Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, September 02, 1919, Page 2, Image 2
2 KIPONA ENJOYED BY BIG HOLIDAY CROWD [Continued from First Page.] actresses were assembled and out lined distinctly the flats on whic] the choruses were grouped. The bands played, the starting signal wns given and the play began, the people walking from stage to stage along the river front to view the pa geant. Then came the boat parade, a thing of beauty and long to be rememberod, with the thousands of little lanterns turning the scene in to a fairy landscape, and after that the fireworks. The Pageant The admiral and his staff swung down along the river between the -long row of decorated flats and the steps. Every inche of space was taken both on the boats and the shore from the boathouses to the Walnut street bridge and the bridge itself was tilled with people from the shore to the island. Not only ■were the steps themselves filled, out thousands of persons lined the top of the bank and every open space in the shrubbery between the park line and the top of the steps was occu pied by interested groups, while less patient throngs kept the walk at the top of the steps tilled like an Atlantic City boardwalk scene at Easter. The wisdom of the Board of Public Works in giving the city this wonderful amphitheater was apparent to everybody on the river last night. Said an Army officer in the admiral's launch: "I have been all over the world, from the Phil ippines to Venice, and I never seen anything more beautiful than this," while a little later when the boat parade was in progress, Thomas Kelker, one of the men largely re sponsible for the success of the Kipona idea in Harrisburg, ex pressed the same views. "I have witnessed boat carnivals in Venice and elsewhere in Europe," he said, "but this excels any of them." The flats upon which the band, the choruses and the pageant sceneo were presented were lined up from a point near the Walnut street bridge to the boathouses, about three hundred feet of water inter vening and forming a lagoon with a bridge of flats at South street be tween the shore and the main line of boats over which the 1.200 or more persons who participated In the spectacle found their way to their places. This lagoon was con stantly filled throughout the even ing by hundreds of canoes, motor boats and rowboats gaily decorated and presenting a very beautiful ap pearance. The exercises of the evening be gan with the appearance in the sky of an aviator from the Middletown 'Station with whom Colonel Kem per and Major Mahin on the Ad miral's launch exchanged fire sig nals. The aviator sent out his flares, signaling that the coast was clear, and the Admiral replied that he In tended to review the fleet. The Ad miral and his staff were clad in blue serge coats with ornamental arm bands, white trousers, white shoes and yachting caps. They swung down the line between the shore and the decorated boats just ua dusk was beginning to full and tl.e flood lights from the shore were thrown upon the pageant scenes and the flats occupied by those who par ticipated. the bands which rendered music during the evening and the choruses which sang. Most of these rchoruses were made up of young men and women in costumes signifi cant of some period in the city's [history. There were Indians in holi day attire through the kindness of several of the tribes of Redmen of the city who turned out for the pur pose, soldiers, sailors, girl scouts and two whole flatloads of colored jubilee singers who rendered most admirably a program made up of the compositions of the noted mu sicians of their race. Admiral Bow man sent a detail of his staff es pecially to hear this chorus sing and the detail returned with the report that in its judgment the colored singers could not be excelled by any community chorus ever organ ized in Harrisburg. The War Camp Community Service was verly largely responsible for this magnificent showing. All of the singers were m costume and had the position at the head of the line. The program on the flats began shortly after Admiral Bowman came to his flagship at the upper end of the line and Colonel Kemper had fiefiTmif | AND SON f| DISTRIBUTORS OF | I Fairbanks 1 Scales j | 'ill *"I UUK REPKESENTA- H TIVES WILL CALL, EXPLAIN AND GIVE PRICES AT YOUR REQUEST A 400 &'. SECOND ST. HARDMLL J SUPPLIES j TUESDAY EVENING, SOME OF THOSE WHO TOOK PLACES IN CITY'S GREAT RIVER CARNIVAL Here are some of the participants in tha Kipona aquatic events yesterday afternoon. On the left is Everett of York, the tirst of the divers