The herald., 1895-07-05
THE OBSERVANCE OF
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Continued from Third Page.

| tdoic. MISS DOWleS Sdlu tldt siS ieit tild
all she could say after Mr.. McLachlan
very stirring words was Amen, where
upon she withdrew grucious!y and grace
fully and the band played Faust. The
played it we'll. too-extremely well. an
then Captain Cressey presented the gor
auxiliary to Colonel W. S. Moore and tn
fire department.. Captain Cressey an,
Colonel Moore exchanged tiattering littl
pleasantrieS for several minutes, and th
flag was formally extended, accepted
waved aloft and handed TO stalwart fir
laddie to bear from the hail, then cam
the cahtata which ended the programme
for the afternoon.
Evening Exercises at the Pavilion
Again last night the floor and bota gal
leries at the pavilion were dense mas
of patriotic citizens who preferred hear
ing the speeches and music to stayin,
out in the warm summe air and moo,
| light. The programme, which com.
menced at s o clock sharp. was q repe
tition of that given in the afternoon ex
cept that the address was made by Will
liam A. Harris. Mr.. Harris is very earn.
est and impressive speaker and he car
RED his vast audience with him from
start to finish. First dealing in patriotic
generalities. Mr.. Harris, continuing,
said tnat above and over and through
ali should be consiered ana preserved
the common school system. That it
should be made so deep and strong ana
broad that political and social and rellg-
| ious controversies could not shake 1t.
| Guard the common school system, COM
manded the speaker impressvely. The
| history of the world teaches us to be Wig
| liant We always have had struggles: we
| always will have struggles; without
| struggles there is no progress. Mr.. Har-
| ris recounted some historical references to
great men, that should be made examples
by u.s. We should say and stand by it
that America shall stand united. MO
nopoly, hate. selfshness. anarchy. must
be subdued." SAID Mr. Harris. In clos
ing: Il invoke the spirit of Washington.
Jefferson, Jackson, Grant and Lincoln,
and with that spirit would scale the loft
lest summit Of human achievement. wave
the flag of concord and proclaim to the
world Peace on earth, to man good
will. "
u Those tableaux which had to be omitted
in the cantuta at the afternoon perform
ance on account OF the absence OF the IN
fantry tor its competitive drill, were given
last night with the others. and the added
magniticnece of calcium light effects.
The cantata was composed last spring
by DR.. Atonin Dvorak as a setting to the
address written years ago by Joseph Rod
man Drake to the American flag. 1t was
presented yesterday by goodsized o.
chestra and chorus, the former under the
direction of Arnold krauss; the latter
conducted by o. Stewart Taylor.
The tenor solos were sung by D. A.
Mcintosh; the bass solos by &. S. Cornell,
and the six tableaux which illustrated
the different parts were preceded by
verses OF the poem read by Captain
Thomas Saycock. The tahleaux were ar
ranged by A. G. Bartlett and produced
under the direction of W. H. Simmons.
The cantata as a composition is descrip.
tive. it may be said to be to music what
an aIlegory is to letters. 1t is interest
ing in places. beautiful, and nowhere is it
commonplace. The performance, consii-
was extremely good. The ensemble went
well and smoothly and the soloists were
both in particularly good voice.
During the performance of each part
the scene back of the chorus was raised
and the tableau that appeared were as
follows: Tableaux one. The Origin of
the left on high pedestal the Goddess of
Liberty, her right hand raised and LOOK
ing off apparently for new worlds to con-
quer. while the thirteen original states
each represented by small maiden, were
lndustriousy engaged in weaving an
enormous and very handsome American
part of it being finished. was draped
about and between the group in most
effective way. Tableau two, the
American Eagle; tablesu three, The
Foot Soldier; tableau tour. The Sailor;
tableau five, Prophetic; the Goddess of
Liberty again in evidence on an eleva-
tion in the center surrounded by sixteen
nations, each waving its own flag and
all Kneeling and doing homage to Column
hia.
After the cantata last evening the Rose.
dale company. Captain Birdie Simmons
in ommand, gave ali exhibition drill
that was clever in execution. AS in the
afternoon the audience rose and sang
America.
Yesterdays Prize Winners
The flag offered to the best drilled and
uniformed fraternal organization was
awarded to the Bugle and Drum corps of
the Whittier state school cadets i,l the abb
sence of an organization under the class
referred to. The committee were: Fred
J.. Allies, E. n. Brown ana Walter Lind
ley.
The committee on best drilled and larg-
est company of the Boys Brigade award.
ed that prize to Company d. Lieutenant
Oliver commanding. The award WAS
based on live points-neatness of clothing,
rhythm OF step, numbers alignment and
general appearance. Committee same as
above.
The flag for the best decorated street
car was awarded to Conductor G. l..
Campbell and Gripman g. II. Bennett of
cable train. coach No. 62 grip car No.
1874. Committee: j. J. Akin, William
Hawks E. P. Clark.
For the best drilled company of militia
in parade the award was made to Com
pany q of the Seventh regiment. The
com mittee was: f. p. johnson, LIS. But
Ter and John Il. Colburn.
The prize for the best decorated mount
ed lady was given to Miss Lizzie Belle Nc
MILAN, and for the best decorated mount
ed gentleman to Mr.. Joseph Mesmer.
For the best decorated and largest
organization Grand Marshal, Cap
tain Overton ana staff carried off first
honors. The committee was: G. +. A.
Last, Lewis Thorne, Charles B. Walters.
Same committee on last two named
awards. For the largest perc ntage OF
scholars from eight-room building, the
award was to Amelia street school.
For the largest percentage of scholars in
less than eight-room building. the award
was to the Santa Fe avenue school.
For :he foot organization of boys other
than BOYS Brigade and schools, the
For the largest company from any
school. the award was to St. Jcseph's |
school. Committee on the four last men
toned prizes: G. p. Dandy, J. B. Mil |
lard. A. w. Plummer.
Best decorated lady bicyclist-Award |
to Miss Stella Pinyou, 366 Buena Vista
street. Commttee-Lu.a =. Ellis and |
Mrs. Bradner W. Lee.
Award for best drilled company of |
school children in exhibition drill was |
awarded to Rosedale school, offcered by |
Miss Birdie Simmons Committce-Mrs. |
Lucy S. Blanchard. Mrs C. +. Bicknell |
ana Mrs. DR.. Holland.