The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-12

The same plan will be carried out on
the other cars. On those which will por-
tray the great heroes. journalists and
merchants OF America there will be care
fully executed statues OF the distinguished
men OF the past, with living figures en-
bodying the appropriate ideas OF civillza-
tion, progress, the freedom OF the press
and so on. American military leaders
from Washington 10 Grant will be repre-
sented with figures OF Liberty and Amer
lea. The cars OF literature, music and
the arts will contain the statues OF famous
American writer's, composers and artists
in emblematic surroundings.
The great car representing "All Nations
Paying Homage to Columbus" will be the
climax Of the designers art. 1t will be
sixty feet high and fifty feet long, and
will occupy the central place in the pa
rade, with all the cars before IL leading up
to 1t In their significance, and those which
follow being consequential.
Each car will be surrounded by caval-
cade or company on foot, dressed In cos.
tunes appropriate to the subject repre-
sented. When the procession leaves the
Battery there will be about $500 persons In
line. When IL arrives at Central Park the
various additions will have doubled it's
numbers and length. 1t is, however, no
part Of the plan to have long succession
OF men keeping step with guns on their
shoulders. Whatever paraders there will
be are necessary for the completion OF the
ideas conveyed by the cars.
The stands at City Hall and the squares
will be handsomely designed pavillions.
At the City Hall the speeches will be by
the Mayor and we'll known citizens. They
will be short. They exercises here and
elsewhere will be so timed that they will
be over without confusion at the very in
slant the procession appears.
The conical stand at Washington square,
on which eight hundred or one thousand
children will be stationed, Is TO be forty
feet high. The great difficulty for such
an arrangement for singing purposes was
OF course the fact that not half OF the
children would see n conductor, and they
would probably fall early to singing In
three or four kinds OF time. The orches-
ira inside the cone Is TO obviate that pos.
sibility. II will lead the children. unseen
Itself. The singers are to be carefully se-
lected from the public schools and trained
by Sefior Toledo. All the music they will
sing, all the music performed by the band.
the orchestra or the choruses from one
end OF the programme to the other Is TO
And there is to be only one band.
This will carry Joy to the sensitive souls
who have hitherto been tortured by the
Secaucus Cornet band executing Annie
Rooney" at the same time the Caledoniau
drum corps is humping the life out OF
Marching Through Georgia" There
will be nothing OF the sort In this parade.
The band will DO big aud we'll trained, and
IL will be alone.
Much OF the programme for Central
Park is still to be announced. 1t will be
not less wonderful than the rest. Mr..
Kiralfy is planning something for the
foul.l event, The Triumphal Entry of
Columbus at Barcelona" which he thinks
will DO surprise even TO those who have
seen all the other splendors Of the day.
The coWs aur ddmbeair In the evening
will be as different from the ordinary
torchight parndes "a the celebration will
be from such other events as have been
seen here before IL will be an exhibition
drill by night OF trained men with lights
and fireworks, performing as such CON-
panies do In Europe, only moro
intricate and elaborate designs, Mr..
Kiralfy says. A special effort will be made
to induce residents 10 handsomely illu-
inmate their houses that night. Novel
designs for that purpose will be prepared
In colors by artists and sent 10 whoever
may apply for them. There will also be
offered prizes as follows Three TO the hand
eomest and most complete illumination
OF houses; three for the best series OF win
dows; three for the best single window;
three for the most artistic and elaborate
decoration OF houses. stores, &C.; three
for the best OF n series OF windows and
three foy the best Of slpgle wlRdowa