Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-07

shining down from the dark velyety
blue over head. the light OF the kIn,,
of day beamed down brightly on the
the thousands of people flashing
the gold and silver OF the decorations
The dome of the lueen's caEopy
which looks like gold AT night appears
to be silver by day Yesterday nj
ternoon II looked Strangely dun aud
ura,iiactive without the queen and
her maids. who. of course. rode In tne
parade On the steps leading to the
foot of the throna number of gen
tlemen glittering with the insiepia
of Office stood to view tn pageant as
it passed around the amphitheatct.
| Denver has no reason to be asham-
ed of her industrial parade. IL was
certainly fine. OF some seven miles
in length. it prove TO be wonderfully
entertaining TO the thousand, OF peo-
pie viewing. MOI only were the H.
900 seats of the g;'ani stand filled.
but every available spot along the line
of march was made use o.. Nina
ture grand stands Were erected at
various points, while the windows aud
sidewalks were thick with people.
| The parade was very prompt in
starting. In fact there has been very
IL tie delay in any of the exercises
conducted for the eq'ertainment of
the public. The procession as
whole was beautifully arranged, while
the floats were so pretty tha; you
| | cver grew tired OF gazing.
| The music of the thirty bands who
| ms al in, tho Ja ,l...
| cided pleasure. Besides the differ.
ont stores ard business houses rrrrc.
sented. the members OF the secret or
ders We're out in fun force. OF these
| the Woodmen were perhaps the most
| noticeable. both from the beauty of
their floats and the number of mem
| bers marching
The high school cadets and tIe
| boys from Jarvis Hall won unlimited
| applause and they deserved 1T. 100.
When the cowboys rode into the arsna
and commenced cavorting wildly
| around and around, it began to look
like a roundup. The boys whooDed
and yelled while the spectators near
ly shouted themselves hoarse with ar
plause. There was one girl among
the number who rode just as madly as
he men. She wore "A buchskin suit
and rode astride
One of the prettiest floats was Ce-
res. advertising milling compa ny.
The goddess was there. of course.
surrounded by sheaves and stalks OF
wheat and bearded barley.
Another float that raised laugh
wherever it passed bore a placard
This is the girl who invented Blue
Hill Butter" AS the float was ar
ranged in such ID manner that you
saw the placard first, it made il cx-
tremely amusing to see standing
surprise pretty little Jerset cow.
With her she had an attendant, as well
as several bales of hay.
The mining float looked very natur-
al. exhibiting mountainside. n tun-
mel. shaft. ore bucket. miner with
log cabin, etc, in the background
Commerce" and "Colorado's Pres
ent'' were beautiful floats The form
er was all silver and gold, the ic-
male figures being in glitteiing ma
terials of that nature. The latter
exhibited the opportunities pres ent-
ed by her citizens The female fig
ures were dressed after the style of
the goddesses and symbolized these
opportunities. The driving clubs
carriages were beautifully decorated
with flowers. These and the auto
mobiles made one think of the Carl
fornia flower shows. To anyone iov
ing color these vehicles were joy 10
behold. One OF the prettiest autos
was trimmed in pink roses, and man
aged by little girl, all in pink, Who
could scarcely have been more than
IL years old Her father and mosh-
er occupied the auto Immediately ! G.
hind the little lady.
The maids of honor appeared in
eight autos linked together with a1-
yer and gold ribbon, one of these be
ing occupied by the queen. The We
hicle prepared for her majesty explod
ed Just before the time for her to take
her seat, and there was no time to
prepare another
Following the royal party came the
different fire departments. These
are especially worthy of commenda-
ton. There were so many of them
that really the following remark vas
not at all surprising. A little girl
sitting Just behind MS said suddenly:
| why. mama. what will they do If
there's fre?"
The procession ended with mum
Der of horses from breeding farm
and they were simply beautiful.
BLUEBELL.