Evening journal., 1912-10-12
GEORGEOUS Joy REVEL AS
WEEKS JUBILEE NEARS END
Mssqueraders in Many
Grofesque Costumes
Awe WiImingfonians
GOAT QUIP AMUSES
CITY OFFICIALS

Wilmington was In the hands of the
fun makers last night lt was car
nival night on the Old Home Week
program and from sundown until
midnight grotesquely dressed men.
women and children gave Market
street a Mardi Gras air II was one
revel of joy OF Rube bands. transpar-
ency bearers, confetti hurlers aud
ten thousand other persons who as
individuals we're out to make the
revel one long TO be remembered, and
it was.
Thousands OF people lined the thor
oughfare TO see the fun. The chill
dren took as much. II not more de-
light in the celebration than their
elders and all over town there were
themselves.
Market street, however, was the
center OF attraction and there was an
immense lhrong making a most strik-
ing picture, Hundreds of those on
the street were costumed, some in
beautiful raiment others in gro
tesque uniforms and fun ran riot
Street cars had great difficulty Ia
moving and a steady Lac OF automo-
bles which should have been kept
off that thoroughfare for that one
night, gave the mummers little OPP
portunity of forming into any kind Of
parade line.
The sidewalks were not wide enough
and the people necessarily had to
use the street. Several had narrow
escapes from being knocked down by
automobiles.
Il was a Halloween celebration on
a big scale and the fears of the police
that there would be trouble. fOrtu-
natly did not materialize The
crowd was simply happy The po-
lice thought il even better behaved
than the one Of the night before Only
two arrests of any consequence was
made. one charging disorderly con-
duct and another lighting on the
street
The crowds began to collect in Mar
b ket street early. The grand stand in
, front of the City Hall was well filled
/, and to liven the occasion the first
= Infantry Band played lively airs dur
}, ing the night The masqueraders
y tavorsed and danced and passed the
z grand stand cutting up all kinds OF
e antics. 10 the delight OF the crowd
There were tall and stately dressed
i women. and men In women's garbs
c funny clowns, "darkies' galore, and
in fact all kinds of costumes could
: be seen. One hummer VINO appear
= ed as ballet girl had some trouble in
E getting through the crowds. Many
= girls dressed as boys and wearing
r. masks. we're on the street and they
had as much fun as the real boys.
8 One funny fellow representing Ger
, man and smoking pipe had an aw-
9 ful job pushing a street car up Mar
I ket street His efforts were comi-
a cal
Had StoYer's Goat
l. One of the most indicrous scenes
was a man attired as a German comes
; dian, leading a big brown goat
II Ahead of them walked a man holding
p aloft transparency reading: "zim-
g mermans got Stoyer's Goat This
II hit on Councilman Stover's recent
{. speech in Council, in which he COM
&c planned OF a tendency to make him
n goat, caused a big laugh in the
le crowd along the street Another side
Ie of the transparency read: 1T was
T. captured In FOrdland." On another
m side was the inscription: This is the
r goat that ate the Third Ward Play
y ground" On a fourth side was this
3; auip: wouldn't this make Harry
y Howell?" When Mayor Howell from
is the stand, saw this novel display h'
,e was convulsed with laughter, and th'
y Councilmen enjoyed IL. too.
During the evening the members o
City Council appeared on Marke
street in the police department auto
mobile patrol and in keeping with thu
F fun. many inquiries were made as 4
where the police had made the raid
There was a farmer outfit in the pro
n cession, which comprised wago'
an elaborately decorated with corr
p stalks. On the seat we're presumably
e. the farmer and his wife, he littn
re man and she a woman far above IN
re ordinary woman I'm weight In IN
m back of the vehicle was coupl
I, made up as a colored girl and DO
"e making love to each other.
In the vicinity Of Eighth and Mar
. ket streets a man who carried hoa
of cabbage over his shoulder delighse
bic crowd with his capers. Whe
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