The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-19

At carnival headquarters yesterday
it was announced that everything was
In readiness for the carnival. which is
sort Of a record breaker, considering
that the parades are still eight days
off.
The costumes have arrived. and will
be fitted today on the men who will 20
on the floats. The costumes were taken
to the old Offices Of the McDavid-Hyer
Company, Government and DeLuna
streets. which is headquarters for the
costume committee, and the floats are
reported ready to go on the streets.
The bands have been engaged, and th4
strong force Of troops at Barrancas
will, as customary, be decided feature
OF the kings arrival parade.
CORONATION TICKETS,
Coronation tickets are ready to be
sent to subscribers who have paid their
subscription, and, following the custom
of the past, will be given only to those
who subscribe and pay for one share
OF stock or more. These tickets ad-
NIT bearers to the coronation ceremony
at the opera house, and are exchange
able at The Hub for reserved seats
The seats will be opened to subscribers
next Saturday morning at 8 o'clock
and The Hub will take the subscribers
coronation tickets in payment for re-
served seats. No seats will be publicly
sold until Monday afternoon, Feb. 81.
Then The Hub viii issue reserved seat
tickets at 81 each. still accepting coro-
nation tickets at 81 valuation. In other
words, from Saturday morning until
Monday noon, The Hub will issue the
reserved seats only to those who pre-
sent the subscribers tickets to the
coronation. After Monday noon, both
cash and subscribers tickets will be
accepted.
COURT BALL TICKETS.
These must not be confounded with
the coronation tickets. The latter are
colored. The court ball tickets are
white. They are not good for seats DIT
the coronation in the opera house. The
court ball tickets-the white ones
are good only for admission to the
court ball at the San Carlos hotel
These court ball tickets are issued to
subscribers who give IS or more, on.
ticket for any subscription Of $5 or
more up to $25, and two court ball
tickets for any subscription of $25 or
more. They can be used either by the
subscriber to whom issued or by any
gentleman friend to whom they are
turned over, provided only that the
bearer must be In evening dress in or
der to gain admittance to the ball.
No man not in full dress can enter the
bali room, but any man in full dress
and having a court ball ticket can take
with him one or more ladies, and ladies
do not have to be in evening Dress bur
are requested and expected to be.
GET THIS STRAIGHT.
Here are the things for subscribers
to remember:
1. II you subscribed $5 or more, but
less than $25, you get one ticket to the
court ball and no ticket to the corona
tion.
2. If you subscribed $25 or more,
you get two tickets to the court ball.
g. II you subscribed $25 or more,
every $25 subscribed, but not for any
fraction Of s25.
4. You don't get any kind Of ticket
until your subscription is paid.
PUBLIC INVITATIONS.
The public invitations are being
given out now, and for the next few
days will be given only to subscribers.
Then they will be given to anyone who
asks for them. II you are a sub :
scriber and want to make sure Of get
ting some Of the public invitations for
distribution, notify the secretary, G. A.
Waterman. at once. by phone 1928 or by
letter. II you don't act quickly, you
are apt to get left altogether.