Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-29
BATTLE OF CONFETTI Is ON
Big Shows Welcome First Eegemen
of Great King.
OPENING CROWD Is LARGE
Visitors Find Scene Prettier and
Gayer Than Ever.
WORK RUSHED TO FINISH
WORK RUSHED TO FINISH
All Ready Yesterday Noon fer First
Day of Glorious Festival i'm
Honor of KinE Ak-Sar-
Ben WI.

All the gates Of the Wings own city
were thrown open 10 the world At ESD
yesterday. ''an0no one was denied"
Artisans. artists. laborers. decorators.
showmen. clever women and girls. farm
ers-eHperts IN innunera5le Unexplained
and wrought. toiled and achieved Until
order was worked out CT a pile Of possi-
bilities Chaos Of lumber. canvas. wire.
tin. glass. and a hundred and one other
inaninats things had vanished as BY
the waving Of a wand and in its place
appeared the perfected evidence of what
men can do every day In the year. even
under the most unpromising conditions
Something like thirty shows. ~attrse-
tons" Of widely varying character have
been drawn to the festival Of Ak-sar-Ben
BY the news spread through the land OF
Natural curiosites. mechanical contriy-
ances TO puzzle and amuse, displays to
thrill and acts Of interest. illusions and
real snakes-all housed under the banners
Of King Ak-Sar-Ben, and glad 10 be there
OrifIammes Are FIauntinE.
Everywhere. on ali sides and overhead.
the or1nsmmes of MS jolly old royal nibs
are Haunting in the breeze. bellytng and
bulging as me Tich air sweeps along the
streets and through lanes and byways.
where the hsunts OF pleasure lay. Color
and climate seem 10 blend and blow with
a harmonious rhythm appropriate 10 the
autumn season The sowing and garner
ing are done. and now comes the released
workers 10 Joy in busy Idleness and exult
men in the annual frolic the tale OF whose
glories and gOrgeousness has been spread
even through most distant regions The
people, like the poles. the wires and the
buildings. wear the rsFsIia Of the King
dom with right good win. and even before
the real reyel begins are pieasnring
a-plenty.
One brave barker was on the Job yes
terday morning. where by night there were
twenty giving tongue 70 enticing and pic
turesQue bunches of language. Hammer
and saw. stil busy at noon. have ceased
their clAmor; rough lumber is covered with
vaTi-oOlored cloth or richer decoration;
stocks are in hand and arranged for buy
ers. hurTy-up food and rainbow drinks have
been plenteOusly provided, and candy pop
corn and gum were on duty. with the key
thrown away.
Many within the Gates.
Even at an early hour many strangers
were lowering about the gates and moving
through the streets The hotels are fairly
weH filled. with reservations galore on
their books. and the laundries are pound
ing away 10 keep sheets and pillow cases
in sufficient supply. Chefs have aban-
dOned the thought Of resi- for many days.
and at every station" believing waiter
or ,hustling waitress stands ready to take
orders ike a private soldier or a news
paper reporter Housing and feeding the
guests OF Ak-SarBen is some thing of q
task. demanding keeT$ attention day and
night through. that the cash campers
man ring and resound with the clink OF coin.
al the same tine the weary are given rest
and the hungry get their fill Never yet
has the king fallen down, and age ana
experience but serve 10 polish his compe-
tency as an entertainer and a host alike.
/ Flare Of trumpet and crash Of brass from
/ the high portals Of the main gate were
heard at the appointed hour for swinging
the turnstiles. and from now on the fun
will be on, growing with the days and
filling the nights with joyful sound
seventh on the Way.
Today the road-stained veterans OF
I the Seventh cavalry viii march into the
I chief city OF the kingdom and take csmp
at the signal station The cavalrymsn were
A. Greenwood yesterday. On the drst and
4 second days Of the coming month their
fellows OF many other regimsnts will make
1.-THE goal toward which they have beer
/ aiming for some days part, and Colonel
George K Hunter viii have company o.
numerous other Officers The privates and
the non-ooms" will renew old acquaintance
and when the grand parade Of the military
moves next week about 500 men OF Al
arms Eih be here 10 pay their devoirs L
the king, to receive the warm greetings o.
the populace-
samson and the board Of governors re-
port All clear for the ripping time ahead
With every rsyeied end made fast Tn,
merry Carnival is OF from this hour tyrrf
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