The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-16
THOUSANDS TURN
 OUT FOR CARNIVAL First Mobile Mardi Gras Since Beginning of War
 Opened Yesterday

Mobile, February 15.- Special. )-Mo- bile's Mardi Gras carnival of three days opened Sunday afternoon with the turn ing out of thousands of citizens and visitors 10 inspect the fleet of torpedo boat destroyers and submarines, to- gether with captured German U-boa, that is he~e for the occasion of the re- turn of the carnival spirit after a cessa- ton of two yeads on account of the war. The programme Sunday was de- sels and band concerts in Bienville Every hotel and boarding house in the city is crowded with people and the carnival association IS puzzled as to what to do with the visitors who will come here Monday and Tuesday
 Monday will be devoted to band con certs, the chief feature of the pro gramme being the parade Monday night of the Infant Mystics. For their fifty-first carnival they will have for the subject of the street pageant "Dreams." Six floats vieing with one another in artistic perfection will DOT tray the dreams of love, horror, winter.
 
 the aerial regions The annual ball of the well known society will follow the parade. Other social organizations of the city will hold carnival balls Mon day night
 \ The king of the carnival F. Taylor Peck, and his queen, Miss Dorothy Wefel.I will make their first official appearance Monday night at the balls of the Infant Mystics and the Elks.
 The city is gaily decked in the car- nival colors. purple and gold, and the brilliant specially designed electrical illuminations were lighted Sunday night for the first time
 The climax of Mardi Gras twill be furnihsed with the celebrations on Tuesday, beginning early in the day with general public masking and con- tinuing through the night until Ash Wednesday is ushered in. The events of Tuesday will be the arrival of flock of twelve seaplanes from Pensacola, Fla, that will fly over the city all day, giving exhibitions; the parades of Knights of Revelry and Comic Boys in the afternoon. Emperor Felix LII, King of Joy, will appear l nthe parade Tuesday afternoon ana view his domain and greet his subjects and at the close of the parade will receive the keys of the city from Mayor Harry Pillans in Bienville Square. At thi sevent the king of the carnival will declare a reign of joy. The Knights of Revelry vii hold reception at Mobile Relief hall and dancing will be the order of the afternoon. Throughout Tuesday there will be continuation of band concerts in Bienville Square The an nual parade of massed maskers will take place Tuesday afternoon late at which time prizes will be awarded for group and individual maskers. The subject of the Knights of Revelry parade will be Themes of East" car ried out with eight floats.
 Mardi Gras closes Tuesday night with the magnificent street pagneant of the Order of Myths. The subject this year of the parade Is "Rubaiyat of Moar Khayyam.' depicted in six floats as follows: Come With Old Khay- yam," "The Sultans Turret," '"The Blowing Rpse,' '"The Throne of Saturn" "The Daughter of the Vine" and 'The Moon of Heaven"
 F. Taylor Peck, king of the car nival, entertained his queen and the court in royal fashion with a dinner dansante at the Battle House. Tn the group was the queen of the carnival, Miss Dorothy Wefel, Misses Mattie Mae Marechal Marie McPhillips, Mar ion Maury, Gordon Burgett. Helen Horn, Mamie Bellingrath, virgene Maltby, Nan Risque Maclin, Elizabeth Heakes and Helen Cartwright. The banquet table was decorated in the colors The king bestowed upon the queen royal pin, which was a circle of sapphires and pearls
 The king of the carnival, Fred Taylor Peck, is the manager Of the Battle House. He is the eldest son of MT. and Mrs. S. H. Peck. He received his commission at Fort McPherson. Ga., as first lieutepant and went across in April, 1918, and saw service up to the time that the armistice was signed. being in many of the great battles of honors by his country as he will be