The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-25

fbs Academy Of Music. at which there
#ill b present Representatives Of Ill
tie states and foreign countries.
Friday, Oct. 9. WIN witness the Hfst
historical pageant ever given In the
United States. 1t win be descriptive
Of the history OF Philadelphia from the
time OF the first Swedish and Dutch
settlements 70 the present time. About
forty costly floats and 5000 characters
A costume win be shown In the dem
onstration. Not only win 1t be the first
gifts kind presented In any American
city, but WIN be on a much larger scale
than any ever produced In England or
continental Europe. At 8 o'clock in the
evening the Patriotic Order Of Sons Of
America, with numerous historical
floats, win give a big parade. On the
morning Of this day the Italians Of
Philadelphia will present to the city a
monument erected to the memory OF
Verdi and will give a street parade.
Saturday, Oct. 10. has been devoted
to athletics and Knights Templar ex-
ercises. In the morning there will be
athletic sports, international automo-
bile races, a national regatta on the
Schuylkill river, special horse races
and other sports. In the afternoon the
knights Templars OF Pennsylvania will
parade and then proceed to Fairmount
park, where they will hold field exer-
elseS. At IL o'clock in the evening the
knights Templars will return to the
city hall and there bring to close the
great celebration by extinguishlng the
lights Of the city hall.
On the six evenings OF the week
there will be a magnificent drama or
pageant on Franklin field, University
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 Il will show In minute detail the
history and growth Of the city. 1t will
be presented In four acts. The first
will show Philadelphia 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
the city. About ten scenes will be
necessary to portray this. The second
act will show the colonial and Revolu-
tionary periods, and about fourteen
scenes will be necessary to fully por-
tray the history Of those times. In
these various scenes will be shown the
part Franklin took In the early Revolu-
tIonary arrangements. Washington TAX
ing command of the patriots, the Oc-
cupation Of Philadelphia by the Brit
fish, the work Of the Continental con-
gress and terminating with the meet
ing OF congress on July 4. 1776. when
the Declaration Of Independence was
agreed to. The third act will portray
all the leading events OF the nine,
teenth century. and the fourth and last
act will show for the first time the
part Philadelphia took with the United
States and the several state troops In
the close Of the Spanish-American war
Fully 1000 characters and 200 musi
clans have been engaged for this great
performance. and it is safe to say that
between $4,000 and 10000 people vii
witness 1t every night. The entire field
will be used for the production. while
on three stages will be various tableauS
depicting leading events of each period
A number Of grand opera stars and MI
merous societies will participate In a.!
the performances.
Philadelphia will be lavishly decorat
ed for the great celebration. and on thi
city hall. the largest municipal building
In the world. will be the most eXten
sIve Examinations ever attempted OF
any single building. No less than 300.
600 incandescent lights, forming set fig
ures. ETC.. will be used in this one piece
OF decoration. All the leading stores
manufacturing plants and buildings o
the city will be decorated for the week