The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-25
MARD| GRAS
| BETTER Than
| EVER BEFORE
=
Great Event Will Be Cele-
brated on Larger Scale
/ Than Ever This Year.
AND WATER ROUTES
ALL AFFORD LOW EXCURSION
I. RATES AND BIGGEST CROWDS
ON RECORD ARE ANTICIPATED
deep WATER CITY Is GET
TING READY.

: MGrdf 0ras in Pensacola has been
IN event OF increasing interest here
each succeeding year, not only to
Pensacola, but as well to the thou
sands Of visitors who have flocked to-
the Deep Water City to view it; and
the gentlemen having the preparation
in charge have expressed their de-
Termination to hold steadfast to the
axiom that each celebration shall ex-
coed In splendor the one preceding
It.
There Is every reason to believe
that the visitors who shall come this
year to view the festivities will be
more fully repaid than ever before by
the sights which will be arranged
to gladden. their eyes. Pensacola Is
today one Of the most prosperous
Giles OF the South, ana her citizenry
Is giving gladly of it's time and money
in order that no tinge of disappoint-
ment shall accrue to those who travel
hitherward for the two days OF plea
sure. Every feature, from the big
parade to the most .unimportant de-
tail, will be gone as carefully into as
Il the future welfare of the munich
palbty depended upon the thorough
Less Of the work.
Can Entertain the Crowds.
Pensacola is always and inevitably
. center OF interest, and this is par
GculArly true during Mardi Gras sea-
eun, when she hIithely bedecks herself
Tor the edif1catiOn of her invited
guests. The city Is preparing to en-
terrain crowd of whatever numerical
proportions may come, AMI the enter
tainment will be of that particular
variety which has in the past left
q taste for more. The railroads and
water routes will offer temptingly low
rates and not only the gulf coast
end its contiguous territory will pay
tribute to its far-famed harbor city,
Tut the entire country will join in the
glad acclaim.
Locally, there will be the same dis
Position as of yore to lay aside busl-
1sess activities insofar as possible and
participate in the innocent hilarity
OF the season. Business men, profess
siOnal men, laboring men-every one,
Of every walk and station. Of every
caste-wiH be busy for the time be-
ing In q strenuous and sincere en-
Neavor to sustain Pensacola's we'll
earned and justly-enjoyed reputation
for true Southern hospitality. The
San Carlos, one Of the most superb
h0etelries of the Southland, a pro-
duct Of Pensacola civic pride and
cash, win lead in accommodating the
welcome guests, and the other hotels,
Boarding houses and private homes
will do their part.
To those who have been here as
,0ightSeers during past celebrations
there will be scores Of new attrar-
sti0ns which have become things OF
reality during the twelvemonth just
gone In the way of municipal and in
dividual improvements; and to those
who have never beheld Mardi Gras
there viii be presented a bewilderdng
spectacle akin to the absorbing pages
sol Arabian Nights. The time time of
year at which the festivities are held,
too, gives to the visitor an oppor-
stunity OF enjoying days and nights
which are unsurpassed and perhaps
unequalled in America for their Sc
Auctiveness.
Two Times Year.
Twice during each calendar year
Pensacola is now presenting to the
public an attraction of which it would
be difficult, to speak too enthusiast
cally. Mardi Gras, in the spring, and
the International Fair, in the fall. are
each doing their part toward more
1ndelibly than ever impressing Flor
-4da's most attractive city upon the
public mind. Mardi Gras is the older
of the two institutions, and the broad
and liberal scale upon which it will
unquestionably be conducted during
the coming month is destined to place
Il squarely in the forefront OF the
counfry's attractions. The manor
the woman or the child-who loses
an opportunity to bask in Pensacola
sunshine, inhale Pensacola zephyrs
and quaff Pensacola water, the latter
with its ninety-eight per cent of test
cd purity, has lost intellectually much.
It Is the earnest hope Of the Mardi
Gras association that many OF the visi-
tors on February 26, q and rs will be
those who have not heretofore seen
he celebration. The are little con-
cerned as to the necessity of urging
the return of those who have witness
ed It in preceding years. it being a
foregone conclusion that all Of them
who are not providentdally hindered
will be here again. The association,
having these past celebrations in
mind, believes, with the writer of
popular songs, You may go, but this
will bring you back"
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