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Show WHISTLES, BELLS AND BOMBS ANNOUNCE FASHION SHOW City Gay With Bright Colors and Enlivened by the Music of Many Bands Great Crowds Witness Parade and Drill of School Children on Washington Avenue Baby Show at 4 O'Clock With 392 Entrants Auto Parade Tonight Will Be a Big Event Doctors and Nurses Occupy a "Safety First" Auto on Streets. With the blowing of man whistles. the. ringing of bells and the booming I of a salute of 21 bombs fired from a I I mortar at the rear of the police headquarters, head-quarters, the Ogden 1914 Fashion Show was ushered In at 10 a. m. today The business district of the city was roped off yesterday afternoon nnd evening by members of the Fashion Show committee and other precautions precau-tions were taken fur the safety of the public on the streets during tho time that they are to be occupied by the different parades Immediately after the salute had been fired this morning. tne two twelve-piece divisions of the A. F. of M. band, under the leadership of Ar-' Ar-' thur Agee and Charles Williams began be-gan the scheduled two-hour concerts in the business district The division undr the direction of Mr. Ace1 serenaded sere-naded along Twenty-fifth strept and Hudson avenue, while the division under un-der Mr. Williams played along Washington Wash-ington avenue. The Brlgham City band of twenty-eight twenty-eight pieces, under the direction of Chris Chrlstensen, arrived in the city j at noon with a large contingent of j pleasure seekers from that town. After Af-ter luncheon, the Brigham City musi-j musi-j slcians played several selections at different points alon Twenty-fourth i street and Washington avenue, and ; at 2 p m began a two-hour concert on the City Hall square Children in Exercises. At 2:16 o clock, headed by Chief of Police W. I. Norton, Sheriff Thomas I DeVine, Chief A. B. Canileld of the Fire department and the A. F. of M band and watched by hundreds ot p ople, the students of the Dee, Central Cen-tral and Lewis Junior high schools marched down Twenty-fifth street hill and north along Washington avenue, to their alloted positions In the block between Twenty-fifth and Twenty fourth streets. Approximately 1000 children were in the line and made a most Impos ing sight as they turned on to Washington Wash-ington avenue, spreading completely over the wide street, in rows oi twelves. The students of the Lewis 'school looked especially fine, the girls being more uniformly dressed, toys and girls wearing the colors of the Ogden high school. When all were in position, ihey occupied the whole block and while the band was taking up its position on the veranda of the Arlington hotel, a moving picture was taken of the immense crowds of on lookers on both sides of the streets. The calisthenic drill began at 2:25 o'clock, with the bands taking the place of the phonographs that are used in the schools for the daily physical phys-ical exercises that are gien, and for fpii minutes the people were given nn exhibition that proved the young people peo-ple to be well drilled. Following the calisthenic drill, each schcol formed a serpentine line and marched to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia," accompanying the music with the waving of flags This was followed with the singing of America in a mighty chorus ol young voices, the words and melody of the national anthem thrilling ail who were within hearing distance and drawing from them enthusiastic applause. ap-plause. The exhibition given by the school children showed not only the result of physical training, but also of ment al, as its success depended largely upon concentration of effort and individual in-dividual watchfulness. The fact that many of the girls made their own dresses is also worthy of note. While the exhibition was given with only the guidance of the band music, credit for its success should be given to Miss Jeanette Stevens of the Og-uen Og-uen high school, Mary Breech and Mrs. Agnes Warner of the Lewis school; Mrs Irene Keane and Ida Mariner of the Central school and Florence Lucas of the Dee school. The next scheduled event of the Fashion Show was the Baby Show, which was Bet for 4 o clock. Chairman Chair-man A. G. Horn stated that 392 babes had been entered, necessitating the employment of three sets of Judges. Auto Parade Tonight. Interest in the big automobile parade pa-rade that Is to be the main attraction this evening Increased as the hours passed, according to the general trend of conversation on the streets, the outlook at press time, was that the streets tonight will be packed with the largest crowd of people that has assembled as-sembled in the city. Concerning the automobile and other oth-er parades, the following bill of instructions in-structions has been issued by the committee- ah auiomonijes, noats and people concerned, will go to Twenty-first and Washington for instructions, where all floats and machines entered for prizes must be numbered by the com mittee. Each parade before starting and while on the streets, will be under the personal direction of the chief of police, who will lead all The line of march Is as follows: Twenty-second and Washington to Twenty-fourth and Washington, Twenty-fourth and Washington to Twenty-fourth and Wall. Twenty-fourth and Wall to Twentv-fifth and Wall Twenty-fifth and Wall to Twenty-fifth and Washington; Wash-ington; Twenty-fifth and Washington to Twenty-sixth and Washington, counter march to Twenty-third and Washington; counter march to Twenty-sixth and Washington; disband. The parade formation will be: Automobile parade- Mounted police, po-lice, police patrol, governor and staff, mayor and city commissioners, queens float, fire department, fraternal floats and club floats, numbered automobile? au-tomobile? Industrial parade Mounted police, police patrol, governor and staff, mayor and city commissioners, queen's float, volunteer fire department, fire department. Scowcroft emploves on foot, automobiles and floats. Fraternal parade Mounted police, police patrol, band, fraternal socle-ties. socle-ties. Following the automobile parade tonight, to-night, the final Judging of the four prize winners will be made on Hudson Hud-son arenue between Twenty-fourtn and Twenty -fifth streets which has j - . . I v'-" r'V "V- ' . HjH ' - -i'' . . I MISS CARLENE KOERNER, Queen of the Fashion Show. been made a special assembling place for the motor cars that are judged to be possible prize winners Rules for the contest were announced an-nounced last evening by Drew Marshall Mar-shall chairman of the parades committee. com-mittee. Three prominent men have been selected to do the Judging They will ride up and down the line of the parade in an official automobile and will, as they pass bv the partici pant? in the parade select the various machines considered as possible prize winners. These will be requested to return to Hudson avenue Immediately-after Immediately-after the panide is disbanded Stringent provisions govern the parade pa-rade and contests, in order that all difficulties may be overcome and the parades committee urges strict adherence ad-herence to the following rules-First rules-First There are four prizes for this parade, these prizes are divided into four classes, as follows: A first prize for the best decorated touring automobile. A. first prize for the best decorated runabout automobile. A first prize for the best fraternal float (motor driven). A first prize for the best club float (other than fraternal mo.or driven). Second All autos competing for prizes must be numbered by the committee, com-mittee, otherwise they will not be considered by the judges, this number num-ber must be On the left-hand side. Third The Judges w ill select as many machines and floats as they consider In the prize class and Instruct In-struct them to drive to Hudson avenue ave-nue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, where the Judges will make the final selection. QUEEN SELECTS MAIDS. Miss Carlene Koerner. who was elected queen of the Fashion Show yesterday afternoon, has been busy almost every minute since the announcement, an-nouncement, selecting her maids and their gowns and preparing for the parade this evening. Miss Koerner chose the Misses Marian Ma-rian EccleB, Florence Wright. Rae Barlow and Vivian Carroll as maids. |