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Show The Veiled Prophet TT LONG has been the custom of - peine of our southern cities to have an amiiml jollification in ti e simp" of a mystical parade or carnival. In l'-;7S n band of good ft-liows In tiie city o' St. 1. 1. uls, who loved anil misled tliese good times, laid the plans for an or g.-itiizaiion by virtue of which tin-Veiled tin-Veiled Prophet has niyMorieusly ap poured, usually on Tnos-I.i y evening of the (irst week in October, annually ever since. The prophet and tiis followers are unknown, but they liue been so en HtHviasiIcally received that M e vtcedy growlh of the Iniportcuee of the event has kept 'puce with the great progress of the city. No one knows from whence the prophet comes or whither be disap pears. At tlie appointed time, pre ceded by the blaring of trumpets, he slips Into Ihe city and appears gin ly arrayed on a ledili.intlv decerated limit, surrounded by his Minivers, and followed by u number of Hints deplcl Ing some historic evenl parades the principal streets the whole conli tilting a pageant of splendor the like of which Is seldom witnessed. No expense Is sp.ircd In the prepa ration of thl celebration, which Is free for the good people of the city Mild surrounding territory wbo care to come and witness this spectacle. I The parade Is usually followed by i, J grand hall. The lady whom the piM.ih ; et selects to leail the grand march Is j madt! iiieen of the hall and accorded marked social dlstinc'lon. i The ball of 1SS7 was graced by the 1 presence of Presldenl iind Mrs. Crover Cleveland. |