The Detroit times., 1912-07-25
AVAIL PARADE BIGGEST
EVENT CARDED TODAY
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put the court as sky-rockets and
er fireworks are set on from a
ht In the center OF the court
To Clear Belle isle Bridge.
The display may be seen best from
lie lsle. The police will not permit
crowds TO stand on the bridge,
d from S:45 TO p. m. the entire
dge Will be cleared and the draw
ung 10 permit the large ferry boats
proceed TO the water court. The
lice consider II wise TO clear the
tire bridge for the time TO be alb
lutely safe against accident due TO
D pressure OF the crowds against
gates.
The police motor boat patrol will
out TO keep order among the
haller craft and to guard against
cidents All boats will be kept at
safe distance from the fireworks.
The other attractions fer the day
e on the water There was a swim
ing tournament in the water court
$3.50 this morning for the cham
onships OF the Detroit river, In
winning and fancy diving. The
noe events began at 1880 o'clock
the water court. There are 10
tents carded and A. II. Mackenzie.
anlev Brae, Ont, the worlds great
t canoeist gives an exhibition.
At l:o5 p. m. the motor boat races
egan at the water court. These will
bntinue until $3.50 y. m. when the
D-mile championship race for $500
up will be held. The fastest boats
the lakes are entered In this
vent.
$3.50 D. m. there was a bait
listing tournament on Belle Isle and
the same hour, another swimming
burnament and water polo game In
be water court.
Bad Management Spells Parade.
Wretched management ruined the
hdustrial parade, Wednesday night,
pooling effects which manufacturers.
|roud OF their products. had spent
thousands OF dollars TO achieve.
A score or more OF manufacturers
lad planned and executed decidedly
Interesting and attractive floats, and
he array would have proven a great
attraction and strong advertisement
had not the arrangements, the respon-
bility for which rested on other
$houlders, gone awry. BY the time
he floats came along the crowd from
bne end OF the route to the other was
Expressing disgust at the wearisone
Relay, thousands were vending their
way home. while those who remained
were too utterly exhausted to be i'm
pressed by the beauty OF the floats.
The psychological moment" was
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tame along, and the psychological mo-
|ment Is what counts In making an Inn
preston with advertising floats on a
crowd OF 100000 or more. Manufacture
|ers who thus had their labors prac-
Really go for naught expressed disap-
|pointment and even disgust at the
Day the arrangements went. Other
cities have passed up" such celebra-
lions because the merchants and man
ufacturers refuse TO be "stung" any
longer by inexperienced managers who
don't know how TO manage, and make
"a farce before the public Of their ex-
,pensive floats.
J The parade was scheduled to begin
at s o'clock The night before the
crowd waited until o'clock before the
historical pageant started, although
IL was cheduled for 3 o'clock. We'd
night the crowd was again on
hand and the majority OF the people
turned out at o'clock to be sure Of
good standing room. They thought
sure the parade would be on time the
second night. but II wasn't. Nine
O'Clock came. The crowd grew impa-
tient. but the Industrial pageant had
been praised so lavishly that they
Waited. At about go o'clock the first
float came into view at the ID. A. {.
grounds There II waited for about
10 minutes for others to form In line.
Finally the parade moved along, halt
ingly, q few blocks at a time, with
great gaps in between the attrac-
tons. A dozen floats passed and the
crowd was just warming up for the
parade when there was halt OF about
a half hour The first section remain.
ed stationary for the other floats TO
catch up, but they never did and final
ly the first section moved on.
II was after 10 o'clock, and women
and children were becoming exhaust
Ell by the long wait. They retired
from the lines that fianked the pave
ment and sat down on lawns or store
steps and where those were not avail
able. on the sidewalks, leading into
stores. Many of them were III and
faint.
, Crowd 10 Disguised.
The crowd finally became so dis
gusted that It broke from the curbing
into the street, filling the thorough
fare from curb TO curb and moving
both ways. some going south. other'
north. but all on their way home
More than half the crowd on Wood
ward.ave.. above Grand Circus park
had dispersed before the last rem
nants of the parade came along. The
upper end Of the avenue for several
blocks south Of the d. A. c. grounds
was nearly deserted by the time the
last half of the parade moved along.
The crowds remained down town be-
cause the people couldn't get street
cars 70 get away. The occupants of
the grandstand In Grand Circus park
sang away the long weary no,