Evening journal., 1914-08-03
elaborate plans
FOR OLD Home week
Will be Discussed at Council
Committee Meeting To-
morrow Night
TO CONSIDER
MANY SUGGESTIONS

Chairman W. E. Slower, OF the Com
mittee OF City Council for holding an
Old Home Week celebration In this
city. early in October, has called a
special meeting Of the Committee on
Organization, to be held in the City
Council Chamber tomorrow evening.
Several important matters will come
up at the meeting for discussion and
the committee will consider a number
OF suggestions that have been made
relative to the affair
Among these suggestions is one by
II. G. Marston. of No. $40 Harrison
street. that special sticker be pre-
pared to be placed on the back Of all
envelopes or letters that are mailed
out Of the city that day, and also to
ondeavor TO have the postoffice off
cials prepare a special postmark to
advertise that week This plan, Mr..
Marston explained, is used in Balu-
more to advertise the National Star
Spangled Banner Centennial, which
will be held in that city from Septem-
Der 6 to 13. Mr.. Marston has received
a letter from Baltimore with the spe-
cial centennial postmark on It and a
neat sticker on the back, bearing a
picture of an American flag and a
notice of the coming centennial.
Among the other suggestions TO be
considered is one that it would be a
good plan to start the celebration on
Sunday. the same as two years ago,
and bring Il to a close the following
Friday night. Sundays part OF the
celebration would be confined to SER
vices in the city churches, OF course,
and in view Of the fact that some of
! the churches and church organiza-
tions are preparing to participate in
the coming celebration, Il is held that
one day should be set apart for them
Another suggestion made Is that
more attention be paid this year to
the carnival feature.
IL is pointed out that Wilmington
has become well known for It's Hallowe.
en celebrations, which in the past have
brought many visitors here, and It IL
believed that the coming celebration
could be brought TO very successful
close with a parade of mummers. Tn,
suggestion is made that suitable prizei
be offered.
Another suggestion is that an auto
mobile parade be a feature on one da,
and that suitable prizes be offered 70
the best decorated machines. IL is sug
gested by those who advance this sug
gestion that prizes be offered as a
incentive to automobile owners to vi
with one another in decorating the
cars
The turnout Of fraternal and soci
n organizations is sure to be a big fcI
Z ture in itself, judging from the proseI
activity of the lodgemen, and it is G,
pected that very few orders in this cit
will not be represented.
Some attempt will also be made a
the meeting 10 determine what parade
shall feature the different days of tina
week. anu a decision will be reache
> relative to the duration of the eel,
bration. There has ben considerabl
discussion upon the length of the eel,
bration. the directors of the Chambe
" of Commerce favoring a four day celS
{ bration, while others believe IL shoul
} be longer. There is a prevailing sent
, ment, however, that the relebratio
should not be held on a Saturday a
it would interfere with the business {
the merchants on that day