The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
MIDNIGHT SUN
 CARNIVAL ONE
 HUGE SUCCESS


 the Auditorium. in which the school children of the city acquitted them. selves to the credit and enjoyment of the entire city, the Festival of the Midnight Sun was observed in all of it's carefully planned details Friday with such success as fully satisfied its originators. Such a var iety of stunts were on the program that everyone found something 10 take amusement from.
 The afternoon entertainment pack ed the Auditorium to the doors, and the work of the children brought forth much commendation for them selves and their instructors, Mrs. Sea and Miss Salladay.
 The parade started at s:30 p. m. l The downtown streets were lined with people so that, as wcs planned beforehand, a complete tour of the business district was necessary to afford all chance to see the | pageant, the like of which has not been seen in Fairbanks before Queen Anne and her ladies, the royal patrol, the Knocker, the Yama Yama kids, and many other fea- lures indicated the care with which the details had been arranged and gave to the parade the true car niyal appearance
 When the Royal Court opened it's session on Front street, the first of lending culprit to be brought be- fore the imperious scepter of Her Majesty was the Knocker, whose existence was short and not sweet after he had had his say in tones gurgling with pathos. He was con- demned to death by drowning in the slough and the submersion was ef- i fected amid cheers. Other offenders @ were later brought before Queen Anne. who measured out justice but l slightly tempered with mercy. The 1 queens throne on Front street was fitting place to receive such a richly gowned parsonage His Satanic l Majesty stood in attendance to claim i his own, the first victim, as has i been stated, being the Knocker. Several prominent localities also in voked the wrath of the Evil One | The royal patrol subserved the in 1 terests of the devil and It's own su- 1 periors by hastening the riddance of the community of its thorns.
 Miss Valerie Willett was honored with the role of the Queen of the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden North, and Mrs. J. Harmon Caskey with that of Queen Anne. Jack Robarts, as was to be expected, was particularly at home in the role of Mephistopheles; Harold Green looked and felt satisfyingly uncom- fortable as the Knocker; Mayor Dan 1 Driscoll looked natural as the Boos- ter, and Joe Morrow kept all laugh | ing as the Court Jester.
 At 10:30 the people commenced to file out to Exposition park, where half an hour later, the midnight ball game started. Those who bet on the Eagles didn't have ghost of a show to smile complacently at any stage of the game. A bunch of errors coupled with pass and a brace of hits showed six runs for i the Van Dycks when the smoke cleared away. With the exception of the third and fourth innings, the runs dribbled in for the Van Dycks with regularity until the final count showed an even 20. In the mean time the Eagles had been able to grab only five runs. Stroecker, who pitched for the Van Dycks, showed good control and was we'll support ed. Leonberger, for the Eagles, was hammered unmercifully and re- ceived little help from his team mates Buckley replaced Leonberg- CT in the seventh inning, but was unable to stay the hitting.
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