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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1903)
October 4, MOO. THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. to In our ordinary habllaments, standing side by side, we would readily pass for the two Johns. So there germed to be a pecul iar fitness in our selection to pose aa monks. Now there are lean monks as well as fat monks, and If the truth were known the lean far outnumber the fat. Hut public Ideas of monks are founded on reprints of the famous wine cellar picture, and to that extent our physique fultlllcd the popular notion. Just what the architecture of the float represented was known only to Qua Renze and he can keep a secret. We were clad In the habllaments of woe, cowled on top and roped at the forty-fourth parallel of robuatltude. Need'essly It seemed to us, we were supplied with baldheaded wigs mid suchettos to match. Throughout the long wearying march wo maintained un outward show of pious repose, curing little Social Side of :J"- S the culmination of n season so brilliant that it would seem, even In Qulvera, nothing moro could be devised to delight, comes u ceremony of spectacular splen- conslstent even with the legen dynasty that It would hon- coronatlon" ' of Kin Ak-Sar-Ilen Lingers In Dressing: Room. dor dary or, the and his queen, and the accompanying ball For eight successive seasons this climax has delighted the throng of faithful sub jects who have come from far and near to participate in the celebration, and each year the spectacle has surpassed the last, but this fall even more Is promised, and throughout the domain the fairest and bravest are waiting to contribute their homage next Thursday evening, when Ak-Sar-Rcn IX shall be proclaimed king, and do honor to the fair unknown who is to be his Queen. Kor weeks the women of Qulvera have walled with hope and trembling for the coming of the royal messenger who should select those chosen as ladles of the court, maids of honor and ladies-in-waiting on this royal occasion, and no sooner had this election been made than there began preparation among the favored ones, like unto that which attended the grand ball (When Cin- d e r e I la's dream came true, and the skill and Ingenu i t y of the mod i"te ha3 been taxed t o satisfy the ambi tion of each to o u t d o all , others. As the silks and hieei and gems were of oi l brought from afar, so they l.ave been again, and on that gala night only the maids of honor, whose gowns must be of Simple white and whose ornaments only nature's own flowers, will be spared the ordeal of polite Inspection and comparison that is the price of such royal favor. And when the glittering court has been reached, all of this exquisitely gowned femininity will proceed to violate all of the care fully arranged plans of the knights, for their comfort and convenience and every thing else, and linger In the dressing room until that spacious apartment Is fairly packed, that they may know, in advance, which women, or rather, which (owns they must keep away from to avoid comparison on the floor. And mean while their escorts pace up and down out side swelling with emotions not to be de scribed as the music announces the com ing of the king. But that apparently at least, vanishes as My Lady trips serenely forth in a polite crush a vision of loveli ness. And then the ball has commenced. Bril liant as a pageant, brilliant as a social function, as an evidence of loyalty, as a success, It Is without a peer. A public function, it Is the culmination of a car nival of commercialism to which the Indi vidual lends his presence in appreciative acknowledgment of the source of his ma terial success, a gathering animated by public spirit rather than Individual Inclina tion, but typifying the culture and luxury that evolves through pros perity. It is the one occa sion of all the year when the petty clique and exclu slvenesa of set Is put aside and men and women mingle as loyal subjects of a great king. But there the Individual responsibility ends and the observant spectator cannot but see the social rivalry and ambition that perme ates this democratic gather ing, seasoning It with a spirit that gives It seat, animating It with that qual ity that makes it brilliant. And, after all, what els for the applause of the worldly-minded, bowing now and then to the salutations of pit and gallery.. Occasionally our thoughts and eyes centered on the painted flagons on the float, the pictorial barrels and spig ots that turned not. The hollownnss of our situation on a thirsty night smote us with Irritating force, but we kept straight faces. We agreed, however, to give the grand stand the beet we had In stock, ltefore that vast sea of eager faces we lowered the cowls, doffed the suchettos and sa laamed to the multitude. Unfortunately the suchettos were pinned to the wigs and both came oft, exposing two hairless domes as smooth as fly ever skated on. The crowd observed and tittered audibly. We sank Into our cells and wept. It was a sad exposure, a mcluueholy finish." 5 the Ball Then They Dance. Her Gracious Majesty, could be expected when society gives of Its ex dusiveness, for so It does In the presence ot Its wives and daughters. And so considered, it ii upon the women that rests a large share of the responsibilities for making the ball a suc cess, that success that Is so far-reaching. It means something more than the brilliant hh-c-taelo and its attend ant pleasures, something more than Foiial triumph; It Is thi ir conti Ibutlon to the success of the community that suppoiU their position, the real test of their patriot ism, and not yet have they fallen short in doing their part. It not Infrequently happens that the sense of the exeluMve is offended by contact with those who have not enjoyed equal privi leges with themselves, those whose en vironment has tended to radical difTere.-.c s In taste, and nearly every year one h.tirs it whispered that the success of the ball Is threatened by the determination of certain people of more or less Influence, to remain away, but It Invariably turns out that the "quality folks" are present and where the quality 1e found others are found also, and happily for Qulvera, its quality folks are among Its most loyal host. Its foremost and representative are largely products of Its own development. and these are not of the sort to withhold their contribution to its success nor have they yet outgrown a desire to participate In this annual ce'ebra tlon of Its achievement. As for the pageant itself, who does not know It In detail? First the picturesque march of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Hen, fol lowed by the ent-ance of the king and his unite, and finally the queen and her at tendants, and the coronation. Anil then the masks are removed and the pent-up de sire of weeks to know their Identity bursts forth In a tumult of admiring applause. The hour of congratulation follows, during which the weeks of anxious preparation of gowns is rewarded by the opportunity of parading up to the throne and . being pre sented Hnd then parading down again, and finally there comes the dancing, when each Is permitted to take his place on the floor and his place In the at tention of the on lookers. It has been p r omlsed that the coronation ball this year . will surpass all the Others, and It is said that the coronation gown will exceed In loveliness all that have preceded it, but what of the young woman who is to bear the honoris of queen? And what of the king? In seasons past eight of Qulvera's mjst stalwart sons and eight of her most charm ing and beautiful daughters have been called to this honor. Judge K. M. liartlett was first to bear It, Miss Meliora Wool worth, daughter of Judge J. M. Woolworth. and now Mrs. E. M. Kairfleld. being his queen; Casper K. Yost was Ak-Sar-Hen II and Miss May Dundy, now Mrs. Kdward W. Lee df New York, was queen; Kdward I'orter Peck was Ak-Sar-Ben III and Miss Gertrude Kountse, daughter of Mr. Herman Kountse, now Mrs. John T. Stewart of Council Bluffs, shared his honors; Major R. S. Wilcox was Ak-Sar-Ben IV and Miss Orace Allen, now Mrs. Henry T. Clarke, Jr., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Allen, was queen; Judge W. D. Mc Hugh and Miss Ethel Morse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Morse, were the royal couple next year, and the next year Mr. F. A. Nash Mias Mildred Lomax, Watching the Pageant. lip JP$f ...THE LIQUOR HABIT.., Ne harmful After CffecU. 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