Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-30
A WATER CARNIVAL
Summer Residents Give Each
Other Pleasure.
TOOK BRAINS TO DO IT
BUNCH OF HINTS FOB OTHER
JEWELLERS BY RIVER OR SEA.
Using Homely Resources and Achiev-
ing Greatest Success and
Merriment.

Away I'D in New Hampshire Is a small
summer settlement on the shores OF one OF
the beautiful mountain lakes. Some Of the
owners of the cottages are New workers.
and some WashingtonianS and the spot
itself is the apple of the eye" to all OF
them. The cottages are only five In number,
and though quite elastic as far as guests
are concerned, only a comparatively few
people, after ALL make up the little colony
who row, swim. climb and fish the days
away, and on fine moonlight evenings float
about in the small boats with banjo ring
Ing clear as it twangs some lively measure.
or with softer notes throbs an accompani-
ment to the solo or chorus. as 1t may be.
rising from the little fleet.
There Is good deal of talent of one kind
and another among the habitues Of the
place Camp" as 1t is called-and some
notably pretty entertainments have been
gotten up there usually, too on the spur
of the moment.
An account has just come of water
carnival, which is suggestive Of what
may be done with few resources that
will give it as nearly in the words of the
youthful writer as possible, thinking 1t
may be helpful in planning other similar
amusements as well as interesting to hear.
Planning It All.
After a few preliminaries she writes:
I'VE had planned to have the fete, con-
sisting of decorated boats floating around
in the moonlight, with a prize for the pref
test, on Tuesday night but the morning
was so lowering 1t was given up. However,
by 10 o'clock it had warmed up so much
we all decided to go on. So Eleanor and
1 hurried out to Lumis and a mile beyond.
and had long, hot three-mile walk, get
ting big bunch Of pink dahlias at farm
house and golden rod and ferns by the way
side. After swimming and luncheon we
got to work. The waterside people took
our boats over to the next float, out OF
sight. to decorate them so they should not
be seen prematurely. M. had his canoe
and fitted it up like an Indians, with an
Indian blanket in it, snow shoes, a moses
head, his rifle and boughs of green, with a
torch Of birch bark stuck at one end.
Dressed the Part, Too.
His 'get-up'' was choice; he painted his
face grotesquely. had snaky black hair
(made from a slashed umbrella covering),
fringe sewed to his khaki trousers and
with moccasins and Indian blanket, and
firing his rifle with blank cartridges and
giving the Indian yell as the procession
formed in front of "Edgemere."
Eleanor's boat was prettily trimmed with
a sort of hood of golden rod and ferns,
hung with yellow Japanese lanterns.
The second Edgemere boat was ships
galley, and was mighty funny. There was
a slight framework over 1t, to which were
tied all the tin pans, gridirons, frying pans,
&c. in the camp; there was broom stick
ing up in the corner, and red cloth over
the canopy, and Cousin Sarah. in white,
with cooks cap and apron. rowed it.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. were very good, OF
course: they had a white-and-blue boat,
with Columbia in the stern and Uncle Sam
In the bow.
A Venetian Memory.
There was also a gondola, with frinsed
hood. carved bowsprit and Venetian lamp.
DR. 8. being the gondolier, with sash ued
round his waist. and padding with one oar.
and Miss Carrie. the yelled beauty, ly1ng
under the canopy. Next came Neptune,
with robe. crown and trident, in a boat to
himself. with only an oarsman. Father was
a "hayseed:" he had a big bale of hay in
his boat with a pitchfork sticking in it,
and barn lantern hung on each end: he
was dressed in overalls and a farmers hat,
and with a corncob pipe was quite typical.
Thanks to the taste and energy of some
of the other members of the family, my
boat was the browning effort of our cottage.
We had a framework and on that made
green canopy by laying spruce boughs
over it, and wound the supporting trees
with the ground pine vine and fastened
the little ground-pine plants all along the
gunwales, with white dahlias stuck in at
intervals. and heap of ferns in the stern
from the greenery.
A Lovely Japanese.
I wore pink kimona sashed high around
my waist-obi fashion-and had my hair
fixed Japanesy, with lots of pink dahias
in it and had fans stuck all around the
boat.
We formed a procession and rowed in re-
view past the Commodore" who, with
white Yachting and medal the
judge; after which there were set off col
ored lights, rockets and a balloon from an
anchored boat, and then we all adjourned
to the casino" for supper, wearing our
ridiculous costumes.
After supper the commodore was pre-
scented with an imposing tin cup with three
handles In very funny speech, and the
commodore himself awarded the carnival
prize to Columbia consisting of a white
SILK banner, with a pink silk trout sewed
on It, both pretty and very appropriate as
souvenir for a fishing camp party.