The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-02
100000 AGAIN
EXPECTED At
CARNIVAL
Columbia Heights Mefrymak-
ing Will Continue With
New Features

Another crowd of Isl, 900 persons
f. expected to attend the Columbia
Heights street carnival tonight
when the festivities and revelry are
planned to be more gay and noisy
than those last night.
There will be another co1orful and
picturesque parade in which chill
dnen in costume are especially in
vised to participate and another big
batch Of prizes win be awarded.
Juvenile entrants in the costume
competition will receive the major
share of the prizes tonight.
Street dancing also will feature
tonight's program with the music
furnished by the Army Band, I'M
der the direction of Captain w. j.
Stannard. and The Times-Herald
Newsboys Band, led by Bandmaster
L. z. Phillips.
Fourteenth street will be illumi-
mated tonight as last night, when
q bedazzling array of multicolored
lights, strung from Columbia road
to Monroe street; cleaned upon The
thousands Of fluttering flags. Every
store along the carnival area is
decorated as never before, with
welcome signs, decorative designs,
and special displays in keeping with
the merry-making event.
Nothing Mars Fun
Captain Lord, of the Tenth pre-
cinct, who superintended the ac-
ttvifies of the 107 policemen and
500 Boy Scouts on duty last night,
estimated the crowd at fully
$50 1000" while old inhabitants SAID
they had never seen such a throrlg
in Washington before except during
fnaugurations. Notwithstanding the
huge crowd, which came from all
sections of theS city, there was not
a single accident, arrest, or COM
plant of disorder. The crowd was
in q jovial. genial, merrymaking
mood, dancing to the strains Of
music furnished by the Times
Herald Band and the Navy Band.
directed by Lieutenant Charles Ben
ter; throwing confetti, blowing
horns, or using other noise makers,
watching novelty stunts provided by
Harry Lohmeyer, chairman of the
entertainment committee, Or listen
ing to speeches laudatory Of the
enterprise of the Columbia Heights
Business Mems Association in ar
ranging this civic affair.
Following the lengthy parade up
and down Fourteenth street, the
major portion of the spectators
crowded as near as possible to the
platform at Fourteenth and Ken
yon streets where Miss Louise
Sobotka was crowned Queen of the
Carnival by Commissioners Fred
erick Fenning. Miss Sobotka,
daughter of Frank Sobotka, who
conceived the idea OF staging the
carnival, also received many other
gifts, as did each OF her thirty
four 1stunningly beautiful maids of
honor. The crowd rent the air
with applause when Miss Sobotka
was crowned and cheered her when
she shared big box of candy, one
Of her gifts, with spectators.
Brief Addresses Made
Brief addresses were made by
Frank Sobotka, Will Dismer, pres
ldent OF the Columbia Heights Bus
mess Mems Association; Colonel C.
o. Sheriff., Commissioner Fenning
and others. Colonel. Sheriff. con-
graduated the. Columbia Heights
people on the success of the earn
wal, pledged himself to continue his
efforts to make Washington the
most beautiful city in the world i
anu dShC0 THO LUX OIl the
10 cooperate in making it the most
wonderful city. Commissioner Fen
Ling paid a high tribute to the
business mems association in par
ticular and the people of Columbia
Heights in general and expressed
the wish that everybody would have
"a doggone good time" on both
nights of the carnival.
Following a special parade for
the the judging of adults costumes,
in which clowns, harlequins, pier
rots. pirates, colonials, devils and
beauties in every conceivable attire
took part, the following prizes were
awarded: Comic-Ingemaud Olaf
Lund, first; Mrs. Frank Wright, Sec
ond: Frank Miller, third; Harry
Payne, fourth. Novel-Miss NJ. v.
Moylan, first; Mrs. J. w. Thurston,
second; Miss Barbara futile, third;