Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-04
NOTED GATHERING
TODAY At PETWORTH
President Wilson, Col. Roose-
welt and Other Celebrities in
Make-BeIleve Conference.
RIGOROUS" 4TH PROGRAM
FEATURED BY CHILDREN
Community Celebration includes Pa.
rade, With Pretty Floats in Line.
Basket Picnic Follows.

Basket Picnic Follows.
George and Martha Washington hob
nobbed with President Wilson. a GER
tain T. Roosevelt. Henry Ford. Charles
E. Hughes. Vice President Marshall and
Charlie Chaplin this morning In the
childrens parade at Petworth. which
was a big feature of the Petworth
community Independence day celebra-
ton. It may be said by some that
Washington and his wife have been
dead these many years, and that Mr..
Roosevelt would not be seen in COM
pany with Presiden: Wilson and Mr..
and has c. J. James. president OF the
Petworth Citizens Association. to back
up his statements. Also-and how 1t
came so near to being omitted is a mys-
tery-William Jennings Bryan marched
In the parade shouting Peace and good
will" all along the route.
But these celebrities" were. in real
ity. only small part Of the parade. 1t
was headed by group Of five little
girls, who carried streamers from flag
in the American colors. Following them
came the Forest Glen Band. which. with
the us Hoboes Band" furnished the
music for the parade.
Beautiful Floats in Line.
There were a number of beautiful
floats. including one representing
Peace" which was prepared under
the direction Of Mrs. Edwin A. Finckel
The Petworth Rose Society, a colonial
tea party. large white battleship. rep
resenting Petworth; a section of Park
road boosters" Princeton Heights"
and Randolph street" formed the
other floats. A pretty feature Of the
parade was group Of boys mounted on
tricycles decorated with red. white and
motive similarly decorated and bearing
the inscription, "Petworth Special"
grim figure in black, wearing
death mask and carrying a giant fire.
cracker. represented the unsafe and
insane" Fourth. while with him march
ed a girl dressed in red. white and blue,
representing the present method of eel
ebrating Independence day. A group
of little girls pushing miniature baby
carriages represented the patriotic
direction Of Miss A. NJ. Klock.
Girls Boost Petworth.
group of girl boosters" carried a
large map with the slogan. Keep Pet
represented by a large spot OF black
that covered about ten or twelve square
miles in the District. Maryland and
Virginia Following the boosters came
a group of cooking school girls. bear
In han nh oh rvfv
PAY the cook and not the nurse" This
section was one of the. hits" of the
parade.
No. Fl. Mrs. @. M. Craig. captain, were
in line. The Petworth troop of Boy
Scouts. No. SO. under Scoutmaster J. w.
Hart, closed the parade, one of the
members leading "Pancho villa" along
with a string. We captured him our
selves" declared the troop. as the
bandit shuffled along with them.
The parade was composed entirely of
children, with the exception of the di-
rectors, who marched abreast with their
sections on the sidewalks. and the mar
shals. who were members OF the High
School Cadet Regiment.
The directors of the parade were J. c.
Suter. Charles A. Anadale. J. F. Atkin-
son. Mrs. c. A. Buchanan. Mrs. Julia
Yrs. F. A. cusick. Miss Lena Fowler. J.
B. Hart, Mrs. r. S. Jones. Miss A. NJ.
klock. Mrs. w. r. Loney. Mrs. S. A.
Mooers. Mrs. w. \. Ross. Mrs. H. NJ.
Test. E. r. Troxell. Chester L. Weaver,
Woodward and Miss Florence Winkler
Patriotic Exercises.
Following the parade patriotic exer-
cises were held on the Petworth
School playground. 9Th and Shepherd
streets northwest The Forest Glen
Band. under the direction Of ]. L. Won
Poucke. opened with a medley of ma
tional airs. after which Rev. Frank
Langhorne. pastor of the Petworth
Baptist Church, pronounced the invoca-
lea" by the audience. and Of The Flag
Of the Free" by the children Of the
parade. Chester Ellis, dressed as
Jackie" raised the flag as the band
played The Star Spangled Banner"
declaration Of allegiance by the chill
dren. balloons representing the orig
inal thirteen colonies. and a number Of
them resembiing comic paper charac;;
fishes. birds and animals that caused
Mr.. Roosevelt" to vehemently cry
Nature fakers!" were released. Rev
benediction following the playing of
Hail Columbia" by the band
Basket Picnic Next.
A basket picnic is being held in Libby
Park this afternoon. and an Interesting
program Of athletic events began at 2
o'clock. including relay and variety
races. At o'clock a basket luncheon
will be held IN the park. at which free