Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-23

! followed by monster parade OF GU
rivas craft. steaming up and dow
the river. In the evening. there wH
be three fireworks displays on tn
Delaware opposite the City front
Also. In the evening there will be
parade OF 1900 uniformed members
OF the Order OF Red men, with his
torical floats. On the morning OF thf'
day there will be Medical Conven
ton in the Academy OF Music. at which
there will be present representatives
OF all the States and foreign coun
tries.
Friday, October 9Th, will witness
the first Historical Pageant ever Civ
en- in this country. 1t will be des'
criptiye OF the history 81 Philadelphia
from the time OF the first Swedish
and Dutch settlements to the pres
ent time. About. forty floats and
6, 900 characters. in costume. will be
shown in the demonstration. Not on
|ly will it be the first of its kind pre-,
scented in any American city. but will
be on a much larger sca!e than any
ever produced in England or Con-
tinental Europe At o'clock in the
evening. the Patriotic Order Sons oil
America. with numerous historical
floats, will give big parade. On the
morning of this day the Italians Of
Philadelphia will present to the City
q magnificent monument erected to
the memory of Verdi, and will give q
big street parade.
Saturday, October 10th. has been
devoted to athletics and Knights
Templar exercises. In the morning
there will be athletic sports. inter
national automobile races. a National
regatta on the Schuylkill River, spec
ial horse races and other sports. In
the afternoon the Knights Tempiar
of Pennsylvania will give a street
parade and then proceed to FairmOunt
Park, where they will hold elaborate
field exercises. At II O'Clock IN the
evening, Knights Templar will re-
turn to the City Hall and there bring
to a close the great Celebration by
extinguishing the lights Of City Hall.
On the six evenings OF the week
there will be a magnificent Drama or
Pageant on Franklin Field, UMver-
sity OF Pennsylvania. which will show
the History OF Philadelphia Acted.
Plans for this Drama, which will be
known as philadelphia have. been
in the course of preparation for five
months and it will show in minute de-
tail the history and growth Of the
city. 1t will It, presented in four
acts. The first will show Phiiadel-
phia from the time of the settlement
BY the Indians, the Dutch and the
Swedes to the arrival Of William Penn
and the laying out Of TIE city. About
ten scenes will be necessary to por-
tray this. The second act will show
the Colonial and Revolutionary per-
iods. and about fourteen scenes will
be necessary to fully portray til, MS
tory OF those times. In these various
scenes will be shown the part Franz
lin took in the early Revolutionary ar
rangements, Washington taking com
mand of the patriots, the occupation
fof Philadelphia by tlss' British, the
work of the Continental Congress, and
Terminating with the meeting OF Con
gress on July 4, 1776, when the De.
claration Of Independence was agreed
to. The third act will portray all the
leading events OF the nineteenth CEN
fury. and the fourth and last act VII;
show for the first time the part Phiia-
deiphia took with the United states
and the SEVERAL States troops IN the
close of the Spanish-American war.
Fully 1000 characters and 200 musi
|cians have been engaged for this great
performance and it is safe to say
that between $4,000 and 10000 peo-
nj, will witness it every night. The
entire field well be used for the pro-
duction, while on three stages will
be various tableaux depicting leading
events of each period. A number OF
grand opera stars and numerous so
cieties will participate in all the per-
formances.
Philadelphia will be lavishly deco.
rated for the great celebration. and
on the City Hall, the largest NUM-
cipal building in tho world, will be
the most extensive Examinations ever
attempted On any single building.
No less than 100000 incanls.scent
lights, forming set figures, ETC.. will
be used in this one piece Of decora-
tion. All the leading stores, manufac-
turning plates and buildings Of the
city Will be specially decorated for
the xs,ek.
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