Evening star., 1932-07-02
DISTRICT TO MARK
DAY
AT SYLVAN THEATER
Exhibition of Fireworks Ex-
peCted to SurpasS Similar
Demonstrations of Past.
FAIR WEATHER PROMISED
BY FORECAST BUREAU
Pageant and Program of Speakers
Included in Plans Of Local
Committee.

A pyrotechnic exhibition that is ex-
pected to surpass any similar demon
stration held heretofore in the Capital
in celebration of the Fourth of July. is
being arranged to take place at the
base o. the Washington Monument
Monday night as a climax to patriotic
program in the Sylvan Theater.
In tribute to George Washington. as
part OF the Bicentennial anniversary
observance, special 300-foot set pieces,
depicting the First President and por-
traying the Crossing the Delaware"
scene, Spirit of '76" and the Liberty
Bell, will be used in the fireworks dis
play.
Claude w. Owen, chairman Of the
Fireworks Committee, said this part of
the program would get under way at
8:45 O'Clock, lasting for 40 minutes and
eliminating with finale of $50 BURST
ing shells. Mr. owen said that in order
to defray the expenses Of the fireworks,
prices have been placed on 1000 chairs
to accommodate spectators.
Fair Weather Predicted.
prediction that fair weather would
prevail in the Capital and throughout
the Atlantic States Monday was made
today by the United States Weather
Bureau. Rising temperature is expected
in most sections, the weather report
said.
The Sylvan Theater program, at
which Senator Watson of Indiana will
be the principal speaker will begin at
7:30 o'clock and will be the high point
of day Of patriotic activities in various
parts of the city. Thomas P. Little
page, chairman of the general COM
mittee in charge of the celebration at
the Monument Grounds, announced to-
day that Karl Clarke, Boy Scout, has
been selected TO lead recitation of the
Oath of Allegiance, and Lang Sibbet,
another Boy Scout, will be bugler at
the Sylvan Theater program.
Other features of this program in
clude recitation of the Declaration Of
Independence by Robert Downing and
a tableau of the Thirteen Original
States, presented by young ladies repre-
senting the State societies in the
District. Mr. Littlepage will act as
master of ceremonies, while Rev. w.
Coleman Nevils, S. j. president of
Georgetown University, will pronounce
the invocation. Music will be provided
by the United States Marine Band.
Soloists will be Eva Whitford Lovette
and Mathilde W. Kolb.
Massing of the colors will open the
Sylvan Theater program, with repre-
sentatives of patriotic groups from all
sections of the city participating.
City to be Decorated
No charge is being made for admis-
sion to the Sylvan Theater, according
to sponsors of the event. Tickets for
the fireworks display, however, are on
sale at leading hotels.
The city is expected to be decorated
appropriately with flags and colors for
the Independence day celebration, in
accordance with proclamation issued
by the District Commissioners calling
for displays on houses and buildings
Monday
East Washington citizens will hold a
homecoming celebration Monday in the
Eastern High School Stadium, begin
ming at $50 am, with an all-day pro-
gram of athletic events and other ac-
tivitieS planned. Groups sponsoring
this event include the Lincoln Park
Citizens Association, Stanton Park
Citizens Association, Trinidad Citizens
Association, Northeast Citizens Asso-
citation and the Northeast Business
Mems Association, in cooperation with
the Playground Department.
Judge Robert E. Mattingly of the
Municipal Court will be the principal
speaker at July 4 program sponsored
by the Association of Oldest Inhabit-
ants of the District of Columbia, to
take place in the Old Union Engine
House, Nineteenth and II streets. Mon
day noon. Fred A. Emery, vice presi-
dent of the association, will preside in
the absence of Theodore w. Moves, its
president.