The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-30
FIVE HUNDRED LANTERNS,
The Parade Was Grand Success-De-
scription of the Best DecoratiOn-List
of Prize Winners.

: of Prize Winners.
The bicycle lantern parade last eve
ming was one of the most attractive feat
ures of this week of festivity and exhibit
ion. 1t was decided success. The
wheelmen of this city deserve much
credit for the energy and effort displayed
in the preparation and execution of this
lantern parade Nearly one hundred
wheelmen took part, and over half of
those had decorated their wheels SO elabo-
rately that much time and expense were
necessarily invol we'd and much beauty of
effect produced.
The parade was to start at eight O'Clock
from the corner of Casco street on Con-
greess, near the Portland Wheel clubs
rooms. By seven O'Clock the bright Jap
anese lanterns of the wheels that were
gathering there had attracted quite a
crowd of people. By 80 O'Clock the
crowd had become so dense at that street
corner that the cars had some difficulty
in getting through and the police were
busy all the time in clearing passage
for the newly arriving wheels and aid
ing Marshal ellison and his assistants in
getting the procession into readiness for
starting.
At last, by eight o'clock the procession
was ready to start, narrow lane had
been formed between the crowd, which
extended from Casco street up to Con-
gress square This lane was teo narrow
for the procession to make good start,
since many of the decorated wheels pro-
jected on either side SO far that there
was scarcely room enough for them. Con-
sequently the start was not the success
that it ought to have been. and as this
procession passed up to Congress square.
the procession was so broken by spaces
of long intervals that the effect at that
point was somewhat marred. This was
entirely due to the crowd which rendered
good start impossible. Later, after the
procession had reached the Western Prom
enade, the ranks had closed up, and the
hundreds of bright lanters made beau
tiful spectacle as they swept swiftly past
and stretched away into the darkness
like some hugo fiery dragon, OF the good
old times.
The leader of the procession was Luther
ellison, chief marshal, and his aids as
follows: Messrs. Howe and Lord of
the Portland Wheel club, johnson and
Huston of the Munjoy Hill club, a new
club recently organized, which has, how
ever, thirty members, and Walter Jordan
Among those who took part We're, g..
Hale, W. Lemont, W. Jackman, S. NJ.
Durham. b. Dyer, A. G.. Sprague, T.
F. Tobie, F. Fassett, F. A. Guptill, G.
F. johnson, w. Davis, Ralph Smith,
w. H. Knight. Pleasantdale, e. E..
Gray, Fred F; Quincy, G. :: Merri 4 ?
Marsh, E. NJ. Marsh, E. D. Chase, H.
E. Woodward, @. A. Dunlap, +. p. Davis,
F. E. Harris Fred S. Rand, r. L. Hay
den, Frank Dow, G. M. P. Steel, Arthur
L. Douglass, Walter Tobie, four wheels
with Sunday Telegram transparencies,
Charles Dearborn, four wheels aivertls-
ing Haggett Bros. Forest E. Field, w.
L. Watson, G. G. Adams, W. Cox, T.
A. Hanson, D. Boothbay, VII. Lefavor.
Others in the procession who deserve
special mention were as follows:
| Percy Richardson secretary treasurer
| of fthe Maine Division, was dressed and
masked to represent the Devil, which he
did to perfection, as somebody remarked
to him. He bore aloft transparency
on one side of which was MY Best
Fight Good Roads. Why?'' On the 9th,
er side was the answer: Because Good
Roads Make Good Times, Good Times
Make Good People and Good People
Spoil My Biz See?"
E. O. Morrill, of Woodfords, had, be-
sides various lanterns, a little brass breech
loading cannon on his handle bars, which
he exploded at frequent intervals.
T. NJ Tolman had very elaborate
canopy over his bicycle formed of various
colored streamers and twenty mine diff
erent shaped lanterns, and the whole
thing shaped like the hood OF a prairie
schooner 1t was an elaborate affair ano
rather top heavy for the rider, but il
looked we'll.
Over Louis Lords wheel were two
large bows, one above and larger thar
the other, from which suspended small
lanterns. The wheels were wound with
ribbons
Over G. n. Elwell's wheel was large
bright ,colored umbrella, from the edges
| of which were suspended seven lanterns
| Charles f. Aver had a dainty paraso
over his wheel, of very tasteful colors
and twenty four lanterns were distri.
buted over his wheel The whole effec1
was very beautiful.
| 6. D. Strout had large crosses in from
and behind his saddle, from the points
of which were suspended fourteen liant
ernss
Frank M. Brown, besides various bright
streamers and small lanterns had one
big lantern in front that surpassed any
thing in the procession. 1t was ovel
two feet long, and foot through.
Fred S. Lords had a big arch over
his wheel, on top of which was small
inverted arch. The two arches supported
twenty seven lanterns. The two wheels
were covered with white paper, making
a fine effect
E. G. Scully had horn about five feet
long from which he distributed long
clouds of lugubrious sound over the ap
plauding multitude.
E. H. Penney had gay colored trolle,
arm projecting up over his bicycle, ant
a placard on which was Ocean Stree
Belt.L Line
G. L. c. Kyle had punches of brigh
paper flowers distributed about his whee
and seven FAIRY lamps, different col
ored glass jars with candles inside.
Louis Grimmer rode in small ten
of streamers, and the frame of his whee
was net work of bright colored clotl
ptrips.
The Portland Wheel club was repre-
sented by three bicycles that bore tn
large letters in lanterns, viz: +. W
c., and ridden respectively by Leol
Lord, c. M. P. Steele and Frank Brown
One of the most attractive displays wa
big white canvas ship with two masts
corsro riooad Tpci1a this his body project