The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-15
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Dazzle CITY

t'hitis h'uhthuhy hlhnN fhN y
parade such AZ never was seen IN
this city before-a parade such ~
Seattle never before dreamed Of.
Tho pride and flower OF Shrine
dom, representing temples from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific. and clad IN
the brilliant huoa OF their order
marched In a line that filed on and
on fof two hours. until the eye was
too dazzled TO longer look
Crowds were banked tightly alonf
all four business strceta Thou
sands aud thousands saw the inBpir
ing spectacle and mnryelcd ut ia
perfection
Reviewed by Governor
The parade began on the dot OF q
swinging past the reviewing stand
at Fourth ave. and Lcnora 1t, where
we're stationed Imperial potentate
Smith and Gov. Lister
First IN line was Nile temple ar
tlllery. with Syrian bands following
and then kaaba. OF Davenport
Came then Medina. with her weird
Arabian horns and drums. and hei
marchers all twinkiing with tiny
electric lights
Rapidly then. in perfect unison
their feet clicking the pavement ~
on. man. passed IN order OF success
sion lslam'a band. Mohlem OF DE
troi,. and La La. PRESIDED by 80
men on prancing horses PASSING
the reviewing stand. the La ~
ranka. by n quick maneuyer. form
cd street.wide American flag
Imposing Spectacle
After them came chariot. alighl
with electric bulbs. on which Lu
LUIS name was emblazoned.
Marching squads OF La Lu mem
beers In white. each carrying a red
white and blue umbrella. formed
the rear guard OF La Lu'H imposing
spectacle.
Wear Lights on Ankles
Murat patrol and band. Tripolis
Illuminated band. with her officers
ahead In evening dress. was follow
cd by osman temple. with the an
kles OF her men twinkling with
electric lights and her name EN-
blaxoned across their chests IN
electric letters.
A hohby.horNe company follow
cd and created big laugh with ~
antics
II vas one company OF binding
color after Rnother-Zuhrah, III
kahir, Moolah. Acca. AbduilAh. lists,
iHmaiiiaA with a float bearing the
slogan. Buffalo. 1916: MollA tenn.
pie. ST Joseph. with three lumber.
ing camels In the vanguard. III Je.
bel temple. Denver. in white fiRn.
mel. Ararat. from Kansas City.
with Oriental dancers on float.
from which toy balloons were
launched. 10 tho frantic Joy OF the
youngsters. Al kader temple OF
Portland. Al Mslaikah OF Los An.
gcies. which will be remembered by
Tipperary." played on It's orehes.
trail bells. and then
Kept Going for Hours
There we're drills and maneuvers
and performances of 80 many sorts
II would require a day TO adequate.
~ describe them.
They kept coming and coming.
long after you we're certain all the
Shrincrs in Christendom had
marched before you.
Tangicr temple. Omaha: Kerbela
temple. OF Knoxville. Tenn. herald.
ing their capture OF a charter By
Haunting banner. Yaarab temple
Atlanta. With splendid drill work
FL katif. Spokane. India. oklaho-
ma City. kora. Lewiston. Me /:
Ben Hur, Austin. Tex: Aladdin, Co.
lumbus. o.. Tehla. Rockford, M:
Alec. Savannah. Ga. Calam. Lewis.
ton. Idaho. with a ten.foot noun.
tain on a h,otor truck. emitting fire
and sparks from It's volcanoes
mouth; Beni.kedem. Charleston
w. Va; Aloha. Honolulu. with
their buffalo mascot. ri Nina. Cal.
weston, Tex. with it's band blaring
Dixie and calling forth rebel wells
from the spectators. and carving a
huge Texas flag.
marehers Wear Kills
Victoria's Gizeh temple. with It's
pipers and stalwart men in kits.
was followed by Al Azhat. OF Cal.
gary. Abou Ben Adhem. Spring.
field. Mo. with it's drum corps: Aad
temple. Duluth. Fl MAZDA. III Paso.
Tex: Abu Bekr. Sioux City. In. /:
Mira. Pittsburg. Kan: INDIAN tenn.
pie. of Wichita. Kan. Bagdad.
Butte. Alcazar. Montgomery, Ala. I:
Moslah, Fort Worth. Tex. and FL
Zagal temple. Fargo. n. ID.
Long after the parade had dis
banded. squads OF half a dozen
band members wandered thru the
crowded streets, playing snatches
of whatever piece caught the fancy
of the crowds and themselves.
Automobiles by the thousands
congested the streets until after
midnight.
Street cars. for the most part
blockaded. crawled along back
streets and In some miraculous
manner got the sight.seers home in
the Silly hours.
Nobody knows when the Shrln.
ers got to bed. The popular I'm.
preston is that they didn't 20 to
bed at all.