The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
CARNIVAL ENDS
WITH JOSH DAVIS
Blue Church Leader Succeeds
Queen Ethylyns
AN EVENING OF FROLIC
CROWD WAS oD-HUMoRED,
BUT ORDERLY.

Josh Davis was Rex, a dozen small
boys were his dominoes, the queen was
herself, and with much noise the car
nival wound up last midnight
There were large crowds before last
night, but none quite so large as that
which congregated about the royal
throne, damned the Midway until it
was difficult to breathe, blocked the
passage on the grounds, and kept hun
dreds from getting so much as a glance
at the many attractions. Tremendous
crowds swayed and sUrged at the
Main street entrance during the night,
and finally, unable to gain admission
to the grounds, went away disappOint-
ed Sardines were never packed more
closely than were the people Of Salt
Lake who ventured out to participate
in the brief reign Of Rex.
The day started OFF quietly enough.
Scarcely q handful of people came out
during the afternoon to see the free
entertainment. All seemed to be await
ing the coronation of the king of folly.
The king showed up all right. At $50
in the evening his parade started from
the KnutsfOrd. It had been widely
advertised There were to have been
fourteen f1oats-fOUrteen, counting the
carriages and horses as one each.
First of all in the pageant, which was
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the crowded line of march, was a pIa-
toon of police, headed by Chief Hilton.
Held'S band followed. The chariOts of
Queen Ethelyn, Prime Minister Have
yOu-seen- George, and the maids of
honor were next in line. King Rex,
mounted on a dragon float. and three
floats full of his attendants drew up
in the rear. Several Roman candles
were shot of. and the parade went on
uninterrupted to the throne
Upon arriving there Prime Minister
Blair proclaimed Rex king of the night,
and Queen EthelXn gracefully surren-
dered her domain.
JoIIied the King.
Rex came down towards the crowd.
and in a voice that betokened long and
constant association with the Blue
Church, and a decided Oriental accent,
exclaimed. oh, how I love you all,
my good people. Turn yourselves loose
and enjoy yourselves forever. Eat
gingersnaps and drink gingerale. May
peace be with you"
Hello, Josh; hOw's the Blue
church," yelled a yOungster seated in
the top row of the grand stand. The
king seemed a trife disconnected, but
ventured no reply.
Rex was then led back to the throne
and the queen took a seat to the right
Of him.
Let the ceremonies proceed or
dered Rex, and the acTObatiC and
aerial performers gave their splendid
acts.
Things went along smoothly, the king
being offered loaf of bread, which he
deVcured, and a drink of water out of
a bucket, all of which made a big hit
with the crowd. Then everybody got
| to throwing confetti The man who
/ had the concession got sore because
| someone else cut in with a wagOnlOad
! of paper cut in bits as big as hens
| eggs, by means of which he bilked the
| buyers and took away from the ped
/ dlers of real confetti many nickel
/ He was not captured.
! There was a. jOllification Of huge pro-
portions on the stand, in which the
| court and a few honOred guests par
ticipated. When things quieted down
about midnight the court adjourned in
a body 10 the Midway and took in 9
good many of the shows. Through the
/ courtesy of Secretary ClawsOn the
royal party was entertained in the
/ Oriental theatre by Colorado Charley
in his fancy shooting, but left, OF
! course before the dancing girls per
| Torrance commenced. The queen ano
her maids also rode the camel of the
Streets Of Cairo show about the Mid
way.
Confetti throwing was going on and
there was a good deal OF noise on the