Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1911 — FANTASTIC PARADE TO BE HORSE SHOW FEATURE. [ARTICLE]

FANTASTIC PARADE TO BE HORSE SHOW FEATURE.

Novel Masking to Be Encouraged for Thursday Night, With Prizes for Best Masked Ones. One feature that should prove a splendid one at the horse show, is to be a fantastic parade to take place Thursday night, Sept, 14th. H. F. Parker has been placed in charge of the parade and he will be assisted by George H. Healey. A fantastic parade is one that consists of individuals masked according to their own Wishes and then organized into a procession and marched about the streets in view' of spectators. To be a success at least a hundred people must agree to mask and to be a monstrous success it should consist of about 500 people. The masking should be as grotesque as is possible and every masker should use all the ingenuity he or she possesses in the. preparation of their costume. Clowns should be on hand in great numbers, and there should be every imaginable design of man in the parade. The druggists will have plenty of masks and no one need ever know who any of the masked ones are if they wish to keep it a secret. This is an opportunity for a lot of good amusement as well as a chance to help make a success of this feature of the horse show, and people from both town and country are urged to mask for the occasion. There will be three prizes. The first award will get $lO, the second $5, and the third $3. Here is a chance to show what you can do.