The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-21
Fruits and Flowers" Is
Theme Appropriate To
West Florida.
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Bringing the public celebration of
the carnival to a close, the elaborate
mystic pageant of Fruits and
Flowers" came as a fitting climax to
the splendid ceremonies marking the
reign of Priscus XVIII. who, like
Cinderella, vanished on the stroke Of
twelve, leaving his many subjects to
doff their gay costumes for the sack
cloth and ashes of the Lenten season.
Ten magnificent floats successfully
carrying out the motif of Fruits and
Flowers, formed by their contrasting
color schemes one of the most beau
tiful parades witnessed in Pensacola.
Though widely divergent in design
and treatment, each distinct in itself.
yet the whole forming a complete de-
scriptive tableaux. the subject proved
happy choice, and offered a wide
range for the artist, Joseph Norton,
to display his skill and technique.
The Title Float.
Leading the parade, the Kings
float acted as the title bearer, sym
bolizing, in its elaborate detail, the
scheme of the entire parade. It's color
tones of old rose. silver and old blue,
mounting the Priscus XVIII coat of
arms.
For the first time in the history of
the celebration in Pensacola has the
Queen of the carnival and her MAJ
ridden on the float with the King
( the mystic pageant. The feature
a decided success, the beagt.
! Queen, Miss Jane Durham, and
lovely maids adding much to the IN
terest of the parade
Hibiscus.
Black, red. gold and silver ran riot
over Hibiscus" the second float of
/ the procession, and formed one of the
most distinctive pieces in the parade.
! Typifying, as its namesake, passion
and jealousy, the detail of the float
was completed by a great dragon.
sprawling over the float facing APP
proach.
!
! Of simple design, float Number
nevertheless has a distinct heart ap-
peal, and takes the spectator to the
wide country, and back to the older
south. All the details of a real
southern farmyard are met in the
execution of this float, the predomi-
mating tones being gray and yellow
carried out with the Sunflower.
Through the yard runs a country
lane; a barn in the rear of the float.
its bursting doors displaying the rich
harvest within.
Orange.
Associating thu orange blossom
with the wedding march, the spirit of
this float is finely attained. On the
corners of the float, orange trees,
bearing their luscious fruit while an
arbor rising from the center is over
run with smilax and orange blossoms,
Atop the arbor hangs a wedding bell,
decorated with the rich blossoms.
Chrysanthemums.
Of gorgeous hue, and the quaint
air of the Orient caught in the color
ing, that float synbolizes the fall Of
, the year-The Harvesting. Vari-col-
, ored chrysanthemums form the cen
trail decorative scheme, and the brill
mt effect makes this one of the
riking displays of the pageant.
, Hollyhocks.
r and Sunflower, somehow ap
, peare companion floats, both en-
bodying favorite flowers of the
Southland, and having a direct appeal
of the home. The central decorative
element is an old-time cottage, Wit
its simple, yet graceful garden, the
| whole fairly overrun with hollyhocks
Geranimus, dahlias. asters and tulips
with their wealth of color, made up
the detail of this beautiful float.
Lily.
The remarkable effect Of an almost
pure white float is surprising in the
3 riot of color typical of the rest, but
Lily, with its purity affords a pleas
ing contrast, with its simple color
scheme of gold, white, silver and
soft green. The central decorative
device is large Gala lily, surmount-
ed by white dove, and enclosing &
: living figure typifying purity.
Wistaria.
. Lavender, caught from the petals
of the blossom itself, seemed to have
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