Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-24
ELKS PARADE IN
COLD WEATHER,
Beautiful Queen and Maids Looked
a Little Chilly.
WERE BRAVE, HOWEVER.
Nothing Daunis the Ant'ers and the
Rig show Goes On inst
~ Merry as Ever.

Despite the threatening weather the
merchants, civic and iraternal day az
the Elks carnival opened with brave
showing this morning and The members
Of the various fraternal organizations
turned out in force to roll the good
thing along.
AS on the opening day when there
were ladies in the parade the pageant
did not start on time. TO be honest
II was an hour late, and the crowds
that broyed the elements possibly made
a double catchia The form Of a glimpse
at the procession and cold. The queen
and her maids Of honor had me SYN,
pathy OF the spectators especially gu
this apply 20 the maids Of honor VINO
rode In the open carriages minus ul,H
hats and attired In spotess white WIN
here and there a bunch Of purple Nlo-
lets TO make contrast. If the facts pe
told the popular color was In evidence
on the tips Of some Of their llttle noses,
Nevertheless they bore up bravery anu
made fine showing,
Finally the parade moved on lts tour
of the business district a little before
noon. Not all the attractions were III
line. because Director General Stoll Is
keeping his star attractions for Purple
Dav on Thursday, but 1t was a good
parade. The local lodges OF the Maeea-
bees and the Eagles were In line. at
tired In white duck pants, caps aud
other trappings, which In the case o.
The former organization centered IN
white umbrellas bearing the seal Of the
Maccabees. the Stars and Stripes ana
blue and red stars on the outside,
While the umbrellas, perhaps, were not
so gaudy as those borne by the Tusca-
roras In days gone by, they were es-
sentially one Of the star features OF the
parade. The degree team Of the Wood
men Of the World Salt Lake Camp, No.
81, attracted considerable attention as
they marched under the command OF
Capt. william Elliott. Armed with
axes, and clad In striking uniform
cmbellshed with plenty Of braid, uni
form caps and red leather belts, the
woodchopperS were given Il well merit
ed round OF APPLAUSE at stated inter-
walls. In addition 10 those who
reclined In the lap Of luxury In rubber
tired vehicles and the twenty-five
mounted men there were In all sixty
four Elks, seventeen Woodmen, eighty
five Maccabees and forty-two Eagles
in line.
OF the floats in the parade there were
several. prominent among which were
those OF the Elgin dairy, j. G.. Melon
aid Candy company, Fisher Brewery,
Stencil. the furrieri Coop. Blacksmith
shop. Hamlln the Painter, and a char
lot, the wheels OF which were made of
beer Kegs and its motive power cons
sisted OF a sad-eyed burro with a pair
OF elk antlcrs fixed to It's head. At
stated intervals the masked gnomes on
the candy float would hurl nuggets into
The crowd Of voclfer0us small boys
which We're as much in evidence as are
bees around the proverbial honey pot;
then the Elgin dairy people added in
suit to injury by pelting blocks Of Ice
cream at the assembled populace.
A big crowd lined the streets and re-
viewed the pageant From a cursory
glance It was demonstrated that the
major portion Of the mass Of humanity
were strangers in Salt Lake and had
Travelled from the wilds Of Idaho Mon
taila and Utah in order 10 be present
and assist In the pastlme OF painting
Salt Lake City a vivid purple.
Owing to the weather portion OF the
route Of the parade was cut out and
the marchers confined themselves to the
paved streets, where the wellknown adj
hesiye qualities Of Salt Lake real es-
tate would not spoil the general tout
ensemble as Prof Andre said, Of the
creased white ducks and brand new
shines
When the last carriage containing the
maids Of honor had finally fallen into
line Drum Major Ford waved his baton
with the exquisite grace OF a tinselled
fairy and "rhe Tale OF the kangaroo"
with timbrel and sackbut embellish-
ments was waited up the street.
They're on" said the waiting crowd
and then stampede was I'm order for
the center of the street.
First OF all came Mounted Policeman
Brown, who endeavored 10 make
his mount cuyort with the aid of a
pair OF Mexican spurs. The crowd
passed rbald remarks and then out OF
revenge got their toes trodden upon.
immediately following the policeman
came two Of the Elk marshals who pre-
coded q suad OF Salt Lakes finest. un-
der the command OF Sergeant Brown.
The band OF twenty-fOur pieces fol-
lowed and someone IN the crowd said
how cute as little Keith Clark In his
neat and effective costume and bcstiide
a noble charger which was led by a
colOred individual IN evening dress
hove In sight heralding the approach
~ the queen and her retuue. Then
came Queen Mabello in her state coach
drawn by the six white horses, The
reigning empress over the festivities
appeared in the same gown that was
worn on the opening day aud succeed
al in making the same good impress.
sion despite the chilly blasts that would
have made sables perhaps more appro-
PIRATE. Four carriages bearing the
maids followed escorted by Capt J. Il