Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-05

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called out long after his majesty had
| passed
/ His honor. the mayor and all the other
| ignitaries Of the city viewed the
| pageant from the House Of Dahlman. a
! stand erected in front Of the city hall
/ They saw first chief Donahue and
| platoon OF mounted police coming to
prepare the way for the sovereign then
the courty figures Of the board Of gov
ernors Of Ak-Sar- Ben. who had arranged
tho festival In the kings honor then nu-
merous bands and nineteen floats re-
! calling the accessions Of former years
and. last Of ALL the royal chariot ap.
preaching down the long lane Of Far
nam street thanked by walls Of human
faces.
King Receives the Key.
The royal equipage halted for a mo-
ment before the mayors seat. The mayor
rose. The king nodded graciously and
received from the hand Of the mayor the
stored golden key Of the city.
And the people shouted loud and long
and went away to the carnival on the
Kings Highway.
The title Of the electrical parade was
Samsons Anthology Someone suggested
Dreams Of Former Years a. more poetic
and more nearly illustrative OF the pur-
pose Of the parade, recalling. as 1t does.
all the electrical psgeants in other years
but the Ak-Sar-Ben parade committee de-
cded 20 call It samson's Anthology.
l. overs and butterflies galore made up
the title float with tho title. Samson S,
Anthology" In large letters across thel
'front.'
Ina the Feast Of Mondamin. representing
the electrical parade Of the first year Of
Ak-Sar-Be appeared the Indian iuhahi-
tsnts OF the land Of Quivera in their
native garb. some gathered around q
campfire on the plain and others around
realistic tepee. Maize which playa
an important part in the poets story OF
the Feast Of Mondamin, was shown in
the background.
Feast of Olympus.
The parade OF tho second year OF the
reign of the Ak-Sar-Ben dynasty was re-
called by float No 2. the Feast of Olym-
pus. In the center Of the float was the
beautiful temple of the gods, with Jup-
ter and Juno and all the rest OF the hosr
Of heather deities. A huge and beautiful
peacock, from the front Of the float,
swept It's wonderful tail backward to-
ward the temple.
Next came the Pageant Of Quivera,
presenting a picture symbolca Of the
kingdom and it's development into great
ness. An immense dragon forming the
base OF the float bore up rough ex-
panse OF cactus and tanEle of Wild
Wnoh thrnuuh la
jestic figure Of Ceres. goddess Of agri-
culture. TO teach the inhabitants of the
new region TO subdue the land
Consultations the next float I'm order
was devoted to the heavens, as the name
implies. An aged astrologer, in quaint
costume, stood at the front of the scene
peering into the mysteries Of the skies
through his telescope, while in the rear
was blue sky, studded with myriad
stars, all surrounded by the signs OF the
zodiac, in order.
One Year sees Two Parades.
Consultations was the title of the first
electrical parade Of 1898, there being two
parades that season. The second parade
was called The Alhanbra and it's SPLEEN
dor was recalled last night by float No.
O, bearing the same name. As might have
been expected. the Alhambra float was OF
Moorish design. The central scene was a
temple with Moorish figures about It.
Below this was a huge bat. with out
stretched wings IMPLYING the sinister.
lnscrutable nature of the Moor.
Gems Of Grand and Comic Opera was
the title Of float No. 7. Here Faust and
Marguerite were seen; the Mika, the pic
Of
well known figures Of musical tragedy
and comedy. Below the figures was a
large bar of music.
Isles of the Sea.
Neptune led the next float the Isles OF
the Sea. The old sea god. majestic with
his trident rode the blue waves in
chariot Of shell, drawn by two seahorses,
The background OF the scene was pink
and coral, forming a striking contrast
to the color of the sea in front
Knights, ladies fair warriors bold
squires pages and all the gallant figures
OF the age Of chivalry rode the next float
entitled When Knighthood Was in
Flower" in memory Of the parade of the
seventh year OF Ak-Sar-Ben. In the cen
ter a queen placed a wreath on the head
Of the knight who had just won In the
iousts.
Alice in Wonderland, Mother Goose
and other characters dear to the heart of
childhood made very interesting the Fes
tival OF Fairland Giants elves and Other
! tabled beings also peopled the hooks OF
the float
The next float in line was given over to
the muses. and represented Poem Pic
lures. giant Pegasus was on one end
Of the wagon. The float was emblematio
OF the ninth year.
Dating back TO the DAYS when the In