Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-11
city M Mightiesf
Victory Celebration
continued from raKe One

uu Fifth stree, 20 Market and Ou. Mar
K,t stree, 20 south Penn Square.
Mayor smith ordered the parade a.
f s5on as he reached Philadelphia from
Atlantic city this morning MI hcadS
os departments with their st ans. the
county officials and the judges OF the
courts were invited 20 join In the pa
-ada IN spite of the short time for
preparation the RESPONSE was wonderful.
Tire mounted men OF tho traffic squad
and the home defense guards lined up
,H tha north side of 'Aty Hall While
they waited the parade OF the Emergency
t1eo' Corporation, with charles W.
SchvHb marching ahead passed Tue
Mayors party and the two bodies ot
psradcrs checred each other iustil" The
Fleet Corporation employees went NJ
broad street to the building at broad
and Cherry streets, where th"y he'u
their own celebration Of the peace.
Promptly at 1880 O'cloci. the Police
Band struck up "Oycr There and III"
parade started. Mayor Smith was in
the lead, carrying big SILK American
flag Joseph Smith, the Mayors broth
er and private secretary, marched near
the Mayor, carrying service nag Win
three stars, for tie men Of the Mayor =
office who are in the service, IN HE
behind the Mayo were his directors
and following them tho officers ana men
and women cmplovce Cf the various city
departments
when tho parade swung into Broad
street from South Penn Square. II
encountered "a solid mass of people, WHO
crowded around the Liberty statue,
Derched up an its balcony. aud pressed
from curb to curb In Broad street. AS
the head of the parade appeared Il
splendid cheer went up and the crowd
swung into the chorus Of Just IIE'
washington Crossed the Delaware
Down Chestnut street the parade ""'
greeted with round after round Of cheer.
The crowd vas so Gerp on either side or
the street that foot traffic on the side
walks was iupogsiOls. Tho street, from
houseline 20 houseltuc. was deep in con-
fetti and strips Of colored paper rags
OF al the nations hung from every
building along the way. tn" Pollce
Band PLAYED the tunes that the war mas
made popula". and both narcucrs ana
spectators Joined II the chornsss
when independence Hall vas reached
the most impressive part Of the celc-
brstion took place. The parade halted
at the Hail and rhe band played the
"S,ar-SrangIed Banner" Every hat was
raised. ana every voice Of the thousands
OF peopic a. the Hail and up and down
Chestnut street joined with tnc Mayor
and ever person iu the parade in sing
ing the anthem. THEN the parade pro-
ceeded on its Way =" Fifth street. and
then TO- Market street, where the same
scenes Of enthusiasm were repeated.
\ The city Went raying mad at 3;4e
o'ciOcA this morning. Nobody s.ep,
Nobody wanted to stay in bed. Nobody
needed 80 ihiHh twice 20 guess the mes
sage Of the Whistles.
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grs, 80 hfas, ~. t,yc, 90, dressed In
r,,sb :, tb. mad accornpaniment Of
tbs sws,iinp ,bnrus of Whistles, And
then th. ulr,ititu,as hurled themselves OF
In. streets tanning down hats. drag
/ sinp on oyerCuats. shoes ha!f-laccd and
nerItles under thoir ears by the tiuc
thcv we're Oh The Sidewalk, the church
bells had joined in the grand disrurdsl.t
symptom OF praise and wonder
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