The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-07
CRESCENT PARK.
Great Shore Resort Is Open
for the Season.

Crescent Park is now open daily for the
season. Dinners being served regularly
from l2 to 6. and many OF the amusement
enterprises being In operation on week
days and all on Sundays. The special
Sunday - attractions offered this week In
clude concerts by the Banda Napoli with
Bowen X. Church as cornet soloist ano
Archie Jalbert as Trombone soloist
The popularity OF this splendid organi
zation has never been so great as this
season, as its concerts at Crescent Park
have attracted immense numbers OF music
lovers who are delighted with the music
rendered by the band. The applause given
Mr.. Church testifies TO the fact that his
position I'm the favor OF the peop'e has
never been more enviable than now and
he Is compelled 10 respond 10 encores al
most beyond reasonable limits.
Caterer Lewis will serve a specially nHe
dinner including numbers that nave no.
previously been served this season; ihe
new menagerie OF live animals I'm the
steeple chase will doubtless odd to the
many features therein contained. The
chutes and various other attrlr'ions not
forgetting the Arabian pony hippodrome
which is entirely new this season is ex-
pected TO afford ample satisfaction.
The new exposition building Is practi-
cpny completed. and additional interest IS
given to II by the fact th1t number OF
the exhibitors have already arrived on
the ground and have begun TO lay their
exhibits In the building. The Exhibition
will be open next Saturday hy Governor
win bc opened next Saturday by Gov.
it's character.
The arrangements for the competition
drills of the state militia IN connection
with the Industrial exposition at Crescent
Park which IL now practicary completed; {;
and there Is every reason TO expect tia
they will prove even more interesting
than had been before expected. The mer-
bers OF the militia from top 20 bot'nm
are taking a very active interest In the
competition and some very har1 work In
being put In by the various companies In
prepara ton for this seYtre test.
= ne drawings for the five first davs Of
the competition have he n made by Gen.
Tanner with the assistance Of col War
field. Col. McGann. and Secretary Kings
bury OF the Association OF Arts and
Crafts. The competitions are made by
Col McGarn and resulted as follows:
Monday. June %. Comranv r. first regi-
ment. and Company A. 81 regiment. Tues
day. June q. Company a. first regiment
Company II. first regiment and Company
T., Cd regiment Wedn~s iav, June p,
Company r. I'd regiment. Company B. ID
regiment and Company .. 2d regiment
Friday. June 27. Company @. ID regiment.
Company ID. first regiment and Company
III, 2d regiment on Saturday. June o.
the winners OF the first prizes on each OF
the first four days of the competition will
drill for the handsome silk banner which
will be awarded TO the final winner.
The drill cards have already been issued
10 the various companies. and contain
the movements that they will be required
to execute by detailed Information re-
garding the drills. A purse OF 5000 has
been offered for each of these competitors
and this will be divided into three parts,
so that every company entered will re-
ceive some compensation for their time
and efforts. The whole competition is In
the hands OF General Tanner and Colonel
Warfeld. and to them the Association OF
Arts and Crafts are extending every pos
sible co-opera tion and assistance
The arrangements for the formal OPEN
ing OF the Industrial Exposition OF the
New England Association OF Arts and
Crafts at Crescent Park on Saturday.
June l4th. are nearly completed. The ex-
position will be opened by Governor
Charles Dean Kimball and among the spe-
cially invited guests will be the govern
or's staff and the state officials. His Hon.
or. Mayor Granger and board OF alder
men of the city OF Providence and town
council Of East Providence. General Her
bert s. Tanner and staff. the officers and
staff of the First Light Infantry.
The latter organization has rendered its
services as escort TO GoverpVr Kimball
and will leave its armory at one o'clock
in the afternoon. proceeding up Westmin-
ster street to Cathedral square and thence
up Weybosset to the Narragansett hotel,
where the invited guests In carriages will
be taken under escort TO the dock of the
Providence. Fall River and Newport
Steamboat Co The party will embark on
a special boat. leaving at 2 o'clock and
due al Crescent Park at 2:4o and the for
NAL opening OF the exposition will take
place promptly at p. m. The exercises
will be simple and brief and after which
an inauguration banquet will be served
to the guests In the six O'clock" dining
pavilion. The Banda Napoli under the di-
recton of Signor Capone will head the
line In Providence and with Bowen r.
Church as the star soloist. will give con-
certs In the Exposition building during
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