The broad ax., 1917-06-30
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, WILL BE
EXTENSIVELY CELEBRATED IN
ALL PARTS OF THIS CITY.

by High School Cadets and Lodges,
folk dances, exhibitions by Turner So
cieties and flag raisings will be fea-
lures of the Fourth of July Celebra-
tion to be held in Chicago's parks
throughout the city in accordance with
the plans of the AUGMENTATION Cele-
bration Committee, representing the
Association of Commerce, the Union
League Club and fifteen other city
wide organizations.
Government officials, the City Coun-
ell, the Association of Commerce and
other public bodies have Endorsed the
plan and are actively cooperating to
make the celebrations successful.
, All the nations at war in Europe will
be represented in these community
celebrations. Plans have already been
developed 20 hold celebrations in the
following parks:
Garfield Park at Madison street;
Calumet, One hundred and First street
and the Lake; Dvorak, May and
Twentieth streets; Eckhart, Chicago
Ave. and Noble street; Hamilton,
Seventy-second street and Normal
Ave; Holstein, Oakley and Ems street;
Pulaski, Blackhawk and Noble streets;
Stanford, Barber and Union streets;
Stanton, Vedder street near Larrabee
street; West Pullman, One hundred
and Twenty-third street and Stewart
Ave; Vernon Park, Polk st. and Ra-
cine Ave.
Local committees made up of the
leading business men and women, rep
resentatives of fraternal and social
organizations, and professional men,
have been organized to manage each
community celebration. The American
ization Celebration Committee, whose
offices are located at 5O3 Lumber Elk
change, with W. F. MacNeill, the Exec
utive Secretary in charge, is cO-operat-
ing with all of the local committees.
Each local group, however has full
charge of the management of their
community celebration.
1t is expected that more than 1OO,-
900 persons will be in the various COM
munity parades. In the one preceding
the celebration in Dvorak Park about
500 girls ranging in age from six to
fourteen years and graded according
to their size will form a living Amer
lean flag, so that in their approach
to the spectators all parts of the flag,
which will be about one block long,
will be visible from the ground. Three
men representing the esprit of 1776"
will also be a feature of this parade.
Fifteen floats will be placed in the
parade connected with the Holstein
Park celebration by the Milwaukee
Avenue and Armitage Avenue Business
Men s Association. Floats will also be
entered by the various lodges and
churches of that community. The
speech on patriotism will be limited to
ten minutes.
Newly naturalized citizens are so
numerous in the South Chicago District
that a special section of the parade
will be reserved for them, in eonnec-
ton with the celebration to be held
at Calumet Park. 1t is expected that
10000 persons will be in the line of
march.
The Pulaski Park Celebration is ex-
pected to be one of the biggest of the
day according to the Northwest Side
Leaders. Details of the plans to be
put into operation by the other groups
have not been all worked out as yet
according to the reports received by
the Americanization Celebration Com
mittee.
Gone of the suggestions that has
been made for the parades is to have
woman represent Madam Liberty and
children to represent the wars for
liberty in which this country has been
engaged" said Mr.. MacNeill, the
Executive Secretary of the American
ization Celebration Committee. GA
young man dressed in colonial costume
can represent the Revolutionary War,
carrying a banner on which may be in
scribed the words 'Give me Liberty or
Give me DEATH A girl can represent
the War of 1912, while a young man
dressed as a Texan can represent the
fight for the liberty of Texas which
resulted in the Mexican War of 1s47.
Topsy can represent the Emancipation
of Slaves, which was the result of the
Civil War, while a boy representing
Cuba can represent the Spanish Amer
lean War, which was fought to liber-
ate Cuba from Spanish oppression
Then in single file, dressed in their ma
tive European costumes can be lined