Show I NORM CARNIVAL An Annuaf Festivaf off of-f THE SEASON AT NEW ORLEANS Extensive Preparations Makino For the Celebration Soon to Take Pface In the Crescent Citu Copyright Gcrm The Approaching Mardl eras reason to Americans at least means the I annual annu-al jubilee of frivolity In Nevi Orleans The earliest known carnival In tile United States was glen by the creole residents of the Crescent City morn I i f I 11 I is f I 14 0 I 1 4 14 I I I I I I 1 1 IF PAYO t f I 46 A i it W 11 t s I 1 P6 s 17 I I 4 Ilk ts 4 rV c I 1 s ryrV I k i P ry N jV 0 IV r G I o IV a kc N J 3K I W if VA 1AFTJid I V ZU 11 r A lc 1 k I s I I 111 I R I I k 0 I 1 Ill vn I I c J 1r e P V a fo I I Z I 0 Ill 0 1 6 lz jjltihed r onllI Illil tl I ijarn s In18bl Jewtlf l wl Ich vOh l re 1114 imj ty l Orttlmlil to pr enl hit ti IKI lliltr 1 nt pirure to one prieIn lovclleiil i 31 Idki ci rt It Is I rllmo sox tI1 voirl royal plvnlclcn w II bring run In outllt an Inoltul1l nt I 0tIn1 1 1 to asiumish this medical i Mid win reference to 1 l n rrtm thu ly N ui v itni > III iA rIIi1 I T A YD ts This was the Initial announcement made to the people of New Oilcan of the carnival of IS8 which ties sup plemtnted by n hottest In the newipa pcr of that city Hal the auspicious event would culminate on Monday Tcb 21 and the promise fl I inside that thli cara celebration will bo more brilliant than ever Northern titles have mile of the carnival splill but In the far west the people have taken lip the Idea with enthulasm and In recent Years Tncrima Inn had Its celebration San Diego an annual water ingcnnt Pnfa dena a battle of roses Santa Barbara a glower festival and Los Angeles n Mexican fiesta Th 0 beautiful ell of Louisiana ort the or-t loner Mississippi has long been famous for Its magnificent carnival pageants as artistic an they ire costly and ot stupendous grandeur The visItor vis-Itor at ono Is I Always anxious to return again for a Ight ot tills beautiful opec fuels On carnival day there are always two pageants one liv night rind ono by day The gorgeous dRY proeeolon ot Wnr Hex appears on the streets In the morn 4 t C7771 i i A I A sl I Is V I I I w t V U ss Ie I ist I 1 0 11 I k H 1 TilE GRAND nAY MASQUI1 I 1 rJF I 1 > < t r 1 I 1A I I I Lf 7tJ I L I I than GO years ago the success being 10 pronounced that It wan repeated In 11827 anti from thenceforth became one I ot tile annual features ot social life there Tho following alleged cablegram tells a story that allny old yet ever new brought JOY 10 the hart ot eory real dent ANho rd It oVer his morning coffee Jan 30 191 lithur Lord High cKimberUInJ r Preparations which I have I been quietly rrogrsshf now indicate that I his w IrO c 1 birk rrora tils port for the crescent city courkes limebeen arrivas fn from various potentates soliciting the tit IlkillilinI prlv ilege 1 of accornpanflnir his majesty on Ilia royal fleet pec1dl guard were Lls I Ing about 10 clock and winds Its daZzling lIng length through the principal streets of the city The night pageant Is I more of a masquerade given largely large-ly to frivolity tho Mlntlck Krewe ot Collins conducting the gorgeous display Later In tile night comes the grand carnival car-nival hall a Haze ot glory and IntOxIcation IntOxI-cation ot revelry For months the floats for the great parades hav 6 heen 1 In preparation and extra efforts have bn taken to mk Item not alone strung but of surpass Ins ognlllcnce This year the military mili-tary parade too promises to be of em 1 eclal Interest Ills majesty Hex the Ing 1 of the carnival car-nival who arrives In the city Monday 1 cb 21 has Issued Invitations for his royal reception and ball to take place at Carnival palace on Tuesday Tho souvenir which Accompanies the alllllt card Is I of very handsome 1 design rich and brilliant In colors and Indicative of the pageant to be made by Rex Coning commands the Presence of his filenda at the revelries of his Mlstlck Krewo on Tuesday nt the opera house There Is I alwa8 much quizzical Interest Inter-est In the personnel of the mystic king of the carnival Ills majesty Itex The position Is I not a limited and provisional one any loner for the sway at the carnival car-nival King Is I acknowledged and recog nlzed nol only over the world of folly anti fun but even among the dynasties ot seriousness and fact and It Is I owing to the annual feign ot this monarch that New Orleans has becejme preeminent preemi-nent among the cllles of America Dvery New Orleans girt lives In anticipation an-ticipation of being crowned queen of the carnival Such coronation Is I equivalent equiv-alent to II notice served on all the social world that Hex has recognized her as the great belle ot the season Once a Ilex belle forever n belle Is the well known axiom ot the Delta City In a place so prolific of beautiful women aNew a-New Orleans It Is I evident that the fortunate for-tunate selection of Hex must enjoy her triumph I1t the expense ot many aching hearts 111 Is known that the prize win > I I I 11 I A N WL40 I 4511 61 if C I 4 I P is U it Ed a 1b a I is I Ist I a a s a a IV I I