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Philadelphia's elusive "sniper"; the Chinese Rede; Itauy end Mabel, The Inquirer s comic old maids, and President Truman and the music

who dared to pick flaws la Margaret Truman's singing.

The day was of the sort that no mummer expects more than once In a life-time. The thermometer stood st 30 when the parade moved off but a brilliant son took off the worst of the chill. By noon the temperature was neat i t sad while spectators huddled under blankets the romp­ing shooters were comfortably warm.

Ted Mack and the staff of his "Original Amateur Pour" television production judged the competition. New Yorkers, they were designs ted tor the task in an effort to forestall charges of "polities** or favoritism.

SIDEWALK! JAMMED The crowd, to begin with, was

somewhat: below normal. Parade officials attributed that to the vast numbers watching over television. But.as the day wore on. pavements along the line of inarch became more crowded.

Walnut and Race sts. named the sidewalks

curb to building line. Those In front had bought peach baskets — opening price a half-dollar to sit on. Late comers used their baskets to stantf on.

what happened, according to City Oounnfmisfi Joseph J. Milllgan. Grand Marshal of the parade, was that television watchers, entranced by the spectacle on their screens deckled to come down town and see

Milllgan said 1JOO.0OO turned out before the last string band rounded thv City Hall reviewing stand at 5:15 P. M

CBOWD m OBDntLY crowd was an orderly one.

hundred patrolmen were on duty, Including 390 foot traffic

190 mounties and 29 patrolmen but their

duties were Innlted to routine. In-Oeorge J. Kronbar, com-of the South Philadelphia

division, said he never knew a crowd to give Jest trouble.

At Detective Division headquarters In City BAB there wag not m much m> MM wMinostar rsDorted misains. The avsspge for Mummers' S a y Is

than 90. ON COLORS

of ths Fancy Divisions— R wee- the. Char tea Klein Club that turned out. to be the winner—moved off at » h. M., only a Urn minutes behind schedule.

Comments on the new colors start­ed at ones. Even in South Philadel­phia, home of the mummers' best friends and severest critics, the fancy crabs won hearty applause as they

off In high good humor, with waving and capes flying. Tear Shooter satire has the

of a pile driver and the eluos won solid guf fa w s w i th

their obser vations on dead 1950. WAIT FOR LAS T RAND

clowns with pompous mummers hi

and stiff shirts; The one had In common was

Slippers." Female impersonators—there are

no wenaen or girls hs the parade flirted outrageously with spectators as they paraded past with exagger­ated geskures, knotty carves sleek In nylons.

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2 so F. M. before the first rounded City Hall. With banjos, moaning saxo-

and tinkling glockenspiels, a favorite with the crowd

land many of the spectators stayed ilfor the Met of the musicians, who Uappeared three hours later. (LED BY KLEIN CLUB

The Charles KJem Club, which marched In Its first parade on New

nrear's Day of 1913, led the fancy di­vision, as defending champions. With a float depleting the "Lost Na­tion'* In the van, the club started with an American Indian motif, then

shifted abruptly to an Irish theme. The Pride of Killorney brigade—

40 men clad as bespangled sham­rocks—was led by William Mclntyre. , Then came other changes. Leo Watson, glamorous In a red and whits "Follies Girl" gown with an eight-foot headdress of 209 plumes, preceded James Chambers, wearing the captain's cape—a confection called "Moonlight and Roses." In four sections, it was 939 feet long and was carried by S3 pegs boys.

099 BLUE PLUMES , John Landy, as King Clown, wore

a costume of red and yellow topped with a headdress representing the ace of diamonds. With the same club were John Stewart in his North­ern Lights costume with 909 blue plumes, and Carl Flynn, a "rainbow of happiness.''

Prancing ahead of the big Hog Island Club was William Simmers, a mummer for 30 years. His char­treuse and green costume had a headpiece 13 feet high and just as wide. An orange moon against a deep blue sky, studded with stars, carried out the "Moonlight and Roses" theme for John Huston.

