The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11

rayed audience but that State would
fight for a victory.
A panoramic picture was taken Of
the students on the campus and all
fell into line for the parade. Think OF
1t, Mr.. Reader; over nine hundred
hoboes and Indian maidens in one big
parade, headed by a forty-piece band.
themselves dressed as hoboes. Slowly
the pageant wound it's way down Me-
dairy avenue to Williams street, thence
west to Main. There they come"
murmured the waiting crowd and Tor
an hour a most imposing spectacle was
presented the visitors. Brilliantly
dressed Indian girls, over 400 in all,
adorned with beads, leggins, and moe
c%asins, each with her long braids OF
jet black hair and bright blanket, re-
minded n of the stories of the early
days in Dakota. Accompanying the
maidens were a like number of Weary
Willies," each with a weeks growth Of
w%hiskers, tattered coats and patched
trousers, and all the other equipment
of the /. w. w. tribe.
New Feature to Parade
A e feature was introduced into
the parade this year. Prof. II. b.
Mathews, robed as an Indian chief and
who was chosen Hobo King, followed
the band. Then came the Wimen Wig
gers, ten manly, violent and yet ire
sistibly beautiful ~suffragettes, attired
in true militant style. The suffering
vets" will be one of the features to be
remembered with the 1915 Hobo Day.
With their banners, strong speeches,
songs, x and hammers a great i'm
preston was made and a deep lesson
ground into the hearts of the multitude
about them. Costumed in dark blue
coats, white skirts, high collars,
black ties and derbies and wear
ing Votes for Women" pennants
they presented a pleasing appearance
and were repeatedly cheered during
the parade.
Another feature was the Senior
squaw wagon, which headed the pro-
cession of hoboes and maidens. A
number Of Senior girls arrayed them
selves in typical squaw fashion, not as
the story book reads, and journeyed
through the parade by the aid of two
long hungry quadrupeds and an anti
quated cart, with a little rope and a
few gunny sacks thrown in for harness.
Several "yaller ours" were tied to the
wagon and others rode with their mis-
tresses in the wagon.
Hoboes and squaws marched in
double file and a hobo band Of eleven
pieces from WATERFOWL picked up the
stragglers. Arriving at Main street
the parade marched to Sixth street,
thence back south to the depot where
travellers on the morning train were
greeted with a sight, the like of which
they had never seen before. College
wells and music welcomed back old
grads" and other visitors who arrived
Saturday morning. Cheer Leader War
ner lead the students in several famil-
lar yells and pep" was running high.
Or. Won Hobosteiner Present
Dairyman Jens Refs appeared as DR..
Won Hobosteiner following the parade
and introduced a new discovery to his
amused audience. The ever-present
comedian and singer preceded the doc
tors appearance and after being fully
convinced the crowd had received
enough free entertainment, the man
ager ofthis carrier of blessings brought
forth his protege. A handkerchief, to
all appearance clean and white, was
borrowed from an innocent %bystander
and deliberately smeared with dirty
axle grease. An application of SOM
of the doctors world-famous dirt re-
mover left the handkerchief white as
snow and the sale of his solution be-
gan. The performance was stopped by
the noon whistle when a scramble for
dinner began.