The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-17

committee which numbers about 2OV
members. nearly all Of them speclai'
ists IN their particular lines, II is rea'
sonable to expect something surpass'
ing any pageant ever given ~ this
country -
The contrast between the very nlgn
character OF the pageant next OCTOBER
and the one rs years ago Is likely %
b striking. The advance made mere
in ali lines Of art and decoration ahu
not to say knowledge has been sucn
during the quarter century which mas
elapsed as to warrant the assertion
that those who witnessed the display
in 1882 and who see that u next
autumn will at once recognize inc
superiority Of the latter
The celebration in 1882 was ar
ranged with as much sklll and a.
much art as was then obtaina0le' y
was Notwithstanding It's enormous DE-
fectg the most ambitious display oi lLs
kind that had been up to that time
witnessed In this country The pa
geant. however, was not generally re-
garded as a success. In the nrs1
Mace 1t was shown at night, and dis
plays which now would be easily ao-
talnable were not even imagined then-
The a. floats which comprised the pro-
cessiou we're shown In three divisions
The first OF these dealt with the past
history Of philadelphia. The second
was A sort Of Mardi Gras show Of the
famous women Of history and the
third an even more foreign addition.
, as Il depicted scenes from the life OF
Rama
Clearly 1t was because the imagina-
q tions Of the persons in control could
NOT conceive more than ten ideas for
PHILADELPHIA historical floats that
these excreseences were brought In.
! They we're solely lugged IN 70 length
= en- out the procession, and as was evil
s dent TO every one had nothing to do
/. with the landing Of Penn.
+, Illumination was provided by the
y method then much in vogue for night
ts procession. the calcium There was
r one calcium light to each float, either
n preceding or following the float as the
y case demanded. There were also men
walking alongside of the floats with
~ Bengal lights, which did not always
i. provide the kind Of illumination de
~ siderd. Then, too, the characters on
~ the floats appeared to have much dh
Il. icultv in maintaining their position
II. and the float representing Penn re
s.. ceiylng the charter from Charles |
nj suffered most from this difficulty In
II deed. many Of the floats In actua
il. use were almost ridiculous In effect
an Nearly all these floats we're provide
81. with short posts reaching TO the hip
lso OF the characters and intended 4
lle provide the latter with purchase.
~ The attempts Of the characters
no keep from falling Of some Of N
.le. wagons amused tho small boys, VIII
.le. occasionally shouted words Of enc0u
the agement to the participants. Ths
part Of the pageant which had mott
ING ing in common with the event eel
n brated seemed TO most please "a
in. crowds. The reason for this lay In tf
If fact that on these the characters u
M ually we're shown In seated posltio
ivll which they could maintain easily as
the gracefully while the numbering trucl
10 bearing the floats rumbled over u
in. street pavement.
The In the first division Of the pagea
tied the scenes represented we're Penn ]
ext ceiYing the charter; the landing
ats. Penn at Philadelphia forming &
ONE great law or frame Of government
nan. Philadelphia on April 2. 1854; PEI
tier discussing the boundary with 10
pro. Baltimore: the treaty with the
bout dIans; Bouquets battle with [
pre. Indians at Bushy Run In 1853. I
reg. fight around chews house during
. battle Of Georgetown Washington
lime army marching TO Valley Forge, q
cant last. delivery Of beaver skins
the Windsor castle in 1880 This lat
ltlon event was the last acknowledges
that Of fealty Of the province OF penns
pro. yania to the mother country 7
final float in this division was y
Of a bolical Of reunited country