Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-02
So Ideal that Thousands Turn Out to
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNEsS ARRIVES TONIGHT
Eighth Monarch IL TO Reach Farnam
street Not Later Than $50 O'Clock
Crowds Flood the Car
nival Grounds.
omhhR's Red Letter Dates.
October 2-Al-SRr-Ben Electrical Pa
rade.
ball.
October 4-Ak-sar-Ben street Fair
closes.

closes.
street waif too small to make way for
himself by the crowding process and too
proud to peek between the legs of Colossus
like men, scaled a turret of the court house
yesterday afternoon at o'clock and gaLed
for an hour on a picture that his eoyish
brain will retain long after he has grown to
manhood and become a president, a train
robber, candy salesman or whatever else
he intends to be.
II was picture of great city resplendcnt
in red. yellow and green bunting. OF long
thoroughfares crowded with thousands on
thousands of people, OF laughing children
perched on doting parents shoulders. OF
stalwart men and fair women poised on tip
toes-each others tlptoes. OF hundreds of
windows crowded full of thousands OF eager
faces. or mighty pageant that, to him.
seemed great serpentine monster gliding
sinuously over garden paths and rejecting
from its broad back all the colors of the
rainbow, from the blue OF the polIceman's
uniform in front to the Oriental red and
tinsel Of the Cairo group near the end.
He crouched for an hour on his arrow
ledge and finally saw the monster dlsmem-
bered mysteriously as II was assembled,
it's parts swallowed in the tide Of humanity
that broke suddenly from all sides and
rolled through the paths. as an unwalled
wave, engulhng all before II. To the street
waif It was a glorious dream; to the throngs
below It was simply the civic parade which
is a part Of the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival erd
which always precedes by day the coming
OF the king himself.
Monarch Comes Tonight.
When the monarch comes tonight he will
have with him the most gorgeous pageant
he has ever had, but 1t will have been re-
crulted from Fsiryland and intended only
for the glimmer Of the stars and the gilt
ter OF witch s. lamps. The procession yes
terday was OF sterner stuff, made to bear
analysis under the eye Of a half-veiled sun.
Men and women and the animals that serve
them were its parts. Men with the ac-
ooutrements of war, with the implements
! OF industry, with the emblems OF brother
hood. Women with flags, with flowers, with
radiant faces and gorgeous gowns Horses
caparisoned. elk harnessed with ribbons,
camels shrouded with spangled blankets,
dogs braided with gold lace and a donkey
upbraided with black leather and words
OF many colors
At the head, on a spirited chestnut
charger, rode Mayor Frank E. Moores,
garbed in black from his tall silk hat to his
sturdy riding boots, and wearing the blue
silk sash of the grand marshal. Beside
him we're his aides, Colonel James G. Mar
tin and Colonel Elmer e. Bryson, in mil
itary blue and gold. About the group rode
twenty mounted police under Chief Don
ahue. After them in the first division were
Covalt's band, the Thurston Rifes In
resplendent new cadet uniform, the Omaha
! Guards, the Millard Rifles, the Dodge Light
nttor "a frop he
Omaha cavalry troop with sabres drawn
and in service uniform; Kiplingers band;
and Companies A, B, and G Of the Omaha
High School cadets, this comprising the
military division.
Civic and Industrial Ranks.
The second, third and fourth divisions
contained the representation from the civic
ard Industrial ranks OF the realm and were
enhanced with elaborate floats. One was
that of the knights OF tho Golden Eagle and
contained the officers OF the order In their
official garb. seated about a miniature lodge
room. Another was that OF the Bohemian
Turner's, with stalwart athletes posed be-
side their gymnastic apparatus and with a
goddess of the order perched on a throne at
the rear. third was contributed by the
Woodmen Of the World and showed a mighty
stump driven into which was a silver AZ
that made a perching place for the dove OF
brotherly love. Behind II came another on
which a dozen women of the Woodmen
| Circle posed in costume among the green
trees Of a young forest. Still another was
that of Gate City camp, Sons and Daughters
Of Protection, showing a ministrative serv-
ice OF the order, even 70 the work Of the
doctor and nurse at the bedside. The last
was the Ak-sar-Ben float, surmounted by
the official butter with a candidate on his
back and the oficlal giraffe galloping over
the hot sands with a noyitiate. Behind
trailed DR.. Ramacciotu "the victim" with
a donkey drawing his little car and shrouded
by banners bearing his memorable words.
These practically headed the NTH dlvi-
sion, which was Ak-sar- Ben's own. Twelve
OF the Board Of Governors and four OF the
hustling committee rode In carriages. In
other carriages behind them rode repre-
sentatives from every concession on the
carnival Midway. exclusive Of the Abyssin-
ian ground hog, which could not be exposed
TO even the temperate air Of yesterday.
From the Dazzling Midway.
There we're dancing girls and girls who
never dance: illusion girls and girls who
don't "llluse;" the lady with her poodles
the Egyptians with their camels Buck Keith
with his hand-raised EsquimauX. the Cherry
Sisters, the Old Plantation darkeys. Bos-
tocks animal trainers. the athletes, TrixiO
Pony Moore IN an automobile, and, all along
the line, Alphonse and CASTOR, Happy
Hooligan and the bum eoppers. making fur
for the crowd. The bands, without excep-
tion, furnished excellent music and were
so numerous that the procession, nearly q
mile in length, had no dull parts.
The start was made shortly after $3.50
and the parade was handled remarkably
well. with no long waits and no confusion
Passing up sixteenth street from Nicholas