The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-08
IRISH SOCIETIES
MAKE FINE DISPLAY
IN CARNIVAL PARADE
Over Three Thousand Are in
Line in Last Evenings Dem
onstration Carnivalto Close
Tonight With Genuine Mardi
Gras Sports.


last night was led by Frank J. Baer
and was here and there broken by Ger
man bands that persisted in playing
ia du Lieber Augustine" Die Wacht
UNI Rhein,' and other distinctively Ger
man airs, the watchword was Erin go
bragh'' and the day was saved Tor ola
Ireland by one band, which furnished
such music as BE Good, Be Good, Me
Father Said" and other well recog-
nized Celtic. melodies.
The assemblages of patriotic Irish So
cieties was a goodly sight to son OF
the "Old Sod,'' and nearly 5000 men
were in line. This portion of the pro-
cession was led by the United Irish
men and twelve divisions of the A. o.
H followed, making a fine appearance
in their regalia. Banners and pennants
were numerous, but the predominating
emblem was the harp of gold on the
green field.
The Irish societies were commanded
! by T. w. Mccoy, and Immediately
! following him were carriages contain
| ing a dozen or more of the women of
| the order.
A striking feature of the parade was
| large and tastefully designed float
with green and white decorations, in
| which Erin was represented by fe-
| male figure on throne sur
rounded by fifty young women be-
comingly costumed fnewhite. From the
sides of the float hung banners repre-
sentative of the provinces of Ireland.
Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Con-
naught. Farther along in the line was
an eight-horse drag on which were
seated thirty five women of the socie-
ties.
Following after the regular parade
of Irish societies came the industrial
display of the Trunck Drivers union
nd q Of I,11ci v,h
decorated wagons were not completed
in time for the regular industrial pa
rade earlier in the week. This portion
of the procession was surprisingly eX-
tensive, and some of the wagons We're
handsomely dressed.
Women Swim for Prizes.
At the carnival grounds the pricipaI
event the swimming, contest for
girls, which was witnessed by an i'm
mense crowd and in which there were
| fifteen participants. A special tank
| forty feet long and twelve feet wide
and containing five feet of water had
been pEepaEed5vin front of the grand
stand, and when the contestants filed
upon the grand stand to receive their
bathing suits at the hands of DR.. Ohage
there was great fun for the spectators.
Each young woman in turn was intro
| duced to the spectators, and if she was
| large she would receive a small bath
ing suit or If small her suit would be
large enough to include the rest of sl1er
family. Evidently there was some
changing in the dressing room, for
when the contestants appeared for the
race they We're all becomingly attired.
The course. was twice the length of the
tank each way making in all nearly
seventy-f1ve yards, and the winner
was Mrs. Martha Haas whose time
was one minute. fodf Seconds. Mrs.
Haas received SO and Mrs. j. w.
s, whose time was one minute
eleven seconds. S.. Miss Emma Haas
swan the distance in one minute thir-
teen seconds and Mrs D. Thomas in
one minute twenty five seconds.
-. Inc Garn11IM,ial~eeuft~ has about finished
s SIS S s9 brn The receipts yAterday were
10 $l,9z5. 20. An effort may be made to
increase the total amount to 1000 but
Judge W. r. johnson and his helpers feel
thal they have worked hard enough
| The total number of admissions at tho
main gateEyesterday was 5;149.
WIIheImIna Loses.
The novelty. of an elephant PLAYING a
game of ten pins was one of the sneciaI
features of the Midway last night. viii
n rgltndna, Loekharts pet elephant, was
ers Fred Gosewich and Herbert P. Keller
OF the Court team. The alley was the
pig stage upon which the elephants per-
form, the ball rolling the full length of
it. In the first frame Mr. Keller made =
strike and the elephant spare In the
other two frames each made eight and
nine, making a, total of thirty-seven for
Keller and thirty five for Wilhelmina. Mr..
GoseWlch's score was twenty five The
crowd was greatly pleased with the nov
city OF the performance. This is not the
hrst match game that WilfAlmina has
played. At the Crystal Palace. London,
she was the victor over one of England's
best bowlers.s At Fall River Mass. re-
Gently, she played a game ON a regula-
ton bowling alley, knocking the pins down
with an accuracy that would do credit to
Msrdi Gras Tonight.
| This is Mardi Gras night and the con-
!ett VIII ny. Ih1S form of amusement has
| been r1gidly excluded from the industrial
| street and Midway up to date. although
some OF the concesSioners have occasion
ally tried to introduce it, It's sale tonight
will be handled by the carnival manage
ment and every penny realized is to go
to the public baths Ten thousand bags
will be placed on sale at stands that will
De erected at short intervals along the in
dustriai street, 'aiss.sys@ss '-a}s
The committee has also arranged for a
ruiz line of -1carnival goods and novelties
to be on sale at the grounds. There will
be parade lat 2i30'o'clock, starting from
Rice park down Sixth street to Seventh.
headed by the German singing societies
and floats and all marching in the parade
will be admitted to the industrial street
free. 1t will be required however, that
| they shall be in full costume, and false
nose or a bunch: of seaweed whiskers win
not be, considered as answering this re-