Evening journal., 1913-12-01

italian Organizations.
Under the general headings all the
Catholic organizations of laymen of
Wilmington and vicinity marched
Smoking by a parader was prohibited
Eighteen bands furnished music for the
marchers.
More than half Of the men in line car.
ried small American flags. The first
emblem to appear in the procession was
the Stars and Stripes Other emblenls
carried included the Papal flag. the flag
Of Erin, the Constantine emblem. and
banners of Catholic fraternal OF secret
organizations. Most OF the priests walk
ed at the head OF the column of their
parishloners. All along the route houses
of Catholic families and business places
were decorated with the Stars and
Stripes and with the Papal colors.
Thousands of spectators lined the route
OF parade. They included persons of all
denominations, impressed by the impos-
ing turnout. Assembled in the various
divisions were many organizations that
merged with parishes and thus lost their
identity. For instance the Holy Name
Society members coalesced into their
general parish parade formation.
Some Of the Paraders.
The organizations appearing with St.
Peters of New Castle, were Division
No. 3, A. o. H.. and the r. A. b. So
ciety, the Holy Name Society and men
OF that congregation.
St Paul's, the largest parish in the
city, had In line members OF the
I BrOwnsOn Library Association and
the st. AlOysius Society. Most of these
members carried American flags.
They were headed by Father Waldron,
/ who received many boquets st.
Paul's had more than 1900 men in
! line.
Members of st. Joseph's Church,
along the Brandywine; St Johns, of
Hockessin. and st. Patrick's, of Ash
land, marched with the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians.
4 Nine different societies comprised
the Polish organizations. in line Will
Fsevoral bands. The division wa.
HEADED by ST. Hedwig's cadets in uni
form. Then came the Knights of ST
iHedwig uniformed; the Falcen-Turn
'iers. uniformed. St Stanislaw socie
tiles. Nos. 1 and 2; the Mater Admir-
adilis. the ST. Joseph Society, OF st
St Stanislaw Koslla. There were
about one thousand Polish church
men in the line.
In the fourth division the Italian
fsocieties included the Cristofore Co
lombo Society, wearing sailor uni
forms, the San francesca di Paule,
Principe di Napoli, San Antonio, San
Michaele, Santa Maria del Carmine,
Societa Mazzini. Lega Democratica
and the Lega Republicans.
Following the church organizations
followed the apostolic delegate and
Several carriages carrying priests.
Then came the independent societies,
lsuch as the Knights of Columbus. the
Ancient Order of Hibernians. Hibern-
ian Knights and the Benevolent Pio-
fneers. The Hibernian Knights made
an excellent appearance in their uni
forms as did the Knights of St. He'd
wig.
! The A. O. H. turned out in large
numbers, being headed by State
President John +. Healy, County
President Edward McElwee and DAN
iel McKenney as marshals.
The knights of Columbus with
iabout $50 members in line, received
much applause. The marshals foi
the Knights were Charles F. Mcclure
W. j. Horrigan, DR.. Philip Traynor
lJoseph A. Higgins, Frank Griffith and
NV. ]. Taggart. They we're led by
the First Infantry Band.
Many Of the men Of the Cathedral
parish wore silk hats. and made q
splendid appearance. One of the bands
I'm line was the Bethany Band, Of
bethany Baptist Church.
The route traversed by the paraders
was: Delaware avenue TO Tenth, tC
king, to Ninth, 10 French, to Fourth
Ito Market, to Ninth, to West, tc
Fourth and dismiss
All along the line the thousands o
Spectators cheered the paraders. A