The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-02-13
MARDI GRAS At NATCHEZ.
Arrangements Being Made for Great
Time---BrOOkhayen Will be in Il.

Natchez, Miss, Feb. 11.-A re-
port from every committee of the
Natchez Mardi Gras Association
was received this evening, then the
Round up" meeting was held
with President P. W. Mulvihill, in
| the chair. The program committee
gave an outline of the calendar ar
ranged for the twelfth annual Car
nival which will cover two days and
close at midnight Of Mardi Gras or
Shrove Tuesday, when Ash Wednes-
| day will be ushered in and Lent
begins.
The first event on the program
will be the annual parade of the
Natchez Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, an organization composed of
the best citizens of the city. There
are six companies in the Depart
ment and every one will decorate
its fire-fighting apparatus in artis-
tic designs and in the most elabor.
ate manner, converting them into
moving charades or tableaux, and
with its queen and attendants,
fairies or bevy of little ones who
add eclat to the occasion. This
parade takes place on Monday, Feb.
E22, and will be followed by joint
banquet and on that night the fire.
men will give public ball at In
stitute Hall.
Tuesday, Feb. %, at 11:30 a. M,
the naval parade, with three local
packets, the steel-hull ferry boat,
steam tugs, launches and the Gov
ernment boats engaged in levee
work in this neighborhood, will
leave the port to meet Rex XII,
who is supposed to be coming from
the North Pole in an aeroplane,
dirigible balloon, or something like
that and will board the royal
yatch, Senator Cordill at the DEVILS
Punch Bowl, sixteen miles above
the city. All of the boats, tugs,
etc., will be decorated in the royal
colors and bunting. including the
flag of every nation in streamers
extending from stem to stern. On
arriving at Natchez, returning to
the port, the King and his retinue
will disembark and will be escorted
to the top of the hill, where the
military companies will be in wait
ing to take up the march through
the streets of the Carnival City.
Four bands will take part in each
parade from the opening to the
close of the festival of fun and |
frolic. They are the Vicksburg,
Brookhaven, Natchez and the Street |
Fair Band.
The automobile parade, with
twenty-four autos, decorated, will |
take place at four p m.
The Royal pageant will traverse
the streets of the Carnival City at
$3.50 p. m. The Queen and her
maids will occupy throne at the
Elks Club, from which the Royal |
parade will view the parade of six
teen gorgeous floats. Each float |
will be of the same workmanship as
those in the New Orleans parades,
the tableaux being made of papier
mache, covered with rich gold and |
silver leaf, metallic paints and col
orings, applied by a skilled artist |
especially for this work.
This parade will disband at the
Baker Grand Theatre, where the
and royal tableaux will
take place. fo flowed by the Court
dance and the guests dance until |
An overflow ball will |
be given on the same night at In
stitute Hall.
There will be Street Fair on
the bluffs, opening on Monday, |
Feb. %, and continuing through
out the week.
The electrical decorations will be
on a magnificent scale.
An earnest effort to secure the
detail of United Cruiser to at
tend the Natchez Carnival, the
same as has been done in former
years, when the Atlanta, Des
Moines and other vessels of the
navy represented the Federal Gov
at Rex's court, but, thus
far the Navy Department has not
acted further than to say, if posi-
BILE, warship will be detailed for
this duty
The Natchez Carnival rates of |
one fare plus twenty-five cents for
the round trip will go into effect
the latter part of next week.
CHAS. w. MILLER,