The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-05
JOURNAL BAND
IS HOME AGAIN
RELOCATED YOUNGSTERS HAVE
GREAT TIME AT ST. LOUIS.
Adventures Enough to Pill Book oc-
cupy the Fieeting Hours Spent by the
Young Musicians at the Worlds Fair.

St. Louis came to stop in the Mil
waukee station Sunday morning, fifty
seven relocated members Of the Jour
nal Newsboys' band, laden with grips,
trudged home, all very tired, very glad
to get home, and with pleasant mem
ories of the greatest fair the world
has ever seen. a.s
The boys left Minneapolis last
Wednesday morning in a special car
on the Rock Island, and had a merry
time of it until St. Louis union station
was reached, on Thursday morning.
AS the train passed thru Iowa in
conducted a rehearsal in the car, and
as stops were made, the good people
at Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Vinton and
other cities focked to the stations and
gave the boys a vigorous shand.'
In st. Louis the boys were quartered
IN a large dormitory in the Inside Inn,
where they made many friends. In
creates comment, wherever they 60,
They are boys Of high spirits, and the
way they walked and climbed about
the great fair would have been i'm.
possible to grown-ups. .e' -
This hot air about taking a month
to see the show won't do" said a
young map about as big as peck
heaoue' W4o ploWs norm as Dig as
and 1 seen it all in two days. Tickled
to death, I m going home.o And that
was how all the boys felt.
The boys were at liberty most Of the
time, but on Thursday evening they
gave short concert in front of ''The
Thinside Inn,' as the boys called the
hotel, and serenaded the Minnesota
building, and also the twin city build
11or olo1 ~,
Folwell made a short speech anc
Charles A. Cornman did the honors.
At the invitation of the American
De Forest Wireless Telegraph compa
| ny, the boys went up the 300-foot stee
tower and had a great view of the illu
minated grounds and city.
Then to the Pike!
But, for that matter, most of the
boys had been to the Pike before, max
| ing Decline for that interesting plac.
| on arrival in the morning, and giving
the Educational and Social Econom,
building a; wide berth. And the Pix
! stopped and gave It h g J our a -
band a hearty welcome. A. M. Vince
Ter took, the boys on an interestin,
Trip to Russia An exceedingl..
god show, by the wa y James I |
"Battle of Santiago which is on
! of the most elaborate and striking ,fea
| lures on the Pike. H. Lemcke, band
master at this concession, and formerl,
conductor of Emperor Williams pei
sonal band, said he had never hear
such a fine juvenile organization.
From the naval exhibit the boys wen
K, the scenic railway. as guests Of I. 4
Thompson with the invitation to Grid
all you please At such word fit,
seven boys hustled up stairs and wei
soon dashing up and down hill on tn
wonderfully celebrating railway. A
;. one train met another the boys role
drums and blew horns.
Friday at 10 am; in the bandstand 9
between the Journal Newsboys' ban
and the Indianapolis News Newsboys
band took place. Some 5000 peop]
heard the two organizations play. III
prize was $50 and each was to pla
four selections. The judges wei
Messrs. Williams of the Royal Gren
dier band Of London, We'll Of We'll
the Boston band.
. The Journal band played second, tt
fifty well:appearing members of tt
: fessor Vanderworker, the News dirscto
| has trained his boys we'll and the 0
ganization reflects great credit on tt
News, on the director and on Mr.. Ha
the manager.
Briefly, the Indianapolis band VIC
the prize! ID.
But therewere enough honors for bot
bands and the Journal youngsters wei
L, Wherever they went. Of course + h
; Journal still believes it's boys al
:; the better players, and this opinion WI
l shared by many hundreds in attendant
: but the judges decided otherwise and s
; gracefully T he Journa | dofs i
band d. cap to it's good Hoosier friend a
eve come again. ~
! In the afternoon as guests of M
l Fay, general manager Of the World
: Fair Auto Transit company, the Jou
nal band, in four big autos made a cor
I plete tour of the grounds, playing
they rode and then as guests Of C.
MITCHELL, superintendent Of the Mi
nesota building, attended the great Bo
war, the thrilling spectacle in whit
. General Cronje and 500 English soldie
take part. Between two acts the ma
agement asked the boys to play and Il
large audience of 10000 persons we
:, wild as the little fellows played tt
. "Dunlap Commandery' march. TIL
a trip up in the Ferris wheel also
f Mr.. Mitchell g invitation on behalf
: the Minnesota commission. On Frid;
: evening the boys gave a serenade co
8 cert at the Minnesota building.
Saturday; when the Rock Isla1
: boy was ready to go home. The Journ
8 band boys certainly had the time
| their lives at the big show. 4 3.
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