Show REX OF ihei I 1 0 lo 10 be 10 the tile fair capital of his boundless I 1 western I 1 empire I 1 THIS J rw GREETING HIS HIGHNESS SENDS SEUS i with emblems of majesty in purple green and gold on gilded throne 4 THE KING OF MIRTH AND HIS ROYAL CONSORT ly will fl welcome the blessed messed subjects or their realm to pantale idith them in the festivities of or gigli carnival mm IT ix 11 MIGHTY AD AID AID GORGEOUS kasic and dante and song son to rule while by feast feat anit the lh subjects or the a luhti rd rex gilt gile joral homage to the th king and queen atta of f ileaure ogden the firmat capital fa pital 0 an important person arrived in ogden yesterday lie came on an important mission and arid one fraught with moment and dignity to thia this city yesterday we were a city of true western ambition but today to day we are loaded with honore honors and our importance haa bag grown greater the personage alluded to was the ambassador of his royal majesty rex kide king of the tile mardi gia gins the madore representative eat mat in ha office kelin about as a mayor wod would who presidee presides over the municipal government of a young chicago en on tile borders of the great salt lake when a a rim trim bul business ness little fellow all sleek as a french dueling enter entered ed his presence and handed banded to him the tile following document 1 in the jocund 11 of pleasure 1 in it tie a reign 0 of hie his majesty rex rel the to my y fi faithful evell 4 V J L ivy flautt of ota the otty of oyde utah illuce establishing my dir mardt gru febel festivities anil awl royal carnival on oil the wester U at my iny ro roial ta capital kew new or leano in the year of lay my reign I 1 have wi elih th satisfaction anil and clefts ure the growth ot of population went west 0 of tile breit great river th ahat t splits I 1 twain my dominion on f of jf the ami ty do I 1 look with mitt favor upon hone ot of faithful I 1 acta alio ho inhabit the mountain and slid vally of or the tile interior of my dorgalli dor I 1 is my rural pleasure ples iture to WL perma a defond beat eat of enil empire where in eab recurring year ray faltha boull and do honor lionor to buelt to io attert their loyalty my personage in a leding ee lay ly bod city and nd royal capital nr or my tny great ebern dominion the city of gaeu ii anih idi at favor witt y royal consort her gracious 8 mallety na leaty the queen the time honored of our royal household to give our grand fete and carnival carnly either luet just before or jutt after the forty ort days ro the lenten lanten last futo it tamy royal pleasure that the time fixed tor for my carnival fete at the royal capital of iny petern empire shallie ahall bo alie week commencing ng with easter sunday the feasal day cle brating cheter the termination of that period it I 1 ll 11 therefore my royal lith to know in 11 what manner you are prepared to receive our imperial family and aud my faithful sub before issuing lay iny proclamation convening I 1 the subjects of tily love and nl bounty and raising my iny royal standard otan dard ot of purple treen green and gold in your favored city on t the he ith s ath I 1 h ath th alth and d day yx of t the lie won month h of april in the year of our lord IWO and in the three hundred and arid seventh of 0 our reign 1 lAt attest latteri teti I 1 HEX REX secretary 0 when his maje letter bad had been read bathurst Bat huret for it was no other than he lie the tile secretary of ilia his royal majesty rex thus spoke sly royal master me with illig bie ilia high commission bade me say bay to your excellency that hero here upon the tile shore of his hie great inland sea at the center of ilia great I 1 arteries arterie a of travel and commerce end and in the shadow of the Wal kallatch latch cli mountains nine he be desires to call together hi ilia clans his is knights and all his 1119 ilia gracious consort end and niort beautiful queen won would id fain mile upon your fair people in a so grand aa as this that here ua us where her daughters may mal sport upon he file smooth waters of your lake and mingle the tile charme charms of their bong song with the music of nature m my y royal master bids me bring your san answer awer thus spoke our mayors representative the reading of your royal roas mrs letter letters and thy courtly presence filla fills me witt a pleasure I 1 like unto the tile overflowing of 0 a rnea eure sure these honors bonora that your majesty would crowd upon tie its we most heartily welcome and they fill our boula souls with joy and our hearts wilh willi gratitude for his royal say to lila ills majesty that it will be with open arms our people will receive him and that we will be prepared prep ned at the time he lie elates states to entertain and make glad his tile kingly coming roni ing our hospitality pita pit lity to him jilin and anti all life ilia faithful faith tui subjects shall be the marvel of the aga we will salute him with the deep mouthed cannon from a hundred iron Ih from terpsichore wo we will borrow magic thought and on his ills bloor a thousand couples shall tri trip p the light fantastic toe top while round this scene an amphitheatre shall ariee arise that will beat rest twice five thousand of his lie faithful subjects who will come to see tile royal splendor of ills life ball bay say to lier her gracious majesty your most beao queen that hat her I 1 DI I 1 4 X A 1 path elfall be strewn with flowers our air fair women will give give lier her courtly welcome and find our smiling skies will give answering greeting to her whose condescension won to us her liege lord the tile king ahe mayors ors representative pati pauch ed ae as if about to further welcome when Ita Ila