to drop in the river from the top of the Walnut street bridge. Next is William Emanuel, just as he crossed the line and won the 100-yard swim with an open umbrella. In the canoe are Mr. and Mrs. liav Suydam, winners of the, quarter-mile mixed canoe race. On the right is Leroy J. Spuhr enjoying the sights paddling down the river in a tub. Leroy says it's the best kind of a boat. signaled for a flare of army rocket 3 at the upper end of the island. The Pageant At this given signal' the Indian warriors and maidens passed the ! reviewing stand in their canoes and boarded flat 1 where a scene was enncod by provincial officers arresting a French trader and a spy who were taken from Harrisburg to Philadelphia in the early days of the war. Under the direction of Di. I Hugh Hamilton this scene was'iui mirably worked out. the title Pe'xtan being derived from the 1 name that this community had un til John Harr's settled here on the banks of the Susquehanna. In those days it was the scene of many bor der raids and it was from an inci dent of these times that the first picture of the pageant was worked out. The second scene was laid at Old- Paxton Church, the settlers and Indians being shown In one of the fights that occurred in the valley near Paxtang nnd Swatara, while2sene three showed the old Harris Trading house with the well from which the settlers drew their water supply when Indians were lurking about and it was dangerous to venture far from home. Scene four which immediately fol lowed was a representation of the in terior of the Harris home and was an actual picture of an occurrence there when a young colored girl sent by Mrs. Harris into a storeroom placed a lighted candle in a barrel of gunpowder under the Impression that it was flaxseed. A dramatic effect of this scene was pre sented by a young woman taking the part of Mrs. John Harris who blew out the candle and saved the family's life. No explanation was needed of the next scene, presenting the historic oc casion when hostile Indians attempting to burn John Harris at the stake were driven off by a colored man and a party of friendly Indians from the Cum berland shore. The part of Hercules, the colored man. was taken in a most realistic manner. This was one of the most impressive of till the pageant pictures. Another attempt to kill John Harris was enacted on the adjoining float by persons representing British officers who visited him on the pretext that they had come to discuss plans to prevent Indian raids. The last and also one of the most picturesque of all the scenes was a reproduction of Wash ington's visit to Harrisburg on his way to quell the Whisky Insurrection of 1794. Washington was presented as stepping out of the famous old White House tavern to receive the greetings of the assembled people. The training of the hundreds of peo ple who took part in the pageant and of many who assisted in the choruses was in charge of Mrs. Florence Ackley Ley. assisted by Messrs. Neate and Zorger, of the War Camp Community Service and all of them were most heartily con gratulated for the success of their ef forts. The Boat Pa ratio The boat parade started immediately upon the conclusion-of the pageant fea tures and was announced by a burst of fireworks from the Island followed by music from the Moose band in white uniform occupying a large steam driven flat handsomely decorated. The parade itself was beyond comparison and the river presented a fairylike ap pearance with the dark hills and islands sharnly outlined by a crescent moon that hung over the river in the west. The water sparkled under |he brilliant floodlights and reflected back the twinkling light of nearly a thousand boats lighted by Japanese lanterns, electric, lights and --edflro. The pro cession swung down the river from a point near Roily street and up into the lagoon formed by the flats , <nd the shore and there assembled, the entire spice being taken up by the beauti fully lighted boats that for* an hour during the remainder of the fireworks dlsplnv moved about from place to place like a myriad of great fireflies hovering over the water. The spectacle was beyond question the most impres sive ever presented to a Harrisburg assemblage. I.itfle Delay War canoe races, swimming con tests,- obstacle races, tiltirrg and man-fishing contests and high diving amused the thousands lined on the banks and in river in small boats in the afternoon. The program got started with lit tle delay and for almost three hours the aquatic events continued. Now and then the officials on the course were kept busy