El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-20

Thursday night. Conceived with
laugh, the parade caused a smile to
ripple along all the streets over which
It passed and break into a long, loud
laugh as the funeral Of the knocker,
followed by the Kelly Hope came
along.
1t was a good beginning Of the big
celebration and more than pleased the
great crowd which lined the streets and
filled all Of the available windows In
the skyscrapers along the line OF march.
The lights were turned on for the first
time, and, augmented by the red IRE
sticks carried by the paraderS anu
burned along the line Of march, the
lighting was effective and was a pleas
ing fOretaste of what is coming SdLur-
day night at the real Os-Aple parade
Delayed by street cars, which INSIST
ed upon running in 'front.' through anu
behind the parade, the hurlesquers We're
late in reaching Pioneer plaza. CnleI OF
police Ben +. jenkins, with a squad or
mounted patrolmen, headed the parade
and was assisted in clearing the line
by sheriff P. J. Edwards and his depu-
It was the Real Thing.
The Twenty third infantry band LED
the first division Of the parade Ihen
came the city fathers. president 1aIL
and his ever present military Beau
BrummeI. Mai. Archibald DeGraInn-
reid waiter Butt. u. S. A., and island
possessions were present IN Durlesque
with an insurrectO guard with enough
ammunition to queu the Chinese revolt
An escort of city, county and state
semi-Officials accompanied the dlsJln-
guished president" all occupying
sea faring hack which was rented Tor
the occasion at 81 per hour. A ponce
squad proved its efficiency by pounding
the stuffng out of a straw man the
entire length Of the march and vol
unteer fire department with garden
hose followed to quench thirsts.
The Hoo Hoo Bunch.
The Hoo-Hoos were hoO-hOoing their
lOudest, cats, sharks shrivners and all
of the other products Of this mysterious
onion bed organization The inevitable
black cat with its back arched in battle
formation appeared on a float al the
head of the HOO-HOO line ana Inc
mem bers Of the lumbermen's Organiza-
ton wore long black shrOudS with the
sacred emblem of the Order-the black
cat-dOne in relief on their breasts.
Chief ''SOus-AppeT' was there astride
a wooden horse with his indian aids as
the final effect in the first division
Real Chariot Drivers.
The carnival band lea the second di-
vision and was closely followed BY a
herd Of baby Elks with nursing bottles
in a cage. The famous Go-Easy club
had its own band, which was Just one
degree worse than the Ringing clown
band. A drum major headed the band
and clowns, devils, dOnkeys, a Salome I
dancer and monkey attached to a real /
italian organ and organ grinder, fol-
lowed with a thirsty camel behind.
The chariot division was one of the I
hits Of the bUrlesque parade. The city
scraper teams and the steel Fresno !
scrapers were loaned by a kindly city /
administration and were driven by pa I
triOtic spirited citizens wearing tOgas Z
ribbons around their ROmanesque 1
brows-and signs on their backs denot- I
ing to which Of the old Roman families 4
they belonged. Ben-Her. Ben-Hlm, Ben /
Divorced, Ben-Married, Ben-Arrested, I
Ben-SOused and all Of the other Has
Bens" were in the chariOts and smiled 4
greetings upon the crowds as they ]
passed along the line of march. The /
high school students followed with a I
night shirt parade.
The Funeral of the KnOeker.
COncha's Banda MeXiCana, dressed IN I
blue coats and white trousers, headed !
the final division.
The funeral Of the knOcker, with the l
rattletrap hearse surmounted by an i'm
mense hammer sacred to the memory 4
of the deceased, appeared at the head I
Of this division with d skeleton rl'lng 1
herd on the rmalns or the town
crouch. AS is customary in all tented I
Of great size, the Dig 4
street pageant ended with calliope Ia
beled the "kelly-HOpe.' This played I
feeble and effective strains Of Has
Here Seen, ETC., and the pa
rade was over. Oscar Bowen. Gunther /
Leasing and Doc" f. N. Higgins rode
on this float.
Taft's Double in Parade.
In the carriage in which president
Taft was supposed TO be riding, acting
mayor J. l. Hewitt and state senator
G. B. Hudspeth We're hosts. J. II. Lau-
-ie impersOnated president Taft and
didn't have to make up to do it Char
lie Gaal was Archie Butt. The foot
men were Tom Lea and Bob Holiday. |
The police force" following the pres
dents carriage was composed of p. G.
Christie, captain; officers, James J.
Murphy, j. T. Kane, W. r. Saunders,
Weller, and NJ. PaschaI
Chief Sous APPEL was r. D. Barnum
md his braves were DR.. J. J. Bush,
Dave Sullivan and H w Browder.
The baby Elks were NJ. c. Cheny, I
clyde Holmes Charlie Pollock, W. S.
Morrill, and Jack Tillar.
The Ben Family.
George Harper, as Ben Hur, was the
eader in the chariot race, with nine 9TH
.r Bens bringing up the rear The other
3ens We're: Ben Engaged, G. W. Phil
ipi Ben Divorced, C. E. McNemer; Ben
Him, j. ~ Parker; Ben Punched, J. B.
Sumley; Ben SOused, w. H. Spriggs;
Ben Married, J. H. McSain; Ben Tilted,