Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 21, 1914, Page 8

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BATES s50c Sox for .........39¢ $1.00 Shirts for......75¢ $1.50 Shirts for ....$1.10 $2.00 Shirts for ....$1.39 $3.0c Shirts for ....$2.00 Same reduction on all Underwear. need a new rawm coal 2 . wA RAIN COAT is the,most service- able garment you can buy. it will keep off raln and chlll on a raw day and dust on cool evenings all the year around. OURS are not only | serviceable but STYLISH and can be worn for any occasion. We have many splendid “numbers” in RAIN COATS AND CRAVENETTES. When you PRICE them you will buy one. We've got the Umbrellas too. Look at your OLD hat and see if you don’t need a NEW one. Weare “hat"-quarters forfheads. The Hub The Home of’ Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing Alligator Goods N Are interesting, useful and durable Souvenirs We carry Handbags, Purses, Belts, Fobs and NOVELTIES Ty | The Lakeland Book Store Benford & Steitz JOS. LeVAY rs -WE HAVE IT Have you tried any of our HOME-MADE CANDY ? A Triai is All We Ash We also have a nice stock of Fresh Fruits. Nuts, Dried Figs, Dates and Raisins. FRESH APALCHICOLA OYSTERS H. O. DENNY | ing like this display has ever before Phene 134 THE BYENING TPLBORAM LAKELAND, FLA., FEB. 21, 1814, OFFICIAL_ PROGRAM GASPARILLA CARNIVAL, TAMPA, FLORIDA, FEBRUARY 21- M. Saturday. Firing of guns of artillery and war vessels at sunrise announclnfi’ the open- ing of ‘the first day of the big Gaspa- rilla Carnival. At 9 o'clock A. M. several thousands of Homing Pigeons will be released, all bearing a_message from Tampa to the entire world. These pigeons have been secured ‘from twenty different poiats in the United Statys and Canedm At 12 o'cluck noon the firing of sa- lules from war vesselg announcing the coming of the Royal Court Chamberlain of King Gasparilla VIL. The Court Chamberlain will arrive amid shouts of the people, waving banners, and the mu- sic of bands. Opening Addresses. At 1:30 Mayor D. B. McKay will de- liver an address of welcome which will be responded to by Hon. Wm. Chase ‘Temple, President of the Carnival Asso- ciation, extending a welcome to the vis- itors and the RO’VM Court Chamberkin of King Gasparilla. The Chamberlain will announce that he is ecial en- voy from His Majesty King parilla VII; an advance guard to make known to. the citizens of the coming of the King and Krewe of Pirates Bold. He advises the Mayor and citizens that if the keys of the city are not surrendered to His Majesty on his arrival, that the city will be taken by armed force. The Mayor will then appeal to the citizens to make preparations for the defense of the city against Gasparilla and his Pirates. Floral Parade e¢f School Children. At 2:30 P. M. five thousand school children will be seen in a floral parade through the principal streets and to Plant Park, where they will give a classic, singing a song composed for this occasion, “Welcome to Ta 4 Thousands of flowers will be carried by the children, all of whom will be appro- priately costumed. A Human Chess Game. At 3:00 o'clock at Plant Park there will be a human chess game on an ‘eighty-foot board of alternate white and black squares which will be parti- cipated in by thirty-two beautifully cos- tumed people. The Landing of DeSota—Tampa's Historic Pageant. Commemorating the landing of De Sota on the shores of Florida more than three hundred and seventy-five years ago, will be a feature of not only Saturday’s program, but the entire car- nival, Under the auspices of the La- dies’ Clubs of the city will be shown this magnificent historical pageant bring- ing into life the characters who made the early history of Florida. The daring explorers and adventurers who entered unknown wilds, peopled by savages, will be presented in a manner that will be both startlingly beautiful and entranc- ing. Quite a proportion of the popula- tion of Tampa is of Spanish descen and from this course will be secure the people who will impersonate the Spanish characters. Several hundred of these will participate and all will be in the costumes of De Sota's period. Near the place where De Sota will land will be seen a camp of Seminole Indians and around the tepees the squaws and papooses glorying in the freedom of the wilds. Suddenly from the tepees will ring out the singing of forty or fifty Indian maidens who will emerge sing- ing and dancing the corn dance. The braves will come into camp with their game. Lolling 'round the camp-fires they are aroused by the coming of De Sota and his halberdiers, lanciers and sailors, headed by Juan Ortis, &urry forth to meet them. De Sota makes peace with the Indians. Planting of the Spanish flag is shown. Then 1821, the lowering of the Spanish flag and the raising of the Stars and Stripes. Finale, a chorus of several hundred voices. The afternoon program will close with a mammoth display of day fireworks. lllumination of the City and Masked Street Carnival. At dusk, His Honor the Mayor will press an electric button, throwing the city into a blaze of glory. Heralds will immediately announce the beginning of the masked street carnival when the imagineatic of the merrymakers may run riot. Several blocks of the main street will be closed to all traffic, giv- ing the maskers the exclusive use of this section. A