The Washington herald., 1909-07-06
AUTOS FORM PARADE
Gay and Festive Spectacle a
Feature of Fourth.
THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS
Streets Lined with Men, Women,
and Children, Who Come from All
Parts of City to View Pageant.
Scout Cars Take Part IN the
March-COntestants Applauded.

For an hour late yesterday afternoon
the streets were practically blocked by
the floral automobile parade. Thousands
Of persons were lined along the curb
stones. IN doorways. IN windows. and out
on the pavements. 70 see the gayly deco
rated cars file by, representing all the In
genuity OF Washington motor car owners
In the way Of floral and patriotic adorn-
ment
The parade formed at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue az $50 o'clock.
The cars in line represented all degrees
OF care in the decoration There was the
car content with display Of American
flags. AT the other extreme there was
the machine completely hidden by how-
ers. with a bower OF blossom-studded
vegetation reaching above the heads OF
the occupants Women were much IN
evidence in the seats. clad usually in
white. with picture hats to add 20 the
general festive effect
The Line OF Parade.
Passing west a hundred feet on the
/ Avenue. the cars turned back down Penn
sylvania avenue toward the Peace Monu-
ment. They then proceeded east on the
south side Of Pennsylvania avenue 20
First street. south on First street 20
Garfield monument, east through the
Capitol grounds 10 Capitol plaza, north
on the plaza 10 north end Of CapI-
tol. south through Capitol grounds di-
rect 20 Pennsylvania avenue, west
on Pennsylvania avenue 10 Executive
avenue south 10 Ellipse. west side
Of EIlipse 10 Seventeenth street entrance
TO Riverside drive. along Riverside drive
to the band stand.
As the parade returned up the Avenue
thousands waited for IL along Executive
avenue and along the speedway. where
exceptional advantages were offered for
good view Of the pageant.
Differing radically from the ornate ap-
pearance Of the other machines. two
scout cars bound for Atlanta, Ga, from
New York 20 find the third probable
route between the two points occupied
places in the parade.
They were the New York Herald's White
steamer and the Atlanta Journals Olds-
mobile. with crews OF travel-stained men
IN automobile toys. The two machines ar
rived in Washington Sunday night, at
/ 7-45 o'clock, having started from the
| Hotel Walton in New York at $50
O'Clock Sunday morning
In the SeOut Cars.
! In the New York Herald's steamer were
Hamilton Peltz. OF the Herald: Nathan
Lazarnick. official photographer, and
Bob" Lambert at the wheel. Mai. John
s Cohen. OF the Atlanta Journal: ". r.
Gray. and DR.. ". G. Lee. driving. were
IN the Journals Oldsmobile.
The parade was preceded by a detach-
ment Of police. Following came the band
wagon. electric machines, scout cars. de-
tachments OF gasoline machines, band
wagon. more gasoline machines, CONNER
ciaI machipes and motor cycles.
One OF the machines which called forth
the greatest applause was drawn. ap-
parently, by doves A number OF the
birds were placed IN an attitude OF flight
in front OF IT, as II il were by their ef-
forts II was drawn along. The car was
decorated with flowers.
Another car had sails fitted on il Ike
those Of a sloop. The driver was clad In
sailor costume. The machine was greeted
with continued volleys of hand-clapping
as IT sailed down the Avenue.
A third automobile was arranged in
the form OF a float. with a large super
81 ANNLAE hEahN4 III hllLcs VIII green
garlands- The occupants were six men
and women. all clad IN white
Queen of Fairies
Like the queen OF fairies in her sylvan
dell. the woman mistress Of another car
moved along In the line. Behind her
hollow shell Of green and flowers pro-
jected upward from the body Of the ma
chine. which was itself profusely adorned
Two cars were made 10 represent ships
OF war, with turrets and guns sticking
out Of the portfolios. Chimneys rose rak-
ishly out Of the superstructure. Ameri-
can flags foated from the masts
II was evident that as well as the
beautifully decorated cars were received
by the crowds that lined the route OF
the parade, the machines that took the
best were those IN which the American
flag. or the red. white. and blue bunting,
predominated. As the spectators saw it
there wss nothing that grew in the fields
out under the sun or in the hothouses
under the glass roofs that could come
up TO "Old Glory for decorative pur-
poses.