The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-07-06

Until after dinner Wednesday it
looked as though Ocala's Fourth OF
July Pageant of the Allies" was not
to be according to arrangements, for
never have there been such torrential
rains as there were all morning long,
but the weather man certainly became
ashamed OF himself and after dinner
he behaved so delightfully."- that the
people of this city were loud in their
praise OF his consideration of their
wishes. 1t faired off most beautifully
a couple of hours before the sched-
uled time for the program to begin,
and everything went off most delight
fully.
Fully two thousand people it is es-
timate ed must have been on the square
I'm cars, on foot, on the Ocala House
verAndas, in the court house yard, etc.
Nearly all of the stores closed for
the afternoon, and this affair was
made quite a gala event. The street
in front of the court house and Ocala
House was roped off for those taking
part in the pageant, but on the other
sides of the street and the adjacent
streets automobiles were parked as
closely together as possible.
At i've o'clock the program com
menced with a number of musical Sc
lections by the band, and from five
thirty to six o'clock the pageant was
held
Japan, Russia, italy, Belgium,
France, England Ireland, Scotland
and America were all beautifully pOr-
trayed by a fitting representation of
the grace and charm and beauty OF
Ocalas childhood young girlhood and
young womanhood
AS the representatives OF these diff
ferent allies, wearing the native cos
tune of the country represented or
carrying the flags of the country
marched up the street and took their
places in front of the band stand
there was a burst of applause for
each one, (but of course France and
America received the lions share of
this Outburst), and the national air
was sung by large chorus of voices
led by Miss Cecile Downs and Mr. j.
j. Gerig. AS these marches of the
children. girls and young women NOV
ed up the street in line of varying
color in their quaint, pretty and be-
witching costumes they made a pic
ture that might have stepped from
the pages of fancy.
The following were the representa-
tives Of the different countries:
Japan: Misses Mary Fleming
Rawle, Elizabeth Murray, Mary Roess,
Ivia Waterman, Margaret Herndon,
Babette Peyser, Lucretia Hooker, Mar
garet Sexton, Helen Newsom, Mary
Troxler, Nellie Wallis, Fanita Cobb.
India Smith. Sara Scott. Violet Jones,
Mary Eleanor Anderson. Mildred Cros-
by.
Russia: Misses Adele Bittinger, Car
RE Brown. Louise Booze. Ernestine
Brooks. Mamie Taylor, Ellen Strip
ling. Mrs. Harvey Clark, Mrs. Harry
Walters, Mrs Girder Perkins, Mrs.
Allie Van Davis. Mrs. G. c. Sheppard
and Mrs. B. H. Seymour
Italy: Misses Louise Spencer. lisa
belle Davis, Mignon Perez of Jack
sonville. Minnie Tremere of Belle
view. Gladys Farris, Helen Jones, Ka-
tie Mae Eagleton, Elizabeth Horne,
Myrtle Brinson, Margaret Webb. Mo-
eta Todd, Winnie Hunt, Alice Sexton,
Johnnie and Pearl Olds and Mrs,
Hooper.
France: Misses Onie Cbazal. Helen
BrowI. Hester Dewey, Sydney Perry,
Annie Moorhead, Ellen Clarkson, Dor.
othy Schreiber, Kathleen Jackson,
Sidney Harold. Theo Beckham, Theo
Wallis, Lois Livingston, Olivia and
Louise Toffaletti. Mae Stein, Mrs. c.
w. Moremen, Mrs. Weller Carmi'
chael. Mrs. F. M. Mullino. Mrs. Peter
Costello and little Margaret Gerig and
Charlotte Chazal, the two latter wear.