Following him, ths Jokers Brigade depicted the riotous colors of an Alaskan sunset. FAN OF WHITE SATIN

A trio of clowns in dusty rose and white led the way for William Honey, ST., who supported a huge fan of whits satin, roses and gold spangles. Capt. George Simmers, wearing a cspe at which 39 page boys tugged, wore a costume of red and white, 13 feet in height. King Neptune, por­trayed by William Schults, wss clad in nils green and pink in eight panels.

The 8. D. Wheeler Club, led by its banner ear, offered 19 curvaceous female impersonators who strutted and danced In tight-fitting gowns. Jockeys and clowns in blue and white satin, green and white and gorgeous red and gold costumes preceded Bob Johnson, whose crown of American Beauty roses won loud acclaim.

The club's captain, John Men, had 50 page boys to carry his Irish King's cape of green and white, in four sec­tions of 50 feet each. Three brigades hi lavish colors followed the king. HORSESHOE OF ROSES'

For the Gallagher Club, John Mooney, 8r., presented a "Horse­shoe of Roses" costume. His suit of pink and green satin, trimmed with

woven with roses and his headdress was 14 feet high and IS feet wide.

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Red aeses were being adjusted. capea were being unfurled, cos­tume, were being altered. As ths teniae epeeded toward ths parade's start, the confusion deepened. Feathers were bent, wigs fell off.

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in a suit of pea green satin, trimmed with orchid sequins. His headpiece, 15 feet high and 15 feet wide, was docked with 600 lavender plumes and adorned with lilacs.

A striking Cherokee Chief, Sheiks of the Desert and 35 capering men in countless colors led the way for the club's cape, a creation of orchid satin christened the "Basket of Roses." In four sections, it was more thsn 300 feet long and 54 pages helped Cant. John Ifooney, JTH carry it. v •*- ' QUILL IS LAMPOONED

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ner, the Purul Club, Joseph A. Purul, Jr., as the Irish King of Transporta­tion, lampooned Michael J. Quill, the Transport Workers Union chief, sad in the Stew Pot, Joe Burke bossed a group of Chinese guards who surrounded Stalin.

"The Thing,** as conceived by Frank Stermel and his clowns, turned out to be a skunk, which pop­ped up as a jack-in-the-box bearing a label -Joe Stalin.1* The Old Bull Checkered Clowns ribbed discoverers of flying saucers end a gang of masked bandits re-enacted the $2,-000,000 Brinks' holdup in Boston. Guards shivered helplessly as the bandits made off with the loot

Double-decked umbrellas, a trade mark of the parade, served as perches for doves of peace for* a group of peace-loving clowns in red, white and blue. 20 MEN FROM MARS

Ths Murray Club had 909 men In the procession. First came 20 Men From Mars. A 75-foot captain's cape with 39 pages In attendance, por­trayed "Champs of Tomorrow," with figures representing sports from football to marbles. *•*

Philadelphia's Whiz Kids escaped lightly. The Murray Club spoofed s pair of bonus babies and poked fun st New York's rainmakers. The Olson sad Johnson Suicide Club squirted each other, as well as spec tators, with soda syphons and cast buckets of confetti to the winds.

The Liberty Clowns presented Stalin as a devil to whom Uncle Sam, wearing a 75-foot cspe, explsined that he wanted no trouble. Sixty clowns In yellow and red and 42 in costumes decorated with apples fol­lowed the cspe, STALIN IS LAMBASTED

Ten men in white ties waltzed with mock sedateness to "Good Night Irene" and jitterbugs, by contrast, jived to "Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think."

The Young Americans Clown Club lambasted Stalin with an initiation into the Koo Koo Kan on a 32-foot float. Another group paid tribute to Marines fighting in Korea. Peter Quarella honored the memory of AA Jolson, portraying the late mammy singer in a second float entry.

The Hammond Comic Club, with 750 men in the msffffit was led by

Oat ef the welter of noise, color and people, the lead -off club—the Kleins, 290-strong from Self Whsrtea St.—fell into formation. Their eves brightened, their smiles gUttered, the banjos started strum­ming. The captains sf the march shouted, "Let's go!" and ths cur­tain rose on the 1951 show. ,

Philip J. Hammond as king clown In red and white, with a 95-foot cape carried by 20 pages. Frosty the Snowman, with 50 helpers—complete with high hats and brooms—tagged after the king.

