The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-03
SHRINERS TO HAVE GREAT TIME TODAY
FUN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE IM- PERlAL PoTENTATE WILL REACH THE CITY.
Oh. worshippers at the mystic shrine, You makers of dismal fright;

Oh! worshippers at the mystic shrine,
 You makers of dismal fright;
 Make loud racket sling high the sand,
 The town is yours tonight.
 At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon the fun begins At that hour the god of merri- ment will wrap his mantle about the town and that quiet little organization known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine will become charge de affaires of this community, while entertaining Im- perial Potentate Frank C. Roundy of Chi cago, who will arrive in the city late this afternoon.
 At 2:3O o'clock the parade will form at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twen- tieth street at Shriners hall, and prompt ly at 3:30 o'clock the march to the Ter minal station will begin. His majesty is due to arrive shortly after o'clock, and his arrival will be sufficient Ato fire all of the pent-up enthusiasm which has been generating for months.
 To a chariot grand he will be escorted not chariot drawn by such low-grade @ animals as thoroughbred horses, nor even a benzine buggy, but a gorgeous outfit drawn by stamping, champing, ring-tailed quadrupeds with cloven hoofs, just from Pluto's roundup. This chariot will pro- ceed to town followed by others of equally as grand appearance, with the sand singers attired in fez caps fol- lowing behind.
 At 5:30 o'clock the parade will have arrived at Shriners hall again, where candidates for membership in the order will be tortured until clock A special envoy from Pluto himself will arrive at high noon today to see that the job IS done right, and burning sand will be as plentiful as trouble Across the hot sands each candidate will be dragged again and again, dhowling mystic swinging on to each of his feet and hands with a pair of red hot pinchers, while the burning sand singers. will be kept going at full force.
 After extracting all the life out of these poor unfortunates the mystics will re- move in a body to the Hotel Hi1lman, where an informal reception will be held from g until 10 o'clock. At 10 o'clock lines quet hall begun. At Il o'clock some thing doing.'
 All sorts of amusement will be pro- vided, among the entertainers being Harry Clay Blaney who is appearing at . the Bijou theatre this week in "The Boy Detective" and who is a member of the order.
 The route of the parade will be as fol- lows:
 Formation at the Shriners' hall, corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, at 2:3O o'clock, with the head resting on Twenty-frst street The parade will start for the Terminal station at 3:30 ceived and welcomed, in all the ancient and modern forms known to the Shriners.
 The line of parade will be as fol- lows: From point of organizing Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, up Fourth avenue to Twenty-sxth street and Ter minal station; reception of potentate; ps,- rade will reform ana march down Fifth avenue to Twentieth street. down Twen- tieth street to First avenue, down First avenue to Nineteenth street up Nlne- teenth street to Second avenue, up Sec ond avenue to Twentieth street, up Twen- tieth street to Third avenue, down Third avenue to Nineteenth street, up Nine teenth street to Sixth avenue, counter march, Nineteenth street to Hillman hotel and disband.