New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Big Parade in
Bronx Features
Columbus Day
45 Italian Societies March
and Dedicate Roosevelt
Bust as Well as One for
DlscOverer of America
Concerts Held i'm Evening
429th Anniversary Observed
by 500 Cities in Z. S. and
by Celebration i'm Paris

ne TOUR hundred and twenty-ninth
anniversary Of Columbus's great dis
covery was celebrated yesterday in
every city from San Francisco. U. s. A.,
10 farls, France. In 500 cities in Amer
!ca there were mass meetings to COM
memorate the touching at these shore,
OF the dlscoverer's three battered wind
Jammers, and in Paris the showhouses
and cafes gave themselves over to
thlngs American, with Columbus as
the theme.
The fact that the Jewish observance e
OF lom kippur fell on the same dav
Kept down the size OF the celebration
crowd.
The biggest celebration of the day in
ne" YORK was the parade in the Bronx.
forty Italian American societies were
IN line, along with details from the
guard regiments, troops of Boy Scouts
and officials Of the city. the whole led
by Mayor Hylan.
twenty-five Bands in Line
The parade, marching to the music
Of no less than twenty-five bands,
started AT 10th Street ard Morris Ave
nue.. 1t proceeded the entire length Of
" nat is known as the Italian quarter Of
the Bronx, neighborhood five miles
long, a route that the veterans OF the
twenty seventh Division, regiment OF
guard artillery and even the Garibaldi
Veterans covered easily, although the
.ast mile was done in a fall Of rain.
Inc Mayor stepped the entire distance.
Inc objective Of the parade was Pub
lie School No. 45, at Lorillard Avenue
and 1S9th Street, whe~c two busts we're
90 be unveiled. One was the hero Of
the day, and the other to the late
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, whose
popularity as hero with Italians here
is only second. probably. to that Of
Columbus himself. The bust Of Colonel
Roosevelt was erected in memory Of
his visit to the school on November .,
1917.
When the Mayor, Robert L. Moran,
County Clerk Of the Bronx; Distric t
Attorney Edward j. Glennon. Magis-
trate Francis X. Mancuso, s. A. Ealente
and DR.. Pasquale Gadia, Of the Bronx,
had reviewed the rest Of the parade
The Mayor paid his compliments 70 the
Italians Of New York and also touched
lightly on the schools.
Concerts in the Evening
In the evening the Knights Of Colum-
bus, the Sons OF Columbus and tho
United Spanish Societies observed the
day with concerts and commemorative
speeches. At the 69th Regiment Ar
mory, where the Spanish societies cele-
brnted, the speakers were Professor
Pedro NJ. Goldsmith, OF Columbia Uni
versity; Vicente Balbus Capo. a South
American exporter, and Regime Lopez,
who came from the Alhambra Theater,
IN Havana, to attend. Carlos Enciso,
Mexican tenor; Clara Elena Sanchez,
ihe MexicaL operatic soprano, and
Vicente Balester, barytone, Of The
Chicago Opera Company, sang selec-
tions from the Spanish operas.
The Italian Benevolent Society, Sons
OF Columbus, gave dance at the Star
Casino, Park Avenue and 107th Street,
which was attended by the Mayor,
Police Commissioner Enright, Comp
troller Charles Z. Craig, Senator
Cotlllo, Magistrate Mancuso and Repre-
sentative Nothan y. Perlman. Among
the speakers who took the platform in
the interTnission were The Mayo~ and
Representative Perlman.
The Mayor again COMMUNICATED the
efficiency Of Italians as public officers,
and regretted the absence through III
ness of Fiorello La Guardia, President
Of the Board Of Aldermen. Vito Con-
tessa, who originated the Columbus
Day celebration twenty-five years ago,
was chairman Of the celebration.
At Carnegie Hall the Knights Of Co.
Mmbus gave an elaborate program.
which included concert numbers bv
Renalto Venuzelli, Of the metropolitan n
Opera Company, ana Donald McBeth.
ylolinist. The speakers were Fathe :
Duffy and Judge William D. Cunning
ham, Of the Court of Claims.
In the morning committee OF Ital-
iGns decorated with wrenths the CO.
lumbus statue at the Circle and other
statues Of the discovcrcr throughout
the city.