The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLES
GIVE BRILLINAT PLAY
National Traditions Exem-
pli6ed Durin Afternoon
on Mall.
100000 WITNESS BRILLIANT
SPECTACLE ON CAPITOL STEPS
ForeForeign-Bom Enter Joyously
Into Celebration of Indepen-
dence Day Here.

Flags OF Independence Day are
| lowered: the allied nations have play
ed out the liberty play of their his
tory, and gone home: the mamoth
parade from White House to Capt.
| tol. and Liberty Triumphant res
cuing Belgium are but bright spots
in memory.
Never before have so many nations
united to show in song and dance
and pageant the victories of democ-
racy.
Never before has such a huge
crowd, 100000, assembled to do honor
to her on her natal day in America.
The final pageant on the steps of
the Capitol typified all Of It
Groups of children in gay colors,
dancing on the steps, called to
mind the happy. carefres7 days be-
fore the holocaust of August, 1914.
Dancing in the brilliance of the
great searchIights, they looked like
mammoth butterflies. Presently
came Humanity in soft green. and
to her they fluttered.
Then slowly up the steps came a
sad and dropping group of three
women in sad gray garmentss The
lOA ChlOo6 u WCo Day, Inc
second led a small child. They were
Belgians coming to Humanity for
aid. Humanity took the child and
turned to appeal to Justice.
Justice Enters.
Justice came sweeping on the
scene in royal purple robes, with
a drawn sword in her hand. She
promises help to sufferers and called
loudly for Columbia.
Columbia then entered from the
back Of the stage, and as she came
forward raised her arms. The dark
blue cloak she wore was discovered
to be lined with red and white
stripes and her blouse is blue, her
skirt white. Resplendent, she swept
down to the sad ones, calling all her
resources to her as she advanced.
Swiftly these circled about her. and
formed great arc. a rainbow of hope.
! They were the RIDE Cross, the golden
Treasury, the yellow Wheat, the green
Horn Of Plenty, the blues Of the Mer-
chant Marine, the wings Of Aviation,
and the purple of Loyalty Of the War
Risk Insurance.
In great rainbow of hope to the
oppressed, they stood on the. steps
OF the Capitol, with the white dome
above them A soldier, a sailor and a
marine came up behind them. Then
with firm step. from the Capitol came
Democracy Triumphant in shining
white robes. A great blast from the
trumpeters, who silently filed out on
the ledges around the steps. Silent q
moment she stood, and then the HAL
lelujah Chorus burst from 10000
throats. and the pageant became his
tory.
100000 Saw II.
One hundred thousand spectators
went happily home. The groups of
stragglers were in a merry mood The
great union of hearts of the notions
gave them assurance that all was
fight with the world no matter how
wrong their own particular corner of
II may seem Just now.
The French sailors from the Gloire
in New York. sang as they trooped
to their resting place for the night.
The fifty Czecho ?Slovak girls who are
Quartered at the War Workers Camp
Columbia, chartered merrily although
they are often oppressed with the
accumulated woe of the Northern Slav.
The parade has typified the great
union of all the nations more nearly
than any one act in history, except
the vows of freedom pledged at WASH
ington's tomb in the afternoon.
Reviewed by President Wilson In a
stand in front of the Capitol, they
passed in a long line from half past
seven o'clock Until dark. Each ma
ton was preceded by its flag, and
each nation saluted as It passed the
reviewing stand. Beginning with
Serbia, the first nation to get into
the war. the twenty-five passed.
Ecstatically the thousands watched.
Some of the groups were especially
cheered. Joan of Arc in blue and
silver armor on a grey horse stirred
the crowds to a veritable uproar.
After her came the provinces of
France, including Alsace and I,or-
raine. The Band Militaire. which
has but recently come to this coun-
try. and a hundred sailors from the
Gioire in New York harbor stepped
oriskly after her There were also
the quaint ancient provinces with the
costume of medieval France.
Many Countries.
The bagpipes Of Scotland, the stoye-
pipe hats of ireland. the cork he'll
metS % India, the khaki Canadians.
all showed that Great Britain was
there with all her resources.
A group Of a score of Polish Off.
GERS was very popular with the
crowd. Japan both modern and
ancient passed in review, the Samurai
rubbing shoulders with the modern
warrior.
Her neighbor China was there as
Wen, and Siam and all the nations
OF the Orient which may be termed
modern in idea. ~
Siberia representing the 15s,aoo