Evening star., 1951-03-26
Easter Parade
Crowds So Big
Stores Worry
Connecticut Avenue
Event Just Misses
Getting Out Of Hand

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more every year.
So many people turned out for
yesterdays on Connecticut ave-
nue. that things just barely missed
getting out of hand.
And the merchants-the people
who put out the welcome mat and
organized it all-don't know what
will happen next year. They fear
they might need the riot squad.
In case you weren't there, here's
the way it was:
= Automobiles bumper to bumper
in the street. Pedestrians the same
on the sidewalk. Policemen striv-
ing to keep both from tangling at
intersections. CANNES on leashes
tangling with other CANNES in
arms. Children fleeing their pa
rents, and parents chasing their
children. Baby chicks squeaking.
And at least one baby pig.
= AdmidSt all, a corps of frantic
judges trying to seek out the sar-
torially elegant.
With difficulty. the judges sue
ceeded. But when the time came
for final mods at Dupont Circle
and in the Dupont Plaza Hotel
lobby, the situation was so chaotic
some of the judges fled dismayed.
Missing Winner No. 13
And one pretty miss. whom the
remaining judges surveyed as mo
49," won a priZe-but when awards
time came, she was gone and it
was discovered no one had re-
corded her name. Anybody know
who she is?
Twenty-nine other awards were
announced, ranging from the
best-dressed husband and wife to
the wearers of the most unique
hats" (there were two of the last) i.
There also were some "beSt-
dressed dogs" awards. although
how many was uncertain when the
results were Tailed last night.
4. Prior to the award-making,
little ceremony was held in the
hotel lobby to inaugurate a Ma
rine Korea veteran, Corpl. Carroll
S. Hartley of Bethesda Naval Hos
pital as honorary mayor of the
avenue.
Corpl. Hartley won out by
narrow margin in contest with
Army Sergt. Julian j. Copelan
of Walter Reed, with about $4,000
votes cast. District Commissioner
F. Joseph Donohue and the presi-
dent of the Federation of Busi-
nessmen's Association, Jerome B.
Mckee, made brief speeches at
the ceremony. Just what they
said can't be reported, however,
because it was drowned In the
hubbub.
Both servicemen were awarded
cash gifts and free round-trips
home.
Milled Through Lobby.
During most of the afternoon,
the crowd milled uncontrolled
through the lobby and the cock
tail lounge that connects with
it on both ends. The baby chicks
and the pig were in and out, too,
and little of the formal proceed
ings could be overheard because
of some mysterious complications
in the public address system.
There were so many dogs. both
inside and outside, that one dow
ager onlooker was heard to in
quire, a little testify, us this
fashion show or a dog show?"
There were all sizes, from Rus
sian wolfhounds and boxers down,
and in all kinds of garb. Mrs
E. L. Mowrer, 1924 Upshur street
NE, led a white samoyede clad
in dainty lace pantaloons. Birney
Robert, IL, of 1928 Thirty-first
street NV, showed off a once
gray poodle named Coco-noW
turned blue.
BY far the most fashionable
though not a prizewinner, was
one Of the smallest dogs of all
"a 5-year-old, 5-pound chihua-
hua, named Willie, who wore a
coat of grey chinchilla fur. (Wil-
lies owner, Mrs. Mary B. List,
1444 Rhode Island avenue NV.
wore modest taffetaD
The non-canines, however,
grabbed more of the spotlight. The
pig, boasting a hat and ribbons,
was paraded despite squeals) by
Miss Jerry Norman, 81, of 713
Nineteenth street NV, with
breaks for go at an oversize milk
bottle. William Knight, 1923
Douglas street NE, showed off
bonneted white rabbit-the gen.
uine Easter one, of course.
Chick Hat Wins Prize,
Mrs. Margit Green, Route 4,
Alexandria, and her small
daughter chaperoned the baby
chicks-Mrs. Green in cage built
atop her hat brim, her daughter
in an Easter basket to match.
Mrs. Green won one of the
unique hat" prizes.
The other prizewinning unique
hat" belonged to Mrs. Ethel Kline,
1707 @ street N.W.-a 15-year-old
parrot. His name is Jimmy
if he ever lays an egg, he'll be
Jennie" she said-and Jimmy
laughed loud along with the on
lockers. Jimmy came down from
Mrs. Kline's head now and then
to cock a wary eye at the animal
life in the parade.
Thousands also turned out yes
terday for the parade on U street
formed by the National Negro
Opera Foundation.
More than 200 floats and dec
GRATED cars proceeded from Tenth
to Fifteenth Streets NV. to the
accompaniment of bands and
bugle corps. Some of the floats
had operate motifs.
Cynthia Jones and Rita Car
rington took q prizes for the
best-decorated floats. William II
Bailey, president of the Local ITO,