Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1916, Page 15

PLANS COMPLETE FOR PLAG PARADE Every Detail Except Weather Has Been Taken Care of for Pageant. TWENTY BANDS Only the weather maker has not been consulted. Aside from this the arrangements for the patriotic parade in Omaha Wednesday, June 14, on Flag day, are practically completed. : The estimates are that 40,000 per- sons will march in this parade. Forty thousand persons, every mother’s son and daughter of them carrying an American flag, and nothing else, are to form the great spectacle. Headed by the grand marshal, Gen- eral George H. Harries, the magnifi- cent array of humanity, is to march in stately platoons, sixteen abreast. aligned across the entire width of the streets. There will be sections, and divisions in the formations. A number of sections grouped together for fa- cility in handling will constitute a division. Divide Into Sections. Thus each wholesale house will constitute a section, and the sections of wholesalers taken together will make up a division. In like manner the members of any one lodge will probably make up a section, while all the lodges taken together will make up the fraternal division. N No prancing horses, no gold braid, and no clanking swords will be seen in this parade. Everyone walks or he does not enter the parade. It is strictly a marchers’ parade, or maybe more prolserly a Eedenrian’p parade. General Harries, himself, will march at the head of the vast column afoot, and carrying his flag. Flags are to be distributed, to all who are to march just before the parade begins. Scores of thousands of these flags have already been or- dered. IN LINE All Stores Close. Practically all the business houses of any importance in the city are to close at noon. It is Flag day, and Omaha proposes to give Flag day puch a recognition for once as this day has never received in the past from any city in the west. Even the railroad offices and shops are to close. The railroads are asking that no freight be delivered®*to them after 11 o’clock to be handled that day, as they wish to get it all handled by 12 o'clock, when they will close. Thirty thousand school children are to be massed on either side of the line of march at convenient points. The children will not march, but un- der proper direction and leadership will sing four or five of the favorite patriotic songs during the period of the parade. The songs are printed on cards and will be distributed among the children before the singing com- mences, “America,” Star Spangled Banner,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “The Red, White and Blue,” are the four songs to be printed on the cards and sung by the children. Rope Off Streets. One hundred feet north and south of Farnam street, Eighteenth street, will be roped off for the chil- dren. This space, with the north walks and approaches of the court house, will hold approximately 8,000 children, who will be in charge of Miss Juliette McCune. At Twenty- fifth and Farnam streets 2,000 more children will be in charge of Miss Emma Dickman. Miss Fannie Ar- nold will look after 2,000 on the post- office steps and Miss Eunice Ensor will watch 2,000 at Sixteenth and Douglas streets, where 100 feet will be reserved west of Sixteenth street. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 11. “HUMAN FLY“ COMES TO OMAHA—Photo of Harry Gardner climbing the dome of the capitol building at Denver. He will scale the front of the Brandeis building Monday. " Harry H. Gardiner, named “The Human Fly” by President Cleveland, and who has climbed hundreds of buildings in all parts of the United States, is showing Omahans how to scale tall buildings, using no artificial helps, but merely his fingers and toes. He has already scaled two Omaha business buildings from the ground to the roof before the eyes of thou- sands of thrilled spectators. Tomorrow at 12:30 o'clock, noon, he will climb the Brandeis building. Among the notable feats of Gard- iner were the climbing of the Singer and Flatiron buildings, New York, the R. A. Long building, Kansas City, an eighteen-story skyscraper, and the Westgate hotel, another tall build- ing in the Missouri river city. “The Human Fly” comes to Omaha from Denver, where he scaled the fol- lowing buildings: Foster building, twelve stories. E.vand C. Building, twelve stories. Brown Palace hotel, ten stories. State Capitol building, including the dome, which was considered one of the most dangerous of his climbs. During his career as a “human Gardiner has climbed hundreds fl{' of buildings. He fell only once, and N that was when he was climbing the dome of the state capitol building in South Carolina during a heavy rain storm. When climbing Gardiner generally wears ordinary street clothes and ten- nis shoes. e claims that he can climb the sheer front of any building. Gardiner will appear at the Em- press for three days in a monologue act. He shows how he has trained himself to make his dangerous climbs. GROCERS AND BUTCHERS TO HOLD PICNIC AT KRUG PARK The annual grocers’ and butchers’ picnic, usually one of the biggest out- door events of the summertime, will be held Thursday, June 22, at Krug Park. C. E. LaVigne of New York, spe- cial investigator for the American Fair Trade association, will make an address on “The Standard Price Question and False Pretense Adver- tising.” An interesting schedule of sports and amusements has been arranged by the committee in charge. e STORAGE W ] lnunzmr e H*\ 1916, The City Back-Yard Bird Sanctuary HEN I think of the new Fontenclle forest reserve for the protection of the