Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
sIEEAI.O BILL RIDES
IIKRCONQUERING HERO
AT HEAD OF HOST
Loan Scout and Plainsman
"a sbe Central Figure in
Spectacular Street
Pageant
n, ROADS LEAD TO SHOW

"a. ~ iuyenile Philadelphians this
.,sde personal acquaintance will,
+ Hen,lnlsr,lfi while other thousands not quite
. Fsnap availed themselves OF the OPP
p in'Ssn "a a meeting that conjured uu
tIln''S-..,,ories OF their own boyhood AS
II ihs so,vn Broad street at the head OF
+ looe .snsd wild West shows bearing his
Iss onr,,aislo Bill received an ovation that
Nns .s.n, of the United States might envy
tIss'ha 4" hand he bowed acknowledgment to
~ ~. that came from voters OF today
f'ae. nsrneer citizens TO whom until today
sae srsssnce existed only In their favori'e
farsture. ,,,,,,,u ,,,. ,.t
sco,,t and plainsman whose individual
~ .,.nce might have excited enthusiasm
tnose who witnessed the parade this
H,rs of the Buffalo Bill-101 Ranch
There were boys i'm khaki" some
b,i,o medals that betokened feats of
..srv IN foreign campaigns as members
1890 Sans army. There we're Indian
IN. so,iaws and papooses. including the
sels'.srated Iron Tail, who participated In the
5tss,la OF the Little Big Horn, and whose
ts.ele adorns the buffalo" nickel There
~. deadshot champions of the Far West,
sesinres1ue cowgirls who rode their bron-
- a. though those fiery little steeds were
n calculated to stir the red blood of the
.suihful spectator and cause outburst of
.andern1ent and admiration.
Ana from those throngs on the side
%slks shouts and applause were frequent
! Indians and cowboys. soldiers and ranch
-sn rode by in all the panoply of their
s.verai callings. But upon Buffalo Bill
sirnself the popular enthusiasm found It's
rslef vent. As he rode from the camp
grounds at 10Th street and Hunting Park
sysnue to Broad street and then to WASH
inrton avenue and back again, his passage
rss accompanied by cheers that almost
sIenced the cowboy band that heralded
bis appearance
This welcome continued along the route
out Germantown avenue and back to the
.sor grounds, where the veteran scout and
hIs fellow paraders rested up beside their
campfire for the opening performance this
siternoon
In the meanwhile, those Juvenile spec
tttors, their appetites whetted by the turn
AMI they had just witnessed, awaited i'm
patlenty the hour for the ticket offices to
open They were eager TO see Chief Iron
Tall and his band of Sioux warriors illus
trate the attack on the now historic "prai-
Ne schooners," the realistic capture and
punishment of the horse thief after the
iummary code Of the early West; the hold
up Of the "Deadwood Coach; the pony
express, the buffalo hunt, of which thrilling
features of the show they had foretaste
n this mornings parade,
Those buffaloes, too. were to be hunted
By cowboys in true frontier style and to
Be stalked as of old by the willy redskins
those long.horned cattle were to be rounded
up thrown and branded by expert wielders
pf the lariat There were to be exhibitions
Df r0ugh-riding, broncho- busting and other
ieats Of skill by the men and women who
bad passed in review before them, Those
Indians were to show in the true costume
md manner the sun, green corn. ghost and
var dances that had come down to them
IRON prehistoric days.
Further. those businesslilte soldiers in
The various branches of the service were
% eremplfy Preparedness" in a practi.
cal adjective lesson that would provide
valuable instruction for young and old. No
pray agents iridescent verbiage was
isated to stimulate the major portion of
'ose who witnessed the parade this morn
g. a