Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-02
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At KINGS FETE::
BIG WEEK OPENS
Fat Girl Grows Fatter and All
Await the Coming of the
Great Parades
Later.
CARNIVAL ATTENDANCE.

Monday was another big day at the
great Ak-Sar-Ben carnival.
The day of rest which preceded it
seemed to have taken all the hoarse-
ness out of the throats of the spielers,
made Amy, the fat girl, grow fater;
caused the strangest girl alive to
grow stranger, made the crack-the-
whip device cracker and the merry
go-round merrier.
Altogether the carnival is even big
ger and more peppy than it was last
week, and last week it was bigger
than ever before. New booths were
still in process of erection Monday
wherever there was corner or nook
not already prompted.
Some Carnival.
My, my, but it eertainly is some
carnival. Enough boxes of candy,
teddy bears, hams and sofa pillows
have been won already to make line
from Oshkosh to Kalamazoo, and still
the games go on and the "lucky ones"
are carrying home the prizes.
Dolletta, "the smallest mother"
holds court in her little pen with her
tiny carriage, about as big a cracker
box, waits in front of the booth with
two tiny Shetland ponies hitched to
it. The Panama canal exhibits its
wonders, blazoned in front of it on
canvas together with a fearful and
picture of Colonel Goethals,
evidently painted by the same artist
who executed the picture of Jojo, the
man with the elastic skin, at the show
just around the corner.
The weatherman is still receiving
compliments from showmen, Ak-Sar-
Ben governors and the public. Sam
son, the-.lord high, chamberlain of
King Ak-Sar-Ben XXIII,. will be due
to send the weatherman seven bags
of gold if the weather up to this time
can be duplicated for the rest of this
week.
The city if filling with visitors from
out of town. Hotels report steady
influx of people, but still plenty of
room for the big rush. Omaha has
increased her hotel capacity so ma
terially in the last few years with
new hostelries that visitors
will find ample Accommodations.
Blaze of Glory.
The streets are ahame with thou
sands of flags and banners on build
ings and strung across the streets
and depending from street railway
and other poles. At night the down
town streets are blaze of light and
crowded with people and automo-
biles.
The merry, confetti-throwing
crowd of revelersin the carnival
grounds is but the outward sign of
the great things that are going for
ward in the realm of Quivera. Each |
day brings nearer the elimination of
the festivities preceding the corona
ton of teh new king. The electrical
parade is Wednesday night. Eight
cen magnificent floats which the eyes
Of no mortal men have seen yet, save
only those engaged for many months
in the construction of them, will pass
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of incandensence. On Thursday aft
ernoon will be. another parade, en-
titled ''The Worlds Liberty" Num-
erous floats, detachments of soldiers
and high school cadets will be fea-
lures of this parade This will be fol-
lowed, Thursday night, by the great
fireworks spectacle, Wake Up,
at Rourke park.
Who Are the Monarchs.
And then! And then! Friday night, |
the ball! At the historic den,
Who is the new king? Who is the
new queen? These are questions that
are flying about the kingdom of
Quivera. Nobody knows. That is,
nobody knows outside the close cir
Gle of the kings counsellors known as
the board of governors. The people
will know only when their majesties
appear, clad in the royal robes and
wearing the royal crowns and jewels,
Friday night. 81