Evening star., 1934-11-01
100000 REvELERS
IN W|TCHFEST|VAL
FROL|C AND DANCE
Halloween Parade Double
Estimate, With 1000 in
Line of March.
CONSTITUTION AVENUE
TURNED INTO BALL ROOM
IA Bands Take Part in Celebra-
tion-Prize Winners
Announced.

tl0n-PrlZe Winners
Announced.
The National Capital last night held
its largest and most hilarious Halo
ween celebration, witnessed on Con-
stitution avenue by a crowd estimated
at from 100000 persons upward, with
official, business and civic Washington
being largely represented among the
spectators and in the parade itself.
Even the weather man obliged, the
anticipated showers holding off until
nearly midnight.
The number of participants in the
parade more than doubled the expec-
tations of those in charge, a police
count placing the figure at 2,OO2.
Attractively decorated floats, cleverly
attired costumed marchers, decorated
automobiles, bands and clowns served
to add color and picturesqueness in
keeping with Halloween.
Dance on Avenue.
Hardly had the parade passed
when 300 pounds of cornmeal and
100 pounds of soap powder were
Sprinkled on Constitution avenue be-
tween Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets for dancing, in which hun
dreds took part.
Crowds thronged the various down.
town thoroughfares, throwing con-
fetti and making as much noise as
possible
The following committee was named
today to set time and place for the
awarding of some IA silver cups and
numerous secondary prizes to the
winners in the various groups: Edgar
Morris, chairman; Wallace Robinson,
Harry r. Helwig, Mrs. Edna Gasch
and Clifford K. Bergman.
Miss Betty Gray, who as Miss Hal
loween II was queen Of the parade,
rode up Constitution avenue on q
glittering float, surrounded by ladies
of the festival court. Upon reaching
the reviewing stand she alighted, as
sisted by Brooke Johns as King of
Revelry and was given o bouquet by
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen. The
queen then was escorted to her
throne, from where, surrounded by
members of the court, she reviewed
the remainder of the parade.
Roberts Is M. C.
Peoples Counsel William A. Roberts,
as master of ceremonies, commented
on the floats and groups as they
passed the reviewing stands.
Music was furnished by bands in the
line of march, led by the George
Washington University Band.
Mr.. Roberts introduced over the
loud speaker Commissioner Hazen and
Ben T. Webster, chairman of the gen.
eral committee of the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee. The latter,
in a.brief address, declared the official
celebration has turned Halloween
from an evening of rowdyism into one
of pleasure"
Police statistics on the parade par
Elephants listed rs automobiles, Is
animals, IA bands, 81 floats, 1927
marchers and IT'S riders in vehicles
and on horses. The count was made
at Ninth street and Constitution ave-
nue. where it took the parade approxi-
mately an hour and a half to pass.
Winners Named.
Among the list of prize winners in
the various claSSifications we're:
For the best commercial float
Lansburgh and Bros, first; Hecht Co.,
second, and Palais Royal, third.
For the best civic f1oat-National
Capital Parks, first; Community Gen.
ter, second, and West Unit Play
grounds, third.
Other winners were:
Commercial out-of-town floats
Standard Garage, first. Local cos
TUNED group marchers, not more than
10-Jobs Daughters, first; Neighbor-
hood House. second; Mount Vernon
Sports Shop, third. decorated pri-
vate vehicles-L. A. McCrea, first; j.
T. Peyton, second, and woodbridge
Kids" third. Costumed individual
marcher--One marcher entered by
Mrs. Willoughby, first; Frank PortIllo
and Robert G. johnson tied for second
and r. Sanders, third. Best appearing
bands-Elks Boys Band, first; Loews
Fox, second, and Holy Comforter Band,
third.
Local costumed group marchers, less
than 10-Members Lincoln Park Citi-
zens' Association, first; Bell Cab Co.,
second, and Army and Navy Store,
third. Best appearing playground
unit-Won by Unit No. /.
Will Receive Cups.
Besides the silver cups to be award
ed winners of first places, cups will be
awarded to winners of second in four
groups.
A group of students from Catholic
University carried in the parade a
coffin, in which it was indicated they
hope figuratively to bury Western
Maryland, the university's foot ball
opponent, here Saturday.
Ford automobile dealers, with sew
eral score bandsmen each playing
while seated upon the top Of an auto
mobile in the parade, received much
applause from the crowd.
On the floats themselves were many
merrymakerS. Palais Royal depart
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Cole and His Fiddlers Three" with the
king seated on his thrown and fid-
oilers playing for him according to
tradition. Roosevelt High School had
a float with students studying and
typing, to represent business courses
studied there. The Community Cen
ter float showed "goblins hideout"
IN Halloween setting. Woodward
& Lothrop department store presented
a dream castle" float, illustrating ap-
parently, a Halloween of long ago.
Stanton Park Citizens Association en-
tered a float bearing its own queen.
Various other comercial and civic
floats represented, in unique fashion,
the products of their trade or policies
and subjects for which they stand.
Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sui
for cot .,,lkL L.