Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-12
COLUNIBUSDAY
STTRS THE PATRIOTIC
FERVOR OF THE CITY
Memory of the Discoverer Hon.
ored by Parade, 0ratory
and Demonstrations Of
Joy
LITTLE ITALY's TRIBUTE

Philadelphia today is paying tribute to
the memory Of Columbus on the asa
anniversary Of the discovery Of America.
Throughout the city iags are nutterins
from easements. patriotic and other or
Eanizatlons will parade and meetings in
celebration Of the day will be held.
The principal events will mark the day
in this city. The nrst is the celebration
by the Knights OF Columbus. who were
chiefly instrumental in obtaining the day
as holiday. The other will be held In
the local italian colony.
The Philadelphia Chapter Knights OF
Columbus will celebrate at the Academy
OF Music tonight. The heroic struggles,
Joys, sorrows and miseries of the great
discoverer will be told in song and story.
Models of the three ships which brought
Columbus and his intrepid band to the
shores of the new world will be pre-
sented to the city.
The principal speaker at the celebra-
ton will be DR.. Conde B. Pallen, Of New
York, an associate editor OF the Catholic
Encyclopedia and a distinguished orator.
other speakers will include John p. Con-
nelly and John J. Rahilly. who will also
preside.
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the Ladies' Choral of San Domingo Coun-
ell. The celebration will be brought to
a close by the singing OF the "Star-Span-
gled Banner" by the assembled audience.
The celebration OF the day In the Ital-
ian colony will be lacking in many OF
the scenes which have made the cele-
bration there noteworthy. In view of the
war and the suffering of the Italians the
street parade In the afternoon will be
hnr r. nIa Nf h.
bration a mass-meeting will be held in
the Olympia Theatre, Broad and Fitz-
water streets, in the evening. More than
5000 persons are expected to be present.
ThSnpurpose Of the meeting will be to
raise funds for the suffering Italians
across the sea and to relieve distress
among Italians here. The principal
speaker will be Chevalier Gaetano Poe
cardi, italian Consul here. DR.. Tom
masco Tigani will deliver the annual ora
tion in italian and Emanuel ". H. Nardi
will deliver the American address
Chevalier c. c. A. Baldi, president of
the italian Federation, will announce that
funds raised among Italians here for an
italian hospital will be diverted to the
war relief fund. The fund is now about
5000 The movement will be dropped un-
til after the war. Mr.. Nardi announced
the canceling of Italian ambition for
school here to teach English to italian
immigrants. More than $500 raised for
this school will be diverted to war relief.
Various Italian societies which will at
tend the meeting will meet at the Column
bus Club, 18th and FItzwater streets, and
parade to the theatre. Several bands of
music have been secured
This afternoon at 2 o'clock a committee
of Italians will decorate the statue of
Columbus, In Paramount Park with
wreaths of flowers There will be no spe-
cial formaltties at the park.
In Camden's Little Italy, a large cele-
bration will be held. The chief event
will be the unveiling of a marble statue
Of the great discoverer. The statue stands
at the Kaighn avenue entrance to For
rest Hill Park. The unveiling will take
place at o'clock, and will be attended
by the largest delegation of italian socie-
ties ever gathered in that city.