The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-03
NEW Works. PART IN HUDSON
FULTON FETE ENDS WITH
BRILLIANT DISPLAY.
CITY IN GAYtST MOOD
A Carnival Pageant. Big Display of
Fireworks and the Illumination of
the Warships on the Hudson River
Are Features of the Climax of the
Great Celebration in Gotham.

New York. oct. New York's share
in the Hudson Fulton celebration end
ei tonight with "A carnival parade and
IA display Of fireworks and wurship
iltnminations ON the Hudson river. To-
morrow most of the half-hundred
meu-of-war anchored here will begin
their preparations for departure and
the city's 5o0,0u0 visitors will pack
their trunks and turn homeward.
The city was in its gayest mood to-
night for the carnival pageant with
thousands of marching men i'll cos
tune of varied character and its 30
elaborate floats designed to recall not
only the myths, legends and ailegories
of the old world. but also historical
scenes which have inspired the writ
ers of poetry. music and drama.
At 8 o'clock when the long process
sion started the crowd of spectators
was the greatest of the weeks celc-
bration. Leading the pageant was an
ornamented car in the shape of II
giant dragon spouting flames and sur
rounded by fire. For all the floats
and their marching escorts, German.
Swiss, Austrian and other societies
provided the characters who were
dressed in appropriate costume,
sparkling with spangies and gilt braid
beneath the 100000 electric lights
which hlazed along the course.
At the end OF the parade was Uncle
sam welcoming the nations" preced-
cd by Cinderella with her slipper and
| her prince.
During the day the children of
Greater New York had their fling. The
whole city swarmed with the youthful
celebrants and childrens carniyals
were held in every available open spot
throughout the five boroughs. There
were 46 separate parades in which
5oo,000 children took part.
Because of weather conditions there
were no flights by Glenn II. Curtiss
or Wilbur Wright from Governors
island today.
A night carnival parade of many
novel features was the concluding
event of children's Day. This pageant
was of general ailegorieaf and
legendary nature. The bearing upon
the events of the week was the repre-
sentation 1t gave of arts. and ideals
that contributed To Americas present
civilization and culture.
In the planning and construction of
these fifty floats the German. Austrian
and Swiss societies of the city cooper
ated with the carnival committee and
the Teutonic mythology which the
early colonists brought 10 this part of
the country was strongly in evidence.
But the classic legends of Greece and
II.
number Of the floats represented alb
straet subjects such as poetry. music.
art. war. humor good luck. freedom
and peace Timely interest went with
Il shiyery scene entitled THE Frost
King" "rncle Sam Receiving the
Crowned Heads" concluded the process
sion and provoked more applause than
all the gorgeousness and tinsel of the
more artistic eoncoctions that pre-
ceded.
Music. literature and art led the pro-
cession. This foremost float. fantas-
tie in design and meant In prophesy
the unconventional character of those
To follow, takes the shape of dragon
sponting flame and surrounded by
fire. Mars. the god of war. followed.
T..
poised ready for its master The
human figures on ii were an idealiza =
tinn OF the btobs Of color squeezed
from the artist tubes as they appear
on his palette when he is ready tn
blend them In his work. They needed
only In be stirred 10 life by his brush
To- do his bidding.
nther EIoa,S
Other floats were: Song" "Arion."
"Crowning of Beethoven" 'Aeoiian
Harp" "Lohengrin." "LoreieI' Death
of Fafnir,' Queen 81 Sheha.' Got
terdammerung." "Cloistersinger." Die
Waikuere." "Tannhauser." "Seigfried.' -
"Titania." Origin Of Poetry" ~Andreas
Hofer." Marathon" William Tell,
ter" ~Hansa." Harvesting" Diana.
Europa" Heidelberg" ''Gnome>. +.
Bavaria" Sirens" .Medusa.' Elves
Of Spring" The Jungle" Egyptian
Art. Music and Literature "Faihe,
Rhine" "GermanLa. 'Mermaids.
Fairies" Cinderella "Orpheus BE-,
fore Plato" God of the Alps" Ava,
lanehe of Freedom ''Freischutz"
The compiiers Of the official program
say in speaking OF this branch of tn,
celebration: This parade is some
merry making. Ii is designed to recai
the poetry af myth. legend. allegar,
and. in few eases. Of historic fact:
which. while foreign in local origin
has inspired so much of the heauIlfu