birds, and as a home and sanctuary for them, it seems like a kind of a bird dream | place; a bird heaven; an ideal plan that has actually and amazingly come true. The birds that live in this wonderful place, correspond to the earth folk whose lines are cast in the pleasantest | spots. They fly through the shady aisles, and nest in the quiet woods. Their lives are not disturbed, and they will be helped in summer with baths of fresh water, and in winter feeding stations will doubtless be es- tablished. The birds whose stars lead them to this peaceful haven will be the blest among our feathered friends. It i8 quite fitting that the dedication of the reserve on June 17 should be given over to the performance of Iglrcy Mackay's bird masque, in which - the birds for the time become symbolic, and are endowed with the gift of speech, and are able to communicate with us humans in our own language. [ understand that the cardinal is to make a very commemorative speech written by a poetess of Omaha and interpreted for this special occasion. *When one contemplates great riches the thought also comes of more mod- erate privileges and accommodations. [ would certainly call the Fontenelle forest reczeve a bird heaven. Not all humans, and not all birds reach heaven. I have in my mind at this moment the city back yard bird sanc- tuary with a modest garden plot and with a few large trees as a working basis. My own little garden in Omaha adjoins my neighbors; with the two yards we have quite a park-like space. One afternoon we combined forces and made a cement ground bath in Miss M.'s yard, as she had the most open and available lawn. In this bath, which is well away from all shrubbery, we counted fifty birds in two hours, on a hot afternoon. There is a most fascinating family of robins, mother, B e | father and five babies, and they all hop in together. It is a most engaging sight. For those who care to know |about it, there is a place on Seven-| {teenth and Cuming streets, where plain saucer-shaped cement bird baths | | may be had in three sizes. This is not in the nature of an advertisement, but because I have heard so many people asking where inexpensive bird baths could be bought. My interest centers ! entirely in the wish that the baths and | the birds may get together. | In the big plum tree and in the baths we have little brown thrashers. (1 like the name red mavis better). Blie birds, cat birds, gold finches, chipping sparrows, chickadees, wrens, rose-breasted grosbeaks, humming birds, blue jays, pigeons and robins. The English sparrow goes without saying: Poor little unwelcome visitor! A bird came one day and bathed in my little bowl bath, which 1 did not know at all. From my description Miles Greenleaf said it was a hermit thrush, but I would never dare put in print that we had a hermit thrush in our back yard! The birds like very much a Russian mulberry tree and they appreciate any tidbits like bread crusts or pieces of apple and seeds. Even in the sum- mer. Alas! I know they like straw- berries and cherries. Those little bab; robins are in the strawberry patch half the time. They play around like a family of kittens and ‘will come within a foot or two of us. We hope eventually to entice them into taking a worm from.our hands; so far they haven't quite dared risk it. It's fully as hard for us to hold the angle worm as for the little robin to muster up courage to help himself, Speaking of cats, we do not poison them or trap them, but we do get after them unmercifully with a good stout broom whenever they show their noses. The system secems effective Cohunkus also lives in our back yard. He is a chameleon bought at Geisler's S I 45 horsepower 126 in. wheelbase by my small nephew, who entirely gave up on the number of flies he had to catch to keep this doubtful pet happy. We hope Cohunkus is catching bugs successfully for himself. Anyway he has been given a chance at bugdom. There are large sanctuaries and small sanctuaries. It is sure that a small ‘i)lot faithfully equipped and guarded will find favor in the eyes of the One who notes even the spar- row's fall, MARY LEARNED. Automobiles on Time Payments. Floyd D. Burnett, 326 Rose Bldg., has opened an office at that address for the purpose of furnishing money for the purchase of new automobiles and allowing the customer to repay him in monthly payments, This plan of automobile selling is proving very popular and Mr. Burnett reports that many prospective car owners are availing themselves of this opportunity of getting the use of their car immediately instead of wait- ing until fall for its purchase. Many people who had planned the purchase of an old used car can now put the same amount into a new one and pay Mr. Burnett the balance as they use the car. Mr. Burnett reports that hundreds of Omaha and Council Bluffs people who had planned a vacation trip cost- ing from $200 to $500 are now con- templating the purchase of a car through his liberal plan and having a vacation at home 365 days in the year. Mr. Burnett says, “I will furnish the money on lnfi’ one of twenty- seven standard makes of cars sold in Omaha and stand ready to close a deal right this minute. My Sunday and night ihonc is Harney 4205 and my office phone is D. 1669, and I have decided to give my time Sunday to answering the inquiries from {un- dreds of . Omahans wha. desire the use of their new car immediately and pay me as they use it—Adv. 1145 7 passenger I 543" tires §.0.b. Toledo Production Price 16—A First Aid Stations Along the Line for Flag Day Parade Ten first aid stations are to be lo- cated along the line