speaking slid said like a true subject of his lie majesty Bla jesty liast hast thou spoken cpr ken and now I 1 take my leave when I 1 come again with trumpet and with praise we will fill your land with glory and back hack lie drew and with ith a bow that would have lave graced lie the courts of ll 11 heaven aven lie closed cored the door that shut him from the view 4 the absence of the mayor in new york tork city is to bo be regretted but his re representative P mr shilling arose to file occasion it came upon lilan as a flash and arid like unto a refresh refreshing int g sum mer eli over er so scon was it ii over honors that corne come thick and fast dazzle they pace pass but ogden accustomed to surprises will rim ri m band and shake dame dayne fotune by tile cheh it i md iiii and as the treen green bay iree tree will flourish baskina leekin in the sunlight sun light ever happy ever pero 1 usand and ever ila acom a com ing A friend of THE tits STAND kIll who was fortunaot ly present took down the tile I 1 forie foregoing going sallies of and saved toan to an admiring world that part of this historic meeting that would have been dissolved solved di iu in air the vice mayor will ba remembered as at long v at as ogden remains t the ile ROY lloyal 11 capital of his majesty rex ke the came friend declares that fil five ve minute minutes F later bathurst Bat huret boarded the tile union pacific train and was gone the tile earil hal ogden will witness a genuine mardi ilardi gras hie ilia mighty majesty rex will come among us in ull the mirth and merriment that ever teays and ie is in the kingdom whore m here he be reigns from the mayor when bis his majesty cornea comes he will receive the ilia keys of the city and white while ho lie stays he be will reign supreme his ilia w word ord will be the tile law and every command will be im implicitly obeyed our streets will blaze with bonfires the roman candle and skyrocket sky rocket will make a fiery trail into the upper blue tho bomb made for the king of dynamite to battle will shoot into the air and maka the windows rattle the jocund clown will be there the bear the antelope the peasant the knight the monk the ugly sinner and the holy saint will all be there the man on stilts 0 on ll 11 horeck and on bulls and bears wi will it m mingle ingle with w ith the throng the gazelle an and d mermaid wilt will float a b by y in their chariots and join in the general throng the elephant will apart his festive trunk the monkey and the kangaroo will wink shake hande hands and in d join the ilia awful din the fife the drum the bagpipe the tile fiddle and tile banjo will get there in the general row golden chariots chari ote floats trades displays all in one grand pro procession emion W will ill parade the streets the masque hasque ball here will center the tile climax of the carnival week already tile committees aro are organizing A tent the shape and etyle of that covering verine co a koman roman aiena will be erected on the public square capable of seating from to people the tile center of this will have a floor capable ca pable of dancing one thousand thou fand con couples PICO where hex rell masque e ball will take pl place ace this ten t twill w i it be ke kept pt on tho tile ground after hie the mardi alardi gras and con converted averted into a temporary theatre with ample am pi e seat jug capacity to accommodate any crowd that may father gather here in this young athens it t is promised that mr air mi Alc court of the tabor grand opera house at denver and manager of the tile silver circuit will slop all hie his troupes here for three nighta nights in each week and ogden will nay enjoy the bast talent that now travels the tb continent tho tito pavil on will mill be I 1 bcd I aa such until the tile corrille completion tion of our grand opera I 1 house the tournament during the carnival week a tournament is to be arranged for tile liete lists will probably be on washington avenue between twenty sixth ty tv seventh st streets peets and seating capac I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 at f t am I 1 JA ity on ea h bide side ot of the streets rising in parallel hern tiers will be provided to euit suit the people the days of the crusade will be revived and knights of helmet heldie die t and arm armor orwill will wage battle batt lefor for their lady lidy lovee lovea the BUD will flach h irom polished steel and ringing I 1 lacche ances will contest for the honor and I 1 pride ride cf victor victory the tile southern ell cue torn tow will bo be introduced in all i its t s gorgeous splendor Bp lendor under the eye and supervision of his ilia Isla majesty jesty ilex rex in person the following will be with us then and the wreath that will crown the queen of the tournament will bo be plucked ked freeh fresh from the flow era of utah ilia maje royal con concert eort the queen of the mardi alardi gras ft ill witness the tournament and add to her royal household the queen of the thet tournament the maids maid of honor to the queen of the biardi gras will be selected by the committee comm itee from the moat most beautiful ladies in utah the beauty of salt lake city of logan provo brigham Brig bam ad all the towns and cities of utah nil make a constellation of loveliness worthy of the admiration of the tile most mos t mighty potentate and to see which man will come from far and near and these are only some of t the lie things that will form the municipal P al features ol 01 the great week succeed succeeding I 1 ng easter sunday the arrangements arrange arran geme mente n to will grow apace and ogden will do her lier best to be ile worthy of the tile groat great honor conferred upon her |