Evening star., 1934-04-20
CROWDS THRILLED
BY FETE PARADE
Spectacular Event to Be
Followed by Fireworks
Display Tonight. >
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George c. Schaffer, Granville Guide,
A C. Case, Tom Mudd, Curtis E.
McCalip, Grantz Dunkum, Col. Rice
w. Means, Melville ,. Hensey, Michael
D. Schaefer, Ernest L. Steuart,
Harold Russek, Clifford T. Kettler,
W. C. Grace, C. T. Day, Tefft John
son. C. D. Kaufman, F. w Nc
Laughlin, Eugene Minoux, Julius H
Riley, F. w. LoetSch, Julius B Gay,
William Mehler and DR.. w. S. Weaver.
Fireworks Tonight.
The parade over, attention will next
be centered en- the Monument
Grounds, the scene of an elaborate
display of fireworks at o'clock to-
night, climaxed by a parachute jump
from a plane to the waters of Tidal
Basin.
A set piece of 800 square feet
showing a cherry tree bursting into
bloom will be the feature piece of the
display. More than dozen large set
pieces will be shown in addition to
colorful serial display, Edgar Morris,
chairman of the Fireworks Commit
tee, has announced
Approximately 5000 chairs will be
available on the Monument Grounds
for those who wish to see the fire.
works. Tickets for the chairs are now
on sale at 1419 G street, the leading
hotels and will also be on sale at the
grounds. A concert by the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. Band will precede
the fireworks.
Set Piece to Show Flags.
Another set piece, dedicated to "Our
friends across the sea-" and in keep
ing with the spirit of the festival, will
show an American flag and a jap
anese flag draped together. Depicting
the Garden of Allah will be a set
piece of 400 square feet including tall
electric fountains and electric wheels
whirling in varying colors. The Tenn
pie of Flora will show some $4,000
stars of all colors winding in and out
of the columns. Niagara Falls in the
Moonlight and the Battle of the
Clouds are two other spectacular
pieces.
The show will conclude with two
large pieces, 400 feet square, showing
President Roosevelt and the American
flag
The feature of the celebration to-
morrow, the last day of the festival,
will be the reception and ball at the
MayfloWer Hotel, starting at 10 o'clock.
Senator and Mrs. William H. King.
Representative Mary T. Norton and
Commissioner and Mrs. Melvin c.
Hazen will be in the receiving line.
Brig. Gen. William E. Horton, chair
man of the Reception Committee, will
make the presentations.
Immediately after the guests have
been received in the beautifully deco
rated ball room, the Queen of the
festival, Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, will
enter and take part in a dance figure
with partners consisting of young
Army, Navy and Marine Corps
bachelors. Dancing will follow with
music by Sidney's Orchestra.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Attend.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is ex-
pected to attend the reception.
Assisting Gen. Horton on the COM
mittee are
Mrs. John Allan Daugherty, vice
chairman; Mrs. j. E. Davies vice
chairman; Col Marvin H. Mcintyre,
Senator David l. Walsh, Senator
Arthur Capper, Solicitor General
James Crawford Biggs, Assistant At
torney General Frank c. Wideman,
j. F. T. O'Connor, Assistant Secretary
of War Harry H. Woodring, Stanley
Reed, NJ L. Sperry Lloyd B. Wilson,
DR.. William Mcclellan. George w
Ofutt, Sidney F. Taliaferro. Thomas
P. Littlepage, Theodore w. Noyes,
John Saul, w. w. Everett, Lowell
Mellett, Eugene Meyer, D. J. Callahan,
Lewis T. Breuninger, Archibald c. V.
Wells, Col. R. E. Foster. William
Phelps Emo, w. Waverly Taylor,
Herbert c. Hengstler, Everett j..
Boothby, Robert F. Kelley, DR.. Stan
ley X Hornbeck, Brien Mcmahon
Col. Marcellus D. Won Redlich, Col,
M. Robert Guggenheim, Capt. John
Lewis Smith, Col. ]. Miller Kenyon,
H. M. Brundage, jr. Arthur Muller
jr, and W. w. Chiswell.
Clouds Temper Sun.
The first day of the festival was
carried out without hitch, and the
raincloudS. which might have spoiled
the scene for the thousands of visitors
and WaShingtonians who attended the
spectacle, served only to temper the
rays of the sun and allow the Specta-
tors to watch the proceedings in COM
fort.
All roads led to the Tidal Basin
yesterday, where a coronation stand
for the queen and temporary horse
show ground had been set up just
west of Fourteenth street. A crowd
of about 5000 watched as the Rev.
George F. Dudley placed f1llet of
cherry blossom buds on the blond
head of Eleanor Roosevelt, crownlng
her queen of the festival.
The mounted Cavalry Band from
Fort Myer preceded the queen and
her attendants, in automobiles. At
the end of a runway of canvas
stretching in front of the platform
Commissioners George E. Allen and
Melvin c. Hazen welcomed the queen
and her court and escorted them up
to the dais.
There DR.. Dudley crowned the
queen, once for the spectators and
once for the large battery OF camera
men. The queen was dressed IN
white; her attendants in varying
shades of pink. from a dark rose TO
the faintest blush.
Queen Assumes Throne.
The queen took her seat on
throne at the top of the platform, and
her attendants we're ranged down sew
eral flights of steps below. Those
with the darkest dresses sat on the
lowest level and the dresses gradually
shaded off in color to the pure white
of the queen at the top.
Before the queen, as she made her
entrance, walked 10-year-old Betsy
Baker, dressed in white knickers and
blouse, bearing the fillet on a white
cushion. The queens train was car
ried by Elizabeth Goring Bliss and
Grace Colgate Rumbough, also 10
years old.
As soon as the queen and her court
had taken seats, and the camera men
had cleared out Of the way, the horse