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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1918)
'-sr - S : J U THE BEK! OMAHAV SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 23. 1918. ALLIES' ANSWER TITLE FOR BIG v NIGHTPARADE Patriotic Demonstration Will Be Greatest Ever Seen in Omaha as Patriotic Floats Pass. ' The big event of the annual Ak-Sar-Ben festivities in Omaha will be v the electrical parade on Wednesday evening, October 2. A series of 16 floats will depict . The Allies' Answer" to 100,000 peo ple from Nebraska and Iowa. The parade will be led by the board of governors of Ak-Sar-Ben on horse back. Each float will be preceded by -heralds and flanked by groups of members of the order in costume. Ak-Sar-Ben paradeshave brought forth some remarkabfe floats in the past,' but the present series will probably be voted the greatest of - them all, because they will produce ' wave after wave of patriotic demon stations. It has been suggested that the United States government draft the floats and send them over the coun try during coming financial drives. The following is a brief descrip tion of each float: "The Allies' Answer." This is the title float. A great animated American Eagle, with de- ... fiafttly flapping wings and massed national colors and implements of war, surmount a shield bearing the title of the parade. "The Spirit of America. Illustrating the universal spirit that animates this vast country. In front a camouflaged 75-M cannon is roaring defiance. Next, the tillers of the soil performing herculean la bor, then a feminine figure busily knitting. Two allegorical figures de wted to shipbuilding are next seen. In the rear of the float are shown the munition factofies, working day and night and tended by women la borers. "Lafayette, We've Come." General Pershing, a martial figure on horseback, is seen saluting a bust of Marquis de Lafayette, at the base Of which is his memorial wreath with its laconic expression of grati tude from the American nation N "Lafayette, We've Come." Mars Forging Unbreakable Chain. The fierce, stern figure of the God of War, with uplifted vizor, is seen 'forging the Chain of War, the un breakable links of which are the fighting -allied nations. The details, architecture and colors of the float are Greek. This float reproduces a recent cover of Leslie's Weekly. America Feeding the World. Illustrating the great aid from the boundless resources of America. Here are grouped the stores of corn, wheat, live stock, metals, oil and supplies of all kinds in profusion. Lead Parts in "The Camp of Rum Bay," The Ak-Sar-Ben Military Burlesque Show ... 1 ' " 'j ' " 1 I ' $?d3, ir m'u- Left to Right Henry Dunn, as "Major Operation;" Walter Adams, as "B-ieedo Shard," Military Vampire; Dean Smith as General Debility, and Henry White, "First Army Vampire. In the rear is a typical grain eleva tor full to overflowing. Uncle Sam, in the center of the float, is benevo lently and busily feeding a great globe, showing the vast countries in need. 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OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE. Omaha Crockery Co. Western Distributors 1116-18 Harney St. Omaha, U. S. A. making strenuous efforts to get back "over the Rhine," and being efficiently assisted by a warlike English lion, French rooster and American eagle. At the base of the float are groups of the Chaus seurs d'Alpin or French "Blue Devils" with gas masks, ready to spring. Undaunted France. v In honor of our brilliantly brave sister republic, her undaunted fight ing spirit is typified by a great game cock in front, followed by figures in marital costume and end ing with a massive "Arch of Triumph," under which sits a graceful heroic figure symbolizing "France." The sides of the float are gorgeously decked with the massed flags, the shields of France and the fleur-de-lvs. Hail, Britannia! A figure of Britannia, with wreath and trident. I he float brilliantly shows the colors and the shields of Great Britain. Scotland, Ireland and honors also her brave and devoted sons in its far-flung colonies throughout the world. Italia Irredenta. Showing the Italian colors, cos tumes and accessories, a vengeful red clad figure of Italy, sword in hand, destroying the Hapsburg eagle, in the struggle! for its lost provinces. Desolate Belgium. The ruined and devastated, yet defiant little kingdom is shown by the crushed and flmokltring build ings and cathedrals, in which hover pitiful figures of refugees. Above them rests the rainbow of hope and in front is the world figure of the heroic Cardinal Mercier. The Ciegho-Slovaks. The progress of this remarkable fighting force across the wilds of Siberia is "a romance of history," and in the striking float devoted to this latest aljv is fittingly shown "A Romance of Mythology." Belle rophon is depicted as a heroic Czecho-Slovak figure, with the four-starred flag of the new nation, facing the triple-headed, fire-eating monster, Chimera, issuing from a glittering iceberg. "The Greatest Mother in the World." Dedicated to the Red Cross. The central figure is a massive reproduc tion of the poster that took the world by storm. Red Cross nurse with the madonna like face, pitifully holding the stretcher borne wound ed soldier. The balance of the float shows various benefactions of the Red Cross, and Cornucopias flowing I with gold and silver showing the boundless contntbutions of our gen erous people. Our War Presidents. Showing in order the greater wars of our country from the revolution to the present terrible struggle. First and in front is fittingly de picted George Washington with colonial soldiers, then in order fol low pictures of President Polk with military figures of the Mexican war. The End of the Submarine. A brilliant aquatic picture. Emerg- j ing from the ocean depths is shown a submarine grotesquely decorated with a Hun face and helmet; astride its back and clutching with its falons is the great Ameriacn Eagle with wide outstretched wings. At each side of the float is shown in massive relief the never sleeping "Eye of the Navy," watching day and night the "Lanes of the Sea." The Liberty Loan. An enthusiastic gathering of Americans of every class is seen With "Garden of Allah" s f jFittr ; Mi , wiitwi., - , ,nf)i' rivff ifi'itll With the Con T. Kennedy shows this week at the Ak-Sar-Ben festival is the most complete and most elaborate of Oriental shows. "The Garden of Allah," under the man agement of Baba Delgarian, is a wonderful attraction, which has met with the approval of press and pub lic alike. "Amortia," queen of terpischp- prying with a great plank labeled "Thrift," a massive safe over the edge of a precipice to demolish wWr their united savings the crouching figure of William Hohenzollern. 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