The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

Oval under the direction of Bert Gregory,
stage manager of the company. The Occa-
sion is Of such importance TO the Pain
company that II. j. Pain, son of the orig
inator Of the great pyrOtechnical shows.
Will visit the city TO supervise the exhibit
ton. Nothing that the Pain company has
ever exhibited has cost as much money or
been as great a source of popularity as
the Last Days of Pompeii." And this
season its revival, after six years out Of
public use, was met with unexpected sue
cess everywhere. The Newly Oval is capa-
bic of holding a large number Of specta-
tors, and IL is expected that thousands will
see each of the four performances, the first
of which will be next Tuesday night. The
rehearsals will be conducted nightly until
Monday night. when the first rehearsal
with the set picture will be held. Ii re-
quires $50 people TO fill out the requirements
of the pantOmime drama and bill of spe-
cialties that precedes the eruption of We
suvius. The specialties in the present show
are new, and include Fondela, whose aerial
head balancing is regarded as a marvel:
ROmolO Brothers, equilibrists; the Bell
trio. who recently came from Europe.
where they were a popular attraction. and
a large ballet.
AUTOMOBILES IN PARADE.
The floral parade appears now TO be
twice as large as the one of last year. We
hicles entered, and the assurances OF those
that will be entered have brought the num-
Der to over fifty, this including a number
of automobiles that will be handsomely
decorated. The floral parade will be in
charge of Grand Marshal English. who has
selected a large staff for the week, and
on this occasion it will appear mounted
on fower-covered horses. The parade will
be headed by a platoon of police also
mounted and decorated with flowers The
procession Will be headed by the Light Ar
tlllery in uniform with a decorated piece,
which will be drawn by six horses. The
floral parade will have five bands, and
present indicationes are that ii will be a
memorable day for indianapolis when it
appears.
The grotesque parade committee held a
meeting yesterday at Chairman Seguin's Of
flee and decided to consider in the competi-
ton for prizes no organization that APP
peared in the grotesque parade with less
than fifteen men. and that numbers would
be considered in making the awards. The
m also decided on the line of
r'arch. They decided to form the parade at
100 sharp at Delaware and Vermont
streets. From there it will march south TO
Massachusetts avenue: thence to Pennsyl-
vania street; west to Meridian street: north
to Monument Place; east i'm Market to
pennsylvania; south to Washington: east
to New Jersey; countermarching 10 I'LL
nOis; north to Market street and thence i'm
the grand entrance of the Beautiful
Orient which will be the opening of the
carnival. The committee also decided that
all those who receive admission to the
parade must be able to Identify themselves
with proper authority from the committee.
fall in with some organization with which
they were not identified and injure its
standing in the competition. The commit
tee also decided to appear after Grand
Marshal English and his staff. on horse
back in costume. and what they will be
when in costume, Chairman Seguin says,
will be a plenty"
The official flags of the carnival are now
ready for distribution and may be obtained
at carnival headquarters at 5 cents each.
They are of yellow linen printed in red,
bearing the coast of arms of the Indiana
Festival Association. and are attached to
a fOur-foOt stick.
The carnival officers repeat notice TO the
erect that no advertising schemes of any
description have been authorized by the
carnival management and persons repre-
sent1ng such alleged schemes do so with
out authority.