Evening star., 1923-06-06
Capital Drops
Work to Enjoy
Visitors.
DOWNPOURFAHS
TO HALT CAYETY
Parade Tonight to
Surpass Tuesdays
I'm Its Grandeur.

With the greatest convention in
the history of the Ancient Arabic
Order, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine,
nearing its climax, Washington is
rollicking today in time with the
swinging tunes of the merriest band
OF men that ever captured a whole
city and overnight turned it into
one big, care-free carnival.
Prepared to bend every energy to
entertain the Shriners, the National
Capital has suddenly awakened to
the knowledge that it is being enter
tanned instead-enjoying the very
time of its life.
Not. even a sudden downpour of
rain shortly before noon succeeded
in halting the Shrine hosts in their
program of merry-making. For a
few minutes it looked as though the
visitors were in for real storm. but
when the rain grew too heavy thew
simply carried their fun indoors and
scores of business houses that might
not otherwise have been honored by
special Shrine serenade unexpect-
edly found their Offices filled with
musicians of all descriptions.
With bands that seem inexhaustibIe,
wholesome pranks that would wreath
the face of the most confirmed crank
In smiles and real fun, the jolly mobiles
have fairly swept Washington of it's
feet and carried it on the wings of
fancy to land OF eternal joy. North,
east, south or west, in every section
of the city, no matter how remote,
there win be something going on
every minute until Friday. when the
gay caravans must turn their faces
once more toward home.
The program for today alone reads
like an average human beings prepa-
rations for q whole summer. Long be.
fore Washington had crawled from
bed. several hundred gorgeously CO.'S
TUNED bands, groups of chanters and
aggregations of oriental musicians
had assembled In front of their head
at given points. others wandered
throughout the city. stopping before
apartment houses, hotels or private
dwellings-eyen invading business
Offices and department stores to sere-
made their hosts. And on every hand
they were given tumultous welcome
The greatest air circus in history
hoped OF" at Boiling Field at 10
CLOCK TINS morning unOer the
auspices of the Army air service.
Led by four pursuit planes that flew
here all the way from Langley Field,
seventeen Martin bombers and every
flying craft at Boiling Field, took the
air at the same moment. The din of
these roaring motors was heard to
the farthest limits of the city and
in the aerial armada were many of
the worlds greatest aviators.
Marines Entertain.
At the same moment that mar
velous spectacle was dotting the
heavens sixteen band concerts were
going on, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune,
commandant of the United States
Marine Corps, was entertaining a
quota of pilgrims and the United
States coast guard was staging a
demonstration of life saving at sea.
In other words. there was a show
to entertain every taste. 1t was
physically impossible for any one
person TO take in everything. This
afternoon scullers will hold a regatta
under the auspices of the Southern
Rowing Association. over in the
tidal basin a swimming meet will be
going on at the same moment.
Not half OF the days program has
yet been told. This afternoon the
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