Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25
PICNICS RULE FOR THE DAY
Omaha Folks Seek Amusement at the Sew
sral Local Resorts.
NEwSBoYs RULE ROosT At KRUs PARK
Annual Outing of the Paper Mer-
chants Proves an uninterrupted
stretch OF Good Time ana
e Hot Sport.

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The boys undoubtedly have names by
which they are known Within the family
circle, but those names are never remem-
bered when at the newsboys' picnic they
are arrayed as contestants in the competi-
lions annually arranged through the gem
erosity Of an appreoiatlve public. Under
the nom de guerre OF skinny Of "Newsy"
and Of "shanty'' there may Turk an Alger-
non, a Harold or an Edward, but the public
who aided the newsboys' picnic will never
know 1t, and neither will half Of the mass
Of young humanity who contested with
them the hard-fought field at Krug's park
yesterday afternoon.
It was newsboys' day at the park from
9 o'clock in the morning until the shades
Of evening fell. After the morning papers
had been disposed Of the boys quit work
and readers Of afternoon papers found that
once again, after twelve months. regularity,
their fayorite news vendor was OF duty
and were forced into patronizing the news
stands.
1t would not have satisfied the boys to
start the picnic before the contests began,
SO g bicycle race to the grounds was the
FIRST number on the program. The con-
testants met at the corner of Thirty
ninth and Farnam streets, from which
point they rode to the entrance gate. This
event was won By skinny but as there
were eight prizes, almost every boy in
the contest got something!
Then the contests we're suspended for
awhile. Over the grounds the boys skipped
and played for an hour or more, and then
a base ball game between the boys Of
| Council Bluffs, Omaha and South Omaha
was played. The winner Of the first con-
test was the nine from Omaha, and this
team then successfully defended Its REG
ord against a team from South Omaha.
Every member Of the successful club drew
q prize, and this put the entire party in
nne hurnor for dinner. 80
Boys Lunch for ii
One would have to be a boy, a hungry
boy, with sunburned face, bare feet and a
seldom satisfied appetite to do full justice
for that dinner. 1t was a boys rejection
in every particular. There was lemonade
and there was milk; there was ice cream
and there were sandwiches, and there was
no mentor present to say when the one
or the other should be eaten. II a small
boy wanted to. chase a glass Of milk down
with a bumper Of lemonade, no one eau
toned him as to possible colicS, and he
arranged his courses to suit himself. TIT
food was in abundance. Sandwiches Of
beef and chicken, luscious ripe peaches,
ali kinds of soda-pop, the midnight dreams
of a hungry boy realized once in his life
time. And the way those boys did eat.
For an hour or more, although everybody
ate at the first table in Mr.. Coles square
house" there was cutting of bread and
meat and a serving Of viands OF which
the most luxuriant Roman who Toasted on
"a A-klaAa had nnUAR Inn
agined. z:r.
Two Funny Games.
Then came the other games-the base
ball once more, the foot races. the jumping
The most interesting race Of the entire day
was the shoe race. For Obvious reasons
the bare footed boys-the vast majority
were barred, but about two dozen were
found with foot covering In use. These
shoes were removed from the feet Of the
wearers and after the strings had been re-
moved to the extreme eyelet the shoes
we're mixed In enc pile. The boys, stationed
twenty yards from the pile, were then
required to run to the pile, secure their
shoes and return I'd the starting point with
shoes perfectly laced and tied. Less than
half q minute after the starting gun was
fired there was what is known in Boyville
as a dog pile twenty four boys deep over
the pile OF shoes. From time to time one
would emerge holding a pair Of shoes and
begin to put them on, perhaps to md that
they were not mates. The successful con-
t~estants. Of which there we're four. made
the round in about two minutes.
Another novelty was the Roman chariot
race. This takes I'VE boys to q side. One
is the rider, two are bearers, while two
!, others are leaders The rider stands with
a foot on the back Of each bearer" one
hand on the shoulder of each leader" Al
a word the party moves, the rider retain.
ing his position as best he may. The race
I yesterday was between Omaha and Council
Bluffs contestants and the boys from east
OF the river fell In a heap at the turn II
the course, the Omaha team winning easily
The picnic was over at 7 o'clock and
: special cars were sent out to bring thu
. boys back. s..
: Children's Day at CORTLAND.
3 1t was "Children's day" at Courtlant
beach Thursday. Two Sunday schools. tina
! Of the First Baptist church and that Of thu
r Plymouth Congregational church, gave pic
a MICS at that resort. The Baptist folk
rather fooled the young ones, for at tbs
. last minute, or about that time. as the re
n ports say, Mr.. Conley. the pastor, decided
4 that the grown-ups should be taken along
4 About 200 people. little and big. went L
the beach from the corner OF Leavenwortl
street and Park avenue, where the Baptis
. church is situated. When they arrived a
! the grounds they found that the eommitte
/. had prepared all kinds Of games for tn
little folks and that the older ones had no
A been forgotten on the program. Then cam
: dinner about z o'clock. Several men who's
: business had detained them In the cit
@ went out to make up family parties for thi
I meal and all returned about 10 o'clock.
! The picnic Of the Plymouth church wa
not as large as that of the Baptist people
! but the pleasure and amusement eovere'
each individual as completely. The pro
gram was about the same for each gather
ing, and while the proportion Of men an
women was not as large at the latter as q
the former, there were enough along I
care for the little ones. who seemed to en-
Joy every minute Of the afternoon an
evening.
Pythians co to Riverview.
h While the Sunday schools were enjoyin
themselves at CORTLAND beach the mem
bers Of the several lodges OF Knights Q
Pythias In the cities Of Omaha. sout