Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-03

1.-THE fields, in the ship yards and mu-
nitions works.
Lafayette, We've Come"
A simple but striking float, show
ing General Pershing on horseback,
saluting a statue of Marquis de La
fayette at the foot of which he has
just placed a memorial wreath bear
ing the now famous expression,
Lafayette, We've Come"
Mars Forging Unbreakable Chain"
The architectural style OF this
float was Greek, in keeping with the
figure of Mars, the ancient god of
war, which occupies its center.
Mars appeared, forging the Chain
of War, the unbreakable links of
which are the Allied nations.
America Feeding the World"
Vast stores of corn, wheat, live
stock, metals, etc, were seen rep
resented on this float. At the
rear was a grain elevator, full to
overlooking. In the center of the
float was a figure representing I'm
Gle Sam feeding the countries of
the world, excepting only the Cen
trail Empires" which were blotted
out, padlocked and marked "Ver-
boten." The float typihed the
boundless resources Of the United
States which are now modified for
the one purpose OF crushing Ger
man "kultur."
"The Watch on the Rhine"
This was a cartoon float" A
German dachshund was seen, COM
pletely "over a barrel" and making
vigorous efforts to get back across
the Rhine" In this effort he was
being vigorously assisted by a war
Ike British lion, French rooster
and American eagle. At the base
OF the float we're groups of the fam
Gus Chausseurs Alpin or French
Blue Devils" wearing gas masks
and ready to charge.
"Undaunted France"
This was one of the most popular
floats in the parade. 1t represented
the endaunted spirit of splendid
France. At the front stood the
rooster, typical of courage. Back
of this were figures in martial cos
tune and at the rear was massive
arch of Triumph" copied after
the famous one in Paris. Beneath
the arch sat a greceful and heroic
figure symbolizing France" The
sides of the float were georgeously
decorated with the massed Allied
flags, the shields of France and the
fleur de lys.
Hail, Bratannia!"
An heroic figure of britannia"
with wreath and trident occupied
the center of this float. The colors
and shields of England, Scotland,
Ireland and Wales were shown and
the mighty British fighting lines in
the far-Aung battle lines throughout
the world were given honor.
italia Irredenta."
A mighty vengeful figure Of "1tal-
la" clad in red, was the out
standing figure on this float, Sword
in hand, Italia" was seen attacking
the Hapsburg eagle and winning
back from Austria those provinces
which were taken from her wrong
fully.
"Desolate Belgium"
Ruined cathedrals, devastated
buildings, formed the center of this
float. Within the crushed walls
pitiful figures of refugees could be
seen. The whole typihed the de-
fiant little kingdom that held the
Hun until mightier nations could get
ready to take care of him. Above
was the rainbow of hope and at
the front of the float the figure of
the heroic Cardinal MERCER.
THE Szecho-Slovaks."
Mythology was drawn upon to
get the material for this interesting
float which illustrates the progress
of the -Slovak army across
the wilds of Siberia in a modern
romance of adventure. Bellerophon
was represented as an heroic Cze-
cho-Slovak figure with the four
starred flag of this newest nation
to join the allied fighting forces. He
was facing triple-headed, fire
breathing monster, Chimera, issu-
ing from a glittering iceberg.
THE Greatest Mother in the
World"
Occupying the center Of this
float was a massive reproduction of
the poster that took the nation by
storm during the second Red Cross
war fund drive, the Red Cross nurse
with the Madonna-like face, holding
in her arms the stretcher-borne
wounded soldier. On the rest of
the float were representations of
the various benefactions of the Red
Cross and cornucopias filled with
gold and silver, illustrating the
boundless generosity of the people
in supporting this great organiza-
ton.
"Our War Presidents"
This float showed, in chronology
cal order, the presidents in office
during the various wars that we
have fought, beginning with the rev.
olutiqn and ending with the present
gigantic struggle. First. in front,
was depicted George Washington
and then followed the portraits of
the other executives who guided
this land of the free to victory in
every war in its history.
"The End of the Submarine"
This was an especially striking
float, showing a submarine emerg-
ing from the ocean waves while
over it lowered the American eagle,