Evening star., 1935-09-15

In background of fireworks, music.
dancing, speech-making and ceremony
that would have astounded the dele
gates to the original Constitutional
Convention, the 1885 version of that
historic event will be re-enacted on
the north Monument grounds on Tues
day night. The affair will mark the
148th anniversary of the signing Of
the Constitution, the many times
amended document under which this
Nation has so long endured.
Latest development in plans for the
local celebration Is contained in the
announcement that complete am
plification coverage" of the parade,
: pageant and fireworks will be assured,
> Under the direction Of Maj. Gen. Amos
: A. Fries. U. S. A.. retired. master Of
+ ceremonies, a staff of announcers will
: broadcast each detail of the program.
: For the feature of the program
a.! namely. the convention re-enactment.
the committee in charge has drawn
upon the Federal Power Commission
!. for its talent and the following officials
of that organization will fill the
Colonial roles A. F. McWhorter, r. E.
showalter. Marshall Jones. Paul
Walter. j. B. Parrot. j. P. Schaenzer
E. F. Mays, G. E. Cohn, Arthur S.
Wellwood. A. H. Grimsley and T. r.
Tate.
Bands Will Play.
The parade which will precede the
ceremony on the Monument Grounds
will assemble at Constitution avenue
and r-and-a-Half street and move
west on the Avenue to Fifteenth street,
thence south to the North Monument
Grounds to the reviewing point The
United States Army and Navy Bands
will furnish music at the reviewing
stand and Mrs Flora McGill Keefer.
concert contralto. will lead tine entire
assembly in singing The Star
Spangled Banner" at the close of the
program.
The parade is due to start at 7:30
O'Clock with the program at the
grounds starting soon after $50, with
invocation by Col. Alva j. Breasted
chief of chaplains, U. S. Army, and
opening remarks by Gen. Fries. The
remainder of the program follows:
Junior Citizens Group-Pledge to
Constitution and Flag review.
Poem-"Our Flag" Mrs Lloyd Bid
die, president of District Federation of
Womens Clubs.
Introduction-Mrs. William E. Ochil-
tree. national president, American War
Mothers.
Address-Justin Miller, assistant
United States Attorney General.
Magma Charta pageant-Herman
Reese as Archbishop of Canterbury;
Henry Folmer as King John; Eugene
Kressin as Earl of Chester; Theodore
Freter as Robert fitz Walter.
Indian ballet-By 80 dancers trained
by Maurice Winthrop.
Mayf1ower compact pageant-By the
Black F'riars' Guild.
Ballet of the Thirteen States-By
] dancing girls trained by Marian
Chace.
Constitutional Convention pageant.
Benediction-Rev. John C. Palmer,
pastor of Washington Heights Presby-
terian Church.
Star Spangled Banner"
Fireworks.
Entries in Parade.
Richard S. Ham, vice chairman OF
the parade committee and director
of safety of the American Automobile
Association, last night gave out the
following list of official entries in the
parade:
American Legion, American Legion
Auxiliary, Sons of American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Legion of
Valor of Army. Navy and Marine
Corps, italian War Veterans, Jewish
War Veterans, Jewish War Veterans
Auxiliary.
Three troops Cavalry, one troop
Field Artillery, 5th Battalion Fleet
Marine Corps Reserve, 121st Engi-
neers, District of Columbia National
Guard. 29th Division Headquarters,
District Of Columbia National Guard;
United States Navy entry, 260th
Anti-aircraft Artillery, Ceremonial
Guard of the United States Navy Re-
ceiving Yard.
American War Mothers, Daughters
of 1912, Woman's Relief Corps, G. A.
r., Daughters of Union Veterans of
the Civil War, Sons of the American
Revolution.
Women of the Moose, Modern Wood
men of America, Loyal Order of the
Moose, B. P. o. E. Lodge, No. Is;
Colored Masonic Order, Kallipolis
Grotto, No. Is; Boy Scouts of America,
Danes of Loyal Legion and Military
Order of the Purple Heart
Fort Myer Band, Navy Band, Holy
Comforter Boys Band. Boys indie
pendent Club Band, 121st Engineers
Band, 260th Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Drum and Bugle Corps, Washington
Gas Light Co. Band, Elks' Club Boys
Band, Colored Masons' Band, WASH
1ngton Police Boys Club Band.
California State Society, Young
Democrats Club, Washington Board
Of Trade, Petworth Citizens Associa-
tion, D. C. Chapter Of American Red
Cross, Metropolitan Police Boys Club,
Commercial Club, Ride-a-Bike Club,
Embassy Dairy, Chestnut Farms Dairy,
Thompson's Dairy, Federation of
Business Mems Associations, Center
Market Business Mems Association,
Union Terminal Market Bus Mems
Association, Northeast Business Mems
Association, Central Business Mems
Association, Brookland Woodbridge
Business Mems Association and the
Good Samaritan's Home.