The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-05
Shooters Day.


The spirit of the Renaissance fingers,
curiously enough, in Philadelphia. where
the masque and revel appear on New
Years Day. The parade of the shoot
ers is the flower Of joys and the summit
Of spectacles to good Philadelphians-and
there are no others. The show passes
through rejoicing crowds. The most
admirably villagelike OF cities seems 10
be treating itself to series of 'pageants.
If only the conduits ran with claret, the
spectator might believe himself in Cheap
side in the time of HENRY VIII Seeing
all this innocent merrment, the stranger
in the gates wonders ii this be the same
Philadelphia IN which. OF Sunday not
eighty years ago. chains used to be
stretched across the streets about the
churches in order 10 prevent disturb
ance of the worshlppers, No decent
folk were supposed to be out Of doors
in church hours, and therefore no honest
person could be injured by that lettering
of the highways.
1t must be the same. Philadelphia is
always the same. The greater her becom-
ing Sunday decorousness and silence, the
heartier her becoming mirth on Shooters
Day, which is her Saturnalia and Shrove
Tuesday.
See how she encourages art at her
high festival:
EANcr DRESSED cLUhs.
First prize, :eO6-Penn Treaty,
Srcond Drize sgOO--Stver Crown
Third prize. ,l5O-GeoTge a. Furnlyal Also
citation.
Fourth prize. s75-Tonguva Rcd Men.
Des, dressed captain--Wu1IAM wAlTMAS,
Funvai Association. 500.
Handsomest costume-cap;- CHARLES L,
HoUcK, Penn Treaty. $50.
COMIC cLrRs.
First prize, s5O0-Flrcslde OF Camden.
Second prize, s2So-M. \. Broder.
THIRD prize, .iJo-White Caps.
Fourth prize siOl-Bismarck Band.
rim prize, toO-Wyomlng Hayseeds
sixth prize. sso-Homebreabefs.
seventh prize. SOB Z stevens
Eighth prize, SCo--Dolan T.. Is.
Most comicl costune--Du,ch woman, Stevens
Association, so.
~ Al other cuhs-s2 $50 each.
s. Flnt Two phzss for floats went to the Brider
Assocaton-sg00 for grade crossing e1Ribit and
$50 for Liberty Ben display.
The Silver Crown Association is the
oldest Of these associations Of city artists,
these excellent inheritors of the civic
traditions and the guilds Of the Middle
Age 1t ~exoels in impersonators Of
women The members are prodigal
as 10 their wardrobes and decorations.
Their leader, Capt. HoAR, spent $1,000
for his suit. His private soldiers had
pad $500 or 5000 apiece for their toys.
"Seventy-fvo boys struggled with him
to prevent his cape dragging upon the
asphalt. Capt. MAILMAN of the Furni-
val Association was CARRIED in a costume
said to have cost IS 600 Its streamers
extended from curb to curb on Broad
street" The captain and tho lieuten-
ants of the Penn Treaty wore crowns
quite as handsome as those worn by
foreign potentates. In fact, these
abashed potentates have habit Of
keeping their crowns in safe deposit
vaults. What's the use OF trying TO
compete with Philadelphia? Notice in
those bravo Funivallan ranks the cap
tains seven-year son, four pages holding
his mantle Also the Hon G. VI. CAMAC,
a shooter who has shot for fifty happy
years. And row tie brood %: comr
"A y-n clever display vss ,Ha, % .ar fH,-
B.l ,-g OF Co4acilm,l 20 So ..o-ls. \ huge lo,l
motive. apparently meying b. l1S OWL steam. but