Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-21
CARNIVAL WEEK OPENS
WITH TWILIGHT PARADE
SAINTS Grotto May Festival Will Pro.
vide Opportunities for Amuse-
ment and Entertainment.
SCOUTS AND CADETS IN LINE
Grotto Members With All Show Per.
formers to Take Part-Shows Ar
rive and Erect Tent City on
Broad Street.

Richmonds carnival week tho fire,
gala week to be conducted here sine,
the old days of the street carniyu,
opens Tonight with Il mammoth ,wi.
light parade. The carnival, arranged
and staged by SAINTS Grotto, No. So
Mystic Order of Yelled Prophets of tho
Enchanted Realm. Is expected to prove
one OF the most successful undertake
,nss OF the Kind ever attempted in
Richmond. and il is believed that the
many feature attractions arranged for
the week Will provide unusual oppor-
tunittes for merry making.
formai inauguration of the carnival
week takes place at o'clock tonight.
when Captain j. K. II. Sowell. with =
squad Of mounted police, will lead the
twilight parade from the carnival
grounds. at Broad and Laurel streets.
The parade will proceed on Laurel
Street to Franklin Street, down which
II passes to Fifth. There turn will be
made to Grace. along which street 1t
VIII continue to Ninth. Capitol Street
Will be followed TO Tenth. and there
the procession will proceed to Broad.
along which it will return to the show
grounds i'm time to open the shows for
the initial performances
The squad Of mounted officers will be
followed by the John Marshall High
School Cadet Band. \ detail of SAINTS
Grotto members in fczzcs and Crotto
costumes Will be next in line. and. after
them, will come representatives of the
city government. VINO were invited to
participate some time ago. The second
division of the parade Will be headed
by the Boy Scout Fife Drum and Bugle
Corps. Next in line will he the horses
used in the kentucky shows. and rid
den by the eQuestrienncs who take
part in the various performances.
PERFORMERS AND WILD ANIMALS
ADD MUCH TO TWILIGHT PARADE
Blazing their way with blasts. such
as only "a circus band can produce. the
Kennedy Band will be next in line.
leading the professions of automobiles.
in which the $50 performers Of the
shows will ride. After them will he the
camels elephants monkeys and other
wild animals of the shows. while nu-
merous clowns will perform their
stunts during tho course of the parade.
Once the carnivals grounds are re-
gained. the festival week will open
with whirl Of merrimcnt. Brilliantly
lighted with thousands of variously COL
ored electric lights. the grounds will
be ablaZc. The midway. with it's host
OF free attractions. its thronG of anuse-
ment seekers. the ballyhos. the con-
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contribute 10 the making of "A real car
niral will begin their week OF efforts
toward providing entertainment
And at the same time the fronts Of
the shows will be thrown open, the eX-
horters will begin their pleas and
Richmond amusement seekers Will start
enjoying the sight Of the freaks, the
sensational stunts of performers, while
others will find entertainment in the
mystefyinG Oriental shows. amusement
In the clownish performances Of the fun
makers and whirl Of JOY in the many
riding devices.
GROT'rO MEMBERS SEE SHOWS
DErRAIN AND ERECT TENT CITY
Members of the SAINTS Grotto have
considered themselves unusually fortu-
nate in securing the Con r Kennedy
shows 10 provide the professional feat
urcs OF the carnival week and last night
were even more enthusiastic than ever
Many members Of the grotto were pre-
sent yesterday afternoon when the
Showtrnin Of thirty-two cars reached
Richmond. and the work OF dctraininc
was begun. Others Witnessed the ar
rival OF the canvasmen at the carnival
lot and the erection of the big tent city
iThc size of the enterprises and the
evident value OF the shows for enter
tanning purposes was Il surprise to
many of those who already had invcsti-
gated the standing of the Kennedy ag-
EreEation. All were OF the opinion that
the carnival would be a great success
and predicted that the week would he
one long TO be remembered by amuse-
incnt seekers here
interest I'm the various contests being
conducted by the grotto is increasing
steadily and probably will grow once
the carnival is opened. AS the queens
contest draws to close, the baby
shows opens to continue each day dur
ing the week and closing Saturday
afternoon when Mayor Ainslic presents
the winners their prizes. The corona
non or the queen takes place Thursday
night while on Saturday night the au-
tonobiic VIII be presented the winner
IN that competition.