Evening star., 1915-12-01
THOUSANDS VIEW
STREET DISPLAY
Exhibit Is Striking Feature of
the Electrical Prosperity
Week Program.
AUTOMOBILES IN PARADE
ELABORATELY ADORNED
Prizes Awarded to Holmes & Son,
Naval Gun Factory, Bureau of
Engraving and Printing.

with thousands of spectators and the
side streets parked to capacity with
automobiles of every description, $50
| gasoline and electric vehicles partici-
pated in an automobile pageant last
night 1t was the principal feature of
| Electrical Prosperity week. which is
| to close Saturday night. The interest
displayed by the federal government In
the parade proved gratifying to the
| committee in charge of the event, for
| with the large fleet of government
owned trucks the parade was an as
sured success from the very start.
| The first prize for the best adver-
tising display in the parade was award
| ed to Holmes & Sons bakery, which
1 had ten trucks in line. The naval gun
factory at the Washington navy yard
and the bureau Of engraving ana ana
| most novel display and the best lighted
| exhibit.
| The judges of the event were Com
missioner Louis Brownlow; y. G. Bran
denburg, president of the Washington
Board of Trade, and =. T. Moran, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce. The
prizes were a mahogany piano lamp,
| standing more than six feet high.
valued at S1o0, which was donated by
the Potomac Electric Power Company;
an electric lamp of glazed porcelain
| with hammered silver flligree. donated
| by the o. r. Evans & Bros. Company.
and silver electric percolator given
| by the firm of Dulin & Martin.
| Parade Starts at 7.45 O'Clock.
| The parade started promptly at 1:45
o'clock from 10Th and Z streets north
| west where had gathered early In the
| evening a large crowd of spectators,
| who inspected the various floats and
| decorated machines before the signal
| to proceed down the line of march.
| Headed by platoon of mounted police.
| the first section of the pageant moved
| slowly down 10Th street. The main
body moved down as far south as scott
| Circle, where it halted for brief
period, while the second section as
| mbled on New Hampshire avenue
| south of L street After the two sec
tions had been joined, the parade pro-
ceeded south on 10th street to H street,
turning to the left on H street, and
| thence to the right on Madison place,
| south through Executive avenue, be-
tween the White House and Treasury
| Department, turning east into Penn
| sylvania avenue, and disbandlng at
| the Peace monument.
| Bicycle men proceeded at Intervals
along the line of march and kept the
streets clear, while mounted men kept
| the crowds back at the points where
the machines turned. AT Pennsylvania
avenue and 18th street large detail
of men kept the space clear, and as
result of the excellent management
there were no breaks in the parade
after it started to move.
| The exhibit last night contained
lavish and brilliant display from a
decorative standpoint. with elecIrlclty
playing an important part Electric
lights of every imaginable color were
fused in forming the various displays.
| and electric motors We're kept WORKING
overtime in furnishing illumination to
lmany of the moving parts In the
pageant Another striking feature OF
F.! the evenings display was the lllumina-
| ton of many of the government Dullo-
lings along the line of march
| Other buildings illuminated Tor the
| occa sion were The Star building, Mum
sew building and the Post building.
! Another effective display was large
American flag. twenty by ten 1eet'
hung on wires at hlgh elevation oe
| the potomac Electric Power Company
| Offices at 14th and c streets northWest,
upon which played a food OF iight
| throughout the evening.
| The display of Holmes q sons bakery
was distributed over the ten cars en-
! tered On top of the vehicles were
/ huge loaves of bread, surmounted on
/ either side by milk cans. while bakers
4 prepared bread. The other machihes
! carried rnammoth-siZe pies and cakes
The naval gun factory display com
| nrised ten floats, with everything from
| a rapid-fire battery, fully manned for
| action, up to a fifteen-inch gun whiie
| = huge anchor formed another feature
| ~ this display Sailors in their uni
| forms accom- panied the floats.
| The bureau of engraving and printing
/ float was equipped with dies from the
| big plant over by Potomac park, sno"
4 ing Uncle Sam producing bank notes,
| while overhead the mercury electric
lights. such as are used in the various
1 government buildings where night
| work is necessary, and which are
/ familiar sight, tended TO make this the
! most brilliantly illuminated float in the
| long procession.