Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
NeU Years Shooters
Dazzle Broad Street

shuddered at the extraya gance, for our own
| kings princes and queens had hundreds OF
train-bearers to attend their wide-spreading
! capes.
speakine Of styles. milady was there in
! All her glory and more There were no end
/ OF dainty diaphauous damscls who foated
| along bravely atop three-storY kid shoes.
! From head to heels they reflected the very
/ latest ideas In daring feihininity, Despite
| the pneumonia atmosphere, there were
! dozens in decollette. Their dresses fitted
! well and the gloves and bracelets-yet, and
! handbags too---were in uniformity with
! most Of the creations,
! Arthur Ross. OF New York. ballet girl
| With the I.obslers collapsed from the cold
at city Tall. He was wrapped in blankets
I and carried over the rest OF the route In q
I barouche,
In viewing the great assemblage one could
not help thinking that Milton must have
/ had our mutumers' show in mind when
| more than 200 years ago he wrote jug
| glers and dancers, antics, fnummers."
While big worldwide events were echoed
bv many Of the Individual chara ctere. II
was tile floats and brlsades which drove
home the great happenings with which we
arc most familiar.
There were vlcious-lookinE submarines
with natcn, ed perSCopes which enabled the
lCu<outs to lay In bed and watch the enemy.
hut these we're outdone by some new idens
{
ON tho ground and under water as well az
i'm the air. The mechanism is n secret but
whatever it Is 1t worked Satisfactorily
Another noat showed the difficulty en-
countered by President Wilson IN sending
notes to various rulers. and there were no
end or portable scenes giving inside infor-
nation concerning the high cost Of living
one Of these exhibits pictured the future,
when eggs and meat would be used at BAN
uuets and exhibitions only. Another float
pictured the present speRkership fight now
the center Of State politics.
l. How the sufragisis would Ret rid Of
Villa and what the 'anti-suffs' would like
to do TO their female opponents was also
graphically Bhown with much detail
While thirty clubs obtained permits only
twentyrour were represented in the parade
There were tmore than 1900 marchers in
the big show.
BAILEY LEADS PARADE
Following platoon OF mounted police.
the procession was headed by Common
Councilman John II. Bailey. chairman of
Councils New Year Committee. lie rode
a prancinE white charger aud carried a
mammoth bouquet given him by downtown
admirers. II was just a trifc after :30
when the parade moved from Broad and
Porter streets.
Following him in spick and span car.
riages were Select Councilman Morris Conn,
of the Eighth Ward: Select Councilman
Ward; Common Councilman Frank h.
Stociley, of the Twenty.siXth Ward James
]. Lennon, president of Select Council and
DR.. Edward b. Gleason president of Com.
mon Council.
Detective Stanley Dillon. on spirited
horse, acted as special aide
The Silver Crown club, the daddy of them
all from the point Of view or age led the
mummers. 1t was headed by Captain NJ.
J. QuSley. who had slittering costume
which required ffty-two pages to take care
of the train,
CROWN CHORUS GIRl.
Prominent in the ranks Of the Silver
Crown club was Wilbur Fox, as a green
and white chorus girl. His costume fitted
like a glove and aroused no end of feminine
comment.
The bravest little shooter" in this or
ganzation was fve-year-old Hugh Boyle,
of 2j3S South street. While thousands
were shIvering he marched along with an
imperious air as gorgeous little prince and
was greeted with much applause and many
abs from the mothers and sisters.
one was reminded of midsummer by the
attire Of Willie lIodgetts. a coy-looking
maiden" in white. she" was refined,
etherial-ooktng and seemed 10 be under the
impression that winter was nowhere about.
A collection of gorgeous clowns and
jockeys was followed by number of eS-
travagantly dressed negroes and various
other characters.
A beautiful girl in orange, Wesley Dean
by name, was in the front rank OF the
Charles Klein Club. which came next She
was escorted by little Thomas Gormley a
diminutive policeman, who saw that she was
not molested by admirng youths. Gormley's
father, incidentally is real policeman
who has "A good record in the service
one OF the prettiest costumes in the
ranks Of the Kleins was that of Charles
Dumont as a king clown. His creation
which consisted of panels OF plush aIternat-
ing with accordion plated wings was COW
cred with raised flowers in artistic designs
ORANGE CHORUS GIRL
Directly at his heels was Abe Wodacl;.
as a chorus girl in orange plush From
head to heels he was what the women called
the latest model
But right on his trail was a beautiful |
Indian maiden, Harry Gurr, whose costume |
was perhaps one of the most realistic i'm |
the procession. J. D.. Humes as a King |
clown and Hughie Mccain as king jockey |
also wore handsome costumes.
When Adam Alburger captain OF the |
kleins, arrived at City Hall. accompanied |
by sNty-three pages, he countermarched |
his beautiful costume for the benefit of the |
judges Ben X. Raleigh Richard j. Beam |
ish and Charles p. Garde The captain's |
approach was announced by two heraIds. |
who carried magnificent banner. bearing |
the words 1917.
A watchful eye was kept on the captain |
by three very beautiful girls in strict eve
ming dress They were John Moser. Clar- |
ence Waltman and oscar Miller, 'of Read !
ing.
One OF the most defiant Of all the girls"
as far as braving the weather was con- !
was Walter Davis Of lOe2 Mexican
street His neck, shoulders and arms were
bare, and a black cllnging gown Of silk
made nice contrast with his orange, stock
ings and slippers.
Then came one of the most striking novel;
ties of the fancy division, jockey trio. por-
trayed by James Reed, John Coyle and Louis
Meyer. They were attached TO each other
by pretty horseshoes, and their costumes
were the high point of extravagance
King clowns, stylish maidens, Mesfcans
and Indians followed in glttering attire
DUCK HERALDs LoBSTERs
quacking duck announced the arrfva,
Of the Lobster club. II was accompanied
by good-natured-looking Dutch boy. i'm
personated by Stephen Shropshire He was
followed by stylish-loo5ng juvenile /
couple, all dressed for the opera-eigbt-
year-old Charlie Moan and nlne-year-old