New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-25
Circus Giant First to Lose
Heart as Handful of Den
inn Disciples Appear In
stead of Heralded Throng
Spectators Are 1000 to /
care You Sure This Is a
Parade?" Asks Patched
Exponent of Savannah

The widely heralded parade of the
devotces of denim fizzled out with
sickly sputter half an hour after it had
been scheduled to start from Columbus
Circle yesterday morning. The pro-
cession was then three blocks south of
the circle in Seventh Avenue. At that
point the detachment Of household
economists sent over by the circus
developed a severe case of tempere-
mcnt and left the parade. flat on its
overalls at the corner of Fifty-fifth
Street. When it started the parade
was almost 175 persons and five ami
mails strong. 1t took two minutes to
pass a given point and was greatly ad-
mired by all who could find it.
The circus detachment was an i'm
posing feature. Three elephants, two
camels and the giant comprised the
delegation In order to avoid mistakes
pants on his front legs and in his eyes
was the look of baffled rage worn by
a man who has paid his income tax.
Giant Gazes Into Vacancy.
The giant was the first one to grasp
the awful, utter hopelessness of It ali.
He is eight or nine or ten or something
feet tall, and from his elevation in the
rear he was able to observe the ire
mendous spectacle in its entirety. 1t
was spread out before his gaze in all
its majesty and might. Giants are
VIGOROUSLY soft-hearted, and the amaz-
ing sight was too much for the big
fellow.
At the corner of Fifty-ffth Street
the climax came. A little man, who
was dragging behind him "Down
With the Profteers" sign three times
his own cubic area, ran breathlessly
around the corner and accosted the
giant.
"Hey, big boy" he said, "where's
this here parade ?"
The giant waved an ll-embracing
fist almost as large as the Grand Cen
South Ferry.
This" he said, "is it."
Then and there he resigned.
sect me two taxis," he said to his
valet. 81 wish to return to the Gar
den."
The detection of the giant from the
cause was followed by the withdrawal
of the elephants and the camels, after
which practically all there was to the
parade was the chorus lady who wore
an evening gown of calico designed to
demonstrate the possibilities of econ
omy in regard to quantity Of material
used.
1t is doubtful if ever before
tised has achieved so complete fluff.
Instead of six bands there was one,
and it was silent, possibly through a
fitting sense of respect for the
sombreness of the occasion. School
and college delegations where they
could be identified were composed Of
one Or two individuals. The rest was
quartet of automobiles almost OBJ
scured by Tapping signs, advertising
this or that theatrical attraction or
film corporation. A few children in
their play clothes filled in the odd
corners A patched party who bore
sign reading 1.-THE beautiful city of
Savannah, Georgia lis with you all"
whereabouts. care you sure this is
the parade ?" he asked from time to
time after the fashion of one who ex-
poets to wake up almost any minute
and find that it was all dream.
A Conscientious Parade
1t was a conscientious parade. In
lo SlHSlc ueIdI1 ulu III dOIIeTo TO Cne
advance notices, not even in the de-
tail of routing. 1t had been announced
that the route would be down Broad
way to Thirty-fourth Street, to Fifth
Avenue, to Central Park. Instead the
marchers assembled in Eighth Ave
nue., walked down Eighth Avenue for
a while and then crossed over and
walked up Broadway for a period
The spectators outnumbered the
paraders by about 1000 to l. Many
would-be spectators searched Manhat-
tan for hours and then went home
who watched the little group pass
stood around for half the day waiting
for the real parade to come along.
Tailors on the route who had hur-
riedly reduced their advertised prices
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