The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

ant upon the Yelled Prophets twenty
sixth annual visit to his well beloved
city OF ST Louis next Tuesday.
From under the great beard Of the be-
nign potentate comes the sonorous de-
cree. "cut out the syncopated stun which
sometimes Is called music
To show his subjects just how rag
time" with which. in his opinion all OF
his people are familiar, and some OF them
painfully so. compares TO music IN us
truest sense. the prince and patron VIII
have nothing but airs from lyric operas
rendered during the progress Of the mag
niicent pageant from the mystic Den on
Walnut street. at : o'clock. 10 the Mer-
chants Exchange, where the parade VIII
arrive about 9 o'clock.
Whether at the ball. when the Queen
OF Love and Beauty is crowned. the roya!
ukass will remain in effect IS extremely
doubtful. Under his whiskers he may
whisper his permission that the orchestra
may play just a few two-steps. And
without some Of the 'rag-time" tunes. the
two-step, il is believed, would be a tame
AFFAIR.
This revocation Of the "~rag-time" decree
IS expected to be given under the infu-
ence OF that charm which the V. P's
court OF beauty will exert over HIM. His
tory shows that he is not an austere mon
arch. but on the contrary. one who would
rot long resist the pleading Of some pretty
girl who might ask. please. Your Ma
jesty. won't you let the orchestra play
Under g Panama.
Meantime the Prophet will have taught
his people a lesson in beautifuf music
Preceding each float, under the general
title, Lyric Opera bands will play the
best known selections from the operas
represented by the floats.
There Will be no heavy music-nothing
complicated in technique nor beyond the
ears OF the masses Of the auditors. Even
the Wagner operas chosen for representa-
ton are those f. which scenic splendor
IS happily welded with melody which all
the people may appreciate.
TO COMBINE HORSES
WITH ELECTRICITY.
Instead Of using electricity to propel
the floats, each one viii be drawn by six
horses.
The floats. however. Will run on the car
tracks, thu avoiding the jolting which
was an unpleasant feature Of former par
AIDES. Another advantage OF the special
l. constructed trucks is that they will
be connected with the trolley wires and
LnCLEAGbAA LEAGANE a IAAAGAN EN-@I-A ~
illuminate the scenes presented in the
most modern and gorgeous manner.
The use Of horses to draw the noats
may be regarded by some hypercriucal
persons as an an-achronism. but 1t IS be-
lieved the refusal Of the Yelled Prophet
TO abandon horse power has been prompted
by q fine aesthetic sense. The horses
serve to permit an effective filling in OF
space between the floats and give the
progress q certain impression Of ststeli-
ness.
The Incidents chosen for depletion In
every instance are such as give the be
holder the dominant event Of the opera,
the moment OF the highest passion, the
touch OF the greatest beauty. the instant
Of the revelation OF the sublimest char
acter.
The range Of the emotions and the
scope Of the scenic effects extend from the
delicate fancies of fairyland 10 the passion
Of r~omanucism OF Bizet, to the mysticism
OF Wagner. from the sweetness Of Mozart
TO the humoresQuesness Of Rossini.
The Incidents nave the color and the
glow and the character note Of many
times and climes. The pageant in short
will be an accurate representation Of life
IN many Of its highest, noblest. most color
full mOments-of moving stories Of the
Heart Interpreted jointly by music and the
plastic and mimetic arts.
Preceding the floats viii march the
Grand Marshal and his aids. ten in num-
Der. all upon richly capsrsoned steeds,
carrying the Yelled Prophets colors OF
purple and yellow and red.
DESCRIPTION OF FLOATS
A description Of the floats folowss
The first float bears the Yelled Prophet
himself. h appears seated between the
paws Of a colossal sphynx on a PEDESTAL
rising from amidst a grove OF palms. On
either side Of the float at the front are
two great golden tigers in the pose Of
those fierce felines when expecting at
tack or preparing TO spring.
On an altar the two High Priests burn
incense and make obeisance before the
Yelled Prophet, who is hRnked on either
side by his almoner and his secretary.
Behind the prophets head blazes a gigan-
tic electric star and In his hand he wields
a great scepter the top OF which is a
cleaning heur de lis OF crystals and one
great bulb Of living light.
Tho second il the title float, Lyric
Opera" Upon a massive pedestal sits the
muse OF lyric opera Tyre in hand. She
occupies a golden chair. the arms OF which
are the heads and necks Of eagles, while
stretching out and upward behind her, as
a sort of aegis reversed. are massive eagle
wings. Before this figure and a priest
ess, with torch In one uplifted hand. while
the other rests upon a glowing shield
Seated On either side OF this p~riestess
are two graces, bearing one a trumpet,
tho other a flute. AS background to the
monument surrounded by the lyric muse
IS seen q stately grove. where on grace
fully truncated pyramidal are
baskets OF growing flowers. In the fore
front OF this hoat are three blazing bra
tiers, one in The center rising high in the
air on a vase column. The sides OF the
plmth Of the main structure bear a tablet
containing the names OF fllustrious COM
poserE. some OF whom are represented by
their works in the pageant, while some
others are not. All the figures in the
tsbieau are in the graceful costume OF old
Greece.
Third of the floats comes william
Tell" Here We have the scene that Is an
unforgetsble episode In the romance of
history, the scene that every schooIooy
has seen in imagination while ne thrilled
TO the patriotic fervor tina is the motive
OF the incident. Gessler's hat atop OF a
pole 1auqts itself insolently in the fore
ground. Tel, tho rugged mountaIreer. has
just refused TO salute the emblem Of tyr
amy and IS standing with bow fully bent
and arrow fitted. ready to cleaye the ap-
pie on his sens hSs& = tnrturous test put