The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-05

OFFICIAL PROGRAM
GAsPARILLA CARNIVAL, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, FEBRUARY
21-24
Saturday.
Firing Of guns of artillery and war
vessels at sunrise announcing the open
Ing or the first day of the big Gaspa-
At o'clock A NJ several thousands
of Homing Pigeons will be released. all
entire world. These pigeons have been
in the. United States and Canada
lutes from war vessels announcing the
coming Of the Royal Court Chamberlain
of King. Gasparilla VII The Cour.
the people. waving banners, and the mu-
sic of bands.
Opening Addresses.
! AT 1880 Mayor D. B. Mckay. will de,
r. Temple, President Of the Carnival Asso-
citation, extending welcome to the Wis
| itors and the Royal Court Chamberlain
| of King Gasparilla- The Chamberlain
will announce that he is a special en-
voy from His Majesty King Gasparilla
! to. the citizens of the coming of the
King and Krewe of Pirates Bold. He
advises the Mayor and citizens that if
I the keys of the city are not surrendered
i 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.
| At ESQ p. NJ five thousand school
! children will be seen in a floral parade
/ through the principal streets and to
| Plant Park, where they will give
this occasion. Welcome to Tampa"
Thousands of flowers will be carried by
| the children, all of whom will be appro-
! priately coStumed
A Human Chess Game.
At 800 o'clock at Plant Park there
will be a human chess game on, an
and black squares which will be parti-
| cipated in by thirtyrwo beautifully cos
| TUNED people.
The Landing of Desota-Tampa's
| Historic Pageant.
| Concentrating the landing of De
than three hundred and seventy-fve
| years ago, will be feature of not only
SATURDAYS program, but the entire car
nival. Under the auspices of the La
| dies Clubs of the city will be shown this
| magnificent historical pageant bring
ing ing INTO lie the ehar nnl who made
explorers and Adventures who entered
! unknown wiids. peopled by savages,, will
| both startlingly beautiful and entranc-
| ing. Quite proportion of the popula-
ton of Tampa is of Spanish descent,
| and from this course will be secured
| the people who will impersonate the
| Spanish characters. Several hundred of
| these will participate and all will be
| Near the place where De Sofa will land
will be seen a camp of Seminole Indians
papoeses glorying in the freedom of the
! wilds. Suddenly from the tepees will
ndao out the gho of forty or s3 fy
| ing and dancing the corn dance. The
| braves vii! come into camp with their
game. Lolling round the camp-fires
Sofa and his halberdiers, lanciers and
| sailors, headed by Juan Ortis, hurry
the Spanish flag is shown. Then 1921.
the lowering of the Spanish flag and the
/ raising of the Stars and Stripes. Finale
! a chorus of several hundred voices. The
afternoon program will close with
| mammoth display of day fireworks.
illumination of the City and Masked
Street Carnival.
! At dusk, His Honor the Mayor will
press electric button. throwing the
city into a blaze of glory. Heralds will
the masked street carnival when the
imagineatic of the merrymakers may
run riot. Several blocks of the main
street will be closed to all traffic. Civ
| ing the maskers the exclusive use of
this section. A large aggregation of
bands will furnish music for the even
1t is the invariable rule that all per-
| sons entering this zone be in fancy or
| quested that all unmasked special tors
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 %.
| Sunday morning special sermons will
be delivered at all the churches At
given by all bands in various sections
of the city.
All Sunday afternoon the officers of
aSi krewes of visiting United States
submarines, monitor and torpedo boat
deStroyers, and war vessels of various
during Carnival Week will receive the
public.
At dusk the city will again don it's
electrical garb
Monday, February %.
Elaborate preparations will be made
for the defense of the city against His
Majesty Gasparilla VII and Ye Mystic
Gem ton in bonor o fb @i fdr,,sI
ing of the new Lafayette Street bridge,
S250,000 structure which will stand
for all time as a monument to the ad-
ministration 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 firaworks.
Landing of King GaspariIa.
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 be
one of the most gorgeous ever seen in
this country. All the boats viii be gor-