The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-05
KING CHEERED AS
THE PARADE PASSED
Beautiful Floats Brought
Exclamations of Surprise
and Admiration From All
as They Passed in Re
view Were in Three
Divisions With a Band
Heading Each.

Thousands of people, many Of them
in costume, witnessed ten of the
handsomest floats which ever paraded
in carnival time here. several bands
OF music, the barkers for score OF
shows. hundreds Nf rattles and tin
horns, the continuous chugging and
grinding of moving autos and extra
II olley cars and the shouts and laugh
ter of Pensa colians and the host OF
invading visitors yesterday and last
night lent life, noise and action 10
the closing twelve hours of the four
teenth annual Mardi Gras in this city.
THE MYSTIC PARADE.
The mystic pageantry of last night
was the crowning outdoor feature OF
the celebration and never have floats
more artistic in design and correct as
t. detail been seen in Pensacola.
Led by the Fort Barrancas band,
the parade reached the San Carlos
ard turned into Palafox street after
marching more than a half-mile from
the Carnival Associations sheds at
Garden and f streets. The parade
moved down Palafox street to Zarra-
gossa, east on zarragossa to Jefferson,
north on Jefferson to Government,
west on Government to Palafox, north
on Palafox4 to Wright, back on Palafox
tc Garden and west on Garden to the
shed.
The floats were in three divisions.
| the Pensacola Concert band leading
the second and wyer's hand the third.
Al the conclusion of the parade the
Kings ball was held In th1 auditorium
of the San Carlos.
THE FLOATS.
The parade was headed by the
Kings float, a large crown occupying
the foreground and the arms of Pris-
Gus embellishing the sides. His Majes-
ty was seated upon a throne Of ORR
entail design and at his back stood
the royal pages, Edward Pooley and
Reginald DeSilva.
Priscus was enthusiastically greeted
all along the line of march and kept
busy enough bowling and waving his
Acknowledgements to keep fairly warm.
In his heavy robes of state the king
would have been nearly comfortable
without any exertion, probably, and
in that respect he was more fortunate
than some of the Priscus Knights,
who manned the floats, a number OF
whom wore decollete attire and
showed symptoms of ague.
The title float, bearing its large
placard Quotations From Literature"
set within a huge wreath, and three
evils posed wisely above three open
books. One occupied the central po-
sition on the front of the float and
the other two were on the two rear
corners.
Third in line came "a Thing OF
Beauty and a Joy Forever" a hand
some nautical piece that we'll typi-
fies Pensacola's maritime prestige.
Seated upon two great FISH which are
shown spouting a steady stream Of
silver into the middle ground of the
float were two mermaids that looked
as though they might just have left
the arms of Neptune.
Two standing figures also looking
like sea -nymphs. shells and water
lilies completed the representation.
Next was the float that caused the
most merriment in passing. 1t showed
bridal couple under the nuptial arch,
looking forward toward a stork stand
ing from a nest Of grass and guarding
a cradle. Cupid, with bow and ar
rows at rest, occupied a central posi-
ton.
Coming Events Cast Their Shadows
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