of march of the patriotic parade next Wednesday. They will be in the drug stores along the line, and will be designated by large signs painted “First Aid Station No. 1, No. 2,” etc., along the line. No, the committee dces not look for casualties. It isn't that. It is simply a safety first precaution. There is never any telling what emergency may arise. When 30,000 or 40,000 persons are marching a couple of miles through the streets on a hot day someone may faint, or any one of many things may happen. In fact, something would be fiel,y to happen to any one of the 30,000 it they were all sitting in the shade on their respective lawns at home during the afternoon, for 30,000 people is a lot of people. So just because these people are to be all together it was thought wise to provide first aid sta- tions where any little emergencies, from a nose bleed to a blistered heel, m,ly be properly looked after, he stations will be in charge of Dr. Banister. Nurses and doctors will be at these stations, and physi- cians will be sprinkled throughout every division of the parade itself. POSTOFFICE TO CLOSE FOR FLAG DAY PARADE Postmaster Wharton has secured special permission from the postmas- ter general to close the local post- office between the hours of 12 and § p. m. Flag day in order that all post- office employes may march in the parade. The po ster received with en- thusiasm ggestion that he appear in the parade mounted on a white charger, but he put it aside at once, “No,” he said, “I shall walk in the parade, like any other citizen. I shall walk at the head of the postoffice delegation.” and i | | | To Avoid Confusion. School teachers will assist the four oot txcher wil st he foe N Do the great variety of Sixes and the fluc. Been sssigned to the four places of e tuating prices seem confusing and perplexing? meeting, so that there will be no con- 1 i‘ it fusion. The children will ~march N Let’s reason it out. What controls price? Production. from their respective schools to their stations, carrying flags along the As a manufacturer’s production increases, his production cost, per car, decreases. way. It is believed the sight at Eight- Therefore the plant with the largest production eenth and Farnam streets will be inspiring one, with nearly 8,000 chil- is in a position to give more of everything and charge less for it. dren and many grownups in the rear, ell singing the four national songs We are the world’s largest producers of Six and Four Cylinder Automobiles. mentioned. Ninteen or twenty bands are to be Interspersed throughout the length of the vast column of paraders. J: F. Dietz has been working hard signing Consequently you get in the Overland Six a larger and more powerful motor—a longer wheel- base—the convenience of electric control buttons on the steering column and an almost endless list of other comforts and refinements. up bands for this evant. When he had contracted for fourteen bands, - the —yet what is the price ? Not $1200 or $1300 but $1145. general committee authorized him to contract for a total of twenty. He immediately opened correspondence And when it comes toa Six Cylinder perform- ance, remember the Overland Six is the star of them all. with leaders of other good bands in One ride will convince you. I I You Can’t Overlook It The fellow who hasn’t time to take care of his storage battery generally wastes a lot of time cussing it when it fails him, But why neglect such an important part of your car? It’s a big convenience when it’s working right— and Willard Service keeps it in condition to work right always, . Take advantage of our free monthly inspection. Ask us for advice. Learn what real battery experts can do. These Careful Buyers Choose Willard t Western Libert; O'Connor Bayers-Scoville i Lippard Standard Scrippe-Booth Seagrave Simplex Singer and South Bend Owen-Magnetic 8 various parts of Nebraska and Iowa In the hope of raising the number to twenty. \ The assignment of the assembling points to the various divisions in a very definite and specific way will have to be left until one of the last things. The amount of room certain divisions will require at the assem- bling point will depend upon the num- bers in that division. The parade will start from Twenty- fourth and Farnam streets at 2:30 o'clock next Wednesday. The line of March is east to Sixteenth, north to Capitol avenue, east to Fifteenth, south to Douglas, east to Thirteenth, south to Farnam, west to Fifteenth, south to Harney, west to Sixteenth, south to Leavenworth and disband. The paraders will march sixteen abreast. L. C. NASH RETURNS FROM CHICAGO TELLING OF HUGHES L. C. Nash, vice president of the Burgess-Nash company, who has been in Chicago attending the republican national convention, returned home this morning in order to keep some important business engagements. Mr. Nash stated that when he left Chicago the undercurrent of the con- vention seemed to favor Hughes and that the nomination .of the supreme court justice was almost a foregone conclusion. Although Mr. Nash will not be in Chicago personally, he made arrange- ments while there to” have all things of importance reported over the spe- cial wire connection in the store, to be posted on the bulletin boards on the main floor. Wanted—Some Want Ads in ex- change for lots of answers. Phone The Bee. en Overland Models 83 Unlon Velle Westeots R Winton Zismeraan Nebraska Storage Battery Co. 2203 Farnam St., Omaha. Phone Douglas 5102. Overland Omaha Company, J. R. JAMISON, President. Douglas 2643. 2047-2049 Farnam St., Omaha. 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