The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-09
Get the Pensacola
Carnival Spirit.

Many years have come and gone
since Priscus, King of Revelry, first
stepped from his royal yacht and en-
tered the city gates of Pensacola. TAX
ing charge OF the sports and pleasures
OF his loyal subjects for a day. and
showing his kingly pleasure in all'that
pertains TO the welfare and happiness
OF his kingdom by the sea.
He who reigned as Priscus ! had
the privilege. two short years ago,
OF doing homage to the daughter of
his own household, babe in arms at
the time of his ascendancy to the
throne. but grown to beautiful young
womanhood, and reigning as queen Of
the carnival OF 1913. Monarchs have
come have reigned for a day. have
crowned fair queens. and have lived
out their little period of royalty. and
have given place each year to others,
and as the years have gone by the
Mardi Gras carnival has come to be
more and more part OF the citys
growth.
Mardi Gras is peculiarly southern
festival 1t seems to belong to the
South as much as the mocking bird
and the jessamine bloom 1t has an
appeal particularly here in a city
whose traditions are so in keeping
with the spirit Of the day.
The carnival is time of merry
making. A time for the casting aside
OF weighty matters of state, the cares
OF professional life, the dull routine
OF business, and for the putting on,
II even for brief while. Of the jes-
ter's motley
It is not well to be always going
about the business of making liv-
ing. with no thought for the innocent
amusements Of life and the merriment
Of which the carnival spirit is a part
But. for those who look at life al
ways seriously, there is. even to the
carnival season, serious side. The
carnival should be part of Pensa-
cola's progress Every man. woman
and child in the city should do part
to make 1t so. The carnival is not
only time for merrymalxing in PEN
sacola- 1t is a time for welcoming
others to our merriment 1t is sea-
son of hospitality. OF special friendli-
ness to our neighbors, Of good-fellow-
ship with one another.
That the carnival Is looked upon
as a good thing for town is DEM
onstrated in the way the idea is grow
ing all over the country. Cities north.
east and west of us are seizing upon
the idea and exploiting it and, Incl
dentaily. exploiting the cities them
selves.
These cities give their annual fes-
rivals various names, but they have
none OF the real charm of the typical
southern Mardi Gras carnival. The
fame of this has reached abroad and
more and more. each year Pensacola
has come into the limelight. with each
successive king VINO has been crowned
Each year the advertising of the
Mardi Gras carnival has gone farther
and farther. and reached more and
more interested public, until today
Pensacola is widely known to many
through this one yearly feature.
Mardi Gras in Pensacola has a
charm peculiarly its own. Other cities
may have carnivals and entertain on
extensive scale. but 1t is given TO
Pensacola to offer each year features
particularly her own. While Pensacola
may not entertain always on elaborate
scale, there is a most delightful So
cial spirit engendered not only by the
native hospitality but by the city's en-
vironment, and special advantages. the
army and navy circle always being
part OF Pensacola's social life at this
season, and the presence of the war
vessels in the harbor adding to the
pleasure Of sight-seers. q
But this year Pensacola has even
more OF real interest and value to
offer the visiting public than ever be-
fore. It win be the only city in the
world ever to have offered. as car
nival amusement, the maneuvers of
squadron of airships for the enter
tainment Of it's visitors.
Pensacola has the only aviation
school in the United states. and here
only may these maneuvers be wit
messed on a large scale This alone
should draw hundreds to the city.
"a The wonderful flights that have
been made over Pensacola and PEN
Aacola bay have ceased to have the