The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-05


son Smith, P. T. Metzdorf, Louis Betz
w. M. Carson. F. G.. Bradbury, DR..
Justus Ohage, F. H. Warwick and 9TH
ers.
The line of march was Wabasha
streetsto Sixth street, Sixth to Robert,
Robert to Seventh, Seventh to Waba
sha, and Wabasha to the bridge;
thence across the Mississippi, west
along the river bank and the new park
approach, to the Harriet island bridge,
and over that bridge to the island.
So great was the concourse of merry,
flag waving children that the rear of
the parade was still crossing Third
street at Wabasha when the van was
pouring out upon the island. And the
paraders moved twenty or twenty five
abreast. At the entrance to the island
a--fnan counted 5000 children passing
by before he became too tired to con-
tinue. He could have counted 10000.
Among the hypnotiZed followers of
Mayor Smith, this new Piper Of Hame-
lin, the few separate organizations in
cluded 100 children from the Settle
ment house on the West side, and the
Sunbeam band, headed by Mrs. Arthur
E. Clarke.
Children Get Firecrackers
Hardly had the first thousand in
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the black bears in the island zoo, when
DR.. J. B. Darling, and City Comptroller
Louis BetZ began to distribute west Of
the zoo, 5000 packages Of firecrackers.
Good crackers We're these, and big
crackers, but not too big; reliable
crackers, not slow to make up their
minds; crackers that did not need too
| much investigation, Gust to see if they
was lighted"
| Dr. Darling and Mr. fBetz were still
struggling for a touchdown when the
: Fort Smelling band began, at the band
stand, q popular and patriotic concert
that lasted all dry long,.
1t was 10 O'Clock, perhaps, when a
small maid whose collar bone was all
ready sunburned beneath her "peek-a-
boo" waist jumped down from the Obi
cycle merry go-round,' and informed a
chum who hoped off too: "Why.
Name, your hairs all tousled an I'm
most starved to death, amt you?"
Name agreed that a crisis was at
hand. She was SO hungry, indeed, that
as she said, she could eat feathers"
Relief, however, was at hand. Lun-
cheon supplied by the Commercial club
began at noon precisely, and luncheon
lasted until O'Clock. 1t was a light
luncheon, yet. a satisfactory smack"
for growing children.
Had Light Luncheon
1t was composed. in part, of 1000
loaves of bread, $50 pounds of ham,
1,500 dozen sandwiches, 1900 dozen
doughnuts, 1900 dozen sugar buns, and
10000 bananas More Nhan 1000 lem
ons permitted the making of several
glasses of lemonade. And all for the
| asking. to-wit,S the grabbing
Lieut.. Sexton is a large policeman,
Sergeants Rose and Mccarthy are no
invalids, and Sergeant Andy Mccall
has been broth of by in dealing
with mere pugilists.a But when this
distribution of bananas was begun in
| earnest, and the police attempted to
protect the distributor, Lieut. Sexton
| was obliged to signal for assistance.
| The sergeants reinforced him Yet the
banana citadel would have been car
| ried and the distributor made prisoner
| had not strategic diversion been
| brought about by the explosion of a
! mandarin firecracker close by. Then
the aSsaultlng forces heSitat ted.
Bananas are sgreat .eatin." But
Gee, did you never see a man'drin
| cracker? Fought tub hear one g,off
jes' oncet; yuh won't; forgit, 1 don't
tink.''
This explanation was hardly needed ::
the mandarin cracker explained itself
| Seven feet long, and containing LOCO
| ordinary crackers, the mandarin soon
| demonstrated its power of expression
| to the content of. the children and the
| relief of the banana distributor. There
| were other mandarinS exploded during
| the day, but none with happier effect.
Bathing rejoiced man bows and girls
on the island. Others found diversion
in the ample apparatus of the boys
outdoor gymnasium. A lively shower
4 at ) O'Clock served only to accent the
| charming weather of the day and make
the crowd feel altogether "picnic-y"
Athletic Events Next
! But the regular events" after the
| luncheon and the crackers, were the
| athletic contests for fat men, boys and
glrlss These trials Were held within
the limits of the boys gymnasium.
1 The referee was Prof. Carl j. Herr
man, superintendent Of the public
baths: the timer, Prof Carl F. Roth
| fuss. superintendent of athletics at the
baths; the starter, Frederick Kuett-
4 ner; the clerk of the course and secre-
4 tary of the meet, Arthur Leland, super
1 1ntendent of the Como avenue play
grounds: assistant clerk of the course.
F. G. Bradbury; track inspectors. DR..
! y. B. Darling and William M. Carson;
| track judges, Prof Denny and Guy
Ruff; field inspectors, Henry J. Haas.
marshal. B. H. Schriber; aides. the
] Commercial club Fourth of July COM
! mittee
Secretary c. P. Slime, of the Com
1 mercial club, and City Comptroller
Betz distributed the prizes provided by
the club. Most of the first prizes were
certificates for gold medals. and most
/ OF the second prizes certificates for sill
yer medals. Each medal will bear a
lone star, symbolic of the state, and a
! winged foot of Mercury, suggesting
| both commerce and foot races The
letters on the medal, C. c.. P. A u, viii
| mean Commercial Club Playground
i Athletic Union Many third prizes
will be ribbons. Other prizes dis
tributed>V yesterday included bats balls,
catchers' gloves, tennis rackets, cups
and saucerS and fans. "Teotsie,'' for
example, gotta fam She didn't know