rounding up the par ticipants in the various races and this caused some slight delays, V. Grant Forrer, clerk of the course, explained. The hundred-yard swim for boys under 16 years of age started the program. By that time every bit of space on the "front steps" from Market street to the pumping sta tion ar.xl above was taken, and hun dreds of persons went out on the Market and Walnut street bridges. Scores of canoes gnd rowboats went up and down the river or anchored along the shores while the contests were being held. Winners of Events Three of the events could not be presented because there were not enough contestants. These were the quarter-mile canoe race for women, Best Thing i Breakfast p or | AnyMea/ —says TOASTIES At Grocers The Camera Catches a Small Portion ct Kipona and the Spectators It's no trouble to find the crowds in these pictures.- Above, on the le ft, is the Tech team after it won the war canoe race, and, on the right, some of the canoes dotting the river, with thousands lined along the bank and on the bridge as a background. Below, on the left, is Miss Dorothy Gillett, who finished second in the 100-yard swim for girls; in the center is Benjamin ShindleT, winner of the 100-yard swim for boys under 16, and, on- the right, Miss Constance Gillett, winner of the swim for girls. third on the program; the one-mile swim, fifteenth event, and half-mile I poling contest for flat-bottom boats, seventeenth event. Daylight fireworks were sent up during the afternoon, twelve ani mal bombs , exploding high in the air. inners in the varibhs events were: 100-Yard Swim-—Benjamin- Shlnd ler, 119 Conoy street, first: Arch Hitting, 1413 Penn, second, and Wil liam McGuire, third. Time 1 min ute 5 2-5 seconds. 100-Yard Swim (open)— Frank! Amsden, first; William Emanuel,v second; Howard Butler, third. Time, 57 seconds. C. of Is Winner A few minutes after these races the war canoes manned by teams of I : the Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club and j ('.amber of Commerce came down stream in their race. The Chamber of Commerce finished first, with many businessmen of that organiza tion cheering them when they finished. The Kiwanis team was : second and the Rotary team was; ] third. v j 100-Yard Swim (with open um- I brellas)—William Emanuel, first; C. D. Jamison, second; Charles Sny- I der, third. Ehvood Mell and Rup j ley were disqualified by the judges. | Time, 1.15. One of the best races of the aft- I crnoon followed, the quarter-mile j mixed canoe race. The winn-ers I were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Suydam. i 1230 Derry street, first; Dewey Mor | rett and Miss Helen Stetler, Steelton, 1 second; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mc- Allister, 1912 Zarker, third. Time 2.20. But One Reft In the quarter-mile tub race, only | one entrant finished the entire dis tance without sinking his tub. Ho S was Leroy J. Spahr. Another con | testant had finished all but about | seventy-five yards and was over ; near the shore, when someone in a j boat pushed over the tub. The judges decided that Spahr was tho , only one to complete the race. i Ernest Lehmer and Russell Ellis ; finished, but were not in- tubs. Fif j.teen contestants started. The time \ was 4 minutes 25 seconds. 100-Yard Swim (girls)— Constance Gillett, first, and Dorothy Gillett, second. They are sisters, residing at 32 South Harrisburg street, Steel ton; Gene Springer, 1923 Penn, third. Time, 1.24 1-5. Half-Mile Canoe Race (male) — W. D. Shaffer and E. W. Forney, first; Marion (Jit) Gardner and Thomas E. Meek, second; Weston W. Ashenfelter and Ross Beck, third- Time, 5.35. Aquaplaning Popular , Aquaplaning by Miss Jane P. ! Krause, of Willinmsport, and Morris Esworthy thrilled the crowds for ' the next ten minutes. Miss Krause doing some spectacular stunts trail ing behind the motorboat, while Esworthy stood on his head on the : board just to show how easy it was. Emanuel Wins Quarter Quarter-Mile Swim (men) —Wil- liam Emanuel, first; William Peifer, second; Norman R. Frey, Lancaster, third. War canoe race between Tech and 1 Academy was won by the Tech team, i The Maroon boys had the strokes j down fine and came down the course HARIUSBTTRG TELEGRAPH at a good speed. Just before this*! event was started, a string of poles had been placed .across the river j for the canoe obstacle race and the war canoe teams narrowly missed j them. Quarter-Mile Obstacle Canoe 1 Race—"Jit" Gardner and Thomas E. Meek, first; Paul Fickes and James Berrier, second; Ernest Leh mer and Chester B. Stauffer, third. The man-fishing contests were presented by R. 11. Lyon, 225 South | Thirteenth street, who won when i Howard Everliart surrendered; j George P. Tillotaon and Dr. J. 11. i Lawrence also did some fishing. Tilting contests furnished plenty of excitement for almost half an \ hour. Above the Walnut street I bridge John Ewing, with a long I bamboo pole, bowled four opponents j out of their canoes. Rclow the bridge "Jit" Gardner was starring. ( He gave Carl Beck, Tech High ath lete, a tierce scrap and finally, after i all but overturning Beck twice, the ' judges awarded the contest to Gard- i ner because Beck saved himself from a drop into the water by hold ing "Jit's" pole. Ewing and Gardner met next to j determine the champion. Backing i and pushing around in their canoes, i the two poked and jabbed at each | other, while the crowds yelled and , cheered. Gardner at last lauded a hard shot against Ewing and over- j turned him and the canoe in which j he \*us standing. The last event of j the afternoon was the war car.oe j race between the various boatliouse , teams, Dintaman'S coming in first. The High Diving Everett Amsbaugh, of York, start-, ed the high diving thrills yesterday afternoon. It looked like -a dis appointment to the big crowd dl j spectators until he got busy. Divers I climbed to the top of the Walnut; street bridge and waited. They I climbed down from one span and up another and waited. Then someone at the bathhouse remarked that, "it looked like a dangerous job, as, the depth was not sufficient to make the chance for diving safe." Ever-1 c-tt Amsbaugh was around. I "I did not want to see the bigj crowd disappointed," he said, "so I j iust borrowed a bathing suit and j climbed to ttie top of the bridge." j He made the dive and it was a! dandy exhibition. The young diver j was not the least bit hurt. Ho, came up smiling. The two soldiers j followed. It was about 110 feet and j a daring exhibition, but Private! Russell Myers of the Base Hospital, | No. 31, Carlisle, and Private Victor: Webb, 149 th Machine Gun now with recruiting service, made j the jump. The three divers receiv-1 ed prolonged cheers. One young woman added to the! thrills in the high diving exhibition.! It was Miss Constance Gillett who! was also prominent in the swim-1 rriing contests. Miss Gillett made as j | pretty a leap as has ever been seen i in this vicinity. It was a during feat j 'for any young woman, expert divers I who have been here refusing to make the jump from the lop of tlie| span. Miss Gillett turned partly ovei In her route to the water, hat show ed good headwork In landing and was soon at the top. Boats were on hand to help her when sho. eame) to the surface. The Kipona cup was awarded to the Hick-a-Thrift Navy Hospital for general excellency Jn the •Uluini nated boat parade. The "hospital" was shown by lashing two canoes together under a canopy. Those in the "hospital" were Miss Ktta Irwtn, Miss Carrie Sollers, Miss Kuth Arment, Edward Miller. William Dwyer, Donald Anderson and Rus sell Ellis. Four other prizes were awarded as follows: Camera, awarded to boat designed as a giraffe, entered by Curtis Dunlap; thermos bottle, awarded to boat designed as a sea serpent entered by C. S. Rowland; safety razor, awarded to boat de signed as a Japanese garden, enter ed by Frank Withcrow, and safety razor, awarded to boat designed as a pergola, entered by H. Staley. I'lan For Next Year Admiral Howman stated that the Greater Harrisburg Navy would have a special conference of all committees and others interested in the development of the Susque hanna basin within a few days to consider the Kipona of 1920. The spectacle of yesterday was staged in a comparatively short time and the burden of arranging the details rested upon a few people. It is the thought of those "who are interested in the annual carnival on the river that a definite plan shall bo out lined for next year and committees appointed to look after the various details. The general response of the people and the widespread com mendation encourages those who are most interested to provide for an even greater Kipona in 1920. In order to accommodate the in creasingly large crowds which gath er on the water front for the big river events it is suggested that the "Front Steps" could bo made to serve a greater purpose by placing additional tiers of seats on the river embankment between the pumping house and the Market street bridge. This could seat some thousands of people and provide comfortable seats for all without interfering with the shrubbery or the terrace embank ment. Cqlonel Kemper and other Army officers who were the guests of Ad miral Bowman and his staff last night were enthusiastic in their praise of the wonderful spectacle which thrilled the thousands who had gathered to witness the illumi nation and the river boat parade. Historic Settings Mr. nnd Mrs. Eey, of the War Gamp Community Service, came in for generous approval for their part in the chorus and Scenic features of the night program. With the his toric setting of last night, as a be ginning the future Kiponas will de velop some nVost artistic details. John Harris, was in' danger of being burned several times during the evening, but his rescue was accom plished with great eclat by "Skinny" Berry who arrived on the scene at the critical moment and away the Indians who were about" to •.cre mate the city's founder. The arrangement of flood lights along the upper terrace which illu minated the floats on the outside of the course was admirably conceived and solved the problem which gave the committee much uneasiness dur ing the preliminaries of arranging for the river carnival. Both the Walnut and Market street bridges were crowded with people during the afternoon and evening and the terrace above and below, even to the water's edge, was packed with interested spectators. Where so many contributed to the enjoyment of the city it is difficult to mention any without disparagement of others equally deserving public recognition. V. Grant Forrer, Ray Stewart. Ira Kindler, William Lutz, A. R. Michener, Charles Ensmlngcr, William Wolf, A. J. Simms, Anton Benson and the owners of the several boathouses all co-operated in making the Kipona a great suc cess. Scores of committees, of course, carried out with tireless energy the details left to them and the several persons who enacted the various roles in the historic scenes did much to give color and effect to an interesting feature of the big demonstration. Aerial Exhibition Dr. Hugh Hamilton was respon sible fqr tho various historic scenic suggestions and these were develop- i ed under the artistic touch of an ex perienced scenic painter of New York City. "I am going to order a fine canoe right away," said a prominent citi zen as he stood on Admiral Bow man's flagship and watched the hundreds of illustrated canoes as they passed the judges. And his remark was multiplied many times over during the day and evening. Hundreds of new canoes, motor boats, sailing craft and rowboats will be seen on the river next sum mer. The committee's arrangement of a temporary bridge from the steps to the distant lino of floats at South street was a capital arrangement which not only avoided delay in transporting the hundreds of chorus singers and others who had part in the historical pageant, but prevent ed possible accident in the hurly burly of getting so many people from the shore to the temporary stage along the western boundary of the course. Only commendation was heard of the splendid display of fireworks. It wns a fine feature of the evening program and with the music gave a suggestion of fairyland. Colonel | Kemper, Major Mahin and others i of the Fluted States Recruiting • Corps in the city discharged the ! signal lights at the opening of evening ceremonies which gave the skilful Lieutenant Nelson in his air plane overhead direction as to his part in the big show. The aviator gave a splendid exhibition of fancy flying anil produced all sorts of thrills among the thousands who j watched him. Commissioner of Safety llassler and the pumping station force won | general praise for illumination of | that part of the River Front com prising the plaza and the water sta tion. I fCLTyr c'lpH Sure Relief Srol-teSfiSTi^i SEPTEMBER 2, 1919 Fireworks Enjoyed by People Far Away Not only did Harrisburg mass an unprecedented crowd along the river front last nigkt to see the historical tableaux and fireworks of the great est water festival ever held on the Sußguehannu,* but there were thou sands of people who gathered a'ong the banks of the river and on the hills that line its shores to see the pyrotechnics. Reservoir Park knolls were crowd ed with people watching display of the -fireworks and 011 the lulls back of Steelton the rockets and bombs were plainly seen, while Ihe set pieces could be made out with a glass. The glare and flash from the river could be seen all .along the river front, and people larh way could see the Army signal lights. On the West Shore people weir out on the river front from West Fairvlew 011 down. 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