Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-29
DOVE OF PEACE Is SHY,
so EGGS WILL MARCH
IN MUMMERS' PARADE
George Hershaft, Mayor of
Tar Ditch" Gathers Hatfuls
From City Hall Roofs for
New Year Event
SHOOTERS BUSY ON PLANS

pigeon eggs. large and small and nu-
.,erous will march in the New Years
sarode with the Charles Klein New Years
Sssociation II George Hcrschaft, Mayor
of Tar pitch and one of the fancy dress
ere of the club, has anything to do
with it.
uerschaft is employed in the Electrical
pureou and today was fixing the wires for
The electric light display at the city Hall
ON the lodges inside the east corridor
Gee. the dove of peace must be hover
ting around this place all right" he
shouted to charles steele and Barney
po,scr. who were assisting him from
tcrra firma. Henry Ford ought to see
his Very carefully he descended lad
der holding his hat i'm one hand.
The assistants iustlcd each other in
their anxiety to see what the hat con-
tanned I; was rull of pigeon eggs. Back
nm the ladder went Ilerschaft second
lime and down he came with another hat
mi Four hatfuls were gathered alto
rether and carefully placed in a cardboard
box.
"Whl. those eggs aren't onc-halr OF
what's IN there he commented but
I'm going 10 get them all
Going To cat them he was asked.
"NUpr. was thc prompt reply. I'm
going to spread them out on II big blanket
sos they can march i'm the New Years
raradc with us. The dove of peace might
not be able to march with us, hut his
representatives will If I'VE got anything to
say about H. Wherewith the speaker
placed the lid on tho box and proceeded to
climb the ladder 10 finish the wiring and
also to collect the rest of the eggs.
SHOOTERS IN EARNEST.
4 gct-together spirit for the mummers'
ceebi alton Is now cmphatically in cvi-
dence throughout the city. While the
shooters are putting the finishing touches
ON their costumes and floats, the city Is
getting i'm shape to receive the thousands
of visitors who are expected here to view
the pageant of fun ana surprises.
The grandstand on the south plaza
of city Hall will he finished this after
noon 1t will he used by CounCilmen
and their friends on New Years Day
and will seat about 1900 persons. Most
OF the clubs having headquarters on
Broad street have extended invitations
TO organizations in other sections of the
city to view the big turnout. and special
arrangements are being made to accom-
modate large numbers at every club
house.
special-rate excursions for the pageant
have been arranged by the Pennsylvania
Railroad and these will be run on five
different divisions. AS hundreds of re-
Eve and Day have been received by
numerous hotels in the business section.
It is expected that the excursions will
bring big results.
PLANS FOR FLOATS.
These are indeed busy days for the
clubs. In addition to working on their
own creations, most of the shooters have
TO pitch in and help on the club floats,
some of which will be nearly half block
in length. Two or three organizations
which will give special attention to the
Ford peacemakers were obliged to make
some revision of their exhibit on account
of the squabble among the pilgrims of
peace abroad Desiring to be thoroughly
up to date, it has been learned that the
Ford floats will be so arranged as to
shOw the cliques within the party, its
arrival its Icelandic greeting in Sweden
and finally the return of Henry Ford in
New York