Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-11
PERTH. AMB0Y
WILL OBSERVE
COLUMBUS DAY
Schools, Public Buildings,
Banks and Some Business
Places to Close.
ITALIANS TO CELEBRATE
Band Concert in City Hall
Park and Addresses Dur
ing the horning.
PARADE IN AFTERNOON
Ball In the Evening--k. of C.
to Celebrate In New
Quarters.
PARADE IN AFTERNOON

Tomorrow will see another cele-
bration of Columbus Day, celebra-
tion that bids fair to rival in bril-
liancy and size the fete of last year,
its only predecessor. Principal
figures tomorrow will be the Italians,
who have made preparations to COM
memorate the anniversary of Ameri-
cas- discovery by the Italian naviga-
tor and explorer, Christopher
Columbus, of Colombo, as he is
known in the tongue of Italy, with a
monster parade, speechmaking, and
ball in the evening.
Schools, banks and several of the
smaller factories will be closed all
Barber shops will remain open until
l O'Clock, but many stores will be
open all day. In general, the city
will have the appearance of holi-
day, with flags streaming from win
dows and floating from mast heads.
Not only among the Italians will
the fete be INDUCED in. San Saliva
dor Council No. 299, Knights of
Columbus, plan to open formally
their new rooms III the Boynto1
building with reception and "open
house" The st. Anthony Baseball
Club and an aggregation from New
York will contest at Amusement
Park for a silver cup. Several par
ties and entertainments have been
arranged.
Concert by Band.
Festivities will begin in the morn
ing about 10 O'Clock, with concert
at city hall park by Vola's Italian
band. The band has been at Asbury
Park during the entire summer and
Is one of the best Italian bands In
the country. The public concert will
last two hours, from 10 o'clock until
noon Professor Vola has arranged
a special program for the occasion,
consisting of operate and popular
selections. 1t follows:
.5s, First Part.
March, Coronation from The
Prophet, Mayerber
Overture, "Orphie aux Enters, -
Offemback.
Pot-pourri, Kerry Mills 1910,
Schuls.
Echoes from Metropolitan Opera
House, Tobani.
Selection, "Trovatore," Verdi.
Second Part.
National March, Daughter OF
America" Lampe.
Overture, William TELL" Rossini,
Selection, "The Master" Hars.
Pot-pourri, Aida" Verdi
America, National Airs, Moses.
Between the two parts of the pro-
gram, Mayor Bollschweiler and other
speakers will make addresses. They
will tell of Columbus Day, the origin
and reason for the celebration. Who
the other speakers will be has not
yet been announced
Line OF March.
At 2:30 o'clock the band, the
Italians and their invited guests, sew
eral societies, will assemble at
Washington hall prior to the parade.
The line OF march will be from Wash
ington hall to Madison avenue, to
Market street, to city hall park, to
High street, to Smith, to State, to
the Lehigh Valley railroad bridge;
counter-march to Washington street,
to Amboy avenue. to New Brunswick
avenue, to Prospect street, to Smith,
to Maple, to Washington hall.
A battalion of police will lead the
parade. Thomas F. Burke, on horse
back, will act as grand marshal. Fol
lowing the parade the gathering will
disband, to convene again at O'Clock
In Washington hall for the second
annual ball of the societies.
TX. of G. to Celebrate.
Preparations and plans have been
completed by San Salvador Council
No. 299, Knights of Columbus, to
formally open tomorrow night their
appointed lodge rooms in
the Boynton building in Smith street.
A fine program has been arranged,
There will be several vaudeville
turns" a speaker to address the
on Columbus Day; re-
and dancing. The mem
bers and their friends will attend.
On the committee of arrangements
are Richard F. White, chairman; ].
K. Sheehy, John Quinn, Henry Hugh
es, John Kelly, Charles Warner,
Campbell, Thomas Toolin
and William Nolan.
Exercises I'm Schools.
Appropriate exercises were held
today in all Of the public schools. In
the high school the exercises were
held this morning, consisting of a
recitation by Russell Woglom, an
essay by Miss Helen Blight, an ad-
1ress by e. H. Kleinhans, and song
1y the school.
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