Show I I Revelers s Rule In New Orleans NEW ORLEANS La March 4 MardI Gras Shrove Tuesday thelast the thelast thelast last day before th the beginning of ot the Lenten period of forty days of oC abstinence abI ab ab- ab- ab of gaiety for a major portion portion portion por por- tion of the city's population broke forth with the customary mad whirl of fun and frolic 1 As early as sunrise weird revellers revel revel- I lers garbed In every conceivable kind of ot costume made their appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance on the streets most of ot them pointing their way to the city's show thoroughfares Canal street and other downtown business sec see Later the eddying throngs of maskers swelled until at 11 o'clock the hour for the appearance of ot Rex flex king of ot tho the carnival the route over which ho he was to pass with a a. gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorge gorge- ous pageant of a score of ot floats was a colorful mass of oC humanity Throughout the day and until sunset when under a police I regulation they were required to discard their disguise the maskers 1 had their own way Breaking a long established rule I of not announcing tho the name of the king of the tho carnival until ho is crowned at the Rex ball baIl on Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- i day night ono one of ot Mardi Gras' Gras secrets secrets secrets se crets came out today when it was publicly gazetted that Gustave Gustavo B. B Baldwin vice president of the Times-Picayune Times Publishing company corn com com I pany was the king i |