Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-07
BLUE BELL TAKES IN DENVER.
DENVER. Oct. l.

terday crowds of people surged up and
down the streets. which were solid
masses OF brilliant, ever.changing col
or. Gold and silver were every
where, many people wearing knots oi
T-bbon in the prevailing colors, in to
ken OF their allegiance to the ruling
dynasty. Tie decorations of the
business houses are simply superb
All day long the decorative artists
were at work. barely completing their
tasks when night came. The de
signs used are most elaborate. the
yellow and white being festooncd.
plated. fluted. folded. ruched and
twisted into every imaginable design.
geometrical or otherwise Far over
head strings of celluloid globes ami
cornucopias were strung across the
streets. AT night the effect was bril-.
liant beyond compare. The swaying
lines of colored globes, added to the
resplendent glow OF millions of red.
blue and white electric lights. put the
moon and stars to shame.
AT the Festival headquarters On
Arapahoe street all was hustle ard
seeming confusion. The different de-
partments where the committees were
located were all labelled, so all you had
to do was to pick out the chairman
you were seeking and wait your turn
Judging from the limp appearance of
some of the gentlemen. there is con.
| siderable work attached to serving
| on committee at Carnival time
What all those people thronging the
| rooms could possibly want was also
| matter of speculation. Such a hub
bub and confusion of tongues. Those
unfortunates compelled to dictate to
their stenographers simply had to
bawl to make themselves heard.
From what an uninterested observer
its visitors-males-be than any.
Back of press headquarters was a
room filed with a long table contain
ing such simple refreshments as oil
ives, cheese-and few others.
Then there were a great many glass
es. a sideboard and II darky. Then
some one shut the door. so cant tell
you the rest The newspaper gentle
men all went in there | noticed-aGd
came out. after an interval
Around the box office, where You
procured tickets for the grand stand
there was n fence of people some 10
deep. waiting patiently or impatientiy
generally the former-for attention.
1t took the writer just one hour to
get hers. even though she took advant-
age of her sex and went ont of heg
turn.
Along about o'clock In the after
noon number of bands of the city
played at various down town points.
The Coronation.
Soon after o'clock that evening,
throngs of people thronged the side
walks and overloaded the cars lead
ing to the festival amphitheatre whore
the ceremony of crowning the queen
of the Festival of Mountain and Plain
was performed. In spite of entranc-
es numbered from to Fl, besides two
grand entrances, the crowd was SO
large that it took exactly half an
hour to make our way from the street
through the entrance to our seats.
By o'clock every seat in the grand
stand was filed. and 11,00O people
waiting anXiously for the pageant
soon to come. All around the am
phitheatre was row of chairs, where
only those fortunate enough to pos
sess a blue pasteboard inscribed IN
gold We're allowed to come.
Silver and gold-white and gel
low. The two colors were every
where in every available space. IL is
impossible to do the scene Justice
but whoever planned the color scheme.
was certainly an artist
The grand stand arose in tiers, en-
closing vast space in the center.
At intervals tall columns surmount-
ed by an arrangement of flags that
reminded one of an eagle and fluted
in silver and gold. proudly reared
tneir heads aloft. They also served
to support ring of colored lights far
above our heads. The scene was
wonderfully brilliant. since every
where there were lights in countless
numbers. The queen canopy was
draped in reseda green. while the
dome was marvellous combination
of silver and gold. After the queen
and her maids and ladies in waiti ig
were seated. the green background
throughout the white dresses and shell
pink of the queens train was brought
out in bold relief.
Her majesty was proceeded by p
number of important personages. as
well as companies of cadets from the
Denver high school and Jarvis Hall.
Then came the 81 maids. all in white,
and lastly Queen Mary Louise attend
ed by two ladies and her pages and
escorted by n guard resplendent in
gold lace.
She walked in queenly fashion to
the foot of the throne where she knelt
and received her crown from the
hands of the master of the ceremonies.
| Then amid the acclamations of the
people. she took her seat no longer
Miss Mary Malone, but Queen Mary
| Louise. beautiful figure in simmer
ing white. n boquet of crimson roses
on her lap and magnificent crown
| b. Il