The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
City is Decorated as 1t Has
Not Been in Years in
Honor of His Visit.
PARADE MONDAY A
MAGNIFICENT ONE
Soldiers, B1uejackets, Ma
rines and Others Will
Participate - Automobile
Parade Monday Night and
a Comic Feature Tuesday
Night-Visitors Arriving

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With <he city decorated as IL has noA
been In many years, Pensacola IS m
readiness to greet King Prisons xuE
when he arrives IN the royal aeropaane
Monday at noon and inanglrates two.
| days OF fun and revelry, carrying out
the beauttful old Spanish and French
| custom OF celebrating the two days
before Ash wednesday, the begfnnfrx
Of the annual forty days Of fasting
Lent
The celebration win be upon an ex-
tensive scale, for the Carnival Associa-
ton, the Phunn1akers and others who
have worked untirfngly in their efforts
to make the celebration an unuuan-
| fed success have succeeded in filing
| In what heretofore have been hours
| and days with but little amusement.
This year there will be no idle mo-
| ments, for practically every hour from
noon tomorrow until midnight of Tues
day. will be filed.
This afternoon at $3.50 o'clock the
Pensacola band will give a concert in
the parkway at the corner of Garden
and Palafox streets. It will continue
until $50 o'clock. Throughout the
day the torpedo boat destroyers and
submarines, moored at Central and
other wharves, viii be open to visitors.
AT noon tomorrow the king arrives
and the visitors and citizens will be
given an opportunity of witnessing one
OF the finest parades in many years. in
which blue1ackets marines, soldiers
and others, will participate. Through
out the afternoon the navy aeroplanes
will be seen over the city and harbor.
while at o'clock at night the autorno-
bile parade will commence and pass
through the principal STREETS OF the city
Tuesday forenoon and afternoon the
aeroplanes will make exhi oition flights
while from noon until midnight mask
ers will hold sway and the throwing
of confetti will be in order. In this
connection 1t win be well to remember
the mayors proclamation which strict
" forbids any person grasping a lady.
Tuesday night the big comic parade
of the Phunmakers will be witnessed.
and following this the grand coronation
ball, where the identity Of the king win
be disclosed.
MANY VISITORS ARRIVING
Many visitors are already In the
city, and today's trains are expected
to bring immense crowds, especially
those coming in from the north. Yes
terday afternoon extra coaches were
necessary to accommodate the crowds
headed for Pensacola Extra equip
ment will be placed on all trains COM
ing into the city today and tomorrow,
both over the L. e. N. and the q. r.
& A.
CARNIVAL COURT.
The following is the program for the
Carnival Court:
Dukes to meet at San Carlos hotel at
HOO o'clock Monday morning, where
they will enter carriages to call for
Maids.
Chairman of Coronation Committee
will call for Queen and Pages
Court assemblies at Garden street
balcony at 11:45, there to review par
ade, after which the Queens luncheon.
After luncheon visit the battleships;
FIVE o'clock tea on board General
Frank" Home for supper.
Dukes ASSEMBLE at San Carlos hotel
at 1880 for carriages; call for maids:
report on Review Stand on hotel bal
cony at 800; after parade, Court Ball
in Auditorium.
Dukes meet at hotel ZOO on Tuesday
for carriages to call for Maids
Chairman of Coronation Committee
will call for Queen.
Kings luncheon at hotel at 2:30.
Dukes assemble at 500 to dress for
and leave hotel at TOO for
maids.
King will call for queen and pages
night.
Review parade from balcony-then
to Keyser's Hall for coronation