The Washington times., 1915-11-30
BRILLIANT PARADE.
Of AUTOMOBILES TO
Be STAGED TONIGHT
Carnival, Part Of Electrical
Week, To Be Most Spectacu-
lar in City's History.

Washington will witness tonight. ns
the stellar feature OF the Electric
Prosperity Week celebration. the most
spectacular automobile carnival ever
held in the National Capital.
Already more than lis machines
have been entered. End the entry list
will not close until s o'clock th's
afternoon.
Promptly at 7:45 o'clock. a platoon
of mounted police will take its place
at the head OF the procession Mt Six
tsenth and U streets northwest. and
tho brilliantly lighted cavalcade will
wend its way southwark TO win
through the business sections.
The route will be down sixteenth
from U street to H. thence westward
TO Seventeenth. to Pennsylvania
avenue. Here a slight change has been
made In the course as originally laid
out. Instead Of passing behind the
White House. the parade will proceed
along Pennsylvania avenue TO Execu-
tive avenue. Just east OF tho White
House. and south on that street to
again swing into Pennsylvania avenue
and go east along that thoroughfare to
Peace Monument, the disbanding point.
elaborate preparations on the part Of
entrants. There will he prize for the
best electrically illuminated car; 'one
for the best advertising display made
by one. or a fleet of automobile trucks.
and a third for the most novelty decor
ated car.
Judges Selected.
As the Judges the executive committee
has selected Commissioner Louis Brown
low. p. T. Moran. president of the Cham
Der of Commerce. and f. C. Branden-
burg. president OF the Board Of Trade.
Many novel schemes Of decoration
have been prepared for the parade. The
Government Printing office. which ha.
several machines entered. will exhibit
truck arranged to portray a printing
office In operation: the Washington
Navy Yard will have car laden with
cars hidden under floral decorations
These arc only few OF the designs
which have been disclosed.
Meanwhile. other committees connect
ed with the celebration arc continuing
their efforts to arouse further interest
In the Frightening up Of the city. and IN
~ ffort are being assisted by the Re
lNt Merchants Association. which !,
;oriucting "dress-up and fix-up'
tr,rr
sr. operation between the two or
Esl iations is centered princtpallS
rlc encouraging early Christmaf
rh5r ping and giving to the mercan'
'" establishments a more gala ap'
.fa ince.
$4,000 Stickers Sold.
eady the merchants association
rp' disposed of more than $4,000
kers" 10 be placed either upor
RS or packages, bearing the slo
shop Early" They have like
a.. placed With the merchant
N sands Of cards for display II
Wr ows calling the attention o
- public to the same object.
electrical dealers have their plac
.fu . calling attention also to the pur
OF their celebration. and the ad
,1' ages to he obtained from makinl
'r stmas purchases before the holida.
lr. begins.
y st night practically every store II
d"a downtown districts had Its displa,
vu lows fully lighted. and many Of tn
lo-Le office buildings were radians un
.,~ a soft difussion Of light obtaine
o.. he new process Of illumination term
iood-lighting. This illumination viii
.a more elaborate this evening, and vii
ns continued throughout the week be
'"'en the hours Of dusk and $50