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MASCOT, S, IS CLOWN With washboards, cow bells and

other unorthodox "musical instru­ments," the Pitman Original Hobo String Band entertained the specta­tors from Porter st. north. Twenty Sunbonnet Sues capered to their harmonies. The club's 3-year-old mascot, Walter Pctrosky, marched in his first parade, in a clown costume.

Woodland String Band, celebrat­ing its 25th anniversary this year, marched at the head of its division. Its 60 players wore brocaded satin in pastel shades and headdresses six feet tall. Sequins reflected the twin­kles of electric lights. Joseph Bru-ecks, the captain, strutted in a se­quin-covered costume and a head­piece with 200 color-tipped plumes. His 8-year-old son, Joseph, Jr., matched his father's costume in every detail.

OLDEST MUSICAL UNIT Oldest musical unit in the march

wss the Trilby String Band and. ap­propriately, It portrayed William Penn and his peace treaty with ths Indians. The 99 musicians wore green velvet, accented by tunics of varl-colored satin. Capt. Adam Qua-glia, in a costume of American beau­ty and gold sequins, wss flanked by Indian warriors who danced in a double circle each time the unit halt­ed.

The Broomall String Band pre­sented "Snow Flakes in Winter Won-derlsnd." A huge snowman scat­tered flakes along the line of march snd bandsmen carried out the theme with their tunics snd trousers of white satin, trimmed with silver braid. A back piece for each man, in white satin and plumes with a se­quin center, represented snowflskes. DANCING BUTTERFLY

Dancing Butterfly was the theme of the South Philadelphia String Bond, whose 50 musicians wore se-quined costumes of maroon and gold, With butterfly headdresses of 59 plumes. Leader Raymond Qurt wore a gold suit, which he had trimmed with 50 yards of sequins.

The Perko String Bond made Its 29th appearance yesterday 'and its leader, Joseph Perko, was marching in his 39th parade. The club set a record of 11 top honors with its 1950 award.

Illustrating its theme, MA Holiday st the Corral," the bandsmen wore cowboy costumes of brilliant slipper satin, adorned with jewels, flowers snd fringe. Ferko's white costume was accented with gold and silver brocade and other officers of the club wore suits of Copenhagen blue with brocaded Jackets and chaps.

Empty saddles," "Bock in the Sad­dle" and other cowboy tunes made up the program.

The 97 marchers with the Uptown

String Band dressed as Indian Chiefs for their Indian summer theme. Their costumes of whits were trim­med with red buckskin, with sleeves, trousers and collars hand brocaded with Indian designs. Capt. Robert Runkle, Jr., wore a suit of gold from which cascaded nine dozen plumes

The Quaker City band introduced calypso music to the Philadelphia parade. Wearing trousers of colored satin and shirts of while satin with brilliant, puffed sleeves, the 79 mu­sicians touched up their costumes with candy-striped sashes, brocaded capes and flower-decked instru­ments.

The Whitman String Band, with SI marchers, selected "Stars Are the Windows of Heaven" for its theme song. The musicians wore white snd blue suits surmounted by star-shaped headpieces to complete the motif.

PIRATES OF PENZANCE* The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta,

"Pirates of Pensance," Inspired the theme of the Durnlng String Band of 90 men, who wore costumes of satin in eight brilliant hues and black leather boots. Capt. James Durnlng's white satin costume was trimmed lavishly with Sold sequins The club's mascots carried a chest of "goioV*

Aqua's band marched as Nubian slaves, linked together by a huge gold chaht. Their costumes featured white satin blouses witR coilara of solid sequins, white r*4$sJoons and capes of pink in two tones.

The "slavemoster" was Capt. Fred J. Kesei, whose costume wis a rich red and fold, with aR arch-like headpiece containing 300 plumes,

GLORIFIED JOCKEYS Capt George B. Duffy, in a suit of

gold and white tend a cape of the same colors, led his men as Glorified Jockeys, Their costumes were of carmine red, salmon and green with gold-lined capes of carmine. Six-foot horseshoe headdresses, each with 92 plumes, completed the elab­orate presentation.

The Hegeman String Band was led by Capt. Al Fink, the best-dress­ed captain of last year's parade. Its theme was Minute Men of the World and the plume-decked costumes were of liberty blue, white and gold.

