The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-08

King Priscus reigns. The Merry
Monarch, after a successful voyage,
made his triumphant entry into the
city at high noon yesterday. His
welcome was royal one, his subjects
J gathering in thousands to pay him
homage. Cannons, doomed, sirens
| screamed and thousands cheered. The
royal colors, blended with American
1ags and bunting, waved from every
building, and on every hand King
Priscus XI was given a hearty well
come.
| 1t was big day in Pensacola. The
streets were but seething mass OF
| humanity-indeed the city was full Of
| people, who in turn were full of life,
JOY and zeal. And they gave to Kins
! Priscus XI the most royal welcome
ever given to monarch.
| Palafox street from the water front
| on the south to Wright street on the
| north was packed and jammed to it's
| capacity from long before the appear.
| ance of His Highness and his graceful
| queen at high noon until long after
| the last brilliant light of the Dodo pa.
rade last night had dimmed.
Baby. carriages, containing their
| crying burden, pushed by tireless moth.
| ers through the maddening throngs,
| society folks and all kinds and classes
| of people surged to and fro the live
long day. Then occasionally an old
plantation mule attached to a Jersey
wagon or a two-wheeled cart could be
seen in the crowded street. People OF
all classes, from Mississippi, Georgia,
Florida and Alabama, strangers here
| in a sense, yet not strangers at all,
| were seen floating along with that
| vast sea of happy humanity. Lined up
\ n eli 10 OF thA
crete curbings. and holding TO the
| sleeves of one another; standing from
six to forty abreast and breathing oc
| casionally, people were found vibrat
| ing down either sidewalk of Palafo1
during both parades. Then, too, hun
dreds found comfortable points OF
vantage from the windows and gall
leries of the business houses.
NOISE PREDoMiNATED.
The air was rended continuously
with the noise of the old familiar in
| dividuals whose utterances reduced
| to cold type read thus:
Cit 'er wal-kin' cane!-Git FER
| wal-kin' camel"
| The same fuss being Offset by the
| individual of considerable lung capa-
| city ten PAGES further down who was
| making money, misery and amuse-
| ment by serving two bags Of confetti
| for a nickel-and everybody, young
| and old, pious and otherwise, bought
some.
Beginning early in the day the blank
space before the pedestrian and the
pavement under his cramped and
| weary feet could be seen the light
flakes of tri-colored snow. BY early
nightfall the streets and pavements
| were literally padded with confetti.
| Old one-armed veterans and their
aueenly wives caught the grand spirit
| of the occasion, and they, too, joined
| in with the younger generations in
| the scattering of the small paper.
Everybody who had time was blowing
| a tin horn, Just to add diversity to the
already intensified noise-and all the
men were smoking.
The grand climax to the days at
traction came with the burlesque pa.
rade of King Dodo and his subjects
last night, the procession being head
ed by a bunch of small boys on foot
| waving red torches-an effect similaf
to a drove of lightning bugs in the
grove to the front of country home
on a June night. 1t was great, ths
entire Dodo parade.
Everybody was happy yesterday, for
the Mardi Gras celebration of 1915
was on in all It's Splendor.
The merry-making continued until
IL o'clock last night, when everybody
was exhausted and went home for
good nights sleep. After the mid
night hour the streets were practical
Iy deserted.
THE KINGS ARRIVAL.
Promptly at the noon hour the roy
al yacht was sighted steamins
through the shipping towards Palafo1
wharf, and when her shrill whistle
gave a blast the cruiser Dubuque
startled the crowds gathered on the
wharf by turning loose the first gun
of the thirteen fired as a salute to the
king. Every steamer, tugboat and
other vessel provided with whistle
joined in making as much noise as
possible and for the space of fifteen
minutes the din was deafening.
When the royal yacht landed at
Palafox wharf the king was escorted
to his carriage, drawn by four beau-
tiful white horses and his triumphant
journey through the city on his
eleventh annual visit began. Pre-
eeded by bands, troops, mounted
knights, police and city officials, the
parade proceeded to the city hall,
where the beautiful queen, Miss Mel
lie Keyser, greeted His Majesty. Here
the parade halted for few moments,