The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
COMMERCIAL CLUB
READY FOR KIDS
Fourth of July Celebration for
Children to Break All
Records

The celebration of July Fourth or
Harriet island tomorrow promises to
eclipse anything of the kind ever at
tempted in st. Paul. With ample funds
provided by contributions, the commit
tee of the Commercial club having
charge of the arrangements has been
able to make preparations for treating
| the children with picnic that will long
be remembered.
A feature of the programme for the
day is a long list of athletic contests
the winners of which will be given gold
and silver medals and other gifts. Each
winner of the first prize of each of the
events in the list following will be pre-
sented with gold medal engraved with
! his or her name. The medals will be
presented at the Commercial club Fri
day afternoon.
Each contest will have three heats
where the number of entries justifies,
and the prizes will be distributed
among the first, second and third. The
second prize in each contest consists of
silver medal, similar in design with
the gold medal awarded to the winner
of the first prize. The third prize will
be ribbon.
In addition to these prizes a number
of special prizes. such as base balls,
baseball bats, pens and other small ar
ticles will be given to the contestants
who came near the money in each
event
Children to Start Early
The children will gather at Rice
park in the morning at o'clock
and will march to Harriet island the
Fort Smelling band leading the way.
Before leaving the park programme
of patriotic songs will be sung by the
children. Prof. Harry Phillips will have
charge of the song service. Each child
in line will be given an American flag,
and when the parade reaches the island
each marcher will be given a bunch of
firecrackers. About 5000 punches are
on hand at the island already and if
the supply gives out more will be pro-
cured.
Lunch will be served free of charge
to the children from the platform in
the center of the island. The morning
will be we'll taken up with the services
at Rice park, the parade to the island
and the shooting of f1recrackers. After
lunch the sports will commence and it
is expected that about two hours will
be consumed with the programme.
Aside from the frecrackers which
will be distributed among the children,
the committee has secured a large
number of safety crackers. They are
seven feet long and consist of large
number of smaller crackers bound to-
gether These explode with a terrific
blast, but are harmless. Prof. Herman
viii have charge of the noisemakers.
Every precaution will be taken to
protect the children on the island dur
ing the day, and a large force of reg
uiar and special policemen will be pres
ent to guard visitors.
The children of the Neighborhood
house will gather at the corner of In
Will march to Rice park under the
charge of Mrs. M. N. Pentland.
Latest Contributions
The total collections as reported yes
terday amounted to $1,113.79. The list
of latest contributors is as follows:
P. 3. Metzdorf, Bank District-National
German-American bank. $40; First Ma
bank, $40; Capitol bank, So; ST Paul Ma
tlonal bank, So; Scandinavian bank, SIS;
American A. Sa ia National bank. S.; State Bank
H ". Shade, Robert Street District
c. 6. Hartin, 81; William Collins, ST.
III. H. Seng, Brewers District-Hamm
Brewing company, $40.
Merchants National Bank Building Dis
frlct-E M Van Duzee, 81; E. NJ Van
r. p. Lawrence and E. B. Kirk, Waba-
sha Street District-Dr John Mclean. 81:
Or. O.. Martel, 81; DR.. E. Stevens. ST.:
Cash, soc; F: W. Tucker, 81; George o..
Lennon, IS; Friedman Bros. meat mar
ket, 81; M. Goldman. 81; The Spencer. 81:
c. A. Albrecht, 81; Columbia Phonograp oh
company, 81; c. H. Middents, 81; R. Man
gler, 81; Boardman hotel, 81; w III. Crit
fin 81; F. R. Mann & Son, 81; Andrew
Schoch. So; Cash, soc; Schultz Wilson Mil
1nery company, 81; Atlantic and Pacific
Tea company, 81; Collins Photo COMPANY.
81; F. Seifert, SOC; l.. Epstein & Son. ST !:
Milton Dairy company, 81; Metropolitan
Tea company. 81; E. c. Wiperson, soc;
Programme of Sports
The following is the programme of
sports which will be commenced at 2
o'clock:
For Girls = Fifty-yard dash, under -
years; forty.yard stride and jump. free
Tor all; hopping race, under 70; bail toss
ing, under Is; broad jump free for ali:
egg spoon race, between II and IA; throw
ing baseball, under 15
Girls and Boys-Winding yarn contest.
under IL years.
Boys-Climbing for time, IA years and
under, climbing for time hand over hand