Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15
DEDICATED IN STYLE.
Southside Turner's Formally Take
Possession of Their New Hall.
THOUSANDS IN THE PARADE LINE.
Bunting and Flags Decorated Practically
Every Building.
AN ENJOYABLE TINE IN THE EVENING

decorated Win bright rlDDons OF every con-
ceivable hue, foated from the windows and
doorways of nearly every house and store
on the Southside all day yesterday. 1t was
. regular gala day for the residents, and
throngs of people crowded the principal
thoroughfares from early morn until long
after midnight. The entire district pos
sessed holiday appearance. The occasion
was the dedication of the new Turner Hall
on South Thirteenth street, between Carson
and Sarah, which has just recently been COM
plsted at cost of $45, ,o00
The headquarters for the day were at
Birmingham hall on Jane street. Magistrate
Succop, acted in the capacity of chief
marshall, and as soon as he had discharged
his public duties he donned his high silk
hat and rushed to headquarters where his
time was employed for several hours issuing
orders to his assistants and experimenting
the preliminary arrangements attending the
street exercises
Societies from Neighbortng Towns
As early as 10 o'clock In the morning the
turner societies of the surrounding towns
began to arrive, These were escorted or
directed to tho Birmingham hall, Here they
were arranged into line and shortly before
o'clock the procession moved. The order
of the parade was as follows:
Birmingham Turner's.
Mounted Police.
Chief Marshal Succop with mounted staff.
Five open carriages containing the district
officers, speakers and Building
Commission.
The various societies. OF visiting Turner's
from Pennsylvania. Ohio and Virginia..
The latter part of the procession was
made up entirely of the Southside Turner's,
which was, perhaps, the feature of the
parade. There were nearly 5000 men in
line, and these marched to the lively tunes
furnished by seven of the leading bands of
the city. The route was from Birmingham
Hall to Twenty-eighth street, to Carson to
Tenth, to Sarah and hence to the new hall,
on Thirteenth street.
At 4 o'clock the head of the procession
reached the hall and the men filed into the
rectly to the spacious music hall on the Sec
ond floor. Here already had large crowd
OF ladies and children gathered to witness
the dedicatory exercises. The men were
speedily ushered to their seats, and after a
few minutes delay the ceremonies were COM
menced.
The Delivery of the Keys.
The programme began with choice musi-
cal selection rendered by. the Germania
Band, and upon its completion MI. Seibert,
the contractor made a short address, in
which he said his work had now been COM
pleted and he was prepared to deliver the
keys over to the society. At this point Mr..
Kaiser stepped forward and in behalf of
the organization accepted the keys and
made short congratulatory speech, COM
mending the work of the contractor. He
also said the Southside Turner's were pleased
with their building and were proud to know
that it was ready for occupancy.
According to the programme which was
arranged several days ago Mayor Gourley
was to have been present to make the salu-
tatory address, but at the last moment it
was reported that he would be unable to at
tend, and Prof. John Golden, of the Twen-
ty-ninth ward school, was asked to ia ke his
place. The latter kindly responded, and
of the Turner societies in general and the
good work they had accomplished in this
country since their arrival Following
this number of select singers from the
various organizations throughout the city
sang the "Star Spangled Banner" in the
German language, under the direction of
George Pfisterer. The music was we'll rem
dered and heartily enjoyed by everyone
present.
Some Very Enjoyable Features.
The last feature of the programme was the
dedicatory address. It was delivered by
Mr.. Gotfried Ihsen. He held the attention
of the people for probably one half hour
when the assemblage was dismissed. I'm
mediately after the close of the exercises
the members of the Southside Turner's, to-
gerher with the large number OF invited
guests, repaired to the lower floor where re-
freshments were served. For the next three
hours there were no restrictions placed upon
the merrymakers, and that they all thor
cughly enjoyed themselves was proven by
the broad smiles upon every face.
At o'clock there was a concert, with
very elaborate programme.
The feature of the entertainment without
a doubt was the horizontal bar performance,
but the pole vaulting and club swinging
and the calisthenics by the pupils of the
Bedford School also deserve honorable men
tion, and the participants received their
share of the applause. At the close of the
the hall was cleared, and the
floor made ready for dancing. Ladies with
their escorts began arriving in large num-
bers about this time and at II o'clock the
hall was crowded with dancers. All present
enjoyed themselves hugely, and it was not
until daylight that the building was finally
g Z.