large aggregation of bands will furnish music for the even- mg's festivities. It is the invariable rule that all per- sons entering this zone be in fancy or wierd costume and masked, and it is re- quested that all unmasked spectators keep out of these limits. Absolute free- dom will be given all innocent merri- ment. Maskers will not be allowed to wear gloves. Sunday, February 22, “Sunday morning special sermons will be delivered at all the churches. At 2:30 P. M., sacred band concerts will be given by all bands in various sections of the city. All Sunday afternoon the officers of and krewes of visiting United States submarines, montior and torpedo boat destroyers, and war vessels of various other countries who will be in Tampa during Carnival Week will receive the public. At dusk the city will again don its electrical garb. Monday, February 23. Elaborate preparations will be made for the defense of the city against His Majesty Gasparilla VII and Ye Mystic Krewe. At 3:00 o'clock will occur the celebration in honor of the formal open- ing of the new Lakayette Street bridge, a $250,000 structure which will stand for all time as a monument to the ad- ministration under which it was con- structed. The ceremony will be opened by music furnished by Gasparilla bands. Mayor McKay will make the dedicatory speech in the name of the city of Tam- 'pa, presenting the bridge to the people. udge C. B. Parkhill will respond. The bridge will be magnificently decorated. The ceremony will be closed with a dis- play of daylight fireworks. Landing of King Gasparilla. At 3:30 o'clock the city will be thrown into confusion by the firing of guns as the pirate ship and its escort attacks the city. In this escort will be seen many of the finest private yachts that make winter headquarters in southern waters. This water pageant will be one of the most gorgeous ever seen in this country. All the boats will be gor- Keous in their holiday attire. The war ‘vessels lift anchor and proceed to meet the enemy. Discovering their inferior force they realize the hopelessness of combat, and joining the escort of the pi- rate ship, follow it on {ts victorious course up the riven The pirate ship will land at the Tampa Bay Hotel docks and the krewe, headed by their king and cap- tain, will march to the hptel, where they will demand and receive the keys of the city, and there will be a scene of glee as the pirates gloat over their rich treasurer Immediately upon the landing of the pirates, Morocco Temple of Mystic Shrin- ers will start their parade, headed by a 40-piece Shriner band. at the Tampa Bay Hotel, and will march through the city. Electric Pageant. At 5:30 o'clock the fantastic and elec- trical pageant will wend its way through the city, headed by Gasparilla and his_krewe. This parade will con- sist of 75 elaborately decorated and il- luminated floats, accurately portraving allegorical and mystical scenes follow- ed by hundreds of illuminatéd autos and man® marching clubs in weird and fan- tastic costumes, monster illuminated dragons and serpents, giants and dwarfs, and forty autos of Seminole Indians. It will march direct to the Bayshore drive where at 9 o'clock a most magnificent and elaborate pyxotechnical display lasting two hours, will be given. Noth- been seen in Dixie! Set pieces showing the digging of the Panama Canal, Presi- dent Wilson, Mayor McKay and other local scenes will be displayed. This fea- ture alone will cost the Carnival Com- mittee more than $3,600. The beauty and splendor of this dieplay will be enhanced by the fact that it will be ‘ beginning at 1:30 o'clock. This will fur- Hills- hown from barges anchored in g gm’ou‘h Bay facing the beautiful fit shore drive along whose mile of asp| e paved stieet there is a natural am. “ theater that will given 30,000 peop. chance to witness the display. e There will also be a repetition of o guked Carnival of Saturday nig! ks uring the evening there will be adgao den party and dance in the grounds ot the Tampa Bay Hotel as a means % entertaining the officers of the flgelv. & war boats in the port. Music w;l lpa? furnishea by the Havana Mu{l?. - Band of Havurlla, Cuba, and bands fro the war vessels. A feature of the afterncon that will interest many will be a game o‘r lgagug baseball between the Chicago Luh"&lnd the St. Louis Browns at.Plant Field, nish big league ball for those who care for it Tuesday, February 24. The last and greatesp day of the Car- pjval, the forenoon of which will be given over to the visitors for the pur- pose of seeing the sights of the city, visiting the government pulldmgs, the cigar tacteries, the water front nnprov'e- ments and the various points of natural attractiveness that can be seen in noe other clime in all their tropical beauty during the winter months. In automo- biling over the miles of beautiful drives through crange groves laden with gold- en fruit, pine forests fragrant with the health-giving fumes of the foliage and gorgeous tr]uyxcal scenery where spring i8 perpetual. Avt 1":30 P. M. on Tuesday, the grand allegorical, historical and floral parade will start from the east edge of the city and will march through the prin- cipal streets beneath triumphal arches ofy?ins and flowers. i Heading this parade will be the Grand Marshal of King Gasparilla, ac-! companied by mounted heralds, announc- ing to the thousands of spectators the coming of the grand pageant of King Gasparilla VII. Next will appear the Royal Band in fancy costume. Next will follow His Royul Majesty’s l.