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Mystical Gulf Society Pageants Render New Orleans Mobile Spectacle
The Register recounts Twelfth Night and Mardi Gras in Mobile and New Orleans with secret societies such as the Cowbellion de Rankin, Strykers, and 7.D.S. staging lavish processions, disguises, and tableaux depicting Cotton, Iron, Gold, and Letters. Crowds fill streets and theaters as masked participants parade with dazzling lights and mystery, while invitations and secrecy heighten anticipation for the midnight finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Cities
Gulf
Mobile
New Orleans
Mummery
C. de Rk. S
Cowbellion de Rankin Society
Coibellions
C. de R.S
The
Strykers
Cordellions
Swella
Stryker
7.D.S
Momus
Battle House
Mardi Gras
Alystich
Crescent City
America
Europe
Canal Street
Robinson Crusoe
Darwin
Louisiana
Comus
Spenser
C. de R
Misrule
Order of Myths
Bulwer
Rienzi
Order of Afyths
Duman
Royal
Dauphin
Manassas Club-Ilouse
Royal Street
Jove
Minerva
Bacchus
Silenus
Lower Royal Street
Liptop
Spain
Don Roderick
Roderick
Ferdinand
Isabella
Columbus
Quixote
Sancho
Merlin
Cid
Pizzaro
Ponce de Leon
Cortez
Bobadil
Montezuma
Cervantes
Lope de Vega
Calderon
Prescott
Washington Irving
T. DS
Anow
Vulcan
Tubal Cain
Bengal
Midas
Kingdom of Letters
Moses
Confucius
Cadmus
Ciesar
Josephus
Dante
Shakespeare
Pranklin
Government Street
Gulf City
Cotton
Cemperance Hall