Evening journal., 1903-06-22
CARNIVAL
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Plenty Of Fun and Amuse-
ment for Pleasure Seekers
at Shellpot Park
MARDI GRAS NIGHT TOMORROW
Prizes Will Be Offered for All Sorts Of
costumes-There Will Be Wild Ami
mails, German Village and Many
Other Things to Interest Visitors.

Otner inln9S 10 interest NlSltoFS'
This is carnival week in Wilmington.
From now until next Saturday night city
folk will have an opportunity 10 enjoy
all the pleasures which go to make up a
real carnival. 1t Is in Shellpot Park and
is under the auspices of Wilmington Aerie
Fraternal order of Eagles. The Gaskill-
Mundy-Levitt carnival aggregation, which
largely makes up the amusement feature,
arrived here from Baltimore yesterday In
a special train of thirty cars. The aggre-
CATION is in charge OF Victor ID. Levitt
one Of the foremost carnival managers in
the country. Among the features are the
Stadium, wherein are seen acts THAT are
truly rev. including Holdens10O feet dive
from a lofty ladder into a tank Of water
five feet deep. Babcock and Stone i'm the
motorcycle whirl, Ali Zaki, the Hindoo
magician in his famous basket trick, the
Walolunds. the Herculean wonders and
numerous others. The Trained Wild Ami
NAL Arena is seen with educated lions,
tigers, leopards. panthers, bears, hyenas,
wolves, pumas, etc, in performances.
Other features are the $50, 900 crystal maze
in which one gets lost among the mirrors,
I
lean warblers, and new vaudeville acts, the
funny house upside down, the Blake Dog,
Pony and Monkey Circus, Down I'm Dixie,
a funny donkey show, depicting life on the
old Southern plantation, the Johnson's s,
the human fish in swimming feats, Edi-
sons Kinedrome, the latest and greatest
moving picture machine. LaBelle Rossa'
Night in the Orient, with real Oriental
dancers, gun spinners. jugglers, etc, are
also seen. The Girl from Up There, which
was the sensation of the Pan-American
Exposition. the WIZARDS in "A Trip to
Melodia" will no doubt draw well.
The free acts consist of Youtunkey, tn,
daring Jap in his stride for life, Grant
the wonder, on the high wire. MADAME
Maritime on the flying trapeze, the electric
fountain, etc.
Tomorrow will be childrens day at ths
carnival and the woman taking the largest
number Of youngsters viii be given prize
in the shape of a fine carpet sweeper.
Tomorrow night will be Mardi Gras nigh
and fun and jollity are expected to reigr
supreme. The following prizes will be Of
fered to those taking part:
To the best original male character, sill
umbrella, by Thomas Finn; to the TALES
masked man, a box of cigars, by c. T
Orbann; to the heaviest masked visitor. Z
dress suit case. by Snellenburg and Com
pany; best Dutch character. box Of cigars
by John d. Kelley; best Irish character
bottle of wine, by Edward Krause; bes
Indian character, bottle of wine by
Thomas A. Carney; lady wearing the pret
test costume, solid silver water pitcher
by Frank NJ. Boyle; TO the dude wearing
the highest collar, box of cigars, by NJ. ]
Sharkey; to the best female impersonator
straw hat by Wright and Davidson; bes
looking girl I'm costume, five pound box o
candy. by John Govatos; lady wearing tn
most original costume, lemonade set, b!
Stern Bros; best Chinese character, bot
tie Of wine. by James +. Burke; club hav
ing the largest number of members, bus
figure, by M. Megary and Son; larges
family masked, rocking chair, by Jane
Meharg; best cowboy character, bottle o
champagne, by c. Mundy; best negr
character, box Of assorted pipes, b,
George b. Neef; best acrobatic masler
box II cigars, by A. II. Viewig. There vii
also be a prize Of a handsome carpe
sweeper to be given to the lady bringing
the largest number Of children on Tuesda.
afternoon (children's day).
A parade of the Eagles was given Of
/ Saturday night, but because Of the rain
it was late in starting and not so man
men were in line as expected. It was head
ed by the Philharmonic Band and plenty O
red fire was burned.
The city began to take on holiday
3 airs. Most Of the business houses il
Market street are decorated with flag
and bunting, and the emblems Of tn,
order of Eagles.
ShellDot Park was n very busy plac
this morning At an early hour tn
work of putting up the fourteen bil
show tents was begun, and so complet
is the system that order soon wa
brought out of apparent chaos.
There was a street parade, starting
at about o'clock this afternoon. AL
the people and animals and monkey
were nut in street cars, with two band
as well, and traversed the chief street
of the city upon which the Wilmingto
City Railway Company has tracks.