Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26
BIG TIME FOR AUTOS.
All Is in Readiness for Floral
Parade
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Many 0ut-of- Town. Cars Are
Coming.
JUDGES TO BE ENTERTAINED
Chamber Of Commerce Will Show
Them a Good Time
JUDGES TO BE ENTERTAINED


the White House ellipse and Pennsylva-
MA avenue route OF wonder and beau
ty next Thursday afternoon. is one of the
big events by which the advertising COM
mittee Of the Chamber of Commerce
hopes to bring Washington prominently
before the rest of the United States.
There will be homecoming week. and
perhaps an aviation meet here, If the
Chamber Of Commerce plans and hopes
materialize. but there Is no doubt about
the auto floral parade. Its is almost
here. and. barring downpour of rain.
Thursday afternoon will see q triumph
Of skill and beauty in the way of deco
rations and bright ideas.
The advertising committee was organ
lied few months ago with Isaac Cans
as chairman. They have worked silent
ly and hard. and now the public is about
to see the beginning Of some of their
results. They are all business men of
Washington. who believe that the whole
world ought to know that Washington
Is good place to live in. and that it is
q good place to establish a business.
And to let people know this takes more
than picture postcard.
When the auto floral idea struck the
committee as good one Mr. Cans
wrote to the mayors of a great many
cities asking them to let their people
know what Washington was about to do.
Some of the mayors took the matter I'D,
like the good neighbors they are, and
the result Is that there will be great
dea! Of out-of-town cleverness display
ed IN the decorations in the parade.
Mayor 'Mahool of Baltimore sent a mes
sage to every automobile club, dealer
and manufacturer in his city, and ask
ed them to help Lots of them are go
Ing to do 1t. too. and II the expectations
of the transportation companies are real
hn
Baltimoreans on the SIDE lines watching
the cars as they 60 by, wreathed in
flowers. draped with flags. driven by
chauf1eurs In the most extravagant and
sengers who. for the afternoon. are trans
formed into flowers or fairies or what
ever the ingenuity of the entrant can
devise.
in getting his city interested is Philip
Breitmeyer. the millionaire mayor Of
Detroit. He is an enthusiast on auto
mobiles and has made piles of money In
mowers. so the combination auto-fioral
features appealed to him immensely. AS
will be noted by looking at the list of
judges, he will be one Of those to pass
decision on the winners.
Some Of the Committees.
The entire committee is made up of
these real live people: Isaac Cans
chairman, Henry l. West, vice chair
man; H. B. F. Macfarland. Maj. w. v.
Judson. William F. GUIDE. j. H. Small,
Joseph Strasburger. e. C. Graham. D. J.
Callahan. Cuno H. Rudolph. Scott C..
Bone. A. D. Marks. Arthur Newmeyer,
t. Whit Heron. g. w. Meeks. James r.
Oyster. J. K. HeyL william D. West.
r. B. Caverly, 7. B. Spence, Fred w.
Miller, William E. Shannon, Allen D. AL
bert. F. s. Hight. A. E. Randle. Harry
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Knox. H c. c. stiles. A. c. Moses,
George H. Gall, Charles e: Miller. e. 8.
Brashears, Thomas Grant. Maj. Richard
Sylvester, W. T. Gallihsr. T. c. Dulin,
w. 8. Corby. A. L. Sinclair, Julian Bry-
lawski.
The following list shows the men who
helped W. T. Galliher collect the money
for the parade:
Van Wickle. Adam weschler. D. J. Kauf-
man, H. c. Bergheimer. 8. Kann. r. P.
May. T. c. Dulin. Washington Topham.
Otto Luebkert. Phil King. A: D. Prince.
BROMLEY. r. B. Caverly. Bernard Bird
get. A Brylawsh. George w. Spier. F.
L. Siddons. Meyer Cohen, w. 6. Carter.
J. NJ Hoge. H. B. Leary and W. 8.
Corby.
Commissioner Harry L. West has
worked hard as chairman Of the commit
tee which obtained the long list Of prizes.
Lester y. Moore. who had charge OF the
ccCOHU prizes, DTOUSHt IN a SpleuOIQ ee-
lection of awards, which every owner Of
car would like to have William T.
Galliher personally secured the $4,000
which was subscribed to the event
Thomas Grant, the secretary of the
Chamber Of Commerce. has rolled up his
sleeves little farther than usual and
dived bodily in the mass of details and
correspondence that the coming parade
has added to his already strenuous days.
William F. GUIDE and Capt. James F.
Oyster have been at every meeting of the
committee and have added to the success
to-be. Commissioner Mcfarland has
taken an interest in the parade also. To
him Is due the credit for the idea of hav-
ing the hag-draped cars In the parade He
will be one Of the judges.
Assemble at 8 Pm.
The cars will assemble on the ellipse at
8 pm. Thursday. The entire roadway
will be marked off in twenty-hve-foot In
teyvals. one space to a car. There will
be numbered pegs at the side Of the road
way. corresponding with numbers on the
various cars. This arrangement will per-