The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-12-14
CITY HISTORY TO
Be RE-ENACTEO
Pageant VIII Grown Pitts
buTgh'S Centennial
THOUSANDS III lASQOE PLAY

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day Wednesday and Thurcday
Nights; Orchestra Of 1oo-Manlmcth
Parade and Other Features.
Pittsburgh people OF all classes Of
business and occupations are aroused
over the great City Charter Centen-
NAL celebration to be held during the
week Oct. 2Sth-Nov. 4th.
tbs celebration will be the greatest
and most interesting ever held in the
metropolis Of western Pennsylvania
and VIII attract the largest number
OF outside visitors.
The celebration viii be ushered in
by a large gathering Of Pittsbucghers
at the Western Pennsylvania EXpOai-
ton Saturday evening, Oct. 2Sth, and
a special program Of music by Pitts
burgh composers will be given by
Creatore's orchestra. Mayor Joseph
G. Armstrong, honorary chairman OF
the celebration committee; William H.
Stevenson, Chairman OF the general
committee and president of The His
torical Society OF Western Pennsyl.
vania, under whose auspices the cele-
bration will be given, and Robert Gar.
land, chairman CT the parade commit
tee and president Of the chamber Of
commerce, will make brief addresses.
On Sunday. Oct. 29-h. there Will be
appropriate religious services in the
churches in the morning, a great union
service at the Soldiers Memorial hall
in the afternoon and neighborhood
union services in the evening.
Children viii Read Essays.
Monday evening, Oct. 50th, q great
educational meeting will be held in
the Allegheny Carnegie hall in which
speeches VIII be made by prominent
educators and prizes presented to the
pupils Of the schools OF the city for
the best essays on local historical sub
jects. \ fine musical program will
also be given.
On the evenings Of Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 81 and
Nov. LIST and End, a magnificent his
torical pageant and masque will be
given at Forbes Field. Fifteen hun
dred persons will take part in the
pageant and there will be 1000 others
in the musical chorus. Three-fourths
of the seats viii be sold for the
nominal sum of 10 cents and the bal
ance will be reserved at % cents.
On Friday, Nov. 3rd, the greatest
parade in the history Of the city will
be held. 1t will embrace ten divisions
and number in the aggregate many
thousands Of persons and there will be
about 100 artistic floats. One Of the
special features Of the parade will be
about 1900 volunteer fremen. The
whole parade will be from 6 to miles
in length; it will. start on the North
side promptly at 1870 o'clock in the
morning and proceed by way of Fed
eral street and Fifth avenue to the
Soldiers Memorial hall, where it will
be reviewed by Colonel j. NJ Schoon-
maker, vice president of the Pitts
burgh and Lake Erie railroad and
chief marshal of the parade. In the
evening there will be a meeting at
the Soldiers Memorial hall under the
auspices Of the Sons Of Veterans and
prizes viii be given for the best essays
on Abraham Lincoln.
Football Game Ends Program.
On Saturday, Nov. 4Ih, there will
be a football game between the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh and Allegheny
college at Forbes Field.
On Tuesday, Oct. 31st, at noon, the
chamber OF commerce will give big
historical luncheon at the William
Penn hotel at which Ex-Governor Will
liam A. MacCorkle of West Virginia
will speak on THE Historical and
Other Relations Between the Vir-
ginias and Pittsburgh"
During the week the city will be
beautifully decorated and at night
there will be fine electrical illumina-
tions. There will be interesting ex-
hibits of pictures and relics relating
to Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Art gal
leries. During the entire week there
will be exhibits of books by Pitts
burgh authors, and works of Pitts
burgh composers at the Allegheny
Carnegie library. At the building OF
The Historical Society of Western
Pennsylvania, on Grant boulevard,
near Parkman avenue, there will also
be an interesting collection of books
and pictures.
The Pittsburgh Chamber of Com
merce will have an inbound mer-
chants excursion during the week.
All former citizens of Pittsburgh
and all people of western Pennsyl
vania and of the entire Pittsburgh dis
trict generally, are invited to attend
the celebration.
~ Preparation for the magnificent his.
jorical drama, 1.-The Pageant and
Masque Of Freedom" that will star
Pittsburgh's celebration next week
of the one hundredth anniversary OF
the granting of its charter, with per
formances in Forbes Field Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday nights, has
reached its crest.
Pittsburgh has given itself to the
support of the pageant as it has sci
dom given itself before. The Pageant
and Masque of Freedom" will be a su