Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
SOCIETIES Of STATES
IN HOLY NAME PARADE
Large Delegations From Maryland
and Virginia Expected at Dem
onstration in October.

takes place here October 10 is attract
ing attention throughout Maryland and
Virginia, whence the marching cohorts
of the order will come to swell those
from this city who will take part in
the parade.
In the city of Baltimore Bishop Cor
rigan, as spiritual director OF the
union. and President Smith of the Bal
timore branch of the. Holy Name So
ciety, are holding weekly meetings
with the officers of the forty parishes
of the city, and they are claiming that
Baltimore will send at least 5000 men
to take part, with something ike
twenty bands and drum corps.
Word also comes from Frederlck,
Cumberland, Hagerstown, Annapolis,
Elkton, Frostburg and other places IN
Maryland that Jorge delegations Will
come, thus insuring the largest Holy
Name parade ever seen under the dl-
rection of the Archdiocesan Union OF
Maryland the District of Columbia and
Virginia.
The various parishes of this city
which have Holy Name societies are
mapping out details for the big show
and each president is reporting back
to the executive committee giving the
number of men expected in line. The
spiritual directors have Informed
President NJ. d. Schaefer of the union
that the enthusiasm is greater than
ever before.
Color Scheme Adopted.
Chairman Adam A. Weschler of the
committee in charge of pennants. etc,
has announced that the distinctive color
scheme has been taken up with enthu-
siasm, and he believes that this will be
the most attractive feature of the
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this scheme is to carry Holy Name
pennant, worked out in the colors of
the church. and up to date nearly ali
have placed their orders with Chair
man Weschler, and the remainder Will
make their selections this week.
The designs SO far placed are as fol-
lows: Immaculate Conception, dark blue
with white letters: ST. Mary's, Alexan-
dria, white with red letters. st. VIM
cent de Paurs. purple with yellow let
tiers: ST. AIMS, Wisconsin avenue.
green with black letters; Holy Rosary,
red and white with green letters; Holy
tiers; Sacred Heart, red with white let
tiers; st. Cyprian's. red with white let
tiers; st. Joseph's, white with dark blue
letters; St. Anthony's, Brookland,
brown with white letters; st. Stephens.
green with white letters; Holy Trinity,
light blue with white letters; st. Dom
mics, white with black letters; st. Mar
tins, red and blue with white letters;
Soldiers Home, red and blue with white
letters, and st. Matthews, purple and
yellow with white letters.
Holy Trinity branch met last night
at it's parish hall, on street. John
Hadley Doyle, president of the WASH
ihgton section. presided. with F. ).
Wissner serving as secretary. The re-
port from the parade committee was
adopted, and the committee was in
structed to order 500 pennants at once,
with the prospect of couple of hun
nil haR
these pennants for the individuals,
three silk banners and four silk Ameri-
can flags, and will be headed by the
United States Soldiers Home Band OF
thirty-fve pieces.
New Members Enrolled.
A score of new members were ad-
Matted, and Treasurer Harry Goodchild
reported that the collections for the
band and incidentals for the parade
were coming in rapidly.
Rev. E. NJ. Corbett, S. j., addressed
the members and spoke Of the neces-
sfty of every Holy Name man becoming
a rigid expounder of the faith OF MS
fathers.
President John Hadley Doyle told
what was going on in the Holy Name
Society, and of the zeal ana interest
shown in all the branches. He spoke
Of the evangelistic work OF the omcers
following the visitations to the various
branches. He told the meeting that the
resolution passed at the annual conven-
ton, petitioning Cardinal Gibbons to
see that every parish in the diocese
was ordered to organize a Holy Name
society, was to be pushed to success,
as Bishop Corrtgan made the statement
at the Baltimore meeting that he in
tended to take up the matter with the
cardinal at once. The speaker referred
to the success of impressing upon all
Holy Name men the real meaning of
the sodality under which they were
working, as laid down by st. Dominic,
who instituted the movement in the
thirteenth century.
Holy Trinity will have special mass
said at s o'clock Sunday, when 1t Is
expected 400 men will attend in body.
Monday night the Holy Name Society
of the Holy Comforter Church will hold
a rally"