Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04

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League gets its illumination plans In
working order.
For instance promptly at 7.sO
O'Clock therell be "a
But suppose YOU get a good vantage
point along the river front near the
Walnut street bridge and you'll see for
yourself. The details of the night
lighting Of the Susquehanna for the
nrst kipona are under lock and key,
nguratively speaking, and the door
Just can't be opened until after the
sun goes down.
AS TO the Floats
But word or two as to the floats.
When a miniature white battlefieet
steamed slowly back and forth and
then came 10 anchor just below South
street, "oh-ing" and "ah-ing" thou
sands saw that ii was thus that Bow
man and Company and seen At to show
that it's firm has a place in the sun.
The Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart floats
suggested the Pantheon of old and D.
kautmans stores a suggestion of Old
Japan, especially when the rays of the
rising sun were flashed into light with
electricity
The William Strouse store flashed
It's message from the broad sail of a
"single-nnaster" the Globe caused an
other big and admiring surprise. the
Telegraph called attention to the fact
that Harrisburg is the heart of dis
triouuon on giant keystone, a re-
plica of the Navy insignia. Then, too,
there was the Bell telephone A giant
Bell partially concealed behind its
bower OF potted plants was the central
feature Of the decorations Of that COM
panying-until after the giant balloon
was released from the float
Bands Tonight
or course the Rotary Club turned
out in force and the club displays were
both stationary and moving. Tonight
a band will play on one OF the deco
rated Rotary floats and the members
will entertain their families and
friends. Just what the display is to
be, however, is another river secret
that will be exposed tonight.
The Harrisburg Light and Power
Company, the Star-Independent with
its racing motorboat that dragged the
aqua planers, Mayor" Harry ]. Ber-
rier's gaily decorated float that carried
the scores of county and city ofice
girl clerks and stenographers, several
pretttly decorated floats that carried
college girls and their friends. the
Harrisburg Amusement Company
these, with the Jovian League display.
70 ocmed the remainder of that portion
Of the exhibit.
To illuminate Basin
At 7.30 o'clock tonight the cleo
trical illumination of the basin will
begin and for another while the city
wnll have a chance to gasp its delight;
following that will be the fireworks
display arranged by the Chamber of
Comm cree. Felix NJ. Davis, who had
charge of this detail, pleasantly sur
prised the thousands along the river
front to-day by special display of
day fireworks" That accounts for
the sudden appearance of floating cows
and chickens and pigs and things high
above the waters all afternoon.
The Fireworks
From $50 o'clock until $50 the fire.
works will be on and following this
will be further electrical illumination
of the basin.
In the meantime bands will play al
Market street and opposite Pine street
while the Aeolian orchestra will rem
der a program from the judges float
opposite Locust street.
The evening boat parade is due tc
start from Independence Island at 7.3C
O'Clock and participants have been ad.
vised to report by not later than I. A
float carrying a band will head the
procession. The column will move ur
stream as far as possible and ther
down again to the Market stree
bridge. Redfire will be distributed
this afternoon to all the participant.
and lanterns and brackets can be haC
upon application at any of the boat
houses.