The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-03
TEE M
EAGLES CONVENTION
 AT LTIMORE

From the preparations which have already been commenced by more than forty energetic committees of the Fra terna1 Order of Eagles of Baltimore, Md, the big convention of the order which is to be held there the week of August 4th next, will far surpass anything in the convention line the Monumental City has ever known. In | September, 1904, when the last con vention was held there, over 25, 900
 visitors attended, despite the fact that l the city had been devastated by the l great fire of few months previous and that indictment weather prevailed the entire week.
 It is conservatively estimated that more than 5O,OoO Eagles. with their l ladies and friends, will attend this time. Hon. James H. Preston, Mayor | of Baltimore, himself an ardent Eagle, | is chairman of the Reception Com
 mfttee, which assures all royal vel come. The Executive Committee is | composed of the most prominent mer- l chants, business and professional men | of the city, and they are already at work arranging the preliminaries for | the great gathering. Maryland hos pitality and Baltimore welcome will l be surpassed in the elaboration of | the entertainment to be provided. The city will be lavishIy decorated and illuminated and the convention | slogan will be -'The More The Mer- rier.' Among the features will be a grand parade of uniformed aeries, with over a hundred bands in line, a great carnival night to be known as 1 "A Night in EagIe1and,' which will 1 rival the famous Mardf-Gras of New Orleans, with it's gaiety, masquerad- ing, fireworks, mirth and music, big crab and sea food feast at one of the
 riverside parks, a trip down the beau tiful Chesapeake Bay on one of the big municipal steamers, receptions, au- tomobile rides and theatre parties for l the ladies, etc., etc.
 Prizes will be awarded to the amount of several thousands of dollars for the most handsomely uniformed aerie in the parade, the largest aerie, 1 the best drilled aerie, the aerie com ing the longest distance, etc, while in dfviduaI prizes for the largest Eagle, | the smallest Eagle, the oldest Eagle, l the youngest Eagle, the handsomest | Eagle, the homliest Eagle, etc., will also be given. There will be band contests and concerts in the city parks for prizes, as well as prize degree team contests at the Maryland thea tre.
 A novel feature of the parade will be the flight of two live eagles in aeroplanes, heading the big cavalcade, after which they will indulge in some l sensational aerial stunts over the city. | Both aviators are members of a Cali fornia aerie, and will bring their aero planes from the Pacific coast for the flights.
 It is intended that Baltimore shall 1 be t'The City That Care Forgot con vention week, and that everybody shall have the time of their lives in the big merrymaking. Ample and complete arrangements have been
 made for the housing of the throngs
 at the hotels and boarding houses of the city at the usual rates, with abso- 1ute1y no 'gouging'' or excess prices. The railroads and steamer lines will grant round trip rates from all points to Baltimore at a rare-and-a-half for the round trip.
 Baltimore is famous for her hospi- tality and during Eagles week she
 has pledged herself to go the limit, aided and abetted by her loyal sons
 of Aerie 50.