‘hm:lu_t. preceded by his mounted courtiers. This will be followed by the Royal Court Chamberlain and the seven court direc- tors on prancing stes Immediately following these will come the Gaspa- rilla Captain and hi eutenants, lead- ing the gaily dec o with blood-thirsty pirates with their chests of gold and jewels in the frolics of the pirates. Next in line of march will ap- pear the twelve floats of the Carnival Association, symbolizing the mal of the months, which have been produced at a great expe direct su- pervision of e rt § who haye had twenty-five years' exp nce in pl’p- ducing the finest floats ever shown in this country, and will be tering splendor and gardens of flowers. At 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening the closing day of the Carnival, the night water sports and regatta will take place. An elaborate display of pyrotechnic aquatics have been provided for, and the many small boats will be in brilliant electrical array. This will be held in the beautiful Hillsborough River, both banks of which will be strung with elec- tric lights. Masked balls will be given at all the clubs in the city and the courtesy of the clubs will be extended to all visit- ors upon request to the Carnival Com- mittee. There will also be a grand open-air ball on beautiful Bayshore Drive, which can be participated in by those in mask and costume, or without, as preferred, by each individual. This is the only dance of the Carnival which can be par- ticipated in by both the masked and un- masked. wels of glit- FLOATS OF THE CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION. Float No. 1. JANUARY— Janus am 1, oldest of potentates, Forward T look and buackward; and | below I count, as God of avenues and gates The years that through my portals come and go, Janus, the ancient Roman God, was the god of beginnings. He had two faces and looked torward and backward, seeing what was to come, and looking with retrospective eye on the past. The flower of the month is the snow drop indicating the first flower of the Spring, while the stone is the garnet. Con- stancy and fidelity are the guiding ideals of January. Float No. 2. FEBRUARY—Comes next in the march of months. ' Februs was the an- clent Roman deity after whom this month was named. It was the month of purification and was observed with care by the Latin peoples. The violet is the flower of this month, while the beautiful amethyst is its favored stone. Sincerity is the keynote of the month and those born under its star are lucky. Next con es Float No. 3. MARCH—Named after the war-god Mars and symbolized by the blustering voice of the lion. It was the first month of the Lutin spring and the Anglo-Sax- ons and other ancient nations gave it names that indicated the growing length of the duys. The bloodstone is the gem of th month, and courage and truth- fulness, as becomes a man of war, are the guiding principles. The daffodil, vellow Hower Of Spring is the Horal emblem. / Float No. 4. APRIL—Is the month of showers and sunshine. It is the hopeful period: the period when life looks light and good with its share of showers, but with sun- shine predominant, It is the singing month. The lily is the flower ot April, and us is meet, innocence is the em- blematic idew. The stone—listen maids —is the diumond. Next of the months is Float No. 5, MAY—The month of youth and life, | It 1s the boundary line between Spring and Summe The flowers are out, the hines bright and there is joy and essoeverywhere. It is meet that emblematic word of this mont should be Happiness. The vivid green | emerald is the stone of this month, and | the bright eolored and many-hued tulip is the favered flower. Next in line is Float No. 6. JUNE—Which is the pearl of the year as some poet has said, and Riley's “Knee Deep in June” will be recalled with fond memory. It is the month of the ! full blown rose, and health is the thought that prevails in descriptions of this month. The pearl or the moonstone are the gems associated with this month, | Float No. 7. JULY~—Is pre-eminently the month of love and the thoughts of love predomi- nate in the affairs of the month. The royal red ruby is the stone for July and | the carnation, red or white, is the fit- | ting flower for the month of Venus and ! Cupid. Next in llne comes Float No. 8. AUGUST—The eighth month namea after himself by Augustus Caesar, the great Roman emperor, in a moment of self-congratulation. It is the month of grandeur and nobility, imposing in its array of stateliness. Felicity is the thought of the month, and the sardonyx is the royal stone for August. The pansy with its garments of purple is the flower. Float No. 9. SEPTEMBER—Symbolizes the period of life when wisdom begins to be at- tained and it is the principal thought of the month. Thé rgyal sapphire is the jewel of September and the aster is the flower thought most appropriate. In the ancient calendars September was the seventh month of the year. ! Float No. 10. ’ OCTOEER—Was the month for the making of cider in the Latin calendar, and consequently was looked on as the month of jovialty. 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