U I I r a e I Q i I 11 is A I N U I 11 lei I i i I fil I a I I I Till STREET CARNIVAL 3112y nvk a nil As I A I I c III II forlit lit it ns i I It b of near I a a 11 I h or I rich s V I J It I d stets Ii At tilkloclt I tI mot beautiful that th that year oau The oxqueras ot ths < thu Carnival form ptleUlor Itself 0 lk ot beau W ful Inga ot which low Orlno be A An Is I proud Itex hax Iooon 0cf most urtltulorly lunate III his ppletthila ot Ihoos rly for qaOtr for n flight Not Ol one hen Mar had misfortune it ac ando 1 Ib I Ooil Ring licit in I forest doling oarnh tIme a doe nn1 the New Olleano o Mlcnl nlalld Yields Ibso 01 k eye at the clh The kill up lb if area Is sufficient 10 bring Ihout ahnt Lily thinK that bin Indetotlgahle later or lord cl1nollor art he Pllme to call N Z nifty conceive The Order of nn Is different h H Interior organization trim any at many which solve to make iL Crr Ib cenl City so leculllrly nn nJoYObi I lace during the prevalence of iv is Irs llvltlcs Ill Is nol a secret ordrlIlou Ip I son 04lflt ostensibly co It btrshll Is I formed cf tl is loading I ms mn 0 the cllncnhanln bonlo I la 1 anl Professional > onnnl the tilb tars to the gellal tunJ on PIrt1n I larlY the morchOnl reche 23 I ot royal 01cOl 1dukedefor track I I C I anti and majors are thertoro ovplcbd by lob dultes The II Ing i Ad pi oil to be known outsldq d Ili I carch i court and Is I selected by Iho ItI1 ot that court from nlllon Ihelr is hr Ill Is dm1 a Iemlnnt ban onto and like 11 good many boilers is I expensive lie In I nerolly a Itj It Iran nooJ 1 large mean And dlalrl lIt his favors with a it nunlllnt 1nnI rcyal 1 from Ills large contributions 10 the anI Jn oral fund 10 the superb eoRtume lit I war there are upper carrialleItt for blch he must Pays ard the bl1l amount 10 thouanelo lie Is alars mnkPo or mad when appearing In Public but In rest Up IIY tnlc no part In the 01 dan ceremonies which are made ttrll l kll for the pomp and parade Incident la t that th-at rlv il of Ihe king For Borne V11k irlor to the day of his arrlial db fiction I appear In the leading dallln ao If from his ro al as ona royal highness on b voyage from the Sandmich bland West Indies or some far distant Colo > try from which he Is supposed to I come to pay his annual visit to his Moiei subjects This year as the bestiality of the article Indlcalcs he come tram Rolland Ao 11 rule some active member 01 the Order of Ilex personal the king tho first day and this Is I considered a nut ot favor second only to that of LIE hoot Itself On Tuesday homt which I Is the lilg I day In New Orljiti the king Appeals I In the mnj d Parade I of Ilex and holds a royal reci lion at Carnival palace during the Ina evei Ing The glorious ball I ot them tick Krewo or ot the Knights of Mati I at the opera house Is I not In mltr opened until Item and the queen i IJ their court an Ive The queen docs not m pcir until i Ilk Carnival latlacels I thlomnolienttrilght and then seated In the chair ot call upon a ralle1 And Imllng IlaUo with the king at her Ride nM Dtlj and about them both tile hh it series of the court and the many Inag of honor with their gentlemen a tad ants she resents i a letare hii thousands if people have conlid complete recompense for Jnl 01 crowdel dlicomfoit In the streets t U front of the palace or In the outerIul4 opening Into the tonl room It Is I considered the thing for imj one going 10 Now Orleans to I eks is rose the royal part and tonwaafp lion may be had ot the nursiorpea oration necessary to accomjwlilo vast thlong when It 14 I otatsittlanthst mass como In find puss Wrin in throne 20 abreast The tl ronitMin ties each Year and upon It H I pW In decorations to carry out the runl thtme to be symbolized from IM u 15000 One year this thronroom represnd the boil m of the sea and It asii feet marvel ot detail suppowd U be Incident 1 In-cident to the bed of the ocean Itl lighted up as It was by InvlslblM trie lights the effect was gargeour weird The dais upon which the ttoni was erected unit Its euronlIng reint senled coal caverns the Ihrone md coral seashells and other IsYmbOllas characteristics s each line Of r nb Jecft came up all heads boned nnd Its courtesy acknowledged by Rex aod is queen led to the constant moilnf thn crest as It were of the 811 t Ill i of humanity There who have not participate ra both slles of carnival life In New 01 l loon the outer nnd the Inner clrcM can have no conception of the ttteatj which the detiIU are conceived and Ih I exactitude wllh which they are tin Hex the main day parade U 12 other orr inlzatlona of a similar cur i note In New Orleans Is I the bet d fuMec d the procession and the monlhs of ulul and Us oolopmr ALI S Is I a matter ot the closest attention decidedly free expenditure of Toaster After the street pageant the ii thina and the ails and the Oil I northern MiHorn have left the city Lent has finally nEd Its 10 OWI tit queen Is I serenaded almost nliftlf II artlen composed Of Box and cibe0 ganizations edd she Is until I 1114 all lady I In I queen Is I nand the first Orleans society clrcls |