Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-10-01
FETE
Great Pageant OF Light to Form
Climax of Celebration.
FIFTY HUGE FLOATS IN LINE.

Carrying Beautiful Ailesoricsi Tab
iesux, They Will Be Fisnked by 49,
900 Members Of $50 Distinct orsani-
xations--Ten Months Spent In Build
ing Them.
King Carnival will stand sponsor for
the last grand land pageant that will
mark the Hudson Fulton celebration
In New York city on the night Of Sat.
urday, Oct 2. This parade, with It's
moving allegorical tableaux, will be
participated In wholly by members Of
German, Austrian and Swiss societies
OF New'.YCrk city. and the $50 distinct
organizations which have arranged to
take part will have from $4,000 to 15..
600 members In line. In view Of the
time and effort expended on this cere-
monial project. predictions are conf
IDENTIFY made that this pageant will ex-
eel In magnitude, beauty and gorgeous
ness any similar spectacle ever pre-
sented In the United States OF In Eu-
rope.
The carnival parade will be the only
pageant that will pass through the
city's streets at night, and the fifty
floats which have been constructed es-
pecially for this spectacle have been
built with a view to rejecting their
glittering gorgeousness under the spar
kle Of tue thousands Of torches which
will attend Its passing.
Though King Carnival will act as
sponsor OF the marching host. 1t should
be- understood that his subjects will
not :be allowed to run riot In the
streets. All throwing Of confetti has
been prohibited, through special orders
issued by Mr.. Baker. police commits
si6ner. and any carnival high jinks
will be confined solely to the marching
army's maneuvers.
Floats Tower High In the Air.
The fifty great floats, which were
completed after almost ten months Of
labor by corps Of picked artisans,
were designed and built under the d.
rect supervision Of Albert Fl. Stoddard.
the. captain Of pageantry for the com
mission, who for twenty-one years was
associated with the great Mardi Gras
festivals that have drawn visitors from
every quarter Of the globe to New Or
leans each year.
Captain Stoddard, too. perfected the
plans which will be followed by the
various organizations IN manning each
float, many Of which tower forty feet
In the air with their papier mache fig-
ures. He has held regular schools Of
instruction for the captains and squads
Of persons who will people each big
car, and these floats are expected to
surprise those who have witnessed
similar parades In Cologne. Parts, Bcr-
lin. the various Italian cities and New
Orleans.
AS planned. Theodore Henninger.
president Of the carnival parade COM
mittee, will ride in carriage imme-
diately behind the platoon of mounted
police that will head the carnival col
umn Then will come the vice presi-
, dents Of the committee.
Constant Explosions Of Fireworks.
In all there will be about forty bands
Of music In the moving column. which
! will start from One Hundred and
Tenth street and Central Park West
about 8 O'clock in the evening. Through.
out the entire parade route to Wash
ington square there will be constant
explosions Of fireworks and burning OF
red fire.
The problem Of getting the big floats
across the river from the northerly
shore of the Harlem was solved by
Captain Stoddard, who will keep the
bridge at that point turning for hours
| taking over one car at a time, as the
big floats are too large to be hauled
beneath the upper framework Of the
bridge.
The Hudson Fulton celebration com
mission has planned for music on q
large scale at the official dinner to be
held In the Hotel Astor In New York