The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-18

county OtnCiai Made kiug.
Preceded hy fuu Uhrc uf trumpet
/ th, way cleared flr tbom by mount
/ cd police, tuu royal parry wound 10"
/ proud way through tuD Yicrts O..
/ tlrh ava Cummings ai II u.Diocb
| Tupadny Lord lIlgh Chancellor
| Morris Alder of fine Grove coal com
| pany mounted ,hc royal platform
| upon which Tao HuEiy duls Wa.
! placed and announced the coming ul
/ hV royal hlghuoYs. Joseph g.. lig-
! gett. county road commissioners
| regal lu his purple robes and crWiuD.
| followed and amid the plHudIts az
! the NuHt thruuE was rtuWucd king ui
| tho Eurnlyal. Miss Nuiu ballard,
| daughter Of John Ballard of the
| Gurmnu Furniture company had
1 been chosen queen by popular vote,
and trailing her royal rohUs ANA ut-
| tended hy her ladies Ina whiting,
Maxine Diamond. Christina bryant,
Nina Miracle aud Isabel Bruesc, took
| her place bcHldu the king and tho
qucculy crown was placed upon her
| head. A $3.50 diamond ring, the gift
OF merchants ut the city, was pre-
E,ntCd 10 her.
The King mad" his coronation
speech. called for his pipe, his bowl
ana his iiddlors three, the mayor of
the city, JumoH Hlwcg, presented
him with q huge key TO the city, and
while "a trained chorus of 500 voices
sang the King l<oal l<Hrnival guns,
the party returned Ia its royal floats
iicralds Candily Garbe..
The pageant ceremony was pune
tu1tcd with the crashing music OF
bnndF. the sound ~ singing, the ac-
claim of the crowds. Hcra,dH in
1.s 4 4 q.
hats guarded the aisle made through
the crowds for tho royal procession-
al; the brilliant peacocks ON tho
gold and silver floats Riitterod IN the
sun, la the heart of the crowd
ana high above their heads was an
improNiscd platform ana on II stood
movie mCuI from Fox and pathc,
grinding their machines as the paE-
cant moved towards its close. Tue
coronation puslc was supplied and
conducted by ScnOr q. G. krusr OF
Fort Worth. who has been training
his 50O.yoiCed ChOir fJr eight weeks,
and the coronation proclamation
and prologue, ana the King koal
ranged BY Mrs. j. W. Hinton Of
licnrycttn.
The roofs OF downtown buildings
were black with people. every vim
dow WAS lilled and the streets were
Iammtd ior She gigantic parade,
both afternoon ANA night. llluni-
mated by myTlads OF tiny lights, tho
Hoats at night scint.llattd with brll.
lancy uud color. Ia tho afternoon
the sum- g,ancins ON the gold and
silver tlnsyl OF the Eaudy trappiugs
mhdO thrm scarcely less beautiful,
Thousands of dollars were spent on
u4 Ia.
whom $4,000 worth OF floats and
uappings yorc Juuked everything rs
10 DC Flycu r0r tne karnlyul next
year. A, &, b,utsnhmaun. builder
OF the New Orleans Mardi Gras
floats and his Hgtlst Charles Bag
META hdd spent Weeks IN Hcuryctta
getting everything ready for the
parade. The result ~ their work was
stupenduus spectacle.
Tho lluldcnvineF military band
heated the professional Then came
thu floats. then the khues band,
sk.rtcd plumrd, tnclr haro kneos
Smoying in rhythm to the weird
cadence OF the hugpipc. Then moro
floats, brilliant prncochs guarded
the royal throne uu the king a float;
his highness ana his queen were
\ shaded from the sun by u huge blue
and silver dome, The ladies' In walt
ing rode ON a gold and bluo float
'hutary was written IN purple and
gold ON tho huge wheel that, with
mo aId OF a pretty girl, Icvoiyed
slowly I'm the center of tho butterfly
and pond lily float OF the Rotary
rlub, BOY Scouts lay IN front OF
the brown tent, palm tree shaded, on
Ga" scout tiuHt Two huge gold lions
guarded tho mouth of a mulu-cul-
urcd cave ON The Lions club float.
Mothers and littlc brothers pointed
Que br,ntnlvssly THAT'S her--Ere 81"
There's slstcr.' az the Mother Goose
iluHt surrounded by the beloved
characters ut that Wcll-kuuwn dame.
passed, This float was dedicated TO
the 400 school children of Henry
vtta' There were long linp4 of COW
boys. Indians and riders who had a
lut m inc rolro.
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