The Greater Kensington String Band, made Broad st. a "Road to Mandalay" and played "Moonlight on the Ganges" and similar melo­dies. In multi-colored costumes of Burmese design, the band was led by Capt. Howard Peoples in a suit of white and gold brocaded metallic cloth, studded with Jewels and trim­med with sequins and phones.

PRETTY GIRL* IS THEME Cspt. John Fralinger strutted at

the head of Jus band of 94 "girls," in a costume of solid white with gold trim. The 94 musicians, playing "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" as their theme, wore dresses of char­treuse and tangerine, jackets with puffed sleeves and capos of gold mesh.

Six villainous pirates, with eye patches and scarred fsees, swaggered at the bead of the Avalon String Bond, to set the stags for its Treasure Island theme. Blue and white trou­sers, geld Jackets ami black boots were the costumes for the rank and file. Capt Harry 1 . Lawson trimmed his collar and cuffs with Spanish lace. His swallow-tall coat was of heavy white satin, with collar and cuffs of gold mesh. He carried a cut­lass and wore a gold mesh turban.

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTB? In a switch characteristic of the

parade's endless variety, the Polish-American String Band represented a "Fountain of Youth" with costumes of fee blue. The fountain was de­picted in flowing plumes on each headpiece and their drill featured melodies such as "Cool Waters" and "Blue Danube."

As Troubadors of Peace, the Del-swore County String Band wore blouses of red, bell-bottomed blue gabardine trousers and blue tarns and capes. Capt,Joseph Bass was gorgeous in a suit of gold, trimmed with red and a cape of the some color scheme.

The Dick Green String Band, garb­ed in farmer's overalls of Hue, gold and red and neckerchiefs of red, shuffled In a square dance to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw" and other country airs as they approach­ed the reviewing stand. In the spirit of true mummery, Capt. Charles A. Bresmer wore, gold overalls. HONOR MARINE CORPS

The Garden State string Bond, under Capt. William Stumm. wore full dress uniforms similar to those

of the U. 8. Marine Corps and played "Halls of Montezuma." "Semper Pi-dells" and other sirs in honor of the famous corps.

Ireland—never overlooked in a Mummers' Parade—was remembered by the Horrowgate String Bond. In suits of green and gold satin and headdresses of shamrocks trimmed with gold plumes, the 47 men in the unit played "It's a Great Day for the Irish" and other tunes from Erin, but sdded modern melodies as well.

Forty-three teen-age boys and four adults made up the Mayfatr String Band. Their theme was "The Beach of Wacki Wacki." Joseph Weed, the captain, was clad in white, with a huge headdress of blue, trim­med with sequins. The bandsmen wore costumes of green and orchid satin.

VALENTINE SUITS Capt. Frank Weiler led the Penn-

del Bond, whose theme was "Does Your Heart Beat for Me?" His cos­tume was of white, trimmed with red marabou and red heart*. The head­piece, with a white center, bore three hearts and was backed with ostrich plumes. The 90 band members wore Valentine suits of red, with white hearts and white capes decorated with hearts pierced by arrows.

Striking the Winter Wonderland keynote for the Palmyra String Band, Capt. Anthony D'Amato was garbed in pale blue and white bro­cade, with a six-foot, plumed head­dress. His cape was crusted with gold sequins.

Last in line was the Ukrainian-American String Band, which de­picted a January wedding. A bridal party, the women in hoop skirts and the bridegroom in a formal suit ef gold, were "married" scores of times In the march, to the accompaniment of the strummers.

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Gustave A. Chlppero, 02, of 9992 Oermantown ave., collapsed and died yesterday while selling flags to

parade at Broad st. and Washington ave.

Police removed Chlppero to St. Agnes' Hospital, where he was pro­nounced dead. Members of his fam­ily said the vendor, who had sold

f novel ties at many New Year's Day parades, had suffered from a heart ailment.

Boy Spectator Injured in Fall

Newton Hurst, 10, of 1»11 Fair-mount ave., broke his right arm yes­terday when he fell from a ledge on a building at Broad and Wallace sts., where no was watching the Mummers1 parade. He was taken to Hahnemann Hospital.

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