Show THE REX PARADE OnVEXTT GORGEOUS FLOATS 3L LXJSTRATH FAIRY TALES Attendance at Kaic Orleans the ILrgest and Imt DIHtn18 ed In Yeat < Fnn Reigns Saoreme New Orleans Fob 26New Orleans had s magnificent crowd and a magnificent magnifi-cent carnival and although the predictions predic-tions for both days were for cloudy weather the sunshine made a glorious fight and scored a triumph over science fght The Rex parade took place and was of the fantastic floats to the composed tle fantstc toat t te Illustration of the fantastic fairy tale iustrRton Outside of the regular procession the number of private floats and miscellaneous miscellane-ous maskers was much larger than usual keeping the spirit of carnival alive throughout the day Some of the unattached unat-tached parader made an elaborate display dis-play s burlesQue on the old volunteer fire department being especially noteworthy note-worthy At night the Mystic Krewe of Comus gave one of their gorgeous parades The night before Proteus illustrated Scandinavian dinavian mythology and by way of contrast con-trast Comus took up the songs of olden time and worked the themes to tableaux of rare beauty the subject giving the widest scope t the designers and decorators decora-tors The balls at night were especially brilliant The social reception was at briiant the Washington artillery hal and the throne room carried out the idea of entrance en-trance to Olympus dt cloud forest leading lead-ing to the devils domain which in turn opened upon paradise where the gods held guard about the throne > Frank Howard was the king and Miss Fairchild the Queen Comus held court at the French opera house where Miss Emily Pertevent was made the queen The illumination of the clubs on Canal street and of the newspaper offices on Camp street were a marvelous sight in themselves The attendance was the largest and the most distinguished in years including Governor Jackson of Iowa exGovernor Board of Wisconsin exGovernor Davis of Rhode Island ez Governor Hubbard of Texas Senator Stephen B Elklna Henry B Plant and the heads of a dozen railroad systems besides a number of excursionIst on their way to and frojn Mexico and California forum There were more handsome young ladles la-dles In the streets than have been seen here at any time in a Quarter of a century cen-tury I I tur visiting military have had a delightful I de-lightful stay and tonight the Cleveland I Grays serenaded the city hall In a body while the Lasher Guards of Galyestoo went on a general serenading tour |