The Washington herald., 1919-07-05
SideEghts Of the Parade

costume OF an Irish princess OF the
long ago and draped with ths
orange and green folds of the flag
OF the Irish Republic, attracted a
great deal of attention on the
crowded streets of Washington to-
day.
The sides of the automobile In
which Erin rode carried the legend:
@All Free Peoples" in Parade.
(OfnciaD
Am Refused a Place
See. A White Race Held In Chatns-
and
'"There'll Be No Peace In The World
Until Ireland Is Free"
Within the car, which was dec
Grated with green and orange and
white. rode q charming Irish girl.
the very picture of the Irish poets
Dark Rosaleen-"
Ireland's friends in Washington
were not willing the little Green
Isle should be forgotten on indie
pendence Day In washington-the
Independence Day for which so
much Irish blood was shed in
Washington's army-even II ON
cially she was refused q place in
the great Historical Pageant OF
Free People
1t fen to the lot Of the moving pic
ture men to pull on the most daring
stunt OF the day. During the cere-
monies in the morning. at the base Of
the monument, two movie men in two
airplanes, with army pilots, skimming
500 feet above the crowd. mounted on
top of the planes and busily worked
their picture machine while the thous-
ands below wildly applauded
Secretary Baker. on the ground In
front OF the speakers stand at the
time. was under a battery Of movie
and press cameras.
THE best thing of it all was to see
them big sailors a bear walkin' :"
Chuckle6 a large negro woman as the
end of the procession was passing
down the avenue. at Eleventh street
A roar of demonstration that grew
into a frenzy as the liberty float ap-
preached. rolled along the line Of
march. Columbia. upholding the torch
or Liberty. on the front pedestal of a
great horsedrawn foat was the most
enthusiastically recognized Of any Of
the IDEAS represented
'Jchn. what are they .ahollering
about ," shrleked little woman in the
rear of the crowd. as she tugged at
the arm OF her foot 4 escort It's
lust the InjIns passin'," said John as
he looked back from above the hats in
front Of him.
Three thousand frequenters Of the
Bathing Beach yesterday afternoon
were most enthusiastic when Man
ager Leetch megaphoned Willard won
the fight in the second round" From
their antics it seemed that the ma
iority were roofing for Dempsey.
The crowd at the Capitol was evil
IDENTIFY in a mood to enjoy a pleasant
joke last night
Just as the float bearing Omar
Khayyam. the tent maker. drew near
the Vice Presidents stand. Omar drew
something from his little jug" into
a tin cup and drank it
Immediately. q band In front Of the
float started to play Maryland My
Maryland" but the words the crowd
hummed was. How Dry 1 Am, How
Dry I Am"
Omar's Thou was considered the
prettiest woman in the parade.
A policeman waded through the
crowd at the Capitol with a girl about
Il years Of age.
Does anyone know what q Poland
float is?'' he asked. This little girl
got lost from one OF them"
Some wag in the crowd. evidently
feeling the heat. replied, Why. it's
an iceberg with a pole stuck in 1t and
a bucket OF mint tuieps at the bot
tom
Smart ferler," sneered the police
man. He thinks that is a hot one
When the yeomen % passed the re-
viewing stand. all of them dressed in
white and looking as fresh as daisies.
n man standing dangerously close to
q headquarters detective, began to-
shout:
"stan'. up. everybody he yelled
"Aincha got no manners! Doncha
know nun to stand up when the
wtmmen gy by!"
%Looka here, Johnny" said the de-
tectfve. You are the fellow that has
no manners. Why don't you know
your very looks tend to spoil those
nice white uniforms?"
whereupon he. of the big voice,
shrunk up and faded out of sight.
Il didn't see the Salvation Army in
the parade" complained an old lady
at a Pennsylvania avenue soda foun-