Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-17
STREETS AND BUILDINGS. RUN
RIOT WITH GAY DEC
ORATIONS.
ALL Catch THE SPIRIT
uhr Air Is Literally Alive With tho
Spirit OF the Holiday
Occasion.

with visitors pouring In on every
train the city gaily decorated and
preparations completed for all the big
attractions of the week Tulsa's great
Bi-Milenial Durbar viii formally open
tonight under promising conditions,
. The weather Is ideal, being Just
cool enough to make light coats COM
Portable.
Yesterday the merchants of the city
worked overtime. decorating their
store fronts. Many of the larger
down town structures are decorated
from top to bottom. From the troll
ley wires on all the principal business
streets are suspended thousands Of
American flags and streamers Shows
and concessions of various kinds. are
springing up on the business streets
like toadstools. Every one seems to
have caught the Durbar spirit and the
way the visitors are being handled by
the local people makes the city look
like the scene Of great "home-com-
ing" celebration.
Last night every incoming train In
the city was loaded to the guards with
Durbar visitors.
Big Floral Parade.
The big floral parade, to take place
at noon tomorrow, gets bigger every
minute. The official decoration head
quarters, 1lS East Second, is
,,l
other decorations. Business firms are
getting into line and many of them
are preparing gorgeous floats for the
advertising section of the floral pa
rade. The fraternal organizations
will also have sumptuous showings.
The ladies Of the city are decorat-
Ing their automobiles and other ve-
hicles to the very limit of their ca
pacity and nearly every pretty girl in
the city will occupy a place in the
pageant.
The big event today will be the
coronation ceremonies that take place
tonight. The east stairway of the
Elks home at Thiro and Boulder will
be used for these exercises. The par
tlcipants will wear magnificent cos
tunes and the ceremony will be at
tended by band music and the blow
ing of trumpets. An immense crowd
can gather on Boulder avenue and
have an unobstructed view of the cor
onation. Miss Gladys Stebbins, the
Shahzada, will wear a robe of lace
and ermine, while her maids will be
attired in white evening gowns. Med
iaeval costumes will be worn by the
officers of the court, the followers,
trumpeters, etc. Flower girls, fairies,
etc, will all wear dazzling silk robes.
Formal Opening.
Following the coronation the Dur
bar will be declared formally opened.
The maids of honor will be Nancy
Younkman, Florence Braymer and
Katheryn Anderson. w. n. Robinson
will officiate as lord high cardinal and
f.. NJ. Wooden, mayor Of Tulsa, is
court officer Glenn Condor will act
as royal scribe, who issues and reads
the queens proclamations. The outer
and inner guards are Roy Benbrock,
Berry Wall, Tom Wilson and Walter
Brown. Allen p. Berry Is the keeper
of keys and r. o. McCllntock the
keeper of jewels. Lester Currie and
A. d. Young will be the royal trum-
peters, Geraldine Braymer will off
ciate as the goddess, while Bessie
Brady and Marie Koerr are the flow
er girls. Louise Stebbins and Mary
McClintock are the fairies. The sprites
will be Courtney Berlin, Edison Berlin
and Keith Smiley. The four seasons
will be represented by Mae Evans
Elizabeth Dlckey, Dencie Stebbins and
Irene King. ID, b. Calk will take the
part of the Indian Chief and Miss
Ethel Carter has been selected as the
Indian Maid. The following are court
followers:
Floyd Lewis, Robert Galbreath,
stanley Risey, Jack Porter Kay Adair,
Roy Stebbins, Jack Black, Con Calm
son and Clyde Lewis.
1t is probable that royal ball
will be given at the Elks club Thurs
day night to be opened by grand
march, led by her majesty.