The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-21
THE FLORAL
PARADE.

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The little ones were proud of themselves
and the thousands OF people who saw
them were proud Of the children and the
schools of Wilmington. Carnival week
and its III onster floral parade will long
remain in history. Never in the history
of the schools did the children make q
finer showing. As equipage after equipags
passed along the route of the parade it
was difficult to select the most handsome
turn out.
Even the little ponies with their little
owners went over the route and received
their share Of applause. Carriages and
wagons were turned into bowers of beauty
until they rosembled great bouquets CT
roses, carnations and other flowers. The
little girls and boys marched with pre-
Cision and numbers OF them waved the
American flag. The Golors of the Elks
were everywhere. 1t would DO wrong, de-
Cidedy wrong to attempt to give spec
| ial mention of any particular float OF CAL
! rage.
The people judged for themselves and
| applauded rs he floral wagons passed
Mrs. La Motto du Point ana the children
OF the du Point School occupied carriage
and float beautifully decorated. Not
| part Of he carriages could be seen all the
woodwork icing hidden.
The first school, No. 2, at once attract
ed attention by their pretty white suits
and purple sashes The float Of No. II
school, which WAS decorated with daisies
aud wheat, brought forth applause.
No. 10 school, carrying the school COL
ors pink and lead color, looked we'll
Harry Stoeckle drove pretty span OF
black horses to o carriage decorated with
asparagus and carnations. His children
drove in pretty pony phaeton.
Herman Erbs children rode in pony
carriage decorated with blink chrysan he.
mum and pink ribbons.
Tho Howard School, by its splendid
marching. was given one ovation after an
other. Ferris Industrial School was also
applauded. John G. Hartmann 8 family
behind q pair OF splendid grays, occupied
a carriage decorated with white and yell
low chrysanthemums.
Washington School attracted much at
tenton. Those on the float wore colonial
day costumes and had their hair powder
ed. The coloTs prevailing were yellow
and white.
One of the pref tiss' schools in the whole
procession was ST. Paul's ParoChial, there
were four large floats. The little girls
occupying them, wore red, white and blue
dresses, through which was woven tinse.
The combination made pretty effect. A
number of the boys were dressed in natty
sold er uniforms and carried small guns.
Some of the girls from S. Patrick =
School, were dressed as shepherdesses,
wearing light green frocks anu carried
long crooks made hit
There was much applause for the Ferns
Industrial School boys
The white wings, street cleaners. in
. their white uniforms and wheebarrOwt
filed with flowers, attracted much atten-
ton,
At the fair grounds the gates WERE
thrown open and the children were adj
mitted to the industrial street and the
,,ld yharn / hny Il ir,hf n
ternOon.
: There will be no parade this afternoon
I but the societies will turn out this even
| ing. The crowds are growing larger Il
. the carnival. The exhibitors arc doing
fair business. The attractions Mt the car
: nival are attracting crowds and out o
town people are pouring in from all sec
tons Train after train coming into tn
stations brings its hundreds OF people Of
hand for the great carnival
Manager Bostock, who is au enthus las
2 tic member of the order of Elks, will sur
+ pass any programme he has yet provide
:, at the Elks' Fair today in honor of tn
= visit Of the lodge Of the order, from Ca N
j. den, N. j., Chester Pa. PhilaGcl phia an
d other cities, New features and strane
!, acts will DO given experimenting tho "A
;, ready strong programme given in til
IL midway.
Y That he public appreciates the wonder
= ful performance PROVIDED by lie Anlhl
, King" is shown by he fact that up to Il
= present time over 80, 900 people have visl
e cd Bostck's Midway, last nights attene
$ ance reaching fully ,UO) persons wi
II passed through the entrance to The ore!
= tai wonderland.
: The reward offered by Manager Bo
took for he arrest Of the miscreant wi
cut ono Of he ropes Of the net into whit
k Captain St. John performs his perilo1
~ dive, has so far failed to lead to any r
suit Luckily Cap ain s.. John esca p'
y wltAonlv sprened back, through the n
le giving way when he fe'l into it on Tue
ot day, He has recovered from his injur
~ and will appear at every performance
~ day and hereafter
n Minting, the marvellous spiral asccntio
IN ist rider introduces new feats on the sing
wheel on which he performs In mdt
with as much ease and grace 10 the bt
/, trick rider achieves Oh perfect bicycle
40 the ground
st All the other features Of the show "
j. be streng thened