Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-08-07 | Page 11 | Moving Living Flag

I Moving Living Flag For the first time at any of ot the Grand Army encampments ts a living moving flag Is to be seen here next week At other encampments living flags have been seen but never have they also been moving flags The flag here will wilt be composed of close to 2000 school children all dressed in capes and caps The They have been drilled and trained by Prof Proto William A. A Wetzell etzell su superintendent superintendent superintendent su- su of ot music in the public schools The flag Is to be tom for 01 red ltd on oa the da day of ot the parade at the tho temple grounds and will march In a bod body down don Main street to Seventh South where all will be seated in a grand stand which has been built across Main 1 street on the south southside southside side of Seventh South The flag has been arranged b by seating the children in straight rows lOWS The red stripes are formed with children wearing red capes and red hats The Time white stripes contain children in capes and hats lIsts and the blue with children In blue The stars are formed of or card board on the end of ot poles which are carried by children in white suits While seated In the grandstand grand grandstand grandstand stand the whole gathering of ot young oun Salt Lake will sing and at the same time cause caliSe the flag to wave By slowly rising and sitting pitting gradually from the tho pole to the time outer edge of ot the time flag the the- waving effect is produced After Alter Altere up the e i Main flag fn d drill street I e the e nag flag to g will First n Fa march South t in a aw where body twenty five brass bands will fall rail In behind and while marching from First South to South Temple will pia play Onward Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian Soldiers The children will ill sins sing band In other cities the living flags have haye been seen but never before has an attempt flag been ra stated stand made d to tT This march rf is possible the sf children d here from because a the of ot the extreme width of ot the tho streets The Time flag promises to be tho the most patriotic affair ever performed In this city To assure the safety of ot the children n nurses and doctors are to be Kept at the stand and will be read ready to carry out any exhausted children Immediately The I stands have been erected er very substantially and inspections of ot the work b by city officials assure the time safety of all ell children