The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-13
pRILADELPRIA'S
PICTURE PARADE
Story Of Old City Told in
Gorgeous Pageant.
OVER 5000 WERE IN LINE

Elaborate Series Of Floats Represents
ing Seven Periods In the Old Guys
History Reviewed BY HUNDREDS CT
Thousands Of People - Win It's
Wealth Of Color and Fluttering Ban
ners, sroaa Street Was transformed
Into 4 WonSeriand-The First Of les
Kind In the United States.
Philadelphia. Oct 1O-Phladelrhis's
greatest picture paradc-tbc historical
I pageant OF Founders Week D.ooEet
hundreds of thousands OF persons 20
Broad street. where. FOR distance ot
more than four miles. they reviewed
the spectacle. covering every event OF
Importance in the s25 years existence
of the city.
The procession Included as partici-
pants about 500 persons on floats and
fully 5000 ON foot and horseback
The pageant was in seven divisions.
each representing different era in
t.e states growth. Division 4 in
ciudei scenes of exploration and the
early settlement. division ID Pcln and
the Qrakers: division C. colonial phil
atclphia. division ID. the Revolution:
/ division r. under the constitution:
I division b. the city from $500 20 1850:
I division q the Civil War
East division was subiiyidcd into
sections. with a mounted herald riding
T in advance bearing a banner dcscr.p-
b tive of the scene. In all there sore
I eighty-dve heralds in the pageant and
| 1000 men on horseback accompanying
| the floats. Pages and outrliors.
/ knights. csquires and attendants wear
ms velvet costumes. bearing shields.
iances or trumpets. ana mounted en-
/ CaparisCned horses. gave a touch Of
medieval spiendor 70 the fcts.
With It's wealth Of color. its caycty
of auttering banners. the flashing
shields and FURNISHED helmets. the pa.
soant transformed Broad street into a
wonderland and turned its everyday
-raynCss into a riot Of color and
moving mass OF gaycty.
Violet Oakley. whose mural dccora-
lions share the honors nj the state
/ capitol with those OF Abbey and Sar-
/ sent had entire charge OF designing
ana decorating the floats. From orig
/ inal sketches made by her a stan OF
sixty artists and decorators has been
working day and night for four months
building and adjoining the cars
Tho pageant is said % Dee the FIRST
20 the kind 20 be held in the United
states. Il has been prepared along
lines similar to that given az the Qae-
] .H l..
The more notable historical floats
repre- euting the pre-Revolutonary
periods were. Onrust. First shin 20
Enter tho Delaware River. Penn Under
Arrest ifcS. Penns Treaty With the
/ Indians. Palatines Going 70 Take the
Oath. I.4o.
The colonial Philadelphia" section
! depicted the prociaiming OF Georee ].
70 l4li by the governor and council.
o street icir of 1910 the coming 90
town of benjamin Franklin from Bcs
ION .n 1923. the first Ere company. the
| old London coffee house. Franklin and
| his Kite. the founding OF the Univer-
sity ot Pennsylvania. the arrest Of
pirates ID 17ls and other scenes. In
the street fair scene there. W. ro l4Ol
l 'tt ttt- AAAN COSTUMES NA AAnN
The revolution was treated Ia the
| fourth division with such historic |
scenes as the resisting Of the stamp
act Nirgiuians coming TO cougr S. !
New Englanders coming 10 congress. |
/ John Paul JCnes the signing of the |
/ Declaration OF independence. the max !
ms of the Tag. the liberty bell. a group
| compris ing Washington. Wayne ana |
Lafayette IN 1871. the entrance of the /
British in October. l777. Franklin at !
The court OF Louis XVI. Robert Nor
r!s TX train Americans on the way TO |
Yorktown 10 1881. Rochambcau and
the French allies. and lastly The aags
] captured at Yorktown.
Later periods OF the city's history I
were shown by floats representing
Washington s Inauguration. 1898: the
visit Of Lafayette. 1924: Lincoln in |
Philadelphia. 1864. and the Centennial.
1876.
The Pennsylvania railroad contrib !
utcd notable series CT floats repre- |
senting early transportation. and in |
! GLIDING the Conestoga wagon. canal |
boat on Pittsburg line. early railway
car. 1885. ami the FIRST steam train 10 |
! the west 1894