The herald., 1896-08-28
AL FUN AND FR0uC
Old Fashioned Picnic at
Terminal Island
THE CATHOLICS UNITE IN GIVING It
Over 5000 Participating in the
Festivities
A GREAT PROGRAM is GIVEN
There Was Great Baby Show and Ex.
citing Athletic Sports
Dancing and Music We're Among the Other
Enjoyable Features
4 LIST Of the Prize Winners and Some OF
Those Who We're Thare-Joseph
Edward Kelley Is the
Prize Baby
A GREAT PROGRAM is GIVEN
There Was a Great Baby Show and Ex.
citing Athletic Sports
Dancing and Music Were Among the Other
Enjoyable Features

day of about the most enjoyable festiv-
ity in its history There were over 5000
merry plcinickers on the island and
they all crowded into eight hours just
as much fun and social amusement as
1t was possible for anyone to obtain.
The Catholic parishes of the city and
vicinity all united in giving the affair.
1t was planned for good old fashioned
basket picnic, where you go off to the
seashore or the mountains with your
family or your best girl, taking an am
pie lunch and put in a day enjoying
Yourself and doing all you can to see
that everybody else does the same.
The picnickers had provided for every
thing in advance. Committees had
been appointed to look after every de-
tail so that nothing that was essential
to the occasion would be lacking. 1t is
needless to state that the various com
mittees performed the tasks assigned 10
them in most creditable way. There
was absolutely nothing to be desired
chat was not at hand to make the event
the success of the season.
on the morning train about $500 peo-
pie went down to the island over the
Terminal road Ample railroad accom-
modations had been secured and no dis
comfort was experienced by anyone in
making the trip from the city to the
beach.
The crowd was made up of old and
young, men and women, misses, youths
and babies. The proverbial lunch bas-
ket-a great, big, large one-was every
where in evidence. All were happy and
gay and it was plainly to be seen that
the picnic spirit was ruling with the
entire party.
EVERYTHING PREPARED.
On arriving at the island it was
found that special provision had been
made to accommodate the large crowd.
Tables had been arranged on the beach
for the iunchers and there was music at
the pavilion for dancers. Those who
desired to take plunge in the surf could
do SO. for bathing suits were plentiful.
while others who wished to take a boat
ride or sail We're enabled to do so.
These attractions, coupled with the fact
that everybody seemed to know every
body else and was only too glad to man
ifest and acknowledge the acquaint-
ance, made the picnic enjoyable for
everyone on the island.
After the crowd had located itself, the
exercises of the day We're opened in the
pavilion, where NJ. 7. Collins acted as
chairman.
BISHOP MONTGOMERY TALKS.
Mr.. Collins, in a few well-chosen
words, introduced Bishop Montgomery,
who was warmly received by all of his
parishioners. The bishop made a few
remarks, during the course of which he
stated that all present had left their
hcmes to enjoy day of recreation at
the beach. They had come together as
friends and neighbors to have grand,
good time, ao1 he felt confident that the
anticipations of those who had planned
TIE affair would in this respect be fully
realized. He trusted that everybody
would make it his business to see to it
that the one next to him was happy and
getting all the pleasure he or she could
In closing Bishop Montgomery stated
that the crowd was a very large one
larger than had been eXpected-and he
trusted that there would be no disorder
in fact, he knew there would be none
And the bishop was right, for there was
no manifestation of disorderly conduct
on the part of any one during the en-
tire day.
Miss Lille Scanlon sang in a most
charming manner a ballad. Miss Scan
Ions effort was enthusiastically ap-
plauded.
Mrs c. Collette rendered vocal solo
entitled Nymphs and Fauns, which was
voice, which she uses to advantage.
William Goldie of the Burbank sang
several songs and gave a recitation
which caught the crowd, and they forced
him to respond to several encores.
This closed the literary features of the
day, and then dancing, boating, surf
bathing and social chatting were the
bill.
The pavilion floor wac cleared, and
soon forty or fifty couples were respond
ing to music in a waltz The floor was
UNDER the direction of M. j. McGarry,
assisted by It. e. Collins. c. A. Engle-
bracht, d. A. McIsaacs, ]. F. McElhe-
ny. j. f. Brossalt and Joseph Scott. The
dancing continued throughout the day
and furnished pleasure and amusement
for not only those who were partici-
pants, but for the spectators as we'll.
THE BABY SHOW
After the great crowd had lunched
and this took some time, the next at
traction was baby show. There were
lots of bouncing babies on the beach
yesterday, so many, in fact, that it was
impossible to enter only a few. 1t is
needless to state that all the babies were
pretty, and everybody was anxious to
see those entered for the prizes In fact.
they crowded around the stairs in such
numbers that the little ones who had
been passed up by their mothers to an
eleVdteu platloill got frightened JO-
scph Scott held two, and managed, like
an experienced man, to keep them quiet
and amused. p. j. Stack held one but
it got the better of him and insisted
on being returned to it's mamma M ].
McGarry did very nicely with the one
he held, and it did not cry at all.
Only babies between the ages of six
and eighteen months were eligible to
be entered for the prizes. Irene Ger
hardt, Teresa Matthews, Roscoe Nc
Neil Mary Farrell, Joseph Edward Kel-
ley, William Cunningham and Florence
Morrissey were passed up to be judged.
The little tots, when they looked down
upon the ocean Of strange faces, were
filled with wonder and alarm. But they
soon quieted down and then the judges
began to take note Of their fine points.
Joseph Mesmer, J. p. Montgomery,
Mrs. d. Scholl and Billy Banning filed
fha difficI1lt raocitia,,r of i,.1l e.as. a4S..