The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-30
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AS THE PIKE OPENS.
A Gay and Picturesque Procession
of Peop.e of Many Nations.
A Mile aud Half Parade of the Great
est COnglOmeratiOn of Amuse-
nents Ever Gathered
Together.

On the afternoon of the thirtieth day
Of April next there will be a spectacle
ON certain mile and a half strip of
ground in the western edge of st. Louis
such as the world never saw before.
The Pike will celebrate its opening
that afternoon. The rest of the great
Worlds Fair will have mad its open
ng ceremonies in the morning, and
fter luncheon The Pike will be the
enter of attraction.
director OF Concessions Norris Is.
Iregs and the members of the Conces-
,ionaires' Association are now arrang-
lg programme for that event. They
are not diVulging the details, but it is
UNDERSTOOD that a grand parade OF all
Sike features that live and move will
the piece de resistance of the Gel
sDratlOn There are paradeS and pa
rades but this one will be different.
There viii be camels in it-oh, yes.
and elephants; but the human elemeu,
viii be The really interesting thing
Occident and Orient will be represent
ong procession that will swing u,
md down the great street of conces-
siOns there Will be Turks, iGgyptian5
Arabs, Persians, Hindoos, t'ilipinos
Africans, Spaniards, Siamese, Core
ans, Japanese, Chinese, and representa-
ives of other races too numerous a.
nenuon-all in their picturesque ma
i've costumes.
Queer musical instruments will fur
lish marching melodies. Some of the
Jrientals will dance along in their
Jecullar styles. The bowling Dervis4
Hhirl, and altogether it will be howl
ms and whirling affair.
here will be in line Jews, Gentile5
tld Moslems from Jerusalem-hun-
leds and hundreds of them. Dancins;
,rls from the variety theaters OF
gay Seville-yes, and from the hilari
)us halls of gayer Paris-will be tto1a
Beauties - stunning beauties - from
many European and Oriental nations
will lenu the charm of their faces ana
-igures and their picturesque costumes
TO the aggregation. Arab horses, Bar
barry steeds, sacred COWS, tailless cats
and hairless dogs will figure in the
parade.
And all along the way the thousands
Of spectators will enter into the spicit
Of international gayety, humming and
singing such familiar ballads as She
sever Saw the Streets of Cairo"
rherell Be Hot Time in the Old
own Tonight" and the like. For
e opening of The Pike-the world
ceatest amusement boulevard-wi.l
llugurate a season of conglomerated
yeties such as the sons and daugh-
70 of mirth never knew before this
entful year of 1904.
No doubt that old gag, Its thu
lrmest show that ever came down
pike" will take on a new ami
ore intimate meaning. There are
ready built and in course of con-
ruction on The Pike thirty-dve I'M
.rtant concession enterprises, begin
rs with the Tyrolean Alps and a
lage of the Tyrol at one end ana
aiding to an eleven-acre reproduction
/ the city of Jerusalem at the other
nd, which is nearly a mile and half
way The Pike is in the shape of the
gpital letter Il, the vertical stroi,c
ling mile long. The angle of the
H. accommodates the Naval Exhibit
e Galveston Flood and Hale's Fir
ehters Jerusalem is at the farther
ID of the horizontal part of the Il"
All along this thoroughiare, on boil
.des, are the imm ense buildings, q
picturesque and odd construction, tina
lcuse the concession shows. On the
opening day The Pike will be Gay
With flags and bunting, and for just
even months thereafter it promises
to be the most interesting amusemen,
district ever created.