The Washington herald., 1913-06-19
fourth PROGRAM
GIVEN Impetus
Mass Meeting to Devise Ways
to Finance Plans Is Big
Success.
MANY TO PARTICIPATE
Problem Of Costuming the Children in
Pageant Is the Big CUES
tion Now.

The movement to raise funds to carry
out the plans of the joint committee on
the celebration of Independence Day re-
ceived a big impetus at a mass meeting
on finance at the Chamber of Commerce
last night. A spirit Of determination to
carry out the big programme that has
been outlined was manifest not only in
those who attended the meeting, but in
the communications which were read
from prominent citizens who were unable
to attend.
John Joy Edison crystalized the thought
of the meeting in q letter to Chairman
Cuno H. Rudolph: 81 stand to do any,
thing / can to help perfect the arrange
ments. / have already contributed, but
will gladly add to II If necessary" Mrs.
Gienna Smith Tinnin, in charge of the
pageant. and Miss Ethel M. Smith, Of
the pageant committee. gave a wonder
fully interesting description of the pro-
cess of the pageant, folk plays, dances,
chorus. and attendant features for the
afternoon. Following Mrs. Tinnin's talk
various citizens present rose and gave
assurances Of putting forth their hearth
est efforts toward the success OF the
Independence Day programme.
The pageant and other features for the
afternoon will command the activities
of more than 1900 children, and to cos
tune this vast army of juveniles is one
of the problems that is now confronting
the pageant committee. 1t Is being met
with expedition, however. Arrangements
are now afoot to give hundreds OF the
orphan children of the city a place in
the programme, as well as to AFFORD an
opportunity for those fatherless and
motherless ones not so engaged to wit
ness the unique spectacles.
e. c. Graham. chairman of the finance
committee, made an appeal to all the
committeeman to make personal calls in
the interest of the Fourth of July fund,
and the joint committee is TO be organ
lied into squads and this plan carried
out.
Elaborate Programme Planned.
Chairman Rudolph declared that in no
previous year has there been a more
elaborate programme planned for the
celebration of Independence Day, but IL
is a lamentable fact that the subscrip-
tons to date have not kept pace with
the character of the entertainment which
will be afforded all the citizens Of WASH
ington.
George W. White, treasurer of the
committee, reported that S,0S035 has
been subscribed to date.
Among those present at the meeting
last night or who sent letters were the
following: Cuno H Rudolph, chairman;
George W. White. Waldo c. Hibbs, K. c.
Graham, D. S. Porter, Charles ]. Bell.
Charles ]. Columbus. William T. Galliher.
r. p. Andrews, Isaac Cans, William ].
Eynon. Thomas Grant, George II. Har-
ries, Otto Luebkert, ]. Fred Kelley, Z. II.
Droop, James F. Oyster, Henry B. F.
Mcfarland. W. c. Johnson, Joseph
Beckett. ". B. Hudson. George o. Totten.
George Pitt, Edgar Embry, Louis Wilson,
John c. Poole. Rev. Samuel II. Woodrow.
William II. Saunders, B. F. Saul, Claude
E. Miller. W. II. Moses, d. J. Callahan.
John c. Wineman, Rev. W. d. Wedder-
spoon. Hugh T. Harvey, Fred J.
Mersheimer, Glenn Brown, E. S. Martin,
Daniel E. Garges, Rev. G. c. F. Brate-
nahl. Clarence p. King, ]. T. Moffett.
c. S. Kimball. Rev. Wallace Radcliffe,
Rev. DR.. William T. Russell, S. W. Wood
ward, John Joy Edison, Roe Fulkerson,
W. F. GUIDE, Washington Topham. ]. L.
Leverton. Rev. Frank Sewall, Rev. DR..
Abram Simon, William D. West. George
Judd. H. C. C. Stiles. Rev. Roland Cotton
Smith, G. A. Lyon, jr., Arthur Marks,
Rev. A. W. Spooner. Rev. Hugh T. Ste
venson. F. E. Ferguson, Harry King.
]. Philip Hermann, Rev. James H. Tay-
Tor, Chris Gockeler. Charles Grain,
Samuel Hart, Isaac Cans, Otto De Moll,
Rev. Wilbur P. Thirkield. Rev. John Van
Schaick. jr., Z. o. Whitford. and S. ].
Prescott.