The Washington times., 1913-07-02
COMIC FLOATS WILL
!. PARADE SEPARATELY
Victor Evans Fourth Of July Ex-
hibition Will Be Given Pre-
vious to Pageant.

Complete reconciliation between Vic
tor Evan and the safe and sane COM
mittee has been, brought about, and Mr..
Evans is going to put on that comic
supplement to the Fourth Of July cele-
bration.
II was asked for a donation to the
fund" Mr.. Evans told The Times today,
"and decided that. instead Of donating
money, would get up a float, on which
would be stationed the. various, charac-
ters that go to make up the comic sec
ton of the newspapers. ~
II believed this idea would appeal to
the small boy and that something that
would appeal to the small boy ought
to be left In the Fourth of July celebra-
ton. The idea grew on me, and, In
stead Of having one float, / decided to
have several. one for each of the lead
ing comic section characters. I will
have eleven floats.
Opposition Surprise.
When / made the offer to the COM
mittee, their opposition was an entire
surprise to me. and coming as 1t did
long after I had notified them, had
already gone too far to withdraw"
The Evans parade will leave the
Grant place, at $50 o'clock and viii be
over by the time the parade Of the
Drama League begins. 30 that every
his intention. Mr.. Evans said. to inter-
fere in any way with the Drama League
rageant.
Except for one float. the Evans pa
rade will be made up Of vaudeville on
wheels, put on by professional actors.
. hn
float which win be the most elaborate
Of all and will be staged by local talent
under the direction of Miss Cora
,Shreve. The costumes for this float are
exceedingly handsome and there will be
that take part in the dreams Of Little
Memo.
The first float in the parade will carry
q clown band, including irish. Dutch,
Jewish. italian. Chinese. Hayseed. etc,
Sousa.
Uncle Sans Animals.
This win be followed by Uncle Sam
and His Performing Animals Tho
donkey. the elephant. and the bull
moose will make up this troupe. and at
q certain stage in the performance
UNCLE Sam loses control Of his animals.
with the result that the donkey pounds
his heels In one side of the elephant.
while the bull moose is spearing the
other side with his antlers.
Mutt and JEFF. in a comic lion hunt.
will follow on the third fioat, while the
fourth float will show the Newly weds
and their only child. Snookums, In
which Snookums raises considerable dis
turbance.
Happy Hooligan, Gloomy Gus, Al
phonso and CASTOR will be shown in a
Police Court scene on the NTH float,
and right after them. on float six. will
come the Katzenjammer Kids.
The Rarebit Fiend in one of his choic-
est dreams will be On the seventh float,
and tine eighth Will be the magnificent
Little Memo float. showing the Fairy
Princess an dher maids Of honor, DR..
Phil, Flip. Impy. and many other friends
of Little Memo.
That mule Maud and Cy will be on
float nine, Foxy Grandpa, and his two
grandsons will be on the tenth float.
and comedy troup OF acrobats will be
on the eleventh float
Route Of Parade.
The parade will start from the Vic
tor Building at Ninth and Grant place.
at $3.50 o'clock. The route is down
Ninth street to Pennsylvania avenue;
east on Pennsylvania avenue to Fiji
teenth street; south on Fifteenth
street to B street: west on B street to
street; north on Seven