Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-19
BRITISH HOLIDAY.
Kept at the Grounds of the
Worlds Fair.
BRILLIANT PARADBTO sTARTWITH

Followed by Cratorv and Music at the
Par<-ChicaGo Preparing to Celebrate
Oct o to See Wonder in Special Days
The Banner Festival in Honor of the
Western MetropoliS-An Outline of the
Proposed Programme.
CHICAGO. Aug. l9-The meteor flag Of
England is very much in evidence in
Chicago today. 1t is British day at the
fair and Great Britain and all her DEEPEN
denotes are making merry in various ways.
The day began with parade on Michigan
avenue and adjoining streets in which
about 8, 800 persons participated, the grand
marshal being Captain Gordon, the COM
mandinc officer OF the British troops in
the military tournament at the fair This
was bri liant pageant, all the tournament
soldiers in their bright uniforms taking
part with the following organizations OF
British-Americans: Uniform rank Sons OF
st. Geo. &c, Cleveland Ohio Scots Guards.
Royal Scots, Caledoniau Societies, Scot
fish Clans, order Sons st. George and
Loyal Orange societies. Then there were
Canadian societies, Daughters Of st.
George, st. Andrews society, British ex.
hibitors, East Indians. Zulus and many
Others from Jackson park who hold allie
glance to the tight little isle
Exercises ut the Park
The parade over, the crowd made its way
TO the Worlds fair, and the ceremony of
''trooping the colors' was gone through
with in front Of the Victoria House. the
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there will be a meeting at Festival hall
presided over by J. Hayes Sadler, British
consul mt this city. He will make an adj
dress on The British Empire" and will
be followed by Mayor Harrison. Then adj
dresses viii tie made by representatives of
the different peoples present. The exercises
Will be lnterspersed with music-"God
save the Queen, Star Spangled Banner"
Zone. Sweet Home" and Rule Bri-
tannia.' In the evening the Bristish mill
tary tournament will be visited, at which
place gold medal viii be presented to
Corporal Evans Of the First Life Guards.
in recognition Of the heroism of his CON
duct at the time Of the cold storage fire.
The exercises will conclude with the iIlu-
minatiOn of the grounds and a fine display
of fireworks
Chicago Day to BE Great.
Chicago day 1T the fair, Oct. Q. unless
the plans OF he council Worlds fair com
mittee, rs announced by Chairman Kerr.
go amlss. Will be the greatest event in the
history OF the exposition The whole pro
grammc VIII take place inside the gates
parades and all. The first great parade
will start onits march through the grounds
at p. IN. This will be the parade ot the
states and cities. 1t is proposed that each
state shall be interested to the extent of
having selected from each of it's counties
the most beautiful young lady to represent
her county She is to be between is and
20 or thereabout, and after all are chosen
they are to adopt some striking and
characteristic uniform. From each Of the
large cities of the state young men of
about the same age as the girls are to be
chosen to represent their cities. They too,
are to be uniformed
Mardi Gras Put in the Shade.
just after dusk parade calculated to
put into the background the Mardi Gras
and the Yelled Prophet will make tour
of the grounds. In this procession will be
floats representing all the nations of the
earth. In the van will be four floats typ
ical of Chicago and representing the four
greatest events in its history. The first
will be 1902, the Fort Dearborn: the sec
ond, 1912, the Fort Dearborn Massacre: the
the third, 1927, the City Charter and the
fourth, 1871, the Great Fire. These four
floats will be constructed at the expense
of the city, the others at the expense of the
different nations and the civic societies of
the city composed of their sons and d.lugh-
tiers. Many nations have already signi-
fled Willingness to construct floats, and
each has expressed an intention of not be-
ing outdOne by any other nation.
Fireworks Will Cap the Climax.
After this parade will come the fire
works, TO- which the Worlds fair council
of administration has agreed to expend
$4,000. The features of this display will
be set pieces representing the four epochs
of the city, the greatest to be piece 100
feet long representing the burning of Chi
cago. The council of administration also
will fringe the lagoons with electric lights
placed about eighteen inches apart. as the
court of honor is now fringed 1t will
illuminate the Wooded Island as it has
never been lighted before.
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