The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-07
YESTERDAY WAS THE RED LET.
TER DAY.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
Magnificent Parade Last Night-The
Queen of the Carnival and Her
Lovely Suite-The Grand Pyro-
ton of Mont PeIee to he Seen at =
O'CLOCK Tonight.

Yesterday was the third day of the
| Pythian Carnival and Merchants Fall
Festival and it was the red letter day
Of the festivities. All trains arriving IL
Wilmington brought great crowds Of
| people from the country and adjacent
towns II they helped to swell the
| great multitudes OF the streets. The
patronage Of the carnival shows was
the largest they have yet received.
Last night the most immense crowd
ever seen on the streets of Whining
ton was down town. At times on Front
| and on Market streets the people were
| so thick one could hardly wend HI,
way along. 1t was a jolly crowd out
for fun. and the merriment was in
| tense. Bedlam was created by horns,
COW bells, squedunks, etc, and the
| young people flung confetti in storms.
| The girls carried canes and tipped off
| the g~entlemen's hats, and all sexes
| and sizes carried feather ticklers that
were kept busy. Everybody was III
a good humor, and from one end of the
| city to the other the merriest peals of
laughter a n out. 1t was a sight to
| behold, and it was surely a carnival Of
fun and frolic.
The carnival shows were largely
~patronized both day and night, and all
| the free exhibitions were witnessed by
immense throngs. The balloon ascen-
sion, however, did not take place at 5
| p. m, owing to the sickness Of the bal
loonist. He took sick just twenty
minutes before the ascension was TO
have taken place. The committee ex-
! ceedingly regretted it and the balloon
list regretted it even more deeply, as he
only gets paid when he makes an
| ascension.
! QUEEN OF THE CARNIVAL.
The grand feature of the carnival
yesterday was the triumphal procession
of the Queen of the Carnival las night.
The parade was formed at Third and
Chestnut streets, in the order given in
The Messenger yesterday.
The streets were literally TANNED with
people to witness the parade. All along
the route the masses of people were
dense, and certainly it was the most
immense. crowd ever seen on the
streets of Wilmington. The procession
moved to inspiring music by the Hot
lowbush and Second Regiment bands
and it was a magnificent sight as 1t
moved along the route from Third and
Chestnut streets on Third to Red Cross
| street, on Red Cross street to Front.
and down Front to Orange street,
where the procession disbanded.
The feature in the parade, of course.
was the magnificent float upon which
the queen ard her maids of honor and
pages rode. The float was mounted on
four wheels, and represented a Vene-
tan pagoda, the foul corners of which
were palm trees, beautifully decorated
with the Pythian colors-red, blue and
yellow. AT the rear of the pagoda was
a throne with handsome decorations,
and from it a series of seven terraces
extending to the front. On the sides
were the Pythian monogram on
shields, and the other decorations were
draperies of Pythian colors. United
States flags, etc. The float was a mag
nificent one and was all the more beau
tiful on account of the brilliant illumi-
nation which was accomplished by
one of Mr.. Frank Tu%rrentine's power
full Kitson 1000 candle power lamps.
Besides red fuses We're burned, making
a v~arigated effect that was exceeding
ly beautiful.
The float was drawn by four milk
white horses gaily caparisoned, and
walking at their heads were four MI
bans. The darkies were as black as
the ace of spades and were bare to the
arms. They were dressed in oriental
costumes, and wore turbans on their
heads.
On the throne sat the lovely queen
of the carnival. Miss Mamie McGirt,
her five pretty maids of honor, and
seven handsome pages, manly little
boys. The maids of honor were Misses
Isabel Struthers. Edna Fleet. Clara
Adkins, Lillian Horne, and Bell,
Lawther.
The queen was beautifully robed in
white silk with trimmings of gold and
chiffon. There was a cape and Il
AoNSs NouAN udhh uAiiiAiCu with pllh
ettamine. On her head vas a gold crown
studded with diamonds, and she bore
in her hands a mammoth bouquet of
bride roses. La France roses. carna-
tons, asparagus ferns and maiden hair
ferns. This elaborate bouquet was
presented to the queen b. the carnival
committee.
Two of the maids Of honor, Misses
Isabel Struthers and Edna Fleet wer-
beautifully attired in pink silk null.
with silver trimmings n white court
train. Their hair was caught with rib
bon bows and resets. The capes OF
the court trains were white silk. The
other three maids of honor. Misses
Cara Adkins, Lillian Horne, and Bella