Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
MILITARY GROUPS
TO JOIN IN PARADE
|NBLOSSOM FETE
Floats Will Be Included in
Procession to Tidal
Basin April 20.
QUEEN OF FESTIVAL
TO PICK ATTENDANTS
, Acceptances Pour In From Per-
sons Invited to Act as Patrons
and Patronesses.

Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A,
retired, who heads the Committee on
Arrangements for the Cherry Bios
som Festival parade, announced today
that the Army, the Navy, the Ma
rine Corps, the Coast Guard. the Ma
tional Guard and the High School
Cadets would take part in the march
to the Tidal Basin which will be held
April 20.
The parade will be studded with
floats, some of them very large, rep
resenting various civic and CONNER
cial concerns Of the city. The floats
will not only take part in the parade,
but will put in an appearance at the
festivities at the Tidal Basin on the
last night of the three-day festival.
Patrons Accept.
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of
the Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Henry l.. Roosevelt, will
choose eight attendants for her court
of honor tomorrow Miss Roosevelt has
accepted the designation of queen
of the festival, and her coronation
will be one of the highlightS of the
celebration.
AS arrangements progress for the
greeting of the return of the blossoms.
acceptances were pouring in from
those asked to act as patrons and
patronesses of the festival. headed by
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Patrons
and patronesses will be drawn from
the diplomatic set, the Supreme Court
and the cabinet.
Claude w. Owen. president Of the
Board Of Trade and chairman Of the
Citizens Committee on the Cherry
Blossom Festival, will speak on "Ad-
vertling the National Capital Cherry
Blossom Festival at a meeting of the
Advertising Club of Washington at
1890 o'clock tomorrow.
"NIikado" to Be Presented.
The festival, it is expected, will
draw TO the city thousands of persons
in addition to the throng that annu-
ally gathers here to view the recur-
ring marvel OF the blooming of the
circle of trees around the waters of
the Tidal Basin. For the first time
in history the blossoms will be il
Illuminated at night, and a varied
program for the three days of the
ceremonies, including a regatta, a
horse show. the presentation of Gil
bert and Sullivan's ever fresh operetta
The Mikado" has been arranged for
their entertainment.
The major railway systems are CO.
operating by offering specially re-
duced rates for travel to the city from
rnirfc O diStant ON miles
during the festival. There will be
special arrangements to care for the
comfort of visiting motorists.
A list of those who have thus far
accepted invitations of the committee
to become patrons or patronesses Of
the affair follows:
Postmaster General James A. Farley
and Mrs. Farley, Secretary of War
Dern and Mrs. Dern, Secretary of
Commerce Daniel Roper and Mrs.
Roper. Attorney General Cummings
and Mrs Commings, Secretary Of the
Navy Swanson and Mrs. Swanson,
Secretary of Interior harold Ickes
ard Mrs. Ickes.
French Envoy Accepts.
Pierce Butler. associate justice.
United States Supreme Court, and Mrs.
Butler; Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis, wife
of Associate Justice Brandeis, United
States Supreme Court; the Ambas-
sador of France and Nine. de
Laboulaye, the Minister of China and
Nine. SEE, the Ambassador of Spain
and Nine. de Cardenas, the Min
lister of Venezuela and Mrs. Arcaya.
Senator Willard E. Tydings, Senator
T. P. Gore and Mrs. Gore, Repre-
sentative Jennings Randolph and Mrs.
Randolph, Representative M. J. Null
downey, Representative Byron B. Har-
Ian, Representative Ambrose j. Ken
needy, Representative James L. Whit
ley and Mrs Whitley and Representa-
tive Everett M. Dirksen and Mrs.
Dirksen.