Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-07-04
FUN AND FROL|C OF
4TH.E|FTH CARNIVAL
STARTS HERE TO-DAY
Olympians and Visitors to Have
Gala Time in Two Days
Ce.- oraticn.
MARDI GRAS BIG FEATURE.
Fireworks Tomorrow Night Also
Big Stunt-Many Events
for Young and Old.
The Fourth of July.

The Fourth of July.
For many day the celebration
which Olympia begins this morning
and continues with one event after an
other this afternoon, tonight, tomOr-
row and tomorrow night, will be re-
membered as the jolliest and most va
ried of carnivals in its recent history.
For there is something for "old uns''
as well as the kids and every one in
between from the start of the carnival
parade through the business sections
of the city this morning until the set
piece Good Night" appears as the
last thing on the fireworks program
tomorrow night, and through it all
will run that jollifying, democratic,
care-maYgorhang spirit of the true
carnival, a spirit that has stood Olym-
pia in good stead many times in the
past and made it's feasts and frolics of
one kind and another things to be
remembered and joys unto the SOUL"
That carnival spirit will abound es-
pecially in the Mardi Gras costume
revelry on the streets of the city to-
night, when youths and maidens, lads
and lassies and older men and women
will rove and roam in reckless, fun
making jollification, vieing with each
other in costume and masque, out for
a good time and sure to have it.
Weather permitting, there doubtless
will be more real live, joyous fun In
this one evenings jollification than
in all the other events put together
for such are the times when exuber-
ance breaks forth, a carnival is at it's
heighth and he who will not laugh and
be happy belongs elsewhere. Remem-
Der, too, that there will be prizes OF
$40 and IS for the best or most ridic-
ulous costumes, the committee having
offered them as incentives for all to
join in making the Mardi Gras one of
the big events of the two days cele-
bration.
That it is to be only one, however, is
quickly seen by everybody who has
taken the pains to glance over the two
days program as prepared by the car
nival committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce. Many events are crowded
into these two afternoons and even-
ings and proof that they will prove
big drawing cards Is to be seen already
in the humber of visitors who have
arrived in the city.
The fun starts with the parade
through the business section of tho
city at 10 O'Clock this morning, under
the leadership of Otto Braeger, mar
shall In three sections, the fraternal
orders, the automobiles and the floats,
the parade will form near Third and
Main, and will march up Main street
to Fourth, then west on Fourth to Co
lumbia and south a block to Fifth
street, then east to Franklin, south on
Franklin to Seventh, back again to
Main street and north to Fourth. pro-
ceeding out Fourth to Jefferson street
where 1t will disband. Mrs. s. J.
Chadwick, Emery Williamson and
Frank G. Blakeslee will be the judges
of this event and several prizes will be
given.
And when the parade is over, the
Fourth of July grafton will be deliv-
cred by F. A. McMinamin of Spokane
in Capitol park, when the events OF
1776 and later years will be recalled
and extolled once more. This address
completes the program for this morn
ing
The fun starts fast and furious
again Immediately after lunch, with
tion at l o'clock and the beginning OF
the different sports for the children.
from the pie-eating contests to climb
ing a creased pole, at 1870. At 5
o'clock comes the baseball game with
the Olympic club and at AIS sports
for the loggers. Band concerts at 1880
in various parts of the down town dis
trict will start the evenings hilarity.
the grand Mardi Gras being sched-
uled to begin at S O'Clock.
Thus will Olympia spend the Fourth.
The Fifth will be filled with the fol-
lowing events:
Continued on page 3D.