Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-10

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FLOWER PARADE AT , L. VI. <
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Old Sol tried his best Yesterday. and
was nearly successful i'll exposing him
self to view after an absence i'll the
heights above the clouds for several days.
Warmer weather was in evidence sew
eral hundred visited the fair grounds.
and everything from the Agricultural
tent to the Girls from Gay Parec" were
running full blast. Weather reports do
not indicate rain today. and with a big
crowd il. eXI CCtatiOn for this. San BE
nitO day. the most successful day of the
fair, is expected.
The flower parade is scheduled for
o'clock this afternoon. weather permit
tirg. The fair management announced
'aSt night that every vehicle desiring to
n;er the parade must be at the gates
by that time. They will be admitted to
The grounds by an attendant at the gates,
and the line of parade Will be formed in
the grounds.
The line Of march for the parade will
be- Starting al the garrison gate on Eli
zabeth street. thence out Elizabeth to
Fourth St; thence on Fourth to Levec; !;
thence down Lcvcc TO Tenth street thence
on Tenth street to st. Charles street !;
thence out st. Charles street to Fifth :
thence on Fifth to Washington; thence
down Washington to Thirteenth street !:
thence on Thirteenth street to Elizabeth,
and to the place of strating.
Twelve hundred children are due to
come from San BcnitO today. i'll addition
TO the many grown people who will be
here because of San Benito day. The
children will be admitted to the grounds
free. but must be accompanied by their
teachers There will also be an equal
number of children from the Brownsvill"
schools, ana they also are to be admitted
free.
With San Bcnito Day. with nearly
twenty-five hundred school children that
will attend the fair, and with the flower
parade. the event Of the fair. today will
easily be one of the feature days of the
fair The kiddics will be here, there and
everywhere and in all these places will
they be welcomed. The merrygO-rOund is
waiting. ready and cXpectant. the ferris
wheel will nearly take many little brcaths
away, and the bally-hoo artists are going
to bally-hOo their lOudeSt.
SOME OF TIE EXHIBITS.
An interesting exhibit was added 10 the
many in the Agricultural tent yesterday
in the form of a Mexican exhibit The
exhibit was sent to the fair by *. ii. Nc
Davitt of Victoria. McXica. a former res
ident Of Brownsville. Most prominent in
it are articles made from hennequin, in
Guiding hennequin rope and hcnnequin
handbag. There are also bleached hen
nequin. the raw product, and samples of
the hennequin plant. The exhibit also
contains a zapulpa plant, and several
specimens of tangarines and oranges
grown in the Victoria section.
Every day the Peoples Ice & Manufac-
turing Go. have on display At the en-
trance to the Agricultural tent two huge
cakes Of ice into which have been frozen
vegetables and cOlored electric light
globes The globes are lighted by elec-
tricity and the frozen flowers make a
beautiful appearance, both day and night.
This firm also has in the tent its main
exhibit. from the cotton seed oil mill.
which it runs, consisting Of specimens Of
kO-prcS- ko Kake. manufactured by them
for feeding purposes. This industry was
begun bv this firm last summer. and IS
the first of its kind in this section OF
the country The cake is Il bv-Droducet of
the company's cotton oil mill
Charles +. Blalack is in charge Of the
exhibit.
One hundred additional feet Of display