Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-01

ty-two years has offered better ma
terial for the designing of floats full
of dramatic and tragic interest thar
this one.
Leading off Is. the title float
Shakespeare" Appearing as though
either galloping or flying, Pegasus
>the winged horse, is rearing ant
plunging in the foreground. Thi.
tabled horse, always associated witt
poetic inspiration, Immediately give.
atmosphere to the procession. A
large plaster bust Of Shakespeare ap
pears on the float, and books ant
beacon lights suggest learning and
profound thought.
Merry Wives.
The Merry Wives OF Windsor fol.
low. Falstaff, the famous courtier
with his big talk Of hand-to-hand en-
counters in which he has engaged. Il
seen sitting in his garden, under q
spreading oak tree. adorned with hii
famous antlers, while the Merry
Wives, six OF them, dressed a. fairies
are twittering around in the back
ground.
Ais Well that Ends Well 10 the
third float. A canopy covers the
throne OF the king Of France, two
bronze lions guard it on either side.
Bertram, the soldier, the count Of
Rousillon, and the duke OF Florence
are all in evidence.
King Richard the Third. the lame
and mis-shapen king, at whose birth
the dogs barked and walled, the man
Of deep and dark designs, is next.
Richard, sword in hand, is seen in
one of his RACES, glaring around for
prey, so that one can almost hear him
cry, Shadows avaunt, for Richard
is himself againl" The queen is in the
picture, and in the tower are seen
the two princes, nephews Of Richard,
whom he caused to be slain. Near
the tower furk the two murderers
awaiting their opportunity to gain
entrance to the tower and smother
the princes. Everywhere on the float
huge red and white roses are seen,
emblems of the two houses of York
and Lancaster in the war of the roses.
Comedy of Errors.
Then comes the Comedy of En-
rors. A temple and great festoons
of red, white and yellow roses are
seen. Aegeon is prominent in the
picture, and Antipholus, while the
two Dromios are always present.
Macbeth, the dark designer, with
his darker-dcsigning wife, are seen in
the next float Macbeth is seen in the
wilderness in his celebrated confer
ence with the witches who are to tell
him of his chances to be future king.
The big caldron, steaming with the
internal brew of snakes teeth, human
fingers, bats and lizards, is in the fore
ground, while the three witches hob
Bile and totter around it in their un
canny chantings until in Imagination
one can almost hear them chattering.
Double, double, toll and trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble"
As You Like 1t.
In As You Like 1t, the next float,
the scene is laid in the Forest Of
Alden. Peacocks strut. under the
boughs. Frogs rest on fly pads in
frog pond, and everything suggests
the forest and primitive wild. Rosa
lind as Gannymede is seen, and Celia,
Orlando, and jacques. Also Touch
stone. the clown, is hobbling around,
prepared to mouth some bright re-
mark about the impossibility of a
knight swearing by his honor, because
he has none, even as woman cannot
swear by her beard.
In The Merchant OF Venice, Shy.
lock OF course is the central figure.
The famous old money lender who
was about to exact his pound of flesh.
10 seen expectant in the court room.
The duke Of Venice is there, Antonio.
the unfortunate borrower, and Portia,
the fair young woman who saves the
merchants bosom from the internal
knife" by her wonderful plea, THE
quality OF mercy is not strained" etc,
and, therefore, Jew, consider this:
that in the course of justice Done OF
us should see salvation"
Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet, Of course, are
seen in their famous love scene, Juliet,
as one would expect, is seen leaning
over the balcony, while Economically
tinkling on guitar beneath her win
dow. A beautiful garden scene is de-
signed, and fountains play in the
surrounding scenery.
A Midsummer Nights Dream fol-
lows with the character, Bottom, as
the central figure squatted on the
ground adorned with the head OF an
ass, carefully adjusted over his own
head by the fairy Puck, under the d.
rection of the mischievous Oberon.
The three fairies and Helena are also
in the scene.
Antony and Cleopatra.
In Antony and Cleopatra, of course,
the famous barge is the thing that best
lends itself to float production. Sc
the barge it is. The Egyptian queen
in all her beauty lounges in all her
luxury in the rose-showered barge,
while black servants fan her with per-
fumed ostrich plumes. Antony is seen
coming to greet her at the landing.
Othello, The Moor of Venice, fol-
lows, with Othello and his fair wife,
Desdemona, the principal characters,
while lago, the villain with his mind
full OF anxious and corroding
thoughts, stands in the background
with cynical smile as he sees the deep
treachery Of his designs beginning to
bear their tragic fruit Brabantio and
Roderigo are also in the scene.
Hamlet.
In Hamlet. the next float, the ghost
scene is chosen, as best lending itself
to artistic production. Hamlet is seen
on his knees before the ghost OF his
father, while the ghost maintains its
spectral dignity and calls for IRE