The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-24
IT WILL Be
VERY EXCITING
itinerary Of Big Show Parade To Be
On Principal Streets and Manager
Of White City Will Bring Sensa-S
tional Features from the Chicago
Amusement Park.

| Here! Here! Here! The rreate.s
show ON earth is coming TO town.
Ringmasfer III. e. sharrer has finally
completed the arrangements and on
June "a the whole blooming entertafn-
ment from the "mlssing link, naunch-
fui" ballet dancer in tights VIII be
there.
And the parade. Nothing like il was
ever seen I'm Hammond or In Northern
Indiana before. 1t is to be the most
magnificent, most stupendous, most
giittering galaxy of grimancing granaf-
ioquence that has ever been seen by the
people of this any other city.
Paul Hcwse of the County Fair Man-
agement at the White City In Chicago
viii loan his whole show to the local
Masonic order on the occasion OF The
Initiation OF between 125 and 1s0
shrfners.
Real CameIs In the Parade.
There will be real camels in the na-
rade which will also come from the
White City and they will be ridden nv
the Grand Potentates Of the Chicago
and the Indianapolis temples.
The route of the famous parade has
been selected and the line of march will
form on Ann street from where it will
go north to State street east to Hoh-
man street south to Sibley street east
TO oakley avenue, north to State street.
west to Douglas street, south TO Dong
las street where the procession Will
countermarch and return on Holman
street to the Masonic Temple.
Waterwagon in Procession.
In the parade will be three bands.
Two Arab patrols, which will drill while
ehroute' zouave company. which will
go through some clever maneuvers.
eamels, candidates dressed as bears.
lions. monkeys, hyenas and clowns. Tn
fact there will be twelve clowns to
amuse the children and the grown uns
as we'll
The camels in the parade are guar
anteed to be the kind that can go seven
TO fourteen days without water. The
camels however, Will be the only total
abstainers in the procession with the
exception of the men who will be COM
PEELED to ride on the water wagon.
The class which has been picked for
this little skit is said to be a beaut.
Another little feature of the parade
which will be looked for with interest
VIII be in the nature of an educational
float. Upon it will be two superintend-
ents OF schools and professor and a
president of college. These candi-
dates will be engaged in a little re-
search work while the parade moves
on and 1t is said that it will beA worth
going thousand miles to see
One of the candidates will do a bare
back horseriding stunt and the peopIe
of Hammond and the surrounding cities
may be assured that the candidate who
Will be dressed in tights, will have a
perfect form.
The original Ben Hur in his little
chariot will be one of the main at
and will be recognized by
everyone. In addition there will be
ndianas and Indian chiefs who will
'e decked out in all of their regalia.
You Must See This.
A prominent Hammond man will be
appropriately dressed and will present
he living picture to be entitled "Tbe
Original Blind Pig" Sh-h. Keep it
lark Billy Gostlin, the genial Ham
nond postmaster is to be a Dutch
comedian and the word is to go out that
ne crowd may go far as they like
With him.
In fact the marchers are to be pro-
'ided with every imaginable kind of a
agn except those bearing the inscrfp-
Ion Don't Feed the Animals" and
Don't Monkey With the Monkey"
There will be a Dutch pretzel band
rom East Chicago which is said to
e one of the best features which will
e in the parade.
Parade VIII Take on Hour.
he way the bills will read and when
he people See as See has never been
cen before since See decides to take
he Shrine they will split their sides
aughing
The special trains will come into
Hammond at o'clock on both the