Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-28
PARADE OF ALL NATIONS.
Entire Globe Contributes to Feature
Of Pike Day at Worlds Fair.

st Louis, April 2S.-The wonderful
parade Of peoples and beasts on Pike
day at the Worlds fair, June 4, will
be the greatest of modern world spec
tacles. It's barbaric magnihcence and
human interest far soyershadow the
queens jubilee, triumphs of Roman
conquerors, or the visit of Sheba to
Solomon.
Amid a babel of untamed music
the n1urmurs of thirty-five different
tongues, and the simmer of myriad
colors, huge caravan. the like of
which has never been seen in all the
history of the centuries, will drag it's
serpentine length through the city OF
palaces.
Six Thousand natives from climes
far and near. and two thousand ami
mails of nearly every known species,
will move in the strangest procession
since the one that sought refuge in
the Ark.
1t will be a living color page Of
storyland, OF nursery rhyme and the
days when tales were young. The
Arabian Nights will flash in the noon
day sun. Ancient religions with all
their glamour of mystery and heather
splendor give the solemn note to the
pageant We will behold types of
these different peoples:
Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Tyroi-
csc, Irish, French, Italians, Persians,
Turks. Burmese, Singalese, E'ilipinos,
Esquimaux, Spaniards, Egyptians. In
dams, Hindoos. Beers, Zulus, Kafiirs,
Jews, Bohemians. Assyrians. Be
douins, Hawaiian Islanders, Kanakas,
head hunters of Borneo. Grecians, Ne
groes. Arabians, Germans. Patagonian
giants, African pignies, hairy Anus,
| and several AMERICANS.
Curious conyeyahces will be en-
ployed in this march of nations. Some
will ride in Irish jaunting cars, in the
| jinrickashaw, the Persian kavajak,
golden cars of the Indian rajahs,
Alaskan dog sledges, sullzies drawn
by ostriches aud giraffes, stylish mod
crn traps hauled by zebras and fat
tailed African sheep. Layishiy ca
parisoned elephants. camels and
droinedaries bear on their backs.
howsahs with lofty pinnacles, Arab
ian steeds carry turbaned children of
the desert, the American broncho sup
ports famous Indian chiefs and the
rough riders of the world; dIagomen
| of Cairo ride the historic donkey.
| Dancers of all nations reflect the
schunblatter, the reel, the fling, the
clog. the Nautch; the Jar. the Casten-
| ct, the sword and the devil dance,
and behold those who whirl as DO the
| dervishes,S those who do the fandango
and the geisha dance, the flute, the
snake and the Kachina or the dance
of masks, the Buffalo and the Mani
| tou dance, and the cannabalistic reyels
of tho far South Sea islands.
! Industries of the earth will be p0r-
| trayed in the procession by the poly
glot population Of Jerusalem, the
! thrifty natives Of the Alps, the
weavers of ireland. the wood aud
/ ivory carvers. the gold brocade
weavers and Benaries brass makers
and the jewelers. of Hindostan; the
tea pickers and rollers of Ceylon, the
brass chiselers. candy makers, for
| tune tellers and fakirs of Persia; Jap
! anese who carve images ITom. single
grains of rice and the tagmaking girl
| of Japan; Romanys from Spain;; street
vendors from the bazaars of STAN
boul old7time plantation darkies Of
| the south, expert fire fighters of the
modern city. Russian serfs and deep
sea divers: the potters, basket max
/ ers and blanket makers of the Zuni
and Moli tribes; Chinese silk weavcrs
plying ancient looms, the Boer house
wife fresh from her lager, and liidny
/ other types.
! Wedding ceremonies and burial
rites. native festivals and annual sacri-
fetal feasts have their vivid portrayal
in this streaming pulsation of life as
it moves over a mile along the hard.
smooth boulevards of the exposition
1t is estimated that the pageant will
| represent an outlay of thirty thou
sand dollars and it is intended to
make OF it onesof the greatest educa-
tional and amusement features Of the
worlds fair.