The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-04
CITY NEWS
ST. PAUL WELCOMES
FIRECRACKfR DAY
Children Have Programme and
City's Pleasure Resorts
VIII Be Crowded

|
Frecfaeker Day, when the Ameri-
can boy expresses himself with fine
Ghlnese enthusiasm, will bring tbis
year cool. dry weather. keenine M
chlid at home and extinguishing no
Iuse. The temperature today said
1 observer W. E. Oliver last night. "will
De In the seventies and there will he
| no rain.''
Inc most crackers, no doubt. will
! De exploded by children taking part in
the elaborate celebration arranged nv
| the 81. Paul Commercial club. Filled
Win Unsurpassed hostility to peace.
dignity and Lord CORVALLIS, the LITTLE
| pdlriots VIII gather at Rice park at
o O'CLOCK this morning. Each child.
upon receiving an American flag. will
] oe asked TO sing, and sing loud. i'm
! PRAISE Oh noerty and the Pilgrim Faith
| efs. In this Interpretation of tba fa
miiiar songs that have done so n,,,oh
| TO lnstili a love of country the youne,
| lips. MI
| Whetner sporadic firecrackers will
accent America" 'unbeknowns" to the
maIoiing most, has not yet been deter
!
Nelther does the committee pronbesv
now many boys will carry tornedo
| canes Tor the inculcation of becon,inp,
oeutcoseness on the part of timid girls
wore Trecrackers discharged acct
| oentally, will no doubt assist the
aWenty-first regiment band. from Fort
Smelling, in marking time for the mo
| cesslon TO Harriet island The chill
| dren will also wave their f1ages and
yell madly. GU
At the Island
When the island is reached the hovs
VIII take their pleasure more sadly.
LOT tnen no man or woman will be pre-
| pared to say don't" no matter how
| violently the explosion may be- nor
now proximate. Firecrackers. indeed.
/ VIII De purposely delivered to every
a.i'aIL celeDrant by committee on
crackers, who, with cotton in their
ears, nave tested many samples of
| startling detonation. Every bow. as
| every girl who 'dasts." will receive q
punch of crackers. Furthermore. lest
lne fountains of the great deep be not
suinclently broken up between the ISL
and and the city, prodigious firecrack-
ers seven feet in length, warranted to
resound like siege gun at Port Ar
| thur, Will be ignited by Prof. Carl
| .. Hermann, superintendent of the
Harriet island attractions These
nc
| they are loud .
] After luncheon, to be served free Of
charge, the children will take part in
| Ifecfacker tattoo and q programme of
| athletic contests. Where the number
OF entries justifies there will be three
meats. First, second and third prizes
! Will be awarded. The first prize will
be gold medal bearing the winners
| name. The second prize is TO be a
SILVER medal and the third prize a rib
| BON! Special prizes. such as basebaIls,
baseball bats, pens, ETC., will be pro-
Vlded Tor contestants who came near
winning the regular prizes. These
medals are to be presented at the
Commercial club next Friday after
! noon.
The List of Contests
For Girls-Fifty-yard dash under twelve
| years; forty-yar stride and jump, free
| for all; hopping race, under twelve; ball
| tossing, under fifteen; broad jump free
| for all; egg spoon race, between twelve
ana fourteen; throwing baseball, under
| fifteen.
| Girls and Boys-Winding yarn contest
| under twelve years.
| Boys-Climbing for time, fourteen years
ana UNDER climbing for time hand over
| hand, twelve to sixteen; fifty-yard dash,
| up to sixteen; sack race, under twelve:
pull-ups on horizontal bar, under sixteen;
! hfty-yard backward race under twelve:
running broad jump. free for all under
| sixteen.
All the standard attractions will be-
| awaiting visitors today at Como park,
| White Bear lake, the Indian Mounds
park, Fort Smelling and other local
| resorts. Everywhere will be seen a
limited amount of fireworks in the
evening"
At Como the Minnesota State band
will give an afternoon and an evening
concert. Cars will be run to meet ev-
cry demand of the crowds, and the
schedule of service will, if necessary,
furnish cars one and a quarter min
utes apart
AT Lexington park baseball is sched-
| uled between st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis. Cars will run a minute and a half
apart before and after the game. Runs
will be recorded by explosion on the
bleachers.
No special exercises will be held by
the garrison at Fort Smelling. But to
accommodate the multitude that al
ways seeks this charming picnic spot
on holidays ten-minute street car
service will take the place of the usual
halfhour service. There will also be
extra cars around the loop" On this
line. as on others, the special service
will begin at Z o'clock a. M, and will
continue until II p. m.
To Wildwood electric cars will be
Gun on what is equivalent to a five
minute service; that is, six cars will
be run together every half hour
The attractions at Wildwood, in adj
dition to fireworks, will include, as
usual, bathing, the laughing gallery,
the bowling alley, the new roller coast
er, the toboggan slide and dancing in
the pavilion.
The customary picnics and excur-
sions on land and lake and river, by
trolley, rail and boat will lack moth
ing this year of sunburn, fatigue and
"a general good time