Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-04
JOY RAMPANT ON
QUIVERA HIGHWAY
Coincidence Of Dates Brings Added
Happiness to Subjects Of King
AXIS Realm.
BUSHELS OF CONFETTI THROWN

When In the course OF events TX
happens that the first OF the month,
Saturday night. and first-class fes-
tival seas coincide-then Is the
time when the citizens are going to
burst into song and laughter.
Burst ia the right word. That is
just what the mass OF human beings,
forming the carnival crowd last
night, did.
II seemed to make all the differ
ence in the world TO the majority Of
merrymRkers that a pay day had oc-
Cured. Confetti is comparatively
cheap. when you come to consider
the Joy Il produces. and IL ever II was
heaved. walloped and gently waited
into the facial commissions Of mortal
beings, II was thus propelled Satur-
day evening. Not in those tit-for-tat,
one-more-to-come clusters. but with
the care-free abandon that results
from pocket REINFORCED with
nickels. ready to be spent for more
OF the same"
frolickers and was not confined TO the
face. but worked int tho innermost
depths OF their apparel.
"A Trip to Mars" In drawing an alarm
Ing attendance and the travellers seem TO
be growing so enamoured with the planet
that they may quit the kingdom OF
ouivera and move to the distant orb,
An Ak-Sar-Ben highball was originated
'1awst' evening and bids fair TO become
exceedingly popular with the master
class" The master class as Indicated
above oomposes that quota OF exalted
beings who have the price OF its pur-
chase. The ingredients are as follows:
tumbler of chilled cider. from the old
cider press, with dash OF bruised con-
fetti-preferably the green particles. The
whole IL to be strained slowly through a
moustaehe into the NAV OF the consumer.
II Is very popular, indeed And much
more refreshing and delicious than II
sounds. when one has been fed for sew
eral hours on Just plain confetti. In the
raw and uncultivated state.
Crowd Merry aud Loyal.
The Saturday nisht crowd was just
that big-hearted, happy throng that has
made Ak-sar-ben a magic word through
out the land. The spirit OF Quivera was
there--no rough stuff. Just fun. While
the 1915 knights are carefully studying
How 20 surmount Horse" and the
"Kink" Is reading up on the Marquis Of
Queensbury rules. OF How TO Play the
Modern King" they should pause a mo-
ment and consider the fact that tho
! realm OF Quivera. up to date, never had
more loyal and enthusiastic subjects rally
60 the colors than were on the job satur-
day evening.
The booths and attractions, as has
been mentioned before are much above
those OF former years, the lighting OF
the carnival IS whole Il improved. the
handling OF the crowd by officials and
officers more efficient and the people
are enjoying themselves. without any OF
the annoyNnces that on some occasions
have marred the even tenor OF tins
inerrymaking. When the gates clicked
ON the last reveler last night they also
clicked on a memorable day In Ak-sar-
Pen history. 'Hatty" Black and Dad
Weaver are nursing tender and abused
right hands and arms a. the result OF
the show up 20 date, but they arc wag-
ging their heads in approval.
In the afternoon the kids were allowed
the freedom OF the carnival grounds.
everything being a 'jitney" for the
youngsters. Hundreds strong they
wheoped and gambOled over every quar-
ter OF the enclosure. very near wearing
out the merry-go-rounds ana Ferris
wheel and surrounding large quantities
Of "delicacies."