From there on II was 4 fight for the
Prophet until he reached the Chestnut
street entrance TO the exchange. Here the
police lined up as best they could. beat
back the crowds. shouted. threatened. and
finally made "a lane for his Majesty. TheT
there was a football rush. headed by blue
coats. and