The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-07
MARD| GRAS IN
CRESCENT CITY
GREAT SOUTHERN ANNUAL CAR.
NIvAL is ON IN ALL ITS GLORY
TODAY

broken the quiet OF lh' Gre .thl
City OF the South Some have come
thousands of miles to take part "a
IN, great event of the year in Disc
the Mardi Gras Carnival of New
orleans.
The usual program-.the welcome To
the King and Queen, the balls and
great street pageants-wll be car
rind out today, tonight ana tomorrow
on more magnificent scale than
ever before.
On the streets noisy parties oi
brightly dressed maskers show like
splashcs Of vivid color amid tho
dense throngs oi ighthearted spe..
/ tators Football rushes through She
/ crowds now and then are occasions
for panic. fainting women and pant
/ ing policemen: there Is jubllant
stant shower of bon bons and con.
/ fctti and the clash of bands of mu
/ siy that come and go. Banners wave
/ The city is d-rot with color by day.
ablazc with rainbow lights at night
Then. in the distance. rose-color-
ed clouds herald the approaching
flambcaus of the carnival parades.
Lights ON the line of march are
momcntarily extinguished. the bet
al 81 ha ola Of h4
passing pageant. \ multitude of clap
ping hands applauds the king. Years
are forgotten, cnyyings OF rival beau.
ties are lost in admiration. Crowds
cheer aud the night Is animate with
light and color and laughter Amid
the quiet. scented gardens of up.
town" and Downtown" wearied
housewives hcaye II sigh OF thankful.
ness that 1t is now too late for more
unlimited guests to arrive and that
they are spared from sleeping on
the doormat on the roof
The King OF the Carnival is On.
tit!cd to all the nonor which he re.
ccNcs lie pays well for 1t. although
man is sought to occupy this place
not only because he can affofd TO
iill the roe, but because ne is pop.
UlarN esteemed by the city and his
fellow clubmen. Perhaps no sceptre
held Tor so brief time is proper.
tionatclv 50 costly Five thousand
dollars represents the contribution
demanded OF the king for the car
uival That, however. merely repre-.
SCENTS the opening of the kngly
purscstrings aud the pouring forth
o. many thousands more. There are
I sums toward carnival expenses;
There are royal dinners. uncheons,
ana receptions held in honor of the
/ friends, ana his queen and her
friends, 10 say nothing oi the un
limited amounts spent for flowers
and considerable sum for iewclry
and suitable gifts for his queen and
th" men and women who occupy
places in the royal household
IN the carly days OF the carnival
the queen was chosen for her beau
~ from among the women at the
/ carnnei bah, and she might be the
Ncriest stranger to the sovereign
about 20 uouor her only one queen
was ever $50 selected Since then,
while t has always been tradi-
uon 'ha, carnival queens must be
beautiful other reasons have weigh.
ed most in her selection, such as
h"r family relations With the king,
their wealth ana the prospective
queens social popularity. The chosen
one must enjoy a great degree OF
taNoriusm among her women friends
ur her selection would give rise to
ara amount OF envy not to be calmly
contemplated
III no longer an easy matter to
find queen. This honor costs sev.
oral thousand dollars ana entails no
end OF social excitement. The queens
gown must be truly royal, and not
many real queens wear court dress.
- of greater spleudor than this fair
sovereign OF day, Shem ust select
her maids ot honor task likely
10 cause irremediable breaches in
many a fricudship-and entertain
them royalty before the night of her
reign besides presenting them with
Iawel"d souvenirs OF that occasion
The queen has also to entertain the
k..s md his .uift