Evening star., 1915-11-28
PERIOD OF DISPLAY
THROUGHOUT UNION
Electrical Prosperity Week to
Open Tomorrow in All Ameri-
can Cities.
WASHINGTON PROGRAM
ELABORATELY PLANNED
Business Men to Combine in Effort
to Make the Demonstration
a Success.

With the twitch of switch "Elec-
trical Prosperity week will be in
augurated tomorrow in a great blaze
not only in Washington but through
out the United States. The entire week
is to be given over to the celebration
and halls of electricity are to be opened
in every city and town wherein the
latest wonders of the science will be
displayed.
Electrical men of the National Cap
ital have left no stone unturned in
their efforts to make the celebration
one big success and to compete with
other cities of the country for the
honors of the best display.
The merchants in other lines of bust
ness, as well as householders. have be-
come infected with the prosperity cele-
bration and have planned exhibitions
befitting the occasion. Stores and show
windows are to be elaborated deco
rated, while each night public build
ings and places of business will blaze
forth with brilliant electric lights
Buildings to Be Illuminated.
The Potomac electric power building
District building. city post Office The
Star building, Munsey building and
the Washington Post building are all
to be Illuminated with flood lights.
while practically all of the government
buildings are TO have equally good dis
plays inside each night throughout the
week.
4 feature of the celebration will be an
automobile parade Tuesday night. We
hicles of every description are to be in
the parade. the one condition being that
they are electrically lighted The parade
is to start at 1875 o'clock from 18th and
L streets northwest with the Naval Gun
Factory band leading. 1t will move on
18th street to II street, west to nth
street, down nth street to the rear of
the White House. to Pennsylvania
avenue to the Peace Monument, where
IT will disband
Three prizes have been offered for par
tcipants in the parade. They are for
the best electrically illuminated vehicle
best advertising display by truck or fleet
of trucks. and most novel display The
judges are to be f. C. Brandenburg
president of the Washington Board of
Trade: ?. T Moran. president of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce and
zone Of the District Commissioners. The
number of ears in the parade is expected
to exceed one hundred.
The first of the year society was
formed by New York business men known
as the Society for Electrical Develop
ment, Incorporated. with offices at 2s
West S9th street. The society and what
II stood for soon became important in
the world Of business and things electrica l.
and II was seen what a vital work the
society might do throughout the country
Plans were formed, and the main work
OF natonalizing the proposition soon took
hold which eliminated in the present
EIectrical Prosperity week
The week not only will marx trend
upward along electrical lines but the
whole business world should benefit from
the celebration, said a member OF tho
local committee Of arrangements Flee
trlcai Prosperity week is bound 10
stimulate business from every angle. Ii
should make US think of the power of
electricity and the unknown benefit il
VIII be 10 our children
II took many months for the New
York officials to man out plans .rd
perfect system that has resulted in
the present success. Cities large and
small, have taken 10 the plan and are
trying 10 outdo one another IN eIab-
crate celebrations. From the vest re-
ports come that cities there are plan
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