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were more regarded than the development of mere material greatness. 

 The first of the land parades, the great historical pageant, will take 

 place on Tuesday, September 28, and will consist of 54 cars, or " floats/' 

 bearing groups of figures and accessories illustrating scenes from the 

 history of the city or state of New York. These floats will be accom- 

 panied by marching bodies from various civic societies, American and 

 foreign. The one which will head the procession has been named 

 " The New York Title Car " and will bear a seated figure of the God- 



The Half Moon. 



dess of Liberty; two owls, the birds of Minerva, are perched upon the 

 high back of the chair on which the goddess sits, signifying that wisdom 

 has guided her in her progress. The contrast between the primitive 

 conditions of Henry Hudson's time and those of the present day is 

 strikingly presented by the model of an Indian canoe alongside of that 

 of an ocean liner, and by representations, in due proportions, of a 

 " skyscraper " and of an Indian wigwam. 



The parade will be divided into four divisions, devoted, respectively, 

 to the Indian, the Dutch, the Colonial and the Eevolutionary periods, 

 each division being preceded by a car bearing a group which epitomizes 



