New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-31
More than Three Miles Of
Pageant North of
10th St.
BIG PARADE PLANS
FOR TONIGHT
Peary and His Polar Flag, State
and City Officers, To Be
in Line.

Harlem had pageant all TO itself
last night as an incident IN the tercen-
tenary celebration. There were nearly
1000 entries, the parade was three and
half miles long and took two hours
to pass the reviewing stand. at Morn
ingside av. and 125th st, and Louis s.
Weber was the grand marshal.
The van Of the procession was full
of masquerade atmosphere, clowns and
the like frisking gayly along in ad
vance of the more scdate exhibits. All
the business men, churches and other
organizations combined to help the
committee make success of the local
celebration. The Reformed Church of
Harlem made hit with a float on
which were the first church. at First
av. and l25th ST.. in 1884, and the pres
ent edifice, at LenoX av and l23d St,
reproduced exactly. The old bell
pealed at intervals from it's position in
the open between the old and the new
The Harlem Day Nursery had a
ioat which attracted considerable at
tention The St. Paul Cadets and the
LOYAL Order of Moose were there, too.
Then a real Harlem industry, the
Bernheimer g. Schwartz Brewing Com
pany, had a float which represented a
teer garden. and stimulated business
all along the line. One enthusiastic
committee member estimated the
crowd at 100000. At most points spec
tatcrs stood eight or ten deep on both
sioes Of the street.
The pageant got under way prompt
t. at o'clock and covered Third az.
from l25th ST. 10 10th ST., thence TO
Seventh av., to 10th ST., 20 Manhattan
az, north into Morningside av., 10
l25th st.. and back to the starting
point At least $4,000 had been spent
in prizes for the successful entries.
These will be announced to-day.
The Commercial Pageants Committee
announced last night that everything
was I'm readiness for to-night's his
tOrical, commercial, educational and
Industrial pageant. II is expected that
more than 1000 floats and various
vehicles will be In line, and that it
viii take the parade four hours and
half 20 pass given point. Louis
Amin Ames is the grand marshal. and
he intends TO get under way promptly
from Park av. and l25th 81. at I
o'clock. Broadway from 10th st
down will see the pageant. as will
Fifth av. from seth 81. to Bath st.
Near the head of the parade will be
Governor Glynn. Mayor Mitchell and
city officials and invited guests, in
GLIDING Mayor James II. Preston Of
Baltimore. and Pa officials and bust
ness men Of that city.
OF historical floats there will be
thirty, from "Prlmcval Manhattan,
17l4" TO THE Melting Pot" Then
come the equestrian division and the
special feature contributed by the
Hippodromc. From the big playhouse
there will be Marcelne and his dimin-
utivc donkey. four companies Of
zouavcs. the sacred white mules from
the Siam number Of WARS Of the
World a troupe Of women bicycle eX-
perts, and other acts to be selected
later.
The commercial division will be led
by the 18th Regiment Band and the
Hudson River Day Lines float, repre-
senting l07 years Of progress in steam
navigation since Robert Fulton first
ran the Clermout. Ten white horses
will draw a large float bearing the
models of the ClermOnt and the Hen
drick Hudson, both guarded by bevy
Of auburn-trcssed Maids and Sum-
mer Girl model OF 1915. At the sides
of the float VIII be models to a scale Of
series Of Day Line boats from 1850
on.
The American Betting Company will
have three floats showing the progress
Of manufacturing Lord Baltimore and
Miss Chicago viii ride on horseback
in this section, and Hochschild. Kohn
G. Co. will exhibit the largest Amerl-
can flag ever hung from pole.
Rear Admiral Pcary has accepted an
invitation TO ride IA the pageant with
the American flag he took with him to
the North Pole. Another feature will
be the $1,000 electric lights. strung
especially for the celebration. The
New York Edison Company has con-
tributed the current 10 the commits
sion. Il will be turned on at o'clock
and remain on until after midnight