Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-02
king AK xxi TO
ENTER THE ROYAL
CITY THIS Week
Merry Monarch to Be at the
Den Friday Night to Receive
His Grown Before His
Subjects. ..,
WILSON HERE THURSDAY
President and Wife to View the
Historical Parade Thursday
Afternoon From Stand.
AND THE HOG SHOW, Toe

Before the present week closes, the
face of his majesty, King Ak-Sar-B Ben,
will be seen on the streets of Omaha.
His majesty will be formally
crowned before the week is over, and
his gracious queen will also receive
her crown, seated beside him on her
throne.
Also, before the week is closed,
President Wilson will be seen in
Omaha by hundreds of thousands of
eager subjects of King Ak-Sar-Ben
and of neighboring realms.
Three spectacular parades, allego-
rical and highly artistic, will traverse
the streets of the chief city of the
realm. A grand coronation ball, the
crowning and classical event of the
season, is to be held, and throughout
the entire week the succession of thou
sands and thousands will pour into
the jubilee grounds at Fifteenth
street and Capitol avenue, to mix,
churn, get acquainted, attend the
shows, ride the merry-go-round,
crack the whip and otherwise enter
tain themselves in the hundreds Of
ways there open to them.
Festive Season Is Here.
For the festive season has arrived.
For the twenty-second time this an
nual festi,e season OF King Ak-Sar-
Bens realm has arrived, and the edict
has gone out to all the knights and
ladies, charging them that they lay
aside serious duties and disport them.
selves for week. during the days just
preceding and just following the
crowning of the king.
On the night following the corona
ton ball, while the decorations in the
classical old Den are yet fresh, and
the perfume OF the night before is
yet upon the rich drapings, while the
lights are yet hanging in rare and
costly clusters, showering their ra.
dance to the remotcst recesses of the
great hall, masquerade ball is to be
held, open to the public at 81 per per-
son. While the coronation ball is
limited strictly to paid members and
their ladies, the iiia5Tierads ball il
open to all the subjects Of the realm
and TO the subjects Of neighberlng
realms.
Quiet on Jubilee Grounds.
After accommodating tens of thou-
sands for the greater part OF last
week, the jubilee grounds were closed
Sunday. All was quiet. The turnstiles
clicked seldom, only here and there
to let an Ak-Sar-Ben official through,
or to let out or in a member of the
show troupes who wanted to 60 to
church or get nam sandwich. There
was Sabbath pause in the atmos-
phere at the grounds, a kind of lull-
before-the-storm effect, a pause for
breath before beginning the big week.
The are reasons why the Ak.Sar-
Ben officials expect this to be the
biggest celebration the organization
has ever had in Omaha
Wilson Had to Core.
The reasons are plain. Never be-
fore has King Ak-Sar-Ben had
president of the United States as
visitor during the fall festivities. The
festivities have become so vast. and
the entertainment on so magnificent
a scale, that the p..,.utnt could no
longer remain away.
President Wilson, and Mrs. Wilson,
the first lady of the land, will both
be here. The scores of thousands OF
persons who line the streets along the
line OF march of the historical parade,