Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01

and tanning the horse. Behind wallsed the
fremen in comic costumes. The CLUB also
showed THE original Powder Monkeys
represented by women impersonators pow
derng their faces as they walked along
Palm Beach girls who never 60 near the
water. a float burlesqung infanttIe paral-
ysis and n travesty on He Kept Us Out
OF War also were among the ciub'' tca-
lures
The Mike and Ike club had an unusual
feature i'm charles Mccoy. a one-legged
dancer, who executed fantastic figures on
| n Crutch, lie received loud applause
another stunt" that drew attention was
| group Of men wearing boxing gloves, rep
! resenting the warning nations. Leading
them was Uncle Sam with the biggest
| gloves Of all. The sketch was entitled Pre-
pHredness," The club also showed the first
| Charley Chaplin inl inc.
The John c. BlRgans Association had
| number Of hObocS IN line. who kept things
| going with their funny antics. Some bore
! the sign Too Proud TO Work three men
| labeled THE Three Musketeers.' harnessed
together. had q good assortment Of tricks
and added TO the merrimcnt OF the parade,
| The old travestv on the Irish navy broke
! out again with the appearance Of captain
| wearng a Large cape held by many pages.
! Tho cape carried miniature boats on ",
! Hawaiian Eirla. pla wing ukeleles that might
! have been termed "fake.kales,' executed
! pretty dauCe Just before they reached the
| Judges stand and ended it with ableauN.
! tarranzaS army. in weird uniforms. monk
! eys and other trHvesties served to make
| this club one Of the most popular in line.
The West Philadelphia club made iis
! debut rs a factor Nv the mlmmers parade
! with great success. Spectators were startled
! TO see huge base NiOl walking down the
! street. and were later amused at its queer
antics The man inside was Fred Martin.
| 4 huge captains cape. borne by forty
| pages dressed as Boy Scouts, gave a real
| istic view Of an army camp. with its rows
| Of miniature tents African sharpshootcrs
! and many other good iiupersonations were
in the clubs ranks.
SArEE KEAUT BAND
The noted sauer Sraut Band, OF Potts
town. Teddy bush, Cautain was rendered
tremendous ovation. This band was out for
the brigade prize Ted Bush was logged up
to represent an Irish Napoleon" lie wore
red wig and made Napoleonic poses all
along the route. The members OF the band
were bedecled in gaudy uniforms. The band
would start playing a popular air. get the
crowd interested. then stop the tune sud-
denly and move on with the greatest solem-
nifty.
The John 6 Blggans club had enough
up-to-date hits TO organize a trst-class
vaudeville show. There was a timely float
on which was staged an effective burlesGue
OF The fight for the spealiership now going
on IN Harrisburg. In the center of the
float was chair, and a bunch of strong
armd politicians fought for the possession
Of this chair. As quickly as one gained pos
session Of the chair he was unseated by
another political roughnecll There wag
another float which hurlesqued the shark
scare of last summer al the shore, An ugly
looking contrivance bearing n faint rescmb-
lance TO a shark opened a horrible mouth
at intervals and gobbled up mummers in
batning suits.
Another float told folks how to live cheap
by dancing themselves to death. Still an
'I,gnpvipnpa' II
bunch of cOnvcts cutting stone. under
strong guard. There was also n chariot on
beer barrels for wheels, and Logan johnson
walked along suspended to his own scaffold.
William Golly, captain impersonated Villa,
the border bandit, and I've had Il strong fol-
lowing Of Mexican cutthrOats," who brand
ished knives and looted fierce.
Then came a group representing the
Landing Of the Irish Rebels Al the head
Of the rebels was Bobbie Baxter two years
old, the youngest hummer in the parade.
Although of German parentage little
Bobbie made most realistic little Irish
man. lie wore red wig and II clay pipe
was thrust in his little mouth
The next in line was Harry Walls Comic
Club of South Philadelphia. Harry iIankey.
captain, impersonated Father Time. The
Hu Iu Comic club and Il group called the
Irish Kitchen Maids Dance" made good
showing. The latter beat unearthIy noises
from dish ana frying pans.
The Bruder Clup were rendered a big
reception oil along the line. There were
nearly 1000 dancers in the group represent
ing burlesques on national, State and city
figures. There We're Charley Chaplins,
MeXicans Indians, etc. and all were dane
ing Enthusiastically.
TEN STRING BANDS
The string bands, ten in number, brought
up the rear of the parade and were con-
sdered above the average both IN costume
and music, All the associations marched
and played in very much the same man
ner, the only difference being in the cos
tunes.
The Jack Rose Association, dressed In
comic costumes, led the section. Next came
the Federal Association, which contained
a "jailbrd squad" The buriesqUe on the
Irish navy broke out again with four dunn
mics sitting in box on a 1oat tagged
with a large sign reading We Have q
Navy, but No Captain" The Philadelphia
Camden bridge was also burlesqued by
large float. The Blue Ribbon Association
followed with a float representing can
nbal hotel in the South Sea Islands. Next
came the Wood club, having as n feature |
the Moore Street Tramp Band. composed
Of twenty youngsters.
Following was the Trby String Band, |
about one hundred IN number. garbed as
white hussars, The men marching and |
COunter-marcling in q military manner |
with striking costumes gave this club one |
of the best appearances in the parade, Fred |
AllBeTIeI' captain VI .Ie NHiteCap9' Nho |
did not take part in the parade, acted as
captain
The South Philadelphia String Band
came along next, garbed i'm tuXedos and |
straw hats followed by the j. j. Fralnger
club, who made a hit dressed as green |
hussars. The Oakley String Band was next, |
dressed as Highanders. They were led by |
four-year-Old Robert S, Heisler. dressed in |
Scotch costume. The Victoria club, dressed |
In Turkish costumes of red, came next, |
while the Talbot String Band brought mp |
the rear of the parade dressed in purple |
blouses over blue trunks.
The parade took two hours in passing.
Shortly after the parade was over a |
motion picture of the pageant was shown |
at the Stanley Theatre.
Five Held as Pickpockets
Five men arrested early today on the |
charge of DlclSing the Dockets OF the New