Evening journal., 1914-10-07
FOR week
OF Great PARADES
Twelve Hundred ShrinerS
and Famous Band to Head
Fraternal Line
DANCE IN THE STREET
FOR MERRY MASKERS

All plans for Wilmington's great
Home Week. beginning on Sunday
next are about made, according TO
reports made by various committees
last night
AZ the meeting of the executive
committee for Home Week last night
a request was received from the
Chamber OF Commerce to change the
route of paraoes next week so as TO
include West Tenth street Nell B.
Sinclair, general secretary Of the
Chamber of Commerce, reported that
business men OF West Tenth street
had criticized the Chamber because
the parade routes did not include
West Tenth street Mr. Sinclair said
that the Chamber of Commerce had
not mapped out the routes.
The committee received the request,
but decided that il Is impossible to
change the route of the parades
School Children's Parade.
The report of the committee IN
charge of the school children's parade
on Tuesday showed that practically the
entire student body of the public
schools will be in the line of march. The
transportation committee was instruct
ed to see that trolley cars are not run
on the streets over which the paarde
will pass during the parade. The music
committee was instructed 10 send "A
band to the different schools 20 conduct
the school TO the point of formation.
A final meeting Of the committee will
be held on Friday night.
Industrial Parade.
The formation of the industrial pa
rade on Wednesday afternoon was also
announced last night when il was re-
ported that two hundred and six We
hicles had been entered. The parade
win be In five sections. }. Writ Willis
is chief marshal
The route of the parade will be-
Form on French street, march TO Front
street, to Market street. to Eleventh
street to Delaware avenue, to Broome
street TO Thirteenth street, 20 Penn
sylvania avenue. TO Van Buren, street,
to Park place. to Jackson street, to
Ninth street, to Shipley street disband-
ing at Ninth and Shipley streets.
Fraternal Parade Plans.
The route for the fraternal parade
- be held next Wednesday evening in
connection with the Old Home Week
celebration was mapped out by the
committee i'm charge at City Council
chambers last evening. The parade
will consist of twelve divisions, head
ed by the Mystic Shriners and their
great band. and IL will form an Fourth
and French streets and proceed over
the following route: To Front street,
to Market, to Eleventh, TO Delaware
avenue, to Adams, to Ninth, to Market
and the parade will disband at Ninth
and Market streets.
The decorations will be continued
along Delaware avenue 10 Adams
street, and on Adams street to Ninth
street. Festoons of electric lights
will be suspended from the electric
light poles similar to those now being
placed on Market street.
The different divisions and the
place of formation of each division
are as follows
First division-Lu Lu Temple.
Mystic Shrine, of Philadelphia. In
this division there will be about 1 200
men in line. The Wilmington Mys-
tic Shriners viii meet the Philadel-
phia Shriners at the Wilson Line pier
and escort them to the place Of for
nation
Second division-Delaware Lodge
and Eden Lodge. Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. viii form on the north
side of Fourth street. right of line
resting on French street.
Third division-Delawar Tribe, Min
qua Tribe and Lenape Tribe, Improved
Order OF Red men. Will form on the
north side of Fourth street, right of line
resting between Walnut and Poplar
streets.
Fourth division-Ancient Order of Hi
benians. VIII form on the west side
Of French street, right OF line resting on
Fourth street
Fifth division-BenevOlen Order OF
Pioneers. Will form on west side OF
French street, right of line resting at
Sixth street
Sixth division Heptasophs aud
Knights OF Malta Win form ON west