The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
THE EASTER EGG ROLLING
Children to Hold High Carnival on
the White Lot Today.

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e'PeSi"iiS 9uiieiS INC must anu Hioh1hs
The egg rolling custom has existed in
wasbinator for forty, odd wars as nIantv
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VI iieh ~" III 'he ueeiiie VI iiie can
testify. 1t appeared first on the grounds
of the Capitol and those who remember
II. forty wears ago. remember IT as being
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S tiiei'' nc -"fi''i was 'ii-it o''3
| partially completed, but the grounds had
been laid out. On the lawns that extend
ed from the west front were several ter
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e' 'iS "''i e CIV 49,
steep iiere IL was lhdI the .ouhsstefS
of Washington went for their Easter
celebration. There was the usual egg
roli;r,, dou.,, ,ha GRASSY, +err,ces which
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were aui,irdpiS auapteu 10 such d pas
time and the children VINO rolled the
eggs to th, bottom of the incline usually
rolled tbo,,eal,-o. ,f+e- 1-bare ,,,ara other
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S"iies, VI al oiH-A"9iiio'ieu SUI nhS rs
around-the-rosy, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and many others, which have long since
gone out of fashion.
At the brow of the hill stood a foun-
tain, and the games of the day, the Eer-
ry-making music. and the rest centred
around this. Even in those days the
custom OF egg picking was common
among the boys. and the guinea-keet egg
was priced as the victor over all other
to its owners pockets
The egg-rollers at the Capitol grounds
were few at first, and forty years ago
did not number more than a hundred or
more. But as the years went by the
crowds grew larger and more boisterous
The grounds of the Capitol were improv-
ed with plants and shrubs, and the Eas-
ter merry-makers did great deal of
damage. Finally the Architect of the
Capitol put his foot down the use of
his grounds for the Easter egg-rolling
and in this he was supported by Con-
gress In 1873 a law was paesed by both
houses prohibiting the gathering of
crowds on the Capitol grounds .cr egg
rolling at Faster time
Toward GEORGETOWN there was another
little group of Easter egg-roIlers who
did their celebrating at the grounds of
the Naval Observatory. The act of Con-
gress did not hurt them. But IL would
have proved a great hardship for the
children who lived on CaDitoI HiII and
in the northeast portion Of the CITY n
the wife of President Haves had NOT
taken nm their cause She couId not 70
neal an act of Congress- hut eha could |
open the grounds Of the Executi,a NJ
sion 10 the little Easter nnerrvn,a Ilars
This she did and on Eastar ~ Is9s ~
egg-roIIing in the presidant's gronnds NJ
n now Exists with lis mrsic and otha2 90
accomna uirnents beean II bss coytin
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e,routb in size fro,, ,bat da, a. .I,HaP eP'
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strnnp Tast 80 ,t,a,o ai "aa itSdS ~ IyV
gates over 95 o6o tn 49, 80, i,iStus ,,i, .iis
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mont Tho oroyirds aro tbo,,a,Ss enJvS
ra rdener 10 he Far too cror.Ssd -, ~ ,is s
safety's sake and because of M st ntot aot !
decline The children cannot mot, play Ia IT their cir
egg rolling Is considered TO be in danger |