The Washington times., 1915-10-05

And II doesn't make much difference
in the final summing up whether the
crowd contained million or only a
meager seventy or eighty thousand
there wasn't room In the street for one
more human body. Seventh street waA
crammed as chock full as 1t would hold
so full that the average person in the
crowd wondered how the rest OF Wash
inEton was faring with nobody in IT,
And yet there wasn't an accident. there
wasn't a case OF disorder. 1t was a
Jolly, jostling. Joking jam that con-
tained every element OF the Districts
body Of citizens. from the dignified
Commissioners. presidents Of civic
bodies. etc. to the irrepressible small
boy. who found himself In company
where everybody else was an irrepressi-
BILE small boy.
The carnival that was planned by
the MidaCity Citizens Association to
celebrate the passing Of the medieval
|, cob bblestone and the advent of smooth
and modern asnhalt rs street paving
planned to be a local affair. In which
tn. Seventh street merchants and their
friends would get together for a little
neighborhood jollincation. ran far ahead
OF the plans because the whole Dis.
trict wanted In t,r on the =; atfair ,hd ar snd
was that though planning small
party. the mid-city citizens. without
the slightest hesitation or change OF
program, welcomed all the people. took
the best Of care OF them. and sent then
home along about midnight feeling tina,
at last. they had seen a real carnival ir
the District and had rubbed elbows
with homefolks In regular. old-fash'
ioned good time.
Perfect Order Maintained.
Despite the crowds perfect order wal
maintained by the police department,
under the personal direction Of Major
Raymond Pullman and Capt. Robert
Doyle, assisted In no small way by the
Boy Scouts. The big feature Of the
evening was the parade from Seventh
street and New York avenue. and trav.
ersed Seventh street from s street to
Pennsylvania avenue. passing twice
along the especially illuminated section
Of upper Seventh street between New
York avenue and S street, where the
cobble ceases to trouble and the asphalt
Chief Marshal Joseph Berberich led
his forces between walls OF humanity
outlined in red IRE and an md set against q
" anu
liantly Illuminated buildings. The
parade consisted OF three sections
made UP largely OF highly decorated
automobiles. floats. and grotesquely at.
tired carnival marchers. At the head
of the procession. behind the chief
marshal. squad of mounted police.
men and a band. rode Commissioners
o. =. Newman. Louis Brownlow, and
Major Charles w. kutz in an auto.
mobile. accompanied by President A,
]. Driscol. of the Mid-City Citizens
Association. Following them came
automobiles containing PRESIDENT P, +
Moran, of the Chamber OF Commerce
President Edwards. OF the Fedora tior
OF Citizens Associations: Secretary
Thomas Grant, OF the Chamber OF
Commerce.: Treasurer Gockeler, of the
Board of Trade Secretary to the Com.
missioners Daniel J. Donavan, Maio,
Pullman. Secretary Charles Columbus
of the Retail Merchants Association
Walter G. Allen. electrical engineer OF
the District: C. p. Hunt. computtna
engineer OF the District; William +
Peabody, Daniel W. Edelin,, ]. Clintor
| Hiatt, and l.. d. Walter of the Safet,
First Association; the members of ths
various committees In charge OF IN,
affair. and especially invited guests
Then came two miles of genuine cav,
city and color, expressed in floats, NJ
AAA oovss trimmed vshiolss. uasxked