ANIMALS IN PAGEANTS 



THE taste for pageants has grown in London, and 

 promises to increase. With this comes an increased 

 demand for large and stately animals to make part 

 of these shows and processions. At the Indian 

 Exhibition, held at Earl's Court in 1895, the whole 

 of the elephants and camels used to be taken twice 

 a-day to do duty in Kiralfy's pageant, and the 

 scene would have been improved by the introduc- 

 tion of twice the number available. 



With a reformed Corporation, we shall perhaps 

 be treated to an improved Lord Mayor's Show. In 

 that case, the art of pageantry will need to be 

 studied from the ancient models, as well as from 

 modern survivals. 



Rightly ordered, a great procession needs three 

 elements for spectacular success. It must contain 

 a series of striking subjects, except in the case of a 

 Royal procession or State funeral, where the atten- 

 tion must not be too far distracted from the central 



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