Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
HAD A JOLLY GOOD TIME
ROYAL ARCANUM OUTING AT
RIVER VIEW.

The Grand Council of the Royal Arcant.n
gave a complimentary excursion yesterday
a freruoon to the members of the order and
their friends at River View. From the esti-
mates made by those in charge 1t Is be-
Neved that fully 10000 persons participated
and enjoyed the program of sports which
had been arranged by a committee com
posed of DR.. Thomas Carver and Mr.. A. E.
Cook 1t was Arcanum day, and the Ar
rowsmith and Pocahontas made eight trips
during the afternoon to accommodate the
large crowd which desired to attend Grand
Regent j. E. Swain was at the Ith street
wharf seeing that everything went off well,
and he was about the busiest man In town
during the afternoon. for upon him mainly
depended the efforts for the comfort of the
members and their friends. and only when
the last boat left the wharf did he leaFe
his post of duty. and he seemed to be well
pleased with the great success of the excur-
sion. The base ball game. which was looked
forward to with a great deal of anticipation
by many of the visitors, had to be declared
off on account of the wet condition or the
grounds.
The card