Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-08
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Auto Parade Attracts Throng
to Pennsylvania Avenue.
CARS PRETTILY DECORATED
Flowers and Flags and Emblems
Very Largely in Evidence.
"BATTLESHIP" IN PROCESSION
Feature Provided as Part of Enter
tainment of Visiting Knights
of Columbus
CARS PRETTILY DECORATED
"BATTLESHIP" IN PROCESSION


thronged the streets along the line Of
march the automobile floral parade, or
ganized by the local autoists as part of
the entertainment of the visiting knights
of Columbus. swept down the wide ave
nues of the National Capital last night.
Decorated with flowers. banners, bunting
and electric lights. the cars made beau
tiful sight as they passed in single file
| on review. Not the least part OF the
beauty of the parade was to be found in
the cars-the women and girls who either
drove their own machines or accompanied
as guests.
The streets along which the parade
passed We're brilliantly lighted. Big
searchliehts played upon the white dome
of the Capitol and upon the Municipal
building the lights being loaned for the
occasion by the Navy Department. Six
teenth street Pennsylvania avenue. and
/ eth street We're blaze OF light.
| Several of the bands here for the big
parade today played in front Of the hotels.
| adding to the gayety of the evening. So
! dense was the crowd on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. that it was impossible for pedestrians
| to proceed faster than snail pace
Thousands deserted the pavementS Tor
| the broad street itself.
Formation of the Parade.
The automobile parade began forming
at o'clock around the elipse back Of the
White House. While Joseph NJ Stod-
dard grand marshal of the parade. stood
at the head of the line. his busy aids
directed. persuaded and cajoled the auto
| lists in position, so that all were in readi-
ness to start at 80 o'clock, the time
set for the parade
When finally tht long. multi-colored.
march, Grand Marshal Stoddard, accom-
| panied by Maj Richard Sylvester, super
| intendent of the metropolitan police.
We're in the lead. The second car was
| that of Isaac Cans, chairman Of the auto
parade committee. to whom much OF the
| success of the event is due. Mr.. Cans
| was accompanied by Mrs. Cans.
| Christopher Columbus, not the discov-
| erer of America, but a descendant OF the
| discoverer, was in the car entered by
| Father Ignatius Fealy. Mr.. Columbus IS
| ffty-two years old and Is IN the employ
| of John Nolan in Washington. The car
bems of the knights of Columbus and
many other orders. including the Masons
and the Elks.
More than 100 cars were in line when
the parade left the ellipse and passing
between the Treasury Department and
! the White House went north to II street.
west on II street, and then north on 18th
street to Scott Circle. But scores OF
recruits, some of them with their cars
decorated, joined the parade, new ar
| rivals turning up at almost every corner
until 1t is estimated there were 400 or 500
| cars in line
! The parade passed around Scott Circle.
| back down 18th street, between the State.
War and Navy building and the White
| House. back of the White House to Penn
| sylvania avenue, and down the Avenue to
/ 18th street. 1t had been intended to con-
tinue down the Avenue to the Peace mon
ument at the foot Of the Capitol. but the
denseness Of the crowds on the Avenue
| caused a change in the plan. The parade
| finally wound up at the ellipse. back OF
the White House. from which 1t started
Flowery Shell as Ornament.
One of the most attractively decorated
cars in the parade was entered by the
Cook and Stoddard Company, driven by
H. c. Smith. who was accompanied by
his wife. 1t was a runabout. with q
beautiful fiowery shell arched over the
back Clusters of roses. and other flow
ers completed the decorations.
The Potomac Electric Power Company
had three entries in the parade, all OF
them striking. One was a runabout
decorated with pink and white flowers SO
that il resembled a huge basket. Another
was truck covered with a brilliantly
colored box, decorated with aowers, and
over all a hrilian arc light. which was
alternately aglow and dark.
Another car was decorated SO as to rep
4 resent a battleship and plowed its way
i gracefully down the street. covered with
many flags. c. III. Smallwood was the
! owner and driver of this car.
Miss Hazel May. a member of one OF
I the local stock companies, drove tour
/ ing car. prettily decorated with red roses
and Il mass of other flowers. Another
4 handsomely decorated car was that of W.
i A. Hall Roses red ard white. were a
\ large part OF the decorations. The car
owned and entered by W. w. Adamson
was gay with flags and flowers. The
i Terminal Taxicab Company had a car
/ we'll UP in the front of the parade. COW
cred with scores of red roses and making
I a pretty picture.
i Alexandria Contingent.
| Two large cars filed with Alexandrians
were a feature of the parade. The Alex
endriens had brought the cars from the
| Virginia city particularly for the event
| In each car were five men all dressed In
| black frock coats and high silk hats. NJ
| ] Mcfarland and W. II. P. Kelly were
/ the leaders.
! One car carried in il a miniature OF the
| ancient ship in which Columbus crossed
the ocean blue" and still another had