Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-24
New Rulers
.OfQuiivera
Big Secret
Omaha Society Anxiously
Awaits Placing of Royal
Crowns on King and
Queen at Ball. !
Throngs Enjoy Parade

Now comes the most royal OF all
royal Ak-Sar-Ben days, the day OF
days in the land Of Quivera. For
the royal crown will be placed on
the royal head of King Ak-Sar-Be1
NNVI and he will place a royal
crown on the royal head OF tho
queen and the two shall nc the hons
ored and mighty rulers Of the king
dom of Quivera.
1t will all happen tonight in tho
royal Den, which has been trans
formed into throne room of sims
pie beauty. Gus Renze. chief arti4
ficer to his majesty, ordered an
archcd ceiling painted blue and
lined with electric lights. He or
Gercd pillars supporting the outer
rim of the arch capped with red,
yellow and green lights that the
official colors may shine on the
scene of splepdor tonight. And II
has been done.
The Big Question. wv
Time before the crowning has
narrowed to hours and yet the great
secret of the identity of the king
and queen has been so closely kept
that not a whisper of hint or who
has been chosen has been heard
and all Omaha society is awaiting
eagerly the coronation tonight when
the selection will be revealed.
The coronation ceremonies are to
start at o'clock with fanfare
by the heralds and trumpeters.
There will be the proclamation and
then will enter His Majesty's
knights. Next will come the pages
and then-everybody will hold his
breath, for the king will come forth
and be crowned. The maids OF tine
queen will enter and the queen will
come forth to be crowned by the
king.
Grand Ball Tonight
The grand bali will follow the cor.
onation transforming the Den ind
scene of gayety and bringing the
Ak-Sar-Ben festival. to a triumphant
climax
A sun1it sky yesterday afternoon
greeted the great parade held IN
celebration of the 300th anniversary
of the landing OF the Pilgrims a;
Plymouth Rock. Thousands
thronged the sidewalks along the
downtown streets to see the march
ers and watch the % floats unfold
the story of the Pilgrims and the
high lights in the history of the
| founding OF thc nation.
Floats Were Striking.
The floats showed striking Incl
dents in the life of the Pilgrims
from the time they left England for
Holland in 1908 to escape the per-
secution of King James through their
early history. The floats depicted
the departure from Southampton,
England, on the Mayflower in 1920,
their 65-day voyage to Cape Cod,
/ thence to Plymouth, their landing
on Plymouth Rock, their encounters
with the Indians, Miles Standish
courtship of Priscilla, the pillories,
the customs of the Pilgrims. etc
These were followed by floats show
ing the Boston tea party" the sign
ing of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, the surrender of CORVALLIS t6S
General Washington, the Goddess OF
Liberty and other floats.
Ten bands were scattered through
the parade. The American Legion
and other ex-service men, including
soldiers, sailors and marines were in
the line. The rear was brought UP
by regular army troops.
Indians in Evidspee
Omaha Indians were among the
lnarchers and also took the part of
Indian characters on the floats.
Chief of Police Marshall Eber-
stein led a squad of mounted police
at the head of the parade. Follow
ing the police came the Knights Of
Ak-Sar- Ben board of governors.
The throngs along the sidewalks
were generous with applause and
cheered Justify when particularly
striking floats or groups of march
ers filed by.
In Reviewing Stand.
John Lee Webster, director gem
cral OF the pageant sat in the re-,
viewing stand i'll front of the Doug
las county court house with General
Bundy and other army officers. He
received many congratulations for
the success of the parade.
Mayor Ed P. Smith was in the re.
viewing stand in front of the city
hall.
Everybody i'll Omaha at liberty
and some who were not seemed to
be in the crowds which watched the
parade. Among the onlookers were
prisoners in the county jail on the
top floor of the Douglas county
court house, who peered through the
bars at the nlarchers filing through
the gay throngs below.
Along with all the other big
events of the festival the midway
continues to pile up each day record
attendance of mcrrymakers.