The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02
PUBLIC |S INVITED
 n ATTEND GALA ELK CELEBRATION
EdgeWood Park Monday Is Pleasure Trail For All
 Birmingham

 Monday morning of the biggest and most elaborate event ever staged by Birmingham lodge, No. 79 Beyeyolent Protective order of Ell1s. their La bor Day celebration, outing. picnic and athletic contest at Eagewso- Park, to which it is expected thou sands of visitors will attend.
 Birmingham lodge has made spe- cial efforts to assure thls as the big gest and best event in their history. The program is the most complete and varied ever arranged for a similar oc- casion, and Is brim full of mirth pro- | voking features for every minute of | the day and into the night.
 The celebration starts promptly at | 9 oeIock when the gates of the pleas | ure resort will be open to the pub | lie. Ample transportation facilities have been arranged for those persons ! who do not own scars. Visitors to | the pleasure traiT will find ample street car accommodat ations to which has been added special jitney busses which will operate from the old post | office direct to Edgewood. For those | who care to go in private cars ample l parking space has been secured i'm mediately outside the park and pro- i tection assured for all cars.
 Music has been specially arranged as one of the features for the t.ay and besides the crack Elks band un- l der the direction of Prof. Otto Miller, l Watson's Bell Hops, one of Birming- | hams favorites, will furnish music for the dance.
 The largest array of valuable and | practical prizes ever awarded in Is.s.- winners of the various and novel stunts arranged for the days pro gram and the entire affair has re- | ceived careful study of the various | committees with a view to making it the banner event of the year in the | history of lodge 79.
 The gates open at o'clock for a | plunge in the big swimming pool. At 10:30 is scheduled one of the big events of the day, a baseball gar, 3 for the city league championship l between East Lake and the Sloss By Products teams, prize being offered to the winning team.
 Barbecue and refreshments will be served on the grounds at 12 o'clock noon. Basket dinners are in order.
 At o'clock comes the feature at | traction of the day, baby show | staged under direction of Hnnr. Goodman, chairman. A suitabis ! prlHe WILL De gwen 10 eacl or the 1 finest babies entered in the contest under the following classifieations l grand prize, finest baby between the ages of six and 36 months, and au- dltional prizes to the following: boy and girls each between the ages ot 12 and 30 months. and to the finest pair of twins between the ages of six and S6 months. The baby show will be held at tho Mountain View Inn.
 Dancing at the Masonic and Dream | land pavilion also will commence at 3 o'clock with prizes offered for best waltzing couple.
 At 2:3o o'clock field sports will oc- ! cupy the program. This event in 1 cludes fat and lean ladies race, | ladies ball pitching. contest, teen age girls pitching contest, and a bali bouncing contest for ladies and teen
 age girls. Prizes are offered for each event.
 Prof. Otto Millors crack Elk band promptly at o'clock. The program l includes an overture, waltzes, marches and popular numbers by re- quest, and at the same hour all the flats" and the leans" will mix 1t | in a baseball game with prizes, Sack races, footman's race, potato race, horseshoe pitching, high jump, high kick, line jumps, and running jump and foot races also are announced for the 3 o'clock hour with prizes for the winner of each event.
 Suitable prizes are offered for win ners of variety of field sports to be held at o'clock, and include pogo races, girls 100-yard dash, boys 100- | yard dash and boys and girls jump ing contest.
 Field sports for Boy Scouts only will include racing, Jumping, ball l nj ifnn nfNO events, with prizes offered to the
 At 3;45 o'clock children under 12 years will participate in a pie-eatine contest. and at o'clock number of swimming Contests will be held for ladies, and boys and girls under F
 The ladies' bathing revue at , o'clock is anticipated as one of the | biggest drawing cards of the day. Prizes will be awarded to the most graceful swimmer, prettiest bathing suit and to the three prettiest girls in bathing suits.
 | A variety of special water sports will immediately follow the bathing revue and will feature lady high diver and an escape from a barrel of a. young lady dressed in street clothes. hands tied In a bag, and the barrel sunk in water
 The aviation program commences promptly at 5:15 with thrilling and death -defying aviation stunts, para chute drops and plane changing. A trip In the air Is offered those de- siring.
 Birmingham's ancient automobiles also will be in prominence at Edge wood park Labor Day, but they must come under their own power Hand some prizes are offered for the most delapidated automobile on the grounds which will navigate Special prizes will be awarded at 6 o'clock to the prettiest woman, the ugliest man, the Elk with the largest family present, and to the oldest EEK on the grounds.
 illuminated aeroplane flights are scheduled for o'clock and fireworks at S:S0. Dancing on the two pavil- ions at o'clock.
 General distribution of prizes, the awarding of the pony and cart. bicycles and other souvenirs will be held at o'clock at the Mountain Q o'clock.
 Prizes for the event have been do- mated by merchants of Birmingham and are useful and valuable. Among the handsome articles might be men, tloned automobile tires, rings, watches, cigars. canned goods. ladios' underwear, bathing suits barrel of flour. perfume, coffee, hams and . long list of others equally as at, tractive.
 Aviators participating In the thrill ling and death-defying stunts are Grantland Irvine. who will pilot the top plane; Capt Samuel C. Harreil Tn charge of a lower plane, and Glenn E. Messer, who will change from one plane to another while flying above the awed spectators. Numerous other stunts, such as the nose dive the tail spin and others will be executed. l The million dollar Masonic temple now in course of erection at Little Rock, Ark, is nearing completion