The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-06-19
THE CLOSING DAY
At Louisville Homecoming Was
Crowded With Grand Events.

vile were achieved Friday, first In the
floral parade, followed by the Boone
exercises at Cherokee Park, and second
in monster street parade at night IL
Illustrative of Kentucky's settlement
and development, the days entertain
ment concluding with the grandest ball
ever given in the South and one of the
largest ever undertaken in the entire
country
The last event took place at the new
Armory, and it is said that more than
5000 coupels tripped the light fantas-
tic, while from surrounding balconies
Is, 600 people gazed upon the unusual
spectacle. The grand march was spec
tacular from the number of people en-
gagged, which together with the bril-
liant costumes of Kentucky's fair
daughters, made up scene that was
intensely impressive.
The parade at night was the most
gorgeous affair of the kind ever at
tempted and was cheered by more than
3O0,O 900 people along the route. 1t rep
resented the evolution of Kentucky in
a series of Is moving tableaux, pre-
senting scenes from the most important
epochs of the states development.
The parade traversed the principal
streets of the city and ended at the
armory, where the Queen Of the floral
parade, Miss Edna Seller, and Daniel
Boone, impersonated by Mr. Clarence
Martin, with their maids of honor and
gentlemen in waiting, led the grand
march.
After making the circuit of the ball
room the dancers, marching in double
column, separated at the head of the
stairway before the throne, where
Boone and the Queen seated themselves
with the maid of honor, and the court
ladies gathered gracefully around
them The satellites occupied a posi-
tion in the rear. Then the great ball
was on in earnest. Brass bands were
arranged on each side of the building,
and these played alternately during the
evening. Festoons of incandescent
lights were strung from the roof of the
building to augment the regular arc
lights, and these, with the vari-colored
bunting, presented an interesting spec
tacle, such as only another home COM
ing isElikely to produce.
The great floral parade which was
to have been on Wednesday,, and was
postponed because of rain, filled the
streets of the business section of the
city on Friday morning three of auto
mobiles, one of two-horse open car
riages, one of one-horse traps and tan
dems, one of tallyhos and four-in-
hands, one of pony cart and the last of
the Fire Department.
Many of the vehicles in the process
sion were beautifully and deliberately
decorated with paper flowers, and the
parade made an exceedingly handsome
spectacle as it wound through the
crowded streets.
The glorifcation of Daniel Boone
came later in the day in Cherokee park,
one of the most handsome public recre-
alton grounds to be found in the
country. At 2 o'clock there was a re-
union of defendants of Daniel Boone in
the park pavilion, about dozen lineal
descendants of the great pioneer being
present.
An hour later the statue of Boone,
modelled by Miss Enid Yandell, of
Louisville. and presented to the city of
Louisville by C. C. Bickell, was unveil-
ed.
The statue stands half way up a
densely wooded knoll, in a charming
portion of the park. Just beneath the
figure of Boone and covering half of
the driveway platform was erected
for the speakers. Breckenridge Castle
man. of Louisville, made<the presenta-
ton address for Mr.. Bicknell, and the
acceptance for the Board of Park Com
missioners was by Colonel r. Durett.
The statue was unveiled by Miss Helen
Stewart, of Louisville.
Open-air dancing finished the day in
the park, the program being confined
to the reels and dances in vogue a cen
fury ago.