The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-10
ROCHESTER A HOST
TO SHR|NER ARMY
Bunch of Jolly Good Fellows
Holding Annual Con-
vention There Now.
tNational News Association)

Rochester, n. Y. July 10.-When
Rochester awoke this morning it found
itself the host of the liveliest and big
gest bunch Of good fellows that has
ever assembled in any city of the
East. The occasion was the Imperial
Council Of the Mystic Shrine which
meets in this city all this week. Shrin-
ers have been arriving by thousandA
since Saturday. Every hotel is filled:
dwellings have been pressed into ser
vice; the railroad yards are filled with
special trains of Pullman coaches; the
city parks are made into camping
grounds for the visitors and every
town within a radius of thirty miles
is filled to OVERLOOKING with the Shrin-
ers.
Never in the East has there been a
convention that will equal this. On
ly the Madri Gras. or the Los Angeles
Flower Carnival can compare with the
scenes of lavish display here this
week
In the first place, the Chamber of
Commerce of Rochester has donated
$4,000 for Examinations. The mem
bers of Damascus Shrine have dupli-
Gated this amount The electrical dis
play for brilliance and uniqueness has
never been equalled in this country.
For four months electrical experts have
been busy with the designs.
Rochester is the birthplace of the
Shrine. and George A. Leder, the Faith
er OF the Order. is on hand TO well
come all Shriners. Damascus Temple
has arranged for a week of entertain
ment that will not leave a moment of
leisure The entire fleet of the ROches-
ter Yacht club is at the disposal Of
the Shriners and their wives: hun
dreds of automobiles are free to the
visitors and every saddle horse in
Rochester and vicinity has been en-
gagged for the big parade.
Tomorrow evening the great page
ant will move. 1t will be most
spectacular in the history of Shrine
dom and will extend over a line of
more than ten miles. Temples from
practically every city in the United
States will participate with distinc-
tive floats and handsomely uniformed
patrols. Over 100 bands are already
in the city for this parade. The floats
represent an outlay of thousands of
dollars and critics say they surpass
thos of the Madri Gras at New Or
leans.
will appear In the parade on 100 coal
black horses: one of the Texas Tenn
pies viii be mounted on calice-colored
trenches and the Memphis, Tenn,
Temple will have herd Of camels to
carry them over the line of march.
Besides these other Western Temples
will ride astride burros; a South Da-
kota Temple will have black bear
for each member; and other localities
will display live stock characteristic
of their country. The entire display
will be enough to stock a half-dozen
big circuses. The animals are to be
presented to the city after the parade.
The line of march for the parade is
a fairyland of color. The fronts of
the business houses on the main
streets of the city are entirely covered
with flags. bunting and electrical de-
vices.
After the parade tomorrow evening
the patrols will be scattered to Bar
thelemay hall where a unique vaude-
willie program will be given. Perform
ers from all parts of the world have
been engaged and only male members
of the order will be allowed within the
doors.
The big feature Of the entire conven-
ton will be the water carnival at Gen
esee Valley park. Rochesters water
carnivals have already attracted the
attention OF the entire country, but
this weeks exhibition will far exceed