Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-15
FRATERNAL PARADE A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE.
INDUSTRIAL PAGEANT THRILLS STREET CROWDS.
City Business Men Show Beautiful Floats
Drawn by GaiIy CaparisoHed HOrses
in Afternoon Celebration. Th0ns.
and Railroad Workers in the
Parade Line

They were followed by the First Infan-
try Band and directly behind them came
the floats OF the Diamond Ice and Coal
Company. First was load of coal on
a wagon drawn by nine large horses,
and following was an automobile truck
with a cake of ice twelve feet long,
weighing five tons. Frozen in the cen
ter OF the ice was a large American
flag. The truck was decorated with blue
and white bunting and presented beau
tiful sight
The Bayarian Brewing Company had
two floats in the line. one OF which con-
tanned an immense keg of beer with a
figure representing a man holding a
stein. The other contained a replica OF
the bottled beer of the company and an
inscription calling attention to a pro.
posed new name for "Grecn Label Beer
was attached. A replica OF the piano
factory Of the Charles Stciff Piano Com
pany in Baltimore was next and it's size
and arrangement made an impression,
being over 30 feet long and Is feet high.
The journals Fine Float
While all of the floats were appIauded,
that of THE EVENING JOURNAL re-
ceiycd a considerable share of the public
acclaim. While in. the last division,
those who waited were highly pleased
to see THE JOURNALS float. 1t rerre-
sented the front page OF THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL and had been made Of
purple and white crepe paper. The
headlines were represented bv purple
letters and lines -and the date line were
of the same color. Directly in the rear
of the handsome float were fftv boys
dressed in suits made of white cloth that
had been run through the press, the
suits being duplicates of regular copies
OF THE EVENING JOURNAL Eddie"
Abrahams was in command of the news
boys The automobile on which THE
JOURNALS float was staged was fur
nished by the Hansen Automobile Com
pany. 1t was 1915 model, Overland.
Pennsys Great Showing. 80
The largest demonstration made by
any of the city's industrial or mercan-
tile establishments was that of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. There
we're IN line 900 men employed at the
local shops OF the company and each
marcher was dressed in dark clothes and
wore white hat and.glovcs and a badge.
Members of the company's first aid corps
were dressed in white suits with a red
cross ON the arm and carried strctcher.
The fire brigade members were at
tired in red shirts, and in addition TO
carrying fire axes. they pulled the
hand hose cart. II had been planned
to have the old locomotive "Lancas-
ter" which has been on exhibition for
years in Philadelphia, in the parade.
Just as the float with the old engine
was leaving the company's yards here,
. the float overturned, and this prevent
! ed il from being in line. The company
/ had other floats in the parade, show
ling miniatures of passenger and
! freight trains, as well as replica of
the hump coaling and water station
at Todd Cut yards. The honor men Of
: the company rode in automobiles. The
/ formation of the parade as il passed
I the reviewing stand included the Dia-
/ mond Ice Company, two floats; Bavar-
ian Brewing Company, two floats;
Lyman, the grocer. decorated deliv-
! cry wagon: the Delmaryia Baking
/ Company. four wagons showing the
advantages Of the Kink Midas bread
/ Megary and Son Company. two hand
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