Show The Veiled Prophet LONG has ilas hen been the custom of IT Ir some sonic of our southern cities to have an annual Jollification in the shape of or ofa ora a m mystical n parade or 01 carnival In 1878 a n bund build of hood good OOt fellows In the city it of or St. St Louis Loui who loved loye and missed these good 00 1 times laid the plans for an organization organization or or- h by virtue of ot which the thc Veiled Prophet h has s s mysteriously ly appeared ap imp- usually on Tuesday evening of the first week In October annually ever eyer since slave I The Tile prophet and his Ills followers are unknown but hilt they have halve been so enthusiastically en cn I received that hint the steady growth of the Importance of the event yent has kept puce pace with the great grent progress of the city No Xo one knows from whence the whither he prophet comes carves or all all- pears peals At the he appointed 1 time preceded preceded pre pre- ceded b by the blaring of trumpets he slips Into the city und and appears gayly u I arrayed on a n brilliantly decorated float surrounded by hy his followers ers and followed b by a II number of floats depictIng depicting depict depict- In Ing some mate historic hl event parades the principal streets the streets the whole constituting a pageant of splendor the like I of which Is sellout seldom witnessed No o expense Is spared pale In the pr preparation preparation prepa prepa- pa ration of this thU celebration which Is I fret fret- for fret for the good people of the city I nn and 1 surrounding territory n who WIIO no care cale to tu i come ome un and 1 witness this tills spectacle The parade Is u usually followed by n h grand bull ball The lady a whom the prophet et selects to lead the g grand 1 march Is made queen of the ball hall and 1 accorded marked social distinction ln I The file ball of 1887 was graced o by th the presence nc of ut President a and amid Id IdIl Mrs Il Grover Gro CI CIC Cleveland C I II |