The Washington times., 1913-07-03
NO F|RWORKS ON
/. FOURTH OF JULY
Lack of Funds \ It's Usual
Pyrotechn -.llay on
White House EIIipse.
Usual
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of the ends of his small fingers with
giant crackers, toy cannons, or pistols
Now the same small boy-and, more
over, his big brother, big sister. mother,
father. uncles, aunts, and other grown
up relations-will not have a chance to
see any pyrotechnics. Nay. not a fire.
work.
The civic celebration committee pre-
ferred to stage its formal exercises and
pageantry rather than split the funds
and put on an inferior fireworks dis
, play. The organizers, however, are
busily assuring inquirers today mat
there viii be something doing all day
long-and that little Willie and his
family never will miss the fireworks.
The official civic celebration opens at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning with exer-
cises in Continental Memorial Hall. At
the same hour, municipal track and
field meets are scheduled for the Monu-
ment grounds and the Howard Uni
! versity campus.
At 2:so a parade whit floats will pro-
ceed through the Avenue TO the Monu-
ment; then through Seventeenth street,
New York avenue to II street, to start
Ing place.
Program for Big Pageant.
The big pageant procession at 4:3O
o'clock and the Dance of the Wood
6prites." by pupils of the public schools.
viii be the next events on the program.
The procession will form at Seventh
street, between B street northwest and
B street southwest, and will proceed to
the Washington Monument.
The Dance of the Wood Sprites" will
be under the direction of Miss Ruth NJ.
Doing at the Agricultural grounds, near
Z T.,.r d aCf
Any school children who have not yet
registered for the pageant may enter
tomorrow afternoon by being on hand at
s:O at the starting point
The procession will move at 8 o'clock
TO the Washington Monument lot, where
"Uncle Sans 137th Birthday Party" a
pentomime spectacle, will be given by
q group of school children: Uncle Sam.
assisted by Columbia, will hold a re-
ception for his children on his birthday.
The children are the States in groups.
There will be the thirteen original COL
onies. the figure of Freedom, group Of
Dixie girls in hoop skirts and rosebud
! bonnets, carrying the gifts of the South
land. Then will come the other States
In sections. bearing to Uncle Sam the
rich products Of those places.
Cast of Characters.
The cast is as follows:
Uncle Sam-George T Odell.
Coiumbia-Mrs. Dudley Hawley.
Idberty-Lota Linthicum.
Herald-Graham Yelsey.
Miss Amy Clement Leavitt, Mrs. Jo-
sephine Arnold Rich. Miss Nellie s.
! Spencer. Miss Mary Connolly. Miss
Charlotte Willenbucker, Mrs. B. II.
Ransom. Miss Caroline Fiske. Miss
Lucy Burns, Miss Esteile DAP Thor
warth. Miss Lashmit Miss Etelka
Kearney Miss F. M Fernald
Southern States-Miss Dorothy Jelli-
man. Miss Lillian Nichol Miss Pauline
Smith. Miss Marie Lucas. Miss Eliza
Miss Brynne Neal.
Gifts of the Southern Satisfaction:
Misses Mary Shaw, Florence Colds
Soss: aaasasss sns Mdres pslefs TSomss
bacco: Allen Dawson. William Smith.
Sugar Cane: Misses Pierson, Ada
Louise Townsend. Esther Gresham,
The Alligator: J. Lewis Moneyway:
and the Ostrich: Mrs R. s. Taylor.
Maine-Carrie s. oppenheim; the Lob
ster, r. B. Morgan:
ate, F.: E. Barbour.
Middle Western states-Messrs. NJ. ].
Haipine. Carl Drummer. Ernest Griffith,
Mizzell, Lawson and Leitch.
Gifts Of Middle West.
Gifts of the middle Western States
Corn. Misses Alwilda Lowell Evelyn
Shedd, Lulu Adams, Flora Pierce, and
Madeline Collins.
Wheat. Misses Mary Decker. Margot
Grass. Margaret Smith, Marian May.
Esther Galbraith. Eliza Moncure, and
Evelyn Croggon.
Northern States-Mlss Gladys Knorr
Miss Helen Mcleod. Miss Eleanor Gan
nett. Miss Katherine KaIbfus, Mss
Olive TAYLOR. Miss Emma Clark.
Gifts of the Northern States-Lumber,
Mr. Macmurchy; fish. Mr.. Harry
Hodges; gold. NJ. Isabelle Lucey; cop
per. Mary Newcombe; silver. Mary
Western States-Miss Esther McLeary,
Miss Grace Rose. Miss Evelyn Nor
cross. Miss Louise Wallis Puffer. Miss
Elisabeth Lauman' Miss Johanna
Gifts of the Western States-Fruit.
Miss Sylvia Metcalf. Mona Jelliman,
Emily Bradley: flowers. Misses Blanche
sperry. Katherine Drane, Edith War
ren. Steer. Willie Fraser
Hawaii-R. Bassett Blackley.
Philippines-Ruby Raymond.
Races At Benning.
Motorcycle and automobile races will
be held at 2 o'clock at Benning. and the
Capital Yacht Club will hold its annual
regatta.
and Rhode Island Avenue Citizens As
sociations will Join in an observance
of the holiday. starting at O'Clock.
while the Petworth Citizens Association
has arranged an all-day program.
In the triple celebration Of the citi-
zens associations. the speakers will be
Congressman Samuel Rayburn of
Texas, Bristow Adams. Marvin NJ. Nc
Lean the Rev. Father Zumbush.
Charles F. TansiII, the Rev. J. Paul
Wright A flag drill under the lead
ership of Mrs. F. T. Howe band con-
certs. choir singing, athletic contests
will complete the program.
Will Mark Historic Sites.
The committee on historic sites will
mark tomorrow afternoon the site of the
first public telegraph office at the old
postoffice building on Seventh street, be-
tween z and F streets, and the site of
the Blodset Hotel, where Congress con-
vened after the burning of the Capitol
IN ls14
Thomas w. Smith, of Columbia and
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