Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-09

Bosses rose carnival opened this
morning with one of the most spectacu-
lar parades ever seen in the city and
one in which thousands of roses were /
presented at their best in decorations
on carriages. automobiles, ponies, by
cycles, doll carriages and tiny carts
which filled the streets for distance
of five blocks shedding their fragrance
among the crowds which lined the
streets on both sides and cheered the
magnificent pageant.
Headed by the marshal of the day,
George w. Ball with an escort Of police
and the Columbia band, the parade
moved forward from Thirteenth and
Main streets at precisely 11:20 o'clock.
Governor Haines in an automobile, fol-
lowed, after which came cannon hoat
from the soldiers home, the wagon
trimmed in bunting and representing
peace flowers being dropped from the
canons mouth along the line of march.
Following this was an automobile con-
tanning Former Governor James Fl.
Hawley and Mayor Hodges with the
city council next in line.
Little Folks in Line.
After the officials of note came
trooping a crowd of little folks headed
by Uncle Sam in the parsonage OF
Robert Tillotson riding in a chariot
driving four Mexicans. over the chariot
were the words, Uncle Sam VS.. Mex
leo" Good Roads and Good Roses,
we want both" was the motto above a
wagon propelled by a little boy, who
had hitched behind drag, making an
appropriate emblem of good roads.
Thirty four children, all wheeling gally
i 1.xt
tri-cycles and velocipedes in line. The
childrens' feature in the big parade
was most charming and one which at
tracted the most attention. Following
the children was a Chinese rick shaw
pulled by husky native of the Orient
and in which were two dainty Chinese
maidens with Oriental decorations and
fans. A sailors float pulled by a bevy
of little boys came next The boys were
dressed in white suits trimmed with
blue making pretty appearance. The
Baptist Sunday school was well repre-
scented and directly behind these chill
dren standing out In prominence be-
cause of it's beautiful decorations, came
the 60-foot fire truck loaded to the
guards with children representing the
Childrens Home.
decorated with roses came next and
following was goat team. Decorated
lambs came next after which came a
cleverly designed rig, entitled, The
Mountain Gem Express Following
were boys on ponies trimmed with
roses, rigs driven by girls after which
came boy and girl horseback riders
all bedecked with flowers. The first
division. closed with a number of
knights on horseback each bearing ban
nerS.
The Queens Float.
The second division was headed by
the High School band and followed
by the queens float which was beauti-
fully decorated IN purple and white.
Miss Sarah Oaks, queen of the festi-
val, occupied the seat of honor in the
center. Grouped about her were her
attendants, trumpeters. pages and
flower girls. The float was the largest
in the parade and was greeted with APP
plause all along the line. The queens
attendants were Miss Marie Davis,
Miss Gladys Evans, Miss Permelia
Hays, Miss Ray Pefley and Miss Lorna
Jones. The little trumpeters dressed
in purple and white were Richard
Hollingshead and Joseph Pence, Jr.
The pages We're Richard Erwin and
John Phillips Skillern and the flower
girls were Paula, Gretchen and Jose
phine Brandt, Katherine Sensenig and
Merle Leitner.
Gaily decorated bicycles followed
the queens float after which came a
string of decorated automobiles, sew
eral containing the children of the
Cradle roll department in the Sunday
schools. The Boise Congress of moth
ers was well represented by two girls
riding horseback and holding a ban
ner. The American Home Educationa
society had a beautiful float and the
Glode Optical company was well and
uniquely represented. A water wager
bountifully decorated and filed with
little boys singing temperance song.
headed the w. G. T. u. floats. The st
Luke's nurses representing a life saw
Z ing boat with six nurses all In cos.
tune handling oars decorated with
flower, attracted much attention ant
\ received generou applause as did alst
the Y. NJ. C. A. yellow fioat.
From comments heard along the
line of march the parade far exceeded
all expectations and tended to show
the progress made in the culture o
roses since the last snow given by tn,