Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-04

veranda and every girl was dressed
In Colonial style, with powdered hair
kerchiefs over their shoulders and
lowered oVerskirts. In their midst was
the largest flag In the parade. It hav-
ing the 10 stars as the original had.
This float was under the direction OF
H. H. Folsom Miss Maud Paul and
Miss Winifrcd Woodmansee. The girls
In the float were May Listman, Beth
Baxter. Arlene Hillstead, clara Hay
att Florence Folsom. and Roberta
Edmonds.
Signing the Declaration Of Independ-
ence the next float was one Of the
most significant in the parade. six
boys dressed In the costume OF 1915
with wigs knee pants and all complete,
were grouped about table going
through the impressive ceremony Of
signing the Declaration OF Independ-
ence an act which all knew meant In
one event the death OF every man VINO
wrote his name on that fatal paper.
The boys we're Sanford fleson. clyde
Chamberlain. Anton Bergquist, clifford
Ridges, Herbert Nav, and Glen Holt.
LIBERTY BELL FLOAT.
Liberty Boil the next float was not
able FOR its careful attention to detail
and It's faithful depictment of
ono Of the impressive events OF
history when the word came
that the Declaration Of Indepcn-
dence had been signed, in this
case httingly portrayed by the hoHt
aheud, old grandpa rang the famous
Liberty bell and when he grew weary
he ordered his grandson to ring more
the sign OF the portentous event.
The float consisted of a heavy bell In
the center with Lester Hewlett, grand
pa at the rope and about him We're
gathered 10 little girls as follows; Merle
Ice. Thelma Melln, Virginia Holland.
II AIaan H..snl
thy Gillispic. Beatrice Rose, Nerna
Geertsen, Ulya Duncan, Theresa
Sheron Dolly Gleason, Annie May and
Leon Watson. The little grandson who
rams the bell was represented by Earl
Peterson.
Washington Crossing the Delaware
was a float that told its story well. for 1t
consisted OF boat on blocks OF ice. In
which Washington was directing the
oars OF his 10 soldiers. Leroy Birren
represented Washington, and the others
in the float we're Margaret Armstrong,
Alicne Taylor. Lucille Schutler. Mildred
Morris. Margaret Taylor Vivian Beer.
Ruth Evans. Isabel Armstrong. Nir-
gipia whitney and Edith Beatty.
A drum. corps came next and after
this came a float containing the sons OF
veterans representing the Memory 81
81 d" and along side marched more sons
OF veterans pulling a tiny automohl
containing a Juvenile Uncle sam.
GRADUATED UNCLE SANS.
The feature Of the parade was what
followed; seven Uncle Sans starting
at feet and ending at feet B. M
Anderson headed the Uncle Sans ana
be is feet inches high; and after
him came the following: W. ;. Naylor,
c feet 3A AXcl Madsen. feet 3; Jack
McI<endrick feet s. Eugene Mayor,
feet: Paul FolEom. 4 feet g, and Har-
old Bersstrom, 4 feet
Lincoln as a boy sitting at an old
log cabin was represented by Francis
Beer in the next float Following this
was a float representing The First
American" sagebrush landscape an
Indian hut and four aborigines. The Ha-
wai!ans who represented the FIRST Amer-
leans were Joe Budd, Antoni Hoopia'-
nj. Neiley Hoopiiaini and Peter Hoopi-
.aini
CAMPBELLS INDIANS.
Next came a band OF Indians repre-
scented BY so little boys and girls under
the direction OF w. d. Campbell.
After these came Indian war
veterans, a drum corps and the
veterans OF the Spanish war, follow
ed hy float containing cannon
really captured In the Spanish Ameri-
can war.
The parade ended with Josh Davis
and a crowd OF 20 boys ana girls
dressed as laps and Chinese. They an
salutcd at certain words gwen IN
chinese by the versatile Davis The
creased mig IN a cage on cart driven
hv a little chap and pulled hy dom
KEY ended the procession.
The nag was raised under the direc-
ton Of Rabbi Freund by the follow
Ing group OF pretty little children. Lii
liam Frumkin. Rosalind Freund.
Florence Markell, Carolyn Rosenberg.
Maria Diehl Edna Williams, Helen
Midgloy. Kennith King and Cora
White. Forty-eight shots were fired
ana the parade dispersed.