The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-24
EXCELLS ALL OTHER PARADEs
This Afternoon Will See Great Line
of Floats In Procession, Each of
Interest Major Mccoy Speaks
at Post Office.
[From Wednesdays Dailvl

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Patriotism is expressed everywhere
today. When the sun rose this morn
ing, bright and clear, it found that a
hundred or more Of Kenosha s loyal
young women, wearing the Red Cross
Of the special tagging corps were.
on the streets ahead Of it, campaign
ing for funds.
simultaneously with the rising of the
sun, flags began blossoming in every
conceivable corner and waving from
windows and flag stats. One patriotic
citizen in Exchange street even went
to the length Of planting a small grove
of flags on his lawn and bordering his
walk with other smaller ones.
The men going to their work in the
factories had their nick1es and dimes
ready to drop into the flag bedecked
boxes everywhere awaiting them in the
hands Of pretty taggers. None want
ed to go to his work lndecorated with
the emblem which the taggers placed
upon coats in exchange for silver.
But It will be this afternoon when
all the big business places of the city
are closed that the spirit Of patriotism
will burst forth untrammeled and fna
expression in thousand ways. The
streets will be filed with people. Tag
ging will continue. By two O'Clock
different sections Of the parade will
begin to assemble, getting ready to be
placed in line. Not before three
o. clock or possibly even { little later
than this, will the parade really move
and then its length will be so great that
it will take longer than at first planned
to get by a given point.
The parade will be the most elabor-
ate, the most diversified and the most
interesting of anything Of the sort ever.
staged in Kenosha. Every business
house of note, every society of import
ance, every lodge or club of public
spirit will be represented in the pro-
cession with some sort of float or ex-
hibition which will give expression to
the spirit of the institution and at the
same time will usually have some patri
otto idea worked in with it.
Hundreds of floats will make the en-
tertainment one which will compare
with that of the Mardigras in its fas-
chatting diversity. The ideas of many
designers and workers will be given
an expression which will make the
whole unique. There has been no limit
set upon the imagination Of those de-
signing the floats with the result that
neither color, shape nor grouping have
had to conform to any centralized
idea. This gives scope to originality
which cannot result in other than
most interesting effects.
After the parde a patriotic demon
stration will be given in the space in
front of the post Office where a plat
form is being erected for the purpose.
The committee in charge has been fort
innate in securing Maj. Mccoy, whose
reputation as recruiting officer and
as a speaker is nation wide. He will
make an address which is to be short in
order that the crowd which will assem-
bic here directly after the breaking up
of the parade shall not be kept too
long. He will be introduced by E. T.
o 'Brien. the chairman of the program
committee and followed by Mayor
Charles Pfennig who is to also make
a short address. 1t is expected that
the adiutant general of the state will
also be present and will speak, although
this morning the news had been re-
ceived that there was some doubt as
to whether lie could keep his engage
ment because of the press of military
duties in which the present war
situation is involving him.