Show N NEW FW ORLEANS A mardi gras gas surpassing all tile I 1 fist vast A of the tile enormous crowds muddy streets bright exposition fireworks special correspondence EDITOR HERALD the king is dead lone long ine live the king orin or in mardi ar I 1 gras r s pa parlance bianco ilex eliasen has enjoyed ja e his is brief r e f r reign eignor of revelry and tho the fa famous 0 s carnival arnival is over some brilliant wrecks of it remain of course in the shape of gentlemen whose hats dont lit fit them and ladies whose feet threaten to become chi cagaoan from much dinci dancing tig in chi nese slippers but what of that new orleans resta rests from her elaborate or as cis one might fancy her rather laborious pleasure with a splendid sense of triumph shared by quiet banker quito quite as much as by pushing pickpocket ie k and by tha the u I 1 ack boot bootblack ei ck as well as the swallow tailed swell TUE VERDICT of native and stranger is that this Carn carnival hial has eclipsed al the past the subject chosen by tho the knights Knigh ti of proteus to illustrate was tho the myths and worships of china and was shown on nineteen floats each more marvelous than the one preceding it would take almost as many columns as the main alain Bui building laing of the tile E exposition 4 X post ion co contains n to describe thoroughly t alie ae multitudinous ramifications of fancy which the tile floats as the myths represent since they begin from the birth of tho the first man mr air douan kou or according to the chinese calendar only years DC this gentleman was BORN DORN OF AN EGO ma thea the shell liell of which is the firmament the tile white the air and the yolk the earth all alone in his eggshell egg shell with no tailo rss bills and no taxes no politics and no ice cream saloons to waylay the amorous wanderer what an an eggshell ent time old must have had I 1 yet think how many years the mardi gras of his life has hag been ended and the memory thereof now figures in a mummery among the white devils as tho the chinese kindly entitle us its I 1 dont know why the wagons bearing E these pageants should be called fi floats loats exactly except that the enor multitude which gathers yearly to eee see them 8 SO 80 RESEMBLES A SEA and they appear floating upon the crowd rather than draw slowly through by many red draped mules and many of gods images cut in ebony bearing flambeaux flambeaus flam beaus the proteus pageant last night drew down from people ae packed at the windows on go alie e balconies talc balconies onies and the roofs and up from a populace sardines sar dined on tile sidewalks or ban quetter uette Ls as alie chev are called here bere such thunders of ap applause lause and sue such h a babel of cheers from many nations nation sas as seemed to put completely tho tile music of alie processional the last two floats were especially appreciated as they embodied the chinese ideas of haayen and place tito chinese paradise presents all m matei aderial idi benj enjoyments enjoy 0 ments and is marked by til the a absence se ce of material ills hunger cold th thirst heat grief and age are excluded choice fruits delicate viands exhilarating beverages are there lotus flowers in in profusion diamond trees with gold and hilyer branches and balmy breezes delight the saints showers of magnificent tolo flowers fall like rain u upon pon golden soil the sex of women is changed and passion is not an art ingredient of the tile bliss of heaven as with ith Ala mahomet homet this tableau consists of a richly decorated pagoda erected over a luminous river papier macho trees covered with fruits and bells surrounded it forming A DAZZLING ARBOR arnor of gold and silver three saints seated in the tire pagoda around a table laden with delicacies were completing a meal two other saints were conversing at the foot of the bridge leading to the pagoda gold and silver plants grow thickly around birds of paradise are bathing in the stream the last tableau Gi gishva eliva where the tile judge ti can punished puni and purifies the majority of those I 1 he judeen in accordance with the doctrine of the transmigration of souls and in other ways but tho the h hopelessly corrupt aie are sent to the lower regions divided into three thre e departments part ments tile first ie is abort a eort of purgatory a ory from rom w which ic i tharo bior is release after ter years of sufferings the other two 0 constitute hell or Gi oliva in giuliva are sixteen regions eight of I 1 intense n tense cold and eight of intense heat the soul that enters is there for eternity murderers are thrown into a sea of ever sweltering gore in this tableau spirit spirits robed in flame were seen frantically leaping in in the midst of a glaring fire other spirits ENVELOPED INICE IN ICE were shivering amidst glaciers which rose rase around them the flames were of mache and cast vast a powerful light which seemed to carry earry heat with Thee Thele ewas wae airo ot papier arhe condei fully true to natu when the calcium lights clayel over all this ho the illusion was perfect and ihu tho ex extremes of fire and frost trust flashed out fie fieri reply ely upon you well well it is truly a gorgeous spectacle and attracts thousands every i ear to this city bu but t it strikes a practical etra stra neer nizer tb that at I 1 if f they aou would ld not better have this very other ye sear ar and ex expend pend some of bo the thousand thousands they rais raibe e for it on tho the improvement of the tile quagmires and pitfalls which they miscall str et ets aad an d to which they give owell uch pompous title titles aa the tile nine muses mene euterpe etc ete NT SAP CASH seems to be hidden in some of this nomenclature especially jaily when they lovo love street and a felicity have a street which run along right near much has the tile but do not meet so overwhelmed in me E with ita carnival and its cro crowde wilp that I 1 magnificence came near forgetting fora etting the exposition which ie IS of course a afar fir si superior at as traction and has 1191 lately well F been boom boona for past i debt edness ins ilig alth although 0 ugh in predicted it lias has become its waa was doe weeks ago this correspondence for additional to it appeal p cal to congress eskary of half a nix amount the tile dit ional aid to million committees have been beell dispatched from for some time to washington exhibit exhibitors org and commissioners commissi onera S state tate and the ven 1 and lately major burke erable dacan kenner have gone on to help tile work in the mean meantime time the attendance has grown to largo lam P proportions ons and ten days of such weather M and such interest would nearly set them even in in money mat the scene at night one is I 1 beyond imagination thousands of electric lights and gigantic fountains are di sporting there in undulant shapes 11 like ke fairies of the sea set free in air air while winds of balm PLAY CHAOS with the pouting leaves of blushing roses and oranges like multitudinous photographs of her majesty the moon on richly yet quaintly lamp the dark green groves to crown all this with attraction for the children the director general pro lem tem samuel bick esq provides japan japanese ae fireworks winch which with the mexican n music make an atmosphere of enchantment and realize on a colossal ecale scale that float of the proteus brewe which attempted to depict the splendors of chinese paradise N 0 E NEW ORLEANS feb 19 |