Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
COMIC CLUBS PROVE
ARMY OF HAPPINESS
Latest NetOS and Follies of the
Day TAKEN of in Mum
mers' Turnout

An army of happiness chasing the
gloom.
That, In nutshell. WAS the comic
section of the mummers' big turn
out.
The latest news and follies of the
day. flashed through the whole division.
Rich and poor. mighty and lowly. were
hit alike in the human cartoons.
Fun With Booze and Sugar
John Barleycorn. the High Cost of
| Living. and the sugar question were
! touched on from all angles while the
league of nations and the poace treaty
also got their share of attention
The experts of laughland had close
| competition. From casual glance it
! looked RS though the Liberty Club. the
would share the leading honors from the
standpoint of upto the minute COM
edy.
| Although twenty clubs were scheduled
to march in the comic division, many
of these doubled up with others and
lost their identity. There were about
fourteen organizations in this division.
From the standpoint of laughs. the
muplmers of the South Camden Club
appeared to be the most popular.
They laid special stress on the liquor
!
King Alcohol was depicted by scene
| from cemetery on float 4 grinning
skeleton leapcd from a grave toward a
red nosed tramp who urged him to come
back to life.
Dead March for John Barleycorn
John Barleycorn, a brother of King
Alcohol, was shown in a coffin which
was, surrounded by dangling whisky
bottles. Nearby a sad looking musician
played the dead march on 'tinny"
| piano.
Almost constant applause greeted
another exhibit dealing with the high
cost OF sugar. There was long pier
resembling Race street wharf at which
ship stood loaded to the gunwales
with sugar. On the ship was a placard
bearing the announcement: Five hum
| dred thousand tons of sugar for Eng
Land and one half pound for United
| States.''
a league of nations brigade consist.
ing OF thirteen su bmarines. each con-
| tanning man met emphatic approval
| Each of the ships was adorned with
the flag of different country.
Right on the heels Of this wartime
| feature was a cootie brigade which won
no end of laughs. There were twenty
mammoth cooties, who shimmied to
popular airs as they crawled along.
Wood Alcohol Has Innings
Of course, wood alcohol had to have
its innings. The horror of it was de-
picted by an undertakcr's wagon which
was loaded with bottles. Signs telling
of the many deaths due to use of this
| liquid adorned the wagon. 4 weird
looking undertaken, all black crepe from
head to foot, acted as navigator.
a Camden trolley car running on n
line called the Poor Service, I. o. L.
Co.. struck popular appeal. It was
thirty five cents and patrons were urged
to go to Philadelphia where they could
ride for a nickel
Dream Of Germany"
There also was "a Dream Of Ger
many" feature, which showed how the
TeutonS' dreams were shattered, There
were sunkcn German ships and vic
torious American craft on foreign seas,
all of which was depicted on a nam
moth cape worn by John Glenn. For a
hat he wore q Liberty Bell on top of
which was an airplane. The plane was
announced as the new dove of peace.
There were at least 1000 men in the
Camden clubs lineup, led by Captain
William F. b. Steele.
Running nip and tuck in the way of
good ideas with the Camdenites was the
Liberty Association of Philadelphia. In
many instances their floats were more
true to life and carried out on more ar
tistic lines.
A big feature of this organization was
the Night Mare Brigade.
This consisted of fifteen gigantic
whisky bottles with labels bearing
names of well known brands. Inside
each bottle was man. Many said
they would have been more happy if
the position had been vice versa.
The human bottles were led by an i'm
mense glass of beer. Hundreds of spec
tators agreed that the exhibit awakened |
sweet memories and made them thirsty. |
COnvicts' Brigade a Hit
One of the biggest hits of the entire
comic section was made by the Con-
victs' Brigade in the Liberty line up. |
The prisoners, who looked dangerous |
and fierce. were labeled as North Penn |
Bank Crooks" Their leader. who call |
ed himself Warden McGinty, carried a |
banner. IL bore the words ION Our |
Way from North Penn to Eastern |
Penn"
The warden was impersopated by
Mart Cunningham.
Tanks-Iron and Human
A "Bevo" float scored emphatically. |
There were several tanks-iron and hu-
mans--and beside these were a platoon
Of barre.J.
On the side, as though showing it's
disgust with the surroundings, was a
big bottle of Beyo. The red nosed men |
on tie scene looked lovingly toward the
barrfls and frowned vigorously at the
Beyd
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