Show F- F o. o sn c cx n rya nS yr S p Nearby and Yonder Or Dr T. T T. T MAXEY K X sC O ss Bonte The Veiled Prophet IT LONG has hns been ID the custom of some sOUle of or our southern cities clUes to have bave un annual jollification In the shape of ofa a mystical parade or carnival In 1878 It n band of good rood fellows ft In the city of ot St. St Louis who loved lovd and missed these thelle good times laid the plans for tor nn no or by virtue of ot which the Veiled Ill I'll Prophet t hns has mysteriously nil peered Usually on Tuesday evening of ot the first fInt week In October annually ever since The prophet and his followers are art unknown but they have been en so en en- received that tho t the steady growth of or the Importance of ot of the event ha hIM has kept pace with the grent great progress of ot the city No one knows from whence the prophet comes or whither he pears At t the appointed time pre pre- coded ceded by the blaring of ot trumpets he ht slips Into the city and ond appears gayly goI arrayed on a brilliantly decorated float surrounded b by his followers and followed by o II number of ot floats depleting depicting depict In ing some historic event parades the principal streets the streets the whole constituting hiting a II pageant of ot splendor the like of at which Is seldom witnessed No expense e Is spared In the preparation preparation prepa ration of at this celebration which Is III free free for for the good Rood people of the elt city and surrounding territory who care to come and witness this spectacle The parade Is usually followed by a n ball The lady whom the prophet prophet et etel selects el to lend nd the grand march Is made queen of ot the ball and nod accorded marked social distinction The ball of ot 1857 was graced by the presence of President and Sirs Mrs Grover Cleveland lG Cs 1921 1927 Union I |