The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-05-22
CANON CITY'S ANNUAL
Fz z!yAL GREAT SUCCESS
Great Throng Garn~ss at State Park to
Witness the Children's
Exercises

Tho beauty Of 1t cannot be imagined
Il had to be seen to be realized Flow
ers. flowers. everywhere and on every
one OF one thousand little cherubs and
sprightiy fairies II was pageant out
Of the ordinary. and will be tucked
away in the memory Of every living
soul that saw II as wonderful sight
and one to be brought up at odd dmes
To bring JOY and delight TO common
place moments
The flower parade and the masni1-
cent May festival at the State park
was a success
That is the least that can be said
about IL Il was delightful. 1t was
grand. n vas ipspiring. 1t stirred the
very soul OF everyone that witnessed
r. And 1t this point the inadequacy
Of Engiish sdjectives is fully appar-
snt.
The remarkable blending OF eolors
and the animation presented . spec
tacie that will not WELD itself to COM
mon description. but the brain OF ev-
cry spectator carries an indeiibie i'm
pression that time will not wear away.
II II always customary TO say from
year TO year that one carnival sur
passes In every particular those II
other seasons. But. frankly. IL would
be difficult to say anything else Of
this one that just passed through the
broad. even expanse Of Main strest
and Transformed its ordinarily prosaic
appearance into a poetic masterpiece.
Every division In the parade seemed
better than Its predecessor. although
shs f1rst seemed 70 be perfection NJ
self In all OF It's essential particulars.
Almost every color and hue known
70 the artist was represented and were
harmonired in such a way as TO make
= picture OF much attractivencss and
spirit
The pageant started from the Lin
coin school building on East Main
street where the different divisions
we're marshaIed. The little tots who
we're arranged and garbed under the
supervision Of Mrs. W, T. Little were
in the van and as they walked slowly
into sight down the street they were
greeted with rounds OF applause. and
eIicited many remarks OF admiration.
Little Dorothy Goodloc and Wilbur
Little. dressed In cunning little Jap
anese costumes headed the long par
ade which included 1000 OF the pride
and glory OF this community. Then
came nifty OF the pretticst little girls
OF the kindergarten dressed IN white
and decorated with becoming pink fiow-
ers.
George Lungstad with n mammoth
American flag ushered in the bright
pupils OF the Washington school. The
1rst and second grades were clad n
white ard wore peoples as their deco
ration. Every grade up to and inciud-
ing the fifth were similarity dressed
with pleasing variations such as little
girls pushing doll babies and big boys
pushing small girls.
The sixth and seventh grades were
dressed In white and woro yellow
chrysanthemums. The boys escorted
the giris and II is true that they made
an unusual sight.
Tho jefferson schools Introduced
themselves with standard bearers car
rying large Us to announce who they
we're. The first and second grades
walked up proudly as their poppies
were waited back and forth In the
wind. Tho boys broke tho monotony
of their shoes by pinning poppies 10
their shoe lace.
The third and fourth grades pre-
sented beautiful sight with wistorias
woven into their garments and direct
ing their little heads. Tho NTH and