The sun., 1900-06-05
PRETTY GIRL 70
Be LEADING SPIRIT
At ELkS' CARNIVAL
Plucking Flower From Bouquet
the Little One Will Open
the Big Exposition.
QUITE AN ORIGINAL IDEA
Adjutant General Hart Assures
Managers That the Military
Parade Will Be a Success.
Only Eighty-fiye Feet
of Booth Space
Left.

Originality OF the most pleasing char
acter is to mark the opening of the Will
mington Street Fair and + ks Carnival
on Monday, June Is. The formality OF
speech making and button-pressing SO
familiar as the usual accompaniment OF
exposition openings will be cast far into
the shady Background if the plan Of the
carnival managers is carried out The
le.,dirP spirit at the carnival opening
will be TIC gr nddaughter Of Mr.. Jona-
than w. Ayu, n. superlnten ent ot u e
Police and Fire A rm Telegraph Of tins
CITY, and the daughter Of George W.
NJ iora ot the In ch Moore Y Sons Com
pany.
GA platform erected near the eNpos-
tion's main arch will be seated Governor
Ebe W. Tunnel, Mayor John 9. Fahey,
Colonel Theodore Townsend, n. 6. -,
and the various State and city tiicials.
In the centre Of this platform monster
bouquet OF flowers will be placed.
At the close OF the mammoth indus
trial street parade, which will take up
the line of march at o'clock in the
afternoon. the officials will mount the
platform to complete the formal opening
OF the carnival At sign from and
under the direction OF Governor Tunnel
the immense bouquet of flowers will
burst asunder and to the thousands
gathered around will be revealed the
child who is to play such an important
3 part in the formal opening.
N Stepping from her floral concealment
\ the little girl will pluck certain rose
from the bouquet of which she had
y lately been part. That rose will be at
tached to wire. The little ones action
4 in plucking it from the bouquet will
open current along many wires and
cause the changing of bells in every part
"A of the city-and the carnival will be
formally opened.
II Fire alarms will strike, factory whis-
ties will blow and sirens on all steamers
4 and tug boats then in the Christiana
4 will belch forth the tidings of the car
4 nival opening.
Following this pretty ceremony, Mayor
Fahey will present the keys of the city
to Governor Tunnel as the representa-
tive OF the people. Several addresses
will be made by state anf city officials.
On the Industrial Street.
Scenes on the industrial street will lie
representative of the business interests
of Wilmington. The merchants have
besieged the carnival headquarters dur
ing the past few days The arrange
ments of booths is now the subject oi
much consideration. Only eighty-tive
feet OF booth space remains to be sold
in the industrial street Those who took
space Yesterday were: The Ludwig Piano
Company,the Wilmington Oil Company,
Garrett, Miller 4 Company, and H.
Thomas 4 Company.
Patrick Fahey was Yesterday awarded
4 the contract for building the magnificent
archway that will mark the entrance tc
the street fair at Eighteenth street ano
u the Boulevard. He will commence work
+ on it the early part of next week. The
arch will be fully fifty feet in heighth
and on the top will be a pavilion ir
which band will be stationed. The
archway will be decorated with the ma
q tional coors, the colors of the Elks, pur
pie and white and will be covered witt
numerous electric lights.
Militia in Military Parade.
The military and fraternal organiza.
ton parade on Friday, June %, OF car
nlval week, is an assured success. Tht
corporation of Governor Tunnel ano
Adjutant General Garrett j. hart ha'
brought the entire Delaware militia IL
the parade. Assistant Director Genel
Grantley 2. Postles, who is also inspec
boT Vi THIS pTdCtlCe III blle HaplOAal qua A.
has received the following:
State OF Delaware,
Executive Department.
Colonel 'Grantey P. Postles.
Dear Sir: have your letter of tn,
3lst. | wou like very much to be will
YOU on Friday, the 22d, with my staff
You can see General Hart and if he ca
gat the consent OF all the staff to attend
/ will be pleased. | will leave Lewe
Monday. 18th, on morning train, arri,
ing in Wilmington about 10 a. IN.
Very respectfully,
EBE w. TUNNEII.
Governor Tunnell's letter was referre
bv Coionel Postes to Aoiutant Gener.
Garrett ]. Hart, and the communicate
was returned With the following endors,
ment
Adjutant Generals Office,
Wilmington, Del, June =, 1900
Colonel G. p Postles, | R p, N. q.
Dear Sir: Without further orders frol
the Governor, orders will be issued for
full parade of the general staff ON sue
day as may be designated military da.
GARRETT J. HARr Adj. Gen.
This endorsement of General Hart a
sures that the demonstration will be
grand success, and members OF the Elk
executive COMMITTEES are much please
at the outcome of their efforts In til
direction.
Carnival Decorations.
B"ginn n. IN June II many mo