The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31
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PLAY FROM
MORNING TILL NIGHT.
First the amusement Of the children Is
looked after. All that can please . child
out-of-door sport for the boys. games with
prizes for boys and girls. plenty Of music
ground and back home again. must be pro-
vided to make the day as complete as pos
| sible. The inner man is not forgotten.
Free lemonade flows In generous streams.
and it is good lemonade. by no means the
proverbial picnic stuff. with the shadow of
three emons furnishing the spice.
, School picnic lemonade is made Of real
lemons and good dashes Of claret to make
1t healthful to the little ones. who get
: thirsty twice as often on picnic day as on
the ordinary school day.
Many families fill the big picnic basket
| and enjoy a dinner al fresco with their chill
dren and the latter's teachers. In fact. the
fond mother always prepares an extra It'd
bit for the teacher to win favor for her
young hopeful.
In other instances sandwiches are pro-
| vided for the children. fruit Is distributed.
! and no money spared to mark the big holi-
| day Of the year as the 1olliest in every way.
The long car ride from the school to the
picnic ground is not the least enjoyable
part Of the beginning and close Of the fes-
tai day.
Many hundred children who go to these
picnics have never before nae a ride on a
street car.
SPECIAL CARS FOR
PICNIC CHILDREN.
During the school-picnic season the Tran
sit Company is unusually busy providing
picnic cars for their Juvenile patrons.
Nine of the largest public schools Of st.
Louis have selected Forest Park Highlands
as their picnic place.
In the course Of two weeks more than
5000 children will lave made merry az this
resort. The schools which will go to the
Highlands are:
Grant School. corner Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Crittenden street. May q.
81. John of Nepomuk School. Eleventh and
soulard streets, Monday. June l.
O'Fallon School. No. 1903 North Fifteenth
street, Wednesday. Jul 8.
Monroe and Shepard schools. Broadway
and Winnebago street. Friday. June s.
Blair School. No. Z27 Rauschenbach ave-
nue.. Monday. juno g.
Clinton School. Grattan and Hickory
streets. Tuesday. juno ..
Madison School. La Sale and Seventh
streets, Wednesday. June 10.
Carroll School. Tenth and Carroll streets.
Thursday. June II.
In all of these schools the principals and
committeeman have worked like beavers to
make the picnic day the feast day Of the
season.
Tho Grant School. which celebrated Its
picnic last Thursday at the Highlands. dele
gated Fred w. Pape to make all arrange
ments for the day.
Mr.. Pape gave all the spare time Of his
busy day to the picnic question. and was
heartily assisted by Mr.. Alexander Noel
the principal Of the school
One Of tho leading spirits In B. John OF
Nepomuk's picnic Is Caspar J. Wolf. who
was lately elected Clerk Of the Court OF
Criminal Correction.
In the O'Fallon School picnic prellminaries
Miss Anna J. Kelly. the principal. was
helped by Jack sheehan. who Is known
throughout st. Louis as one Of the most
devoted members Of the School Board. Of
which he was . shining light for many
years.
During his regime ~ chairman Of the
Teachers' COMMITTEES. Mr.. eheehan proved
himself the friend Of many teachers.
In the Monroe and Shepard schools picnic
arransements. William II. Hughes. present
: Speaker Of tho House Of Delegates, was the
Leading spirit heartily indorssd and A.