The Washington times., 1923-06-07

Unsettled Weather Fails to
Halt Success OF Night
March Down Avenue.

Supposedly, it was the dark o.
the moon last night.
And, in addition to the absence
of the satellite, no more stars
shone over Washington than over
Cape Cod the time the we'll
known Hesperus piled up on the
reef Of Normans Woe.
It was up to some human
agency to dispel the cheerlessness
Of q wet dusk with flood OF
light. The Shriners did it.
Repeat Great Parade.
Proving that q good man gets
better as he goes along-thousands
OF good men-l26 temples Of A. A.
o. N. NJ. s., many augmented in
personnel. repeated their great
parade Of Tuesday. That 10, they
repeated II as regards cOntingents
entered and route traversed-from
beyond the Capital to Washington
the utmost effectiveness.
AZ times, IL looked like a march
Of the firefliee, this beautiful eve
ming pageant. They swung by in
company front to the commanding
strains of their perfectly.trained
bands their uniforms pricked out
with nnyriads Of tiny electric globes,
fed from concealed storage batteries.
Over their heads gwayed in light
breezes the endless fronds of In
candescents. red. green and gold,
forming the famed ceiling Of
light" Ten minutes after the units
were under way, or 7:40 o'clock,
all was gay as the big night Of New
Orleans nardi graa.
Hardings See Thing Through.
President Harding. with Mrs.
Harding, again took his place in
the ornate stand before the White
House and saw the thing through
till the last outfit had blared past
Just at midnight. He had the
satisfaction of beholding the temple
OF which he 10 a member-Aladd!n
Columbus. Ohio-coning very close
to outshining all others. the mem
bers tiny lamps, augmented by
breast-borne luminous placards,
spelling out their name.
In times OF great crisis or great
nlerriment, people forget all about
the weather. The stands that
seated 10000 on Tuesday again were
damned. and the sidewalk and park
crowds were equally dense. Spat
tered white shoes, flimsy costumes
touched by the fingers Of several
ilght showers. soggy straws-these
inadvertencies could not dampen
the unanimous carnival spirit.
Many who saw both parades were
outright in declaring that the night
affair far overmatched that Of the
day.
The Hardings entertained in their
box the newly elected imperial
potentate Of the order, Conrad ".
Dykeman, of Brooklyn, and Mrs.
Dykeman: Secretary George B.
Christian. jr.. and Mrs. Christian;
tary Of Labor, General Pershing
ana the Executives military and
naval aides. Colonel Sheriff. and
Captain Andrews.
Chanters Are Active.
Especially virile was the per-
torrance Of the various groups of
chanters. Mellowly their voices
carried through the night the fame
OF Iowa. Indiana, Maryland. Dixie,
and other States and sections about
which favcrite topical songs have
been built.
A young lady. expressed special
pleasure in new song by the out
nt that rendered How Dry Am
On Tuesday, This time, they roared
out that Washington Was Wet As
Anything" \
An innovation in Washington
pageants was the use of little cleo
trio lights colored red and green
on the shoe tips Of many Of the
Temple marchers Other bulbs were
borne on the end of wands, others
in head.dresses, while practically MI
the rubber-tired base-drums were H.
Illuminated and musicians frequently
| had electric lamps perched on their
| shoulders so as to shine on their
notes.
Thousands Of persons who had
braved the torrential shower Of the
afternoon to witness aquatic and
| aerial events at the Tidal Basin and
off Haines' Point stayed down town
to dinner and took up their grand
stand seats Of vantage points along
/ pennsylvania avenue early From
every section Of the city there was
In addition, a mass movement to-
ward the center and down-coming
trans were packed. Traffic was
suspended on the avenue branch OF
the Capital Traction with sun
down, while the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company operated
Its street line, but routed cars
ordinarily destined for Lincoln Park
by Union Station.