Evening star., 1926-10-23
CHILDREN STAGE
Carnival PARADE:
Many Prizes Awarded After
Costume Procession at
Columbia Heights.

The children had their innings las
night at the Columbia Heights carni
val. Hundreds of them took part ir
costume parade and competed fol
prize awards for the most original
comic and artistic attire. Miss Colum
b,a Heights of 1926, Miss Dorothy
Brandt, and the bevy of beauties com
posing her court of honor headed the
procession on the resn'endnnt ""-H
mobile float, which had mysteriously
disappeared the night before.
Prizes were also awarded by the
Columbia Heights Business Men s
Association for the most appropriate
floats. Every child in costume was
the recipient of a souvenir Of the gala
occasion. Four hundred Boy Scouts
under the command of Col. +. l.. Mat
tice and Scoutmaster Thomas A
King. joined in the parade.
Prizes for the most original cos
tunes were awarded to: First, Janis
Levitan, c010 Klingle road, gypsy
second. Morton Woifman, 14l6 Irving
street, Irish policem1n; third, Frank
p Harles, 1924 Fourteenth street, pig,
and Victor Sellers, 1906 Kenyon
street, tramp: fourth, Mary Mother
shed, 2G04 Fourteenth street: fifth,
Dora Heincke and Georgia and El-
bert Miller, l29 Indiana avenue, patch
work giA, herald girl and attendant;
sixth, Virginia Walters, 3113 Georgia
avenue, Spanish troubador; seventh,
Helen Spiess, 10 Narnum street, old
fashioned girl, and eighth, Clark Pal
verd, 134S Maryland avenue, Dutch
boy.
Most artistic costume: First, Molly
Herson, 303 Rock Creek Church road,
and Louise and Caroline Robey, 433
Quincy street. Orientals; second. Mar
ion and Robert Chaimson, 1888 6
street, royal court: third. Virginia Mae
and Emory Firman, 1888 Harvard
street rose and old-fashioned garden;
fourth, Margaret Jones, 1869 Morse
street northeast, baby doll; fifth. June
Cameron, 1928 Park road. Scotch
lassie: sixth, Virginia White, 115 llit-
tenhouse street, Russian, and seventh,
shelby Luber, 2633 Sherman avenue,
fiapper.
Most comic costume: First, Fred NJ.
Ternald, 1914 Columbia road, clown;
second. Logan Wilton and EIwood
Backenstoss, colored couple; third
Clinton Phillips, 1881 Fourteenth
street, clown; fourth, Joseph de
Prima, 364S Thirteenth street, 1776
girl; fifth, Eleanor Franklin, 1915
Kenyon street, and Dorothy Barton,
1903 Kilbourne street. Siamese twins;
nois avenue, safety first; seventh,
Abraham Wexler, 1920 Oak street,
and Joseph Danzansky, 1901 Four
teenth street, parson and bum: eighth,
Margaret Girard. 1906 Georgia ave
nue., Bowery girl. and ninth, Dorothy
Sammons. Portner apartments, pier.
rette.
Honorable mention: First, Dorothy
Brodt, 1913 Thirteenth street. Dinty
Moore; second, Dorothy Parker. 1928
Shepherd street. honey bee, third.
Sylvia Norris, 1434 Fairmont street,
Queen Of Rumania; fourth, Mary Jane
Curry, 1927 Monroe street: fifth,
Lorraine Rakusin, 1856 Park road,
high hat; sixth. Elton Parker, 1928
Shepherd street: seventh, Lorraine
Thompson. 3413 Georgia avenue.
French girl: eighth, Margaret kush-
elavsky, 2544 Fourteenth street: ninth,
Malcolm Hay. 1853 Mount Pleasant
street, modern young lady, and tenth,
Thomas Key, 1926 Seventeenth street,
cowboy.
Most original float: Mount Pleasant
: Nut Shop Individual cars: First.
Peck's Auto Rental Co; second.
Swans Department Store; third,
Mary Shop; fourth, Fairnont Beauty
Shop; fifth, Guide. florist; sixth,
Central Flower shop, and seventh.
Schmid's Pet Store.