The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-02-21
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
0AsPARILLA CARNIVAL, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, FEBRUARY
21-A.
Saturday..

Saturday.
Firing Of guns of artillery and wal
vessels at sunrise announcing the open.
lng OF the first day of the big Gaspa.
rilla Carnival
At 9 o'clock A. M. several thousands
| bearing message from Tampa to the
| entire world. These pigeons have been
secured from twenty different points
IN the United Stats and Canada.
AT y o'cl.ck noon the firing Of g.
| coming OF the Royal Court Chamberlain
| OF King Gasparilla VII. The Court
| Chamberlain will arrive amid shouts OF
the people, waving banners and the mu-
SIC of bands.
Opening Addresses.
At 1880 Mayor D. B. Mckay will de-
liver an address Of welcome which will
Temple, President Of the Carnival Asso.
citation, extending a welcome to the Wis
| itors and the Royal Court Chamberlain
Of King Gaspari1la. The Chamberlain
VIII announce that he is special en-
VII; an advance guard to make known
to: the citizens Of the coming Of the
KING and krewe Of Pirates Bold. He
advises the Mayor and citizens that if
the keys OF the city are not surrendered
to His Majesty on his arrival. that the
city will be taken by armed force. The
Mayor will then appeal to the citizens
to make preparations for the defense Of
the city against Gasparilla and his
Pirates
, Floral Parade Of School Children.
AZ 2:SO P. M. five thousand school
children will be seen in floral parade
through the principal streets and to
Plant Park. where they will give a
this occasion, Welcome to Tampa"
Thousands Of flowers will be carried by
the children, all of whom will be appro-
pr1ately coStumed.
A Human Chess Game.
At 800 o'clock at Plant Park there
Will be human chess game on an
'eighty-foot board of alternate white
and black squares which will be parti-
clpated in by thirty-tWo beautifully cos
tuned people.
The Landing Of Desota-Tampa's
Historic Pageant.
Commemorating the landing Of De
Sofa ON the shores of Florida more
than three hundred and seventy-five
years ago. will be feature Of not only
Saturdays program, but the entire car
nlval Under the auspices of the La
dies Clubs Of the city will be shown this
magnificent historical pageant bring
ing into life the characters who made
the early history of Florida. The daring
explorers and adventurers who entered
unknown wilds, peopled by savages, will
be presented in manner that will be
both startlingly beautiful and entrance
ing. Quite proportion Of the popula-
ton OF Tampa Is of Spanish descent,
and from this course will be secured
Spanish characters. Several hundred Of
these will participate and all will be
In the costumes of De Sofas period.
Near the place where De Sofa will land
will be seen a camp of Seminole Indians
papooses glorying in the freedom Of the
wilds. Suddenly from the tepees will
ring out the singing Of forty or fifty
Indian maidens who will emerge sing
Ing and dancing the corn dance. The
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. Do Sofa makes
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 City and Masked
Street Carnival.
At dusk, His Honor the Mayor will
press an electric button, throwing the
Immediately announce the beginning Of
the masked street carnival when the
imagineatic of the merrymakers may
run riot. Several blocks of the main
stree. street will be closed to all traffic, Civ.
this, section: A large aggregation Of
bands will furnish music for the even
lng's festivities
1t is the invariable rule that all per-
sons entering this zone be in fancy or
wierd costume and masked, and it is re-
quested that all unmasked spectators
keep out of these limits. Absolute free
dom will be given all innocent merri-
ment Maskers will not be allowed to
wear gloves.
Sunday, February 20.
Sunday morning special sermons will
be delivered at all the churches. At
2:30 p. 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 torpedo boat
destroyers, and war vessels of various |
other countries who will be in Tampa
during Carnival Week will receive the |
public.
At dusk the city will again don it's
electFlcal gafD.
Monday, February %.
Elaborate preparations will be made
for the defense of the city against His !
Majesty Gasparilla VII and Ye Mystic |
krewe. At 800 O'Clock will occur the
celebration in honor of the formal OPEN |
ing of the new Lafayette Street bridge, |
q $250,000 structure which will stand |
Tor all time as a monument to the ad- |
under which it was con-
structed. The ceremony will be opened |
by music furnished by Gasparilla bands |
Mayor Mckay will make the dedicatory
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 magnificently decorated.
The ceremony will be closed with a dis
play of daylight fireworks.
Landing Of King GasparilIa.
At $3.50 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 be
one of the most gorgeous ever seen in
this country. All the boats will be gor-
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