The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-15
CHILDREN Of
LIVING FLAG
ENTHUSE MANY
Twelve Hundred Little Ones
March and Sing Before
Thousands of Spectators.
MARCHERS ARE CHEERED
ALONG ROUTE OF PARADE
SPECTACLE BRINGS FORTH oVA-
TON WHEN OLD GLORY
WAVES AS IF IN BREEZE.

Amid enthusiasm more demOnstrative.
than that exhibited when the old
veterans marched down Main street on.
/ Wednesday morning. the little children.
Of the living flag formed, marched and
sang with all Salt Lake looking on last
night. 1t was the completion Of that
part Of the flag program which the ter
rifle heat and consequent pr0stratious
| in the ranks Of the children, interfered
with on parade day. 1t was the crown
/ ing glory Of encampment week and a
fitting one.
The little tots, 200 strong, responded
| loyalty to the second call Of their lead-
er and with Main street a solid bank Of
humanity on either side for half a mile,
/ they marched and CONFERENCE.-THE, .
| singing the patriotic songs Of long ago.
When the Pioneer monument, the start
ing place, had been reached on the re-
/ turn, they stopped, and under the mag
netic direction Of Professor William A.
/ Wetzell, went through the pretty move-
ments which made the living flag a
thing of beauty the day the veterans
marched beneath its living folds with
cheers and tears Of patriotism.
The cool evening breezes pervadedI
/ where the bistering heat was Wednes-
l day, and the children. unhampered by
/ the sun, seemed to enjoy their part.
| Each child, a veritable fairy child IN
! graceful draperies Of the cOlOrs red,
| white and blue, carried a tiny flag and
/ those Of the blue field held white stars
above their heads. And they marched
| in perfect formation, their voices ming
| ling with the martial strains Of bands
/ that marched with them.
Thousands Fill Street.
| Twenty thousand persons, imbued
/ with all the patriotism engendered by
| a week Of reveling I'm the glories Of the
/ past, packed the line Of march and
| cheered with mere spirit than any event
! Of the encampment has yet called forth.
/ The veterans, those who had not de-
/ parted, We're to be seen here and there
| in the crowded ranks, approaching to
/ the full extent this second living en-
i bodiment Of Old Glory 1t marked the
! close Of the most glorious period in
/ salt Lakes history and the crowds gave
/ due recognition Of the fact.
! The second appearance of the living
/ flag came as a result Of hundreds Of
| requests from those who were unable to
! witness the spectacle Of the children
] dressed in national cOlOrs on the flag
! stand Wednesday. Many thousands
| were unable to get a full view OF Main
! street on the morning Of the parade
| and waited in tense expectancy the pro-
] posed march of the flag from the stand
/ at Seventh South and Main streets to
/ the monument corner. When the an
| nOuncement was made that owing to
l the intense heat and numerous prostra-
/ tons among the children, the latter
/ half Of the program had been dispensed
/ with, disappointment was everywhere
evidenced. Pressure was at once brought
/ to bear on Professor Wetzell to conclude
/ his program. The latter, upon confer
I ring with the executive committee,
/ promised to repeat the living flag and
/ last nights inspiring spectacle was the
| result.
Children Respond.
The children with the exception OF q
/ few hundred, responded promptly to
/ the call to meet at the assembly hall
at $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
where they were again given their
capes and caps and after a short res
! hearsal, marched TO Main and South
| Temple streets, where the flag was
formed. Street-car traffic was shut off
for an hour while the flag formed and
awaited the starting signal
Headed by Held's band and the lad-
/ ies Of the G.. A. r. band the flag
marched to Fourth South street and
cOUntermarched TO South Temple street.
Professor Wetzell, mounted on the seat.
! of a carriage, directed his little charges
as they marched and when the monu-
ment was reached he put them through
the special movements which produced.
the wonderful effects Of a real flag rips.
ping in the breeze. This was admirably
effected by a singular backward and
forward movement Of the various
stripes in unison. The people. packed
several rows deep, made a great am-
phitheatre Of Main street during thess
exercises.