The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-25
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each with American flag.
Boy dressed as Uncle Sam. Girl
dressed as Miss Columbia Marching
on each side of these two central
characters add a girl dressed as an
Indian and a boy dressed as either a
soldier or q sailor.
Red Cross nurse leading group of
children dressed in native costumes of
as many nations as possible.
Children on tricycles or velocipedes.
| Must be old enough to ride whole
block without having to stop to rest
and thus block the parade). All to
carry American flags.
Floats.
File of Boy Scouts to protect rear
end of parade.
Following the parade, there should
be games and simple contests for the
| children, in which the winners may be
rewarded by little prizes.
Story telling by mothers or teachers
should follow the games, while the
children rest from their exertions.
Lunch Served After Games.
Lunch should be served after the
lunch. The parade can break up
when it reaches the scene OF the
games or it cen be reformed after the
story telling and marched back to the
| starting place. The march one way
| will probably be enough as the trou-
BILE of getting the children properly
into line for the return march Will
most likely be considerable.
| For the floats, large and small, the
children can use them express wag-
ons. cars, kiddie cars, velocipedes,
tricycles, and other large wheeled
toys. With tricycles, velocipedes and
kiddie cars the steering bars or han
dies must be securely fastened so that
the things can be pulled by a rope and
will travel in straight lines and not
zigzag all over the street.
Floats that might be called, and
distinctly marked with good sized
sign, Navy float, Army float, Engi-
neering or Construction or Building
float are suggested for some of the
| larger designs.
How to Build Floats.
Navy Float-Cover express wagon
with boards securely fastened, spread
old sheet or the like over boards and
make sides and front draperies OF
straight hangings or red, white and
blue or small flags. Fasten firmly in
the center of platform thus formed a
battleship, torpedo boat, or other ma
val equipment with American flags al
mast heads. Airplanes or toy dirigi-
bles or war balloons can be adjusted
by upright sticks or suspended from
a canopy to hang over float. Sailor
dolls or tin sailors or marines lno1
soldiers), and Red Cross nurse dolls
or figures can be fastened on platform
of float around battleship or Other
central figure. Other appropriate toys
of a naval character can be added
The girl or boy or girl and boy wh(
pull this float should be dressed II
naval uniforms and a Red Cross Oh
Salvation Army or 7. w. c. A. CIR
can walk with this float. The flas
decorations OF all floats can be a.
original or elaborate as desired pro
vided they do not obstruct a view o.
the toys assembled on the float. Al
floats should be arranged with sons
sort of order so as not to look like &
mere tumble of toys.
Army Float-Built in same genera
way as Navy float except that all toy!
and figures used on it should pertain
to the army, such as q huge toy can
non, armored tanks, Red Cross o.
army ambulances, big trench mortar
or the like; Red Cross nurse, Saliva
ton Army or Y. W. C. A%girl dolls o.
figures and toys that pertain to tn,
army should be grouped around tn
central figure. Soldier or Scout dolls
trains OF troop trains with tin O.
wooden soldiers standing on the ca
platforms or sticking out of the win
dows; army trucks; tractors and trail
ers containing army supplies of an.
!; kind; artillery cannon; hospital tent
and small horses or mules and wag
ons filled with army supplies are SOM
of the toys that can be used on tn
Army float.
Engineering or Construction Float
Platform for float built same as nav
and army floats. On this float tn
central figure can be bridge or othe
: design made with erecto, mechan
or structo toys. Small things built il
the same way or with building block
or mechanical sand toys can b
grouped around the selected centra
: figure with dolls dressed as mechanic
seated upon the constructed design.
: Small carts or horses and carts loade
with building material belong on thi
: as do small houses made of blocks
Anything that pertains to engineerin
or building can be used from a woode
block to a toy wireless outfit. TIL
range of possibilities is great.
Dolls can be utilized in many way
] The three floats suggested give som