Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-03
AND ITS WORKING OUT
Description Of the Floats and Namei
of Those Who Manned Them
in Parade.

"A hundred fires far Pickering from the
Blazed Ger the general revels Of the night,
The feast in honor OF the guests returned,
TO peace and pleasure, generously earned.
Twas thus that King Ak-Sar-Ben. eighth
Of the name, was welcomed to Omaha on
his way to the royal castle where he will
await his coronation this evening, when
the youth, strength and beauty Of Quivera
will assemble with bright auguries for his
reign.
Twenty floats accompanied the king upon
his entry. The subject for these floats was
determined upon by his royal highness and
his counselor some time ago, when the fol-
lowing took place, reported BY the royal
scribe:
Late in the reign Of AK-sAR-BEN VIII,
sayers and wise men of his Court. thus
said the mighty Samson; II fear me
much, the times be out of joint. Men rush
columns of figures and hanus clutch fever
ishly at dollars; Ever and anon fall men
struggle. Yet the beautiful world wags on,
with room for all and plenty, and men be
m RrEsheF the wiser vi To paf rrs The dGihmple ddn fingers
are busted in wondrous ways, yet at even
tide comes rest Trustful hearts, unspot-
ted from the world, find in simple things
abundance Tender eyes and clear, see, I'm
very truth, elves, gnomes, sprites, fairies
Therefore" CONTINUED he, FOR one night /
will that all shall be children" Thus the
Knights of Ak.sar-Ben present in the year
The Festival OF Fairyland.'
The Title Float.
"By wells and rills in meadows green.
we nightly dance our heydey guise,
And to or fairy king and queen
We chaunt our moonlight minstrelsies.'
Entwined with flowers, shimmering with
light, soft sprays Of ferns and blossoms.
that fairies love covering all; with horned
griffin looking from above, and over all the
glamour of the lights. appeared the title
Tnoat, bearing the legend. FESTIVAL OF
Fairy-Land." The horsemen leading this
float we're C.. T.. Johnson and H. T.
Clarke. jr.
''The KingI The kinR"
Therein twas brilliant all and light.
As when the setting sun has given
Ten thousand hues to- summer even.
And from their tissue fancy frames
Aerial knights and fairy danes.
To him each lady's look was lent,
On him each courtier's eve was bent. a.
For on the second float, guarded by his
own especial sentinels stood his serene and
royal hIghness-King Ak-sar-Ben VIII;
two burning censers sent up incense rare
before the throne; the eagle bearing gar
lands Of richest flowers led the way to the
pleasant retreat which stood at the end
Of the journey in the favorite palace OF the
king The whole ablaze with lights which
flashed back from the cleaning armor Of
the knights, and from the golden throne,
while on the throne in state sat the august
ruler for whose coming the faithful knights
and squires have been preparing for months.
n ~ Ill.
Frank Pfeging. o. D. Harris and William
Monaghan, while the knights, mounted
guarding the float were ]. D. Weaver and II.
F.. Robertson.
Flower Qucen's Daughter.
There fell a silvery, siIken ven OF light
Upon the upturned faces of a thousand
roses
That grew in an enchanted garden
Where no winds dared to stir"
And we'll were roses strewed, for in the
third float reclined the flower queens
daughter, while before her stood the brave
prince who had dared the dragons grand
mother, with her three heads, and all the
brood OF dragons, to restore her to her
home. He had already made friends Of the
kings OF the fishes, Of the eagles and the
foxes, and had been given the wonderful
foal which was to carry himself and the
haubhNCi VI lhC qucNu VI lu6 uOWeTb. Gar
lands of flowers everywhere-roses bright
and eglantine, entwined with glowing lights
upon this float, while a spraying fountain
sang a lullaby before the dais upon which
the maiden was seated-that maiden who
as a wife vas destined to spend half OF her
days under the ground with her mother and
absent from her husband. when the flowers
were not in bloom. On this float were
Julius Rosenzweig, captain; w. 7. Johnson,
Ed Palmer and Harry Kelby, while the es-
Corting knights were +. b. Smith and n. H..
Nelson.
Alice in wonderland.
VIII you step a little faster?'
Said the whiting to the snail.
There's a tortoise just behind me,
And he's treading on my tall
After her many variations in height Alica
had finally been caught by the artist in court
with the king and queen Of hearts, the whole
pack in fact, and the halter. the March
hare, the mock turtle, the frog and all Of
the other animals who made life merry for
! Alice on the other side Of the rabbits bur-
row. The Cheshire cat, smiling as Il has
smiled since Lewis Carroll first recorded
the journey Of Alice, and as Il smiled at her
from the tree. was seen on either side Of
the throne on which the king and queen
sat. Even Carroll ne'er dreamed OF the
glory which surrounded the creature Of his
imagination last night. The frog, the hare
and the turtle. with the other men. women
and animals In ordinary life are: F. S.
Simpson. captain; Hans Nobel. Harry Minda,
A. b. Cook. p. Peterson, G.. @. Manning, f.
C. Kuehn, w. H. Wigman, r. NJ. Sutton.
II. q. windheim. D.. @. Hanley and r. e.
Wilcox, while the float was escorted by J.
G. Lund aud Henry wohln.
TRAVELLING Musicians.
Sir Chantioleer then Mapped his wings
And III on Pussy head,
And standing thus, he saw within
The robhar hand he 800 -