Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-08-04
THE BUSINESS MEMS PICNIC
Twelve Hundred People Are Feast
ed And Royalty Enter
tanned By Them.

NO event given III ADudpOlis HAS
been a greater success than the picnic
given yesterday by the Business Mems
Association at Bouchers- on the Spa.
Twelve hundred people were present,
not counting children, much larger
crowd than expected. Everybody had
good time, and everybody left for
home last night we'll pleased and
showering praise upOn the Business
Mems Association for the hopitality
extended.
Too much credit cannot be given
the business men for the perfect man
ner in which things were conducted.
Everything passed off smoothly and
there was no hitch or jar to mar the
occasion. The good nature of the
crowd was proyerbial The profess
sional men rubbed shoulders with the
laboring man, and the crowd was a
thoroughly cosmopolitan one. Every
body was sociabie and all fiocked to-
gether. There were no little clans or
cliques-all recognizing the brother
hood of man. The Association. knew
its men when it appointed the follow
ing committee of arrangements
James ID. Feldmeyer, chairman: Harry
5. Kenchington, Aaron l.. Goodman,
Charles A. Howard and John Levy
Each and everyone of the committee
worked energetically to make the oc-
casion one of marked success. and one
long to be remembered. They de-
serve much credit and to their efforts
large part of the success is due. At
2 O'Clock the two steam launches, one
owned and run by Mr. J. dePeyster
Douw, and one by Mr.. Shannon, be-
gan transporting the crowds. Soon
the numbers increased to such an ex-
tent that large fishing smack and
row boats had to be called into use.
Fathers, mothers, their little chill
dren, beaux and sweethearts, grand
sires and grand DANES and uncles and
aunts went over the Spa to the Busi-
ness Mems picnic, anticipating a jolly
good time, and none were disap-
pointed
On reaching Boucher's beautiful
grove they found the tables spread
with white cloths. 70 the right of
the pavilion was the committee mp to
their eyes in work In an open
square, formed by tables, the commit
tee dealt out ham and tongue sand
wiches, lemonade plain and lemonade
favored with grape juice, ginger
snaps, fancy cake and TO every holder
of a ticket to which a coupon was at
tached, ice cream and cake. There
was an abundance of all, and every
body was served, no one went away
hungry. Many families took along
their supper and were served under
the trees. There was all tiie lemonAsle
any one wanted TO drink aud it was
not circus lemonade, either, but de-
licious ice cold. refreshing lemondae.
with plenty Of lemons and plenty OF
sugar It Was no little trouble to
squeeze hundreds of lemons, but this
the committee did, and like all else.
left in their charge, did it well and
creditably.
As a diversion there was the Gun
Club Shoot to watch. This was a
novel sight to many, and when Cap
tain Smith shot 20 straight great
shout went up from the crowd of on
lockers. The children enjoyed the
swings and the see-saw, and some of
the older folk did too. Dancing was
a feature of the afternoon and even
ing, music being furnished by por.
tion Of the Naval Academy orchestra.
Prof Schreyer. violinist, with Messrs.
Wraede and Woolley and Master Harry
Schreyer, pianist. The floor was al
ways filled with young couples, who
enjoyed the dancing. One pleasant
feature of the outing was that of being
near home people could go and come
at will. The business man who could
not go at 3 or O'Clock, went at
O'Clock, and others at G or Z o'clock,
and even at o'clock. 1t is the con-
sensus of opinion that the picnic was
far better as an outing than the excVr-
sion of last year 1t threw the people
together and gave everybody an oppor-
tunity to participate At night speech
making was indulged in to some ex-
tent. Speeches were called for and
we're made by Mr.. Ridgely p. Melvin
and Mr.. Aaron l.. Goodamn. Mr.
Goodman spoke in happy vein and
his remarks were well received.
Mr.. Ridgely F. Melvin, in speaking
on behalf of the Association. referred
to the great outpOuring of the people
of Annapolis as an evidence of that
kind of spirit upon which the Associa-
tion depends in large measure for sue
cess. The kindly interest displayed
bv the unprecedented gathering of rep
resentative people of Annapolis and
vicinity, he said, was deeply appre-
ciated by the Association and argues
we'll for the continued success of the
Association, whose interests are only
those of the whole community. All
Annapolis today is praising the Busi
mes Mems Association. to which it is
indebted for one of the most pleasant
and successful social affairs ever given
here. Paraphrasing Rip, it may be
said: Here's to the Business Mems
Association; may it live long and
prosper. /"