Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31
F|REMEN'S PARADE
TO Be GREATEST
Baby Competition Added to
Labor Day Program.
Judges Secret.

Changing bells and shrieSing sirens
~iu herald what promises to be the
greatest parade of firefighters III the
history Of Washington, starting ~
Peace Monument at noon Monday.
The annual parade. development OF
thu annual policemen 'S-fremens Laoor
dav base ball game, has grown each
GEAR and this, the sixth annual
AFFAIR OF its kind. has been enlarged 70
take II, a baby parade tn be staged on
the driveway south Of the ElIlpSe. oacN
Of tbs White House, at $50 CLOCK III
the afternoon,
As q means Of creating q greater IN
terest in this event. The EVENING star
ts Offering prlzeS Of $50. S23 and SlS IN
geld to the winners Of hrSt' Sec0na an "a
fslrS rlsces, and also q silver CuD 10
IN, winner of first place 70 be kept rs
q psrmSnent token.
An tvpcs Of bsbv vehicles VIII e2
eligible, the Only stipulation being tea'
thcv must be decorated. The prizes are
10 be awarded to tne baby floats making
the best appearance-thl2 is 10 m
cude The combination al the pretteSt
decorated feat and ths NEST ecmely
baby.
Route Chosen for Protection.
r,e ronts on the roadway south Of
the Eliipsa was chosen for me nsoE
event after il had been decided That
trs-e vo,,Id be more room. better shade
arS otb.r facilities for caring for par
srts sns children than there would M
n rhs rsrsdr we're staged around the
rI6nss oroper, as was first planned
Ths area will be roped of to AFFORD
maximum protection,
The frenen's parade proper VIII as
s.rrhls at First and 3 streets al II SO
MONDAY morning sno VIII start up
Esrrsv,vsnis avenue from the Peace
Monument at noon. II viii proceed wesF
An the Avenue to Fifteenth street ano
se,,th 10 3 street. where 1t will disaano'
The entries in the parade VIII DC ao-
Judged for prizes rs they pass IN ffoht
~ judges stand on the north SIDE
Of the Avenue Opposite the Dlstric'
Huildinr At this point il also VIII ne
reviewed BY the District Commissioners
ard Government officials,
PENNSYLVANIA avenue will be roped or
and the Police Department is making
srrsngernents for handling the crewaS.
street rar s.rvics on the Avenue VIII oe
SUSPENDED during the parade.
Detailed plans for Judging the various
arraratuses were outlined al meeting
eff the committee of Judges. headed By
Or. Frank E. Gibson. in the District
Building last night,
Three Judges for Each Class.
In order 10 insure absolute fairness
an6 ADEQUATE Judging In each classifiea-
hon, three judges will be assigned 10
nick the winners in each class for which
prizes will be awarded. According to
the rules adopted at the meeting nc
Judge will know in which event he is
10 be nudge until he is on the Judges
platform Also, no Judge viii be per-
initted 10 nudge in any event in which
he might have some personal interest,
The Judges will number 81 in all for
the fIremen's parade proper. CARDS
containing the names OF the groups to
Judge the various events are in the
hands of Dr. Gibson To further lessen
the chances of any complaints about
the Judges and methods. the names OF
the judges are being kept secret by
Or. Gibson until after the parade.
The Judges will rate the various con-
testants en- q percentage basis. 30 be-
Ing taken as the maximum rating. The
final decision Of each group OF judges
viii be placed in q sealed envelope 10
be opened in the District Building some
time in the afternoon following the
narade Not until then will the prize
winners be known.
From two to five prizes are 10 be
awarded for each of the following:
Fer the best appearing fire company
In the parade with band, best appear
Ing volunteer fire company in parade
without band. best piece OF apparatus
I'm line. including equipment of volun-
teer FIRE company. volunteer fire COM
pany with the most ancient piece OF
apparatus, volunteer fire company COM
Eng longest distance. volunteer IRE de-
psrtnienk making best appearance in
tlss parade. best decorated fire APP
raratus in line. best appearing ladies
auxiliary Of volunteer fire company or
department participating in the parade
company with best comic in parade
best float Of ladies auxiliary District
Of Columbia fire company represented
with best float In the parade, fraternal
organization nlaE.- : best appearance in
parade with feat. best comedy group in
the parade. drum corps making oest
appearance in the parade and for the
best commercial float in the parade. In
addition a priZe viii be awarded for tbs
best United States Government float
Ia the parade.
Political Floats Inappropriate.
In instructing the judges last night
Dr. Gibson declared they shouid elm
inate for a prize any apparatus they
deem inappropriate. In this connec'
ton he expressed the belief that any,
political float" would be extremely IN
appropriate.
Following the firemens parade ant
then the baby parade later in The after
room rc-flgiltins and comedy show
viii be staged BY fremsn on the clips
AZ 6:45 pm At 0 O'Clock 2 Mardi Ora
and costume parade viii be held On TN
Kllipse
Prizes also are rs BE- offered for cos
tun.eS in the latter event a. follows
Fer the most conlical group, not les
than four 10 be cogtumed for the mos
coMical pair. most comical individual
meat beautiful costume. most atITactiv
mans costume, most attractive ladies
costume and the most original COSTUME
Further detailed plans for the pared
are 10 be announced by Sergt. A. j. Ear
gzgn. parade marshal These are I
include the order of march, etc. All vol
unteer fire companies and ladies aux
iliayies from neighboring towns and cit
Les are requested 10 register al NO
engine house. located At New Jersey ave
nue. and z street, upon their ARRIVAL I
participate IN tne event. Sefgt Bar
gagflI stresses that IL Is important ths
all participants arrive early To ln%ur
their correct position In the parade
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