The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26

What feast for the five senses Wao
this years Strawberry Dayl It is
utterly impossible to enumerate the
multitudinous appeals to the senses Of
seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and
feeling that Strawberry Day offers.
The eyes are indulged with a multi
course banquet Of motely throng Of
e1quisitely dressed tourists, dark
skinned Mexicans, babies with crisp
pink bonnets, lean, hard-faced men,
recruits doubtless of the hiIl-hidden
cattle ranches, fat, domestic-eyed wo.
men, slim, giggling girls and their
ruddy- faced escorts bound for the
merry -go-round and the ferris wheel
with their whirling splendors, business
men, whose efforts to relax their facial
muscles are rewarded with varying de-
grees of success, cowboys in their dis
tinctive regalia of rose sateen shirts,
flowing chaps, large-brimmed hats, and
.
boots bristling with spurs, bright
faced little girls twirling souvenir
purses, small boys bent on a certain
advance variety of mischief in which
matches, explosions and screams are
aceompaniments, and ever inseparably
intermingied with all this human
stream are the buzz Of voices and \
veritable dot Of colors, vieing in their
oriental splendor with Colorado
rainbow.
To this add the gaily decorated
floats that creep slowly from street to
street, the festive vari-colored bal
looms, the distinctive aroma of the
hamburger and shot dog" stands, the
local shops with their attractive dis !
play Of novelty candies and dainty
frocks, the prim, feather-bedecked
dolls in the lottery booths, the deli |
cious flavor of strawberries and cream,
the hum Of airplanes, the voices Of
children, the sights at the rodeo, the
plunge in the pool, the frustrated
Fords, the dance hall music, the sput-
tering, popping firecrackers, the pun
gent, ice-cold drinks, the strains Of tho
band, venders' voices, crying babies, +
laughing girls, whistles and noise, add
these to the sights, sounds, and sense.
tions already experienced and the re-
sultant conglomeration is one that de- I
fies analysis and can only be defined
by the collective term, Strawberry
Day. nj
The first days program opened with I
the street parade led by Misses Kath.
crime Mccarthy and Helen Gregory on
horses and followed by number of
other riders. The principal attraction,
however, was a number Of beautiful
floats designed by different business
people of the city and which were ad-
mired by a number of people ON the
streets along the line of march.
The floats were as follows: An orig
inal Strawberry float including Mr..
and Mrs. Strawberry and family, who
had just arrived in their Buick six,
the latter consisting Of little boys and
girls dressed - Strawberries, The floa.
was in charge Of j. F. Mccoy Of tho
Mccoy Motor Sales. Hubbard 4
Clarke float advertising Kellogg's
Corn Flakes; Central Grocery, pullmaa
Cafe, Flower Shop, Dsver Jswslry
store, Lions, 0lsnwood sanitarium.
Denver Hotel, woody's Grocery, Glen +
wood Sheet Metal works, and Parkisoa
Drug store. A horse saA hsesv - /.
veying several Of the Old timers was
also in the parade and eaeA Of tie
bands participating in The fsstivitiss
Was repsessnted. , |,
The oienwood Hospital aad lfsOsy
Motor saiss epiit the ~ first psiss. 1,
While the second prise for 40 ~
lwardsd 70 tAs Tiswsr eAsp, saA ~
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