The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29

attired In gray and green, the WON
ems drill team in blue boomers
and red waists, ITS Prophets, and
the Oriental band which was one Of
the few in line, made up the 200
people in Mcline's delegation.
Two of the few floats in the en-
tire march were entered by Moline,
the Elks' lodge having one of the
prettiest The other beautiful one
was that OF Lundt company. The
Elk float was OF white and purple,
with a huge wheel and Elk on the
radiator Of the car. 1t was decor
ated in purple wisteria- The Lundt
float was yellow and white, butter
flies furnishing the trimming.
Galesburg, Murga grotto, had so
Prophets in line, but its band failed
to appear.
Mohacsan grotto, Davenport,
stirred excitement all along the
line of march with its "bloomer
camisole" squad followed by a Gus
pidor representative. It's band
struck up Iowa" throughout the
march, and was followed by the
mohassan caldron drill team which
won first place in the drill contest.
Eighty Prophets and the mems
drill team filled up the Davenport
delegation.
Hapac grotto. Des Moines, Iowa,
had one of the dressiest delegations.
Its band of 80 members wore blue
jackets and black trousers, while
its drill team wore orange trou-
sers, blue sashes and white waists.
Its Oriental band drew favorable
comment, the bearded prophets.
striking sight in their red and
yellow costumes. Thirty prophets
followed the procession.
Prize-winning band CT Hated
grotto. Ottumwa, CARRIED in black
and yellow, was followed by a large
delegation.
Oxus Nifty Garb.
Finest drill along the line was
given by Oxus grotto team, Du-
buque, Iowa. With purple, red and
yellow suits the men made a hit.
The fife and drum corps followed
close behind. wearing black out
fits trimmed with red braid. The
mems drill team with red and pur-
pie suits, and Prophets with white
and purple piped capes finished the
array of colors appearing in this
unit.
Members Of Bella. Springfield,
Mass. Kallipolis. Washington, D.
c.. and Koran. Philadelphia, com
pleted division F.
The "Big Six Stir Crowds. I
In the latter part of the big
march, the outstanding feature was
the Big Six" the half-do5en giants,
averaging six feet three inches in
height and weighing 30 pounds.
Their huge figures CARRIED in white
uniforms and with beavers made
the section one of the best in line
The other units of the Al-Sirat
organization, Cleveland. Ohio. the
largest grotto in the United States,
were the band, with the members
CARRIED in green boomers and yell
low blouses and the drill team,
with purple uniforms and the mem
bers carrying rifles.
The band and drill team of the
Room grotto, Rockford, were
dressed in slate grey uniforms and
the caldron. the women's organiza-
ton, was impre5sively dressed in
blue skirts and white blouges.
Headed by six dashing horses,
Aryan grotto, Chicago, was we'll
represented in the parade The
band uniformed in black trousers
and red coats and the patrol with
the opposite combination was large
in numbers. Two horses drawing a
victoria brought up the center of
the organization which was follow
ed by the degree team.
The 6-month' sold baby band was
featured by the Zuleika grotto, Buff
falo. n. Y. Their uniforms were
bright red with white sashes. The
patrol was dressed in red pants and
green blouses.
Keder Khan, Syracuse, n. Y, ap-
peared with a band in white cos
tunes and the patrol made strik-
ing figure in the green suits dec
GRATED with the orange sashes.
The black suits of the Achbar
band, Columbus. Ohio, with red