Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-13
Coronation of Miss Schneider
at the Park Tonight Is to
! Be Pretty Event.
TAKES PLACE ABOUT $3.50
Yesterdays Attendance Broke Rec
ord. Despite Strong Counter
Attractions of Day.
PROGRAM OF EXPOSITION.


s:3O-Coronation of Miss Gertrude
Schneider as fire queen of exposition.
t0-Hgh dive in fire and water by
the Norins.
to:1s-Second concert by Navassar
band.
TOMORROW-ROCK ISLAND DAY
1870 to - Concert by Navassar
band.
to 3-VaudevilIe.
to 3:45-Horse show events.
3:45 - Motorcycle and automobile
races.
4:30-Concert by Navassar band.
EVENING.
7:30 to 8-Concert by Navassar
band.
to 9-Vaudevi'le.
10: t5-Second concert by Navassar
band
to:30-Closing display of pyrotech-
MICS, including feature piece represent
ing portrait of fire queen, Miss Ger
trude Schneider, in fire.
One of the most interesting events
of the Rock Island exposition will be
the coronation of the fire queen, Miss
Gertrude Schneider, this evening. The
ceremony of coronation will take place
about $50 at the stage in front of the
grand stand. Miss Schneider and her
maids will be driven to the grounds
in an automobile touring car. and W..
be met at the entrance by three hand
some equipages. provided for by f. C.
Roberts of Davenport and A. W. Koon,
two of the chief exhibitors at the ex-
position horse show
There will be procession formed,
headed by tandem, with a driver and
trumpeter in livery; then will come
the royal four-in-hand coach with the
queen and her maids. and following
will be the four-in-hand outfit of L. C.
Roberts, with the members of the ex
position committee which has charge
of the ceremonies. The procession will
drive down the track to the stage in
trout of the grand stand. and there the
ceremonies will take place. and Presi
-.
psny will present to Miss Schneider
the key to the exposition, and her EN-
blem of authority. a beautiful diamond
ring.
Following this ceremony, the queen
and her maids will be escorted to the
royal box to be provided in the grand
stand, and the queen will witness the
vaudeville program. At the conclusion
of the program the queen and hel
retinue will make a tour of the grounds
visiting the various Kline attractions
and amusement devices.
In Fitting Costume.
Miss Schneider's costume will be red
in keeping with her title as fire queen
She will be attended by the Misse!
lsobel Conwell, Ruth Feighor, Bessie
Hathaway and June Fritts. as hel
maids, and her attendants will bt
gowned in white and will wear blacl
picture hats.
Miss Schneider will reign supreme
as queen of the exposition tomorrow
and tomorrow evening the preSeDta
ton of her portrait in fire will be thu
chief feature of the display of fire
works. at 1890, as the closing even
of the weeks program.
Programs rs Usual.
In addition to the coronation event
the usual program will be given thi
evening. The Navassar band will give
a concert from 7:30 to O'Clock, ant
the vaudeville program will take place
between and O'Clock AT 10 oclocl
the Norius will present their startlin;
high dive act. diving in fire and water
followed by the second concert of tn
evening by the Navassar, ladies' band
which will include by request tn
Death of Custer feature of las
evening.
The NOrins tomorrow will presen
their high dive at o'clock sharp. il
order to leave on an evening train 70
New York. where they open a lon!
engagement Monday.
Crowd Breaks Record.
There were about 10000 people a
the park last night, and tonights al
tendance promises to exceed even thi
record Last night. the day being Sc
aside as Davenport day, there was
large representation from Davenport
and hundreds of people came in from
the rural districts to see the expos
ton. The exposition succeeded il
doubling the attendance of the Buffal
Bill show in Davenport, and for ever
one person who went from this city t
Davenport to see the wild west show
there were 10 from Davenport who cam
here to see the exposition. The people Q
Rock Island are standing Loyalty d
the local enterprise, and its DRAWN
power was sufficient to overcome al
of the big counter attractions of tn
day.
Crowd Breaks Record.
In spite of the threatening weathe
conditions, and many very stron