The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-02-20
Floral Parade of School Children,

cassie singing a song composed IL
this occasion, Welcome to Tampa
Thousands of flowers will be carried b
the children, all of whom will be apprt
priately costumed.
A Human Chess Game.
At 300 O'Clock at Plant Park thel
will be a human chess game on a
eighty-foot board of alternate whit
and black squares which will be part
cipated in by thirty-two beautifully COS
tuned people.
The Landing of DeSota-Tampa's
Historic Pageant
Concentrating the landing. of D
Sofa on the shores of Florida NOR
than three hundred and seventy-tiv
years ago, will be a feature of not onl
Saturdays program, but the entire cal
niyal Under the auspices of the Id
dies Clubs of the city will be shown thi
magnificent historical pageant bring
ing into life the characters who mad
the early history of Florida. The DARN
explorers and Adventures who entere
unknown wilds peopled by saVages, viii
be presented in a manner that will b
both startlingly beautiful and entranc
ing. Quite a proportion of the pOpuia
ton of Tampa is of Spanish descent
and from this course will be secured
the people who will impersonate tn
Spanish characters. Several hundred o
these will participate and all will b.
in the costumes of De Sofas period
Near the place where De Sofa will lane
will be seen a camp of Seminole Indian!
anu aTouiaI me tepeeS me squa"S aiit
pdipIoSeS sLoLgins I'm IN Iie L[ee , 81 IN
WIGS WHO nt ta from me tepees ~ VI
TlnS OUT the singing OF forty or "
ing and dancing the corn dance. me
braves will come into camp with theil
game. Lolling round the Camp-fires
they are aroused by the coming of De
Sofa and his halberdiers, lanciers and
sailors, headed by Juan OrtiS, hurry
forth to meet them. De Sofa makes
peace with the Indians. Planting of
| the Spanish flag is shown. Then 1921,
| the lowering of the Spanish flag and the
! raising of the Stars and Stripes Finale,
| chorus of several hundred voices. The
! afternoon program will close with a
mammoth display Of day fireworks
illumination of the civ and M.eked
Street Carnival.
At dusk. His Honor the Navor will
press an electric button. throwing The
CITY into a blaze of glorv Heraids viii
immediately annoup@n The baeinning Of
the masked street carnival When the
imagineatic of the mrrrvmal,ers may
run riot. Several blocks Of the main
street will he closed to an traTic III
ing the maskers The exrIusiva iIss ~
this section A iarpa og%ra,r,tin, %
hands will furnish music f6r r., at,.,pl
mgs festivities, NV
ii is the inyariahIA rula that all mar
sons entnring the 1ora he ;S ro ''1i 20
wierd COSTUME and masl,ed and r. 10 va Ul
uuestpd that Ill ,nn1ael,,j ~ s,,,+ 80 +i,,
keep out Of these limits Absolute Free
dom will he piven al inrnn.lt 80
ment. Maskers will not be allowed to
veal sio.eS
sunday, February %.
Sunday morning special sermons will
be delivered at all the churches. At
2:3O F. NJ, sacred band concerts will be
given by all bands in various sections
of the city
All Sunday afternoon the officers Of
and krewes of visiting United States
submarines, monitor and t0rpedo boat
destrOyerS and war vessels of various
other countries who will be in Tamna
during Carnival Week will receiye the
public
At dusk the CITY will again don its
electrical garb.
Mond.v rak,,,.u,, 90
"o'Uey ruary 90
Elaborate preparations will be made
IQr the utlehse q the city against His
IItaJgstS EdSPaIllla ~ ana 1e Mystic
hIewe. At $40 O'Clock will occur the
celebration in honor of the formal OPEN
Ing. Of the new Lafayette Street bridge.
a $4,000 structure which will stand
ministration under which il was con-
Structeq' me ceremony will be opened
Mayor McEaV viii ny Ga$ tb ddd bands
speech in the name of the city Of Tam
pa, presenting the bridge to the people.
Judge c. b. Parkhill will respond The
bridge Will be magniCcntly decorated
The ceremony will be closed with a dis
play of daylight fireworks.
Landinn of Kim c.en.riII,
~ '>''s SaSPa'' MA
AT $50 O'Clock the city will be thrown
into confusion by the firing of guns as
the pirate ship and its escort attacks
the city. In this escort will be seen
many of the finest private yachts that
make winter headquarters in southern
waters. This water pageant will he
one Of the most gorgeous ever seen in
this country. All the boats will he COR
geOus in their holiday attire The war
vessels lift anchor and proceed to meet
the enemy. Discovering their Inferior
force they realize the hopelessnrss Of
combat, and joining the escort of the NJ, Ti
rate ship. follow it on its victorious
course up the river The pirate shin will
land at the Tampa Bay Hotel docks and
tain will march to me e" Tmta H''s ana cap
will demand and Iarniva M, 49, ",ci my 10y
city and there will he a sc,na % ~
as the niratrs glnrt n,,ar ~ go
treasurer ''''ii iieH
Immediately upon the 1ordir, of .b,
pirates. Morocco Trmnln Of NIygt3 St, J,l'
ers will start their parade HEADED Nv ~! a
4O-pieCe Shriuer hand ar ~, T.,,,,,' 70 - a
Hotel and will march tbrm,,gb an ,h pa nay
rI.-, " '"' WY
GiSSIIC TdSedHt.
At $40 O'Clock the fantastic md o1ac-
trical pageant will wend re Wv
through the city, headed by Gaspariiia
and his kreWe This naraIa VII -
sist Of Is eIaborataIv dSrGratoS IVA III ~
Illuminated floats, accurately portravfnr
allegorical and mystical scenes Foliovto
ed by hundreds of illuminated autos ard
many marching clubs in weird and fan
tastic costumes, monster Illuminated
dragons and serpents, giants and dwsrfs