Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-13
FLOCK HERE FROM ALL
STATES OF THE
UNION
SESSIONS IN ARMORy
BIG PARADE HELD THIS MORN.
ING, FOLLOWED BY OPENING
ESSlON-vlSlTORS CHARMED
WITH HISTORIC PAGEANT.

What promises to be the largest
and best session ever held by the Su-
preme Shrine of Jerusalem officially
opened this morning at Armory G for
three days meeting. Fully a thou
sand members of the White Shrine
from practically every city in the
United States and many parts of Can.
ada. attended the opening session.
A large street parade OF 100 Shrin-
ers marched through the loop district
to the armory preceding the opening
of the session The paraders marched
four abreast. wearing their attractive
little convention caps and carrying
flags and banners. The supreme Off
GERS rode in decorated cars. The pa
rade was headed by Police Chief
James Grove and a corps of local po-
lice, after which came Hentrich's Mill
tary Band and the color bearers Miss
Carrie Louise Hahn and Al f. SchoCh,
heads OF the Olivet Shine, headed the
marchers.
The groups of Shrners we're enthu-
siastic and gave their state or city
yells The cars were decorated more
elaborately and more beautifully than
any cars seen in a street parade in
Ottawa since the old fashioned floral
parades were stopped. The banners
We're beautiful and many of them We're
Handsomely embroidered in gold and
silver on white satin.
The parade started from the Clifton
Hotel. where the convention head
quarters are located, and passed
north on Columbus street to Wash
ington Park. around the park. and
south on La Sale TO Main winding
back around the court house, through
Court street to Madison, and down to
the hotel again. From the hotel it
proceeded directly to the armory As
the marchers reached the armory
grounds the Oliyet Shrine which was
acting as an escort of honor stepped
from the front Of the parade and lined
up from the street to the building to
allow the out-of-town guests to pass
through.
Meeting at Armory.
The first part of the session was
open to the public, and as one Of
the most beautiful meetings ever held
in this city. The armory was deco.
rated as il had never been decorated
before in the history of the building.
Thousands of stalks of pink holly
hooks make a wonderful garden effect.
At one end Of the room was a raised
stage, carpeted with green, and rallied
around with a small white fence.
which was covered with hollyhocks.
The platform chairs were wicker gar.
den chairs, and small wicker ferneries
filled with banks of Boston ferns made
a very effective background
A raised stair at the rear OF tho
stage was used in the pageant. which
was the feature of the mornings en-.
tertainment The pageant. called a
Pageant of All Nations" was one of
the most beautiful entertainments
ever put on by Ottawa people. The
costuming was wonderful, and each
character was dressed to perfectly
represent the nation he or she repre-
sented
During the entrance of each srr"I
Marvin Hinshaw, head of the Hin
shaw Musical College of Chicago. SANG
either the national anthem or a sons
appropriate to the country repre-
sented
A bugle call at the opening of the
pageant brought forth response from
a distant drum corps. and William
Pearson, Addison Gerding and Josepl
Baker. dressed in costumes to repre-
sent the Spirit of 70 marched
through the armory and took thei
places at the foot of the platform.
Belgium, who was represented b.
Mrs. lillian Randall, appeared at tht
head of the stage in flowing gowl
and bearing her flag. She was closel.
followed by three Belgian maid Ems
Misses Anna Jacks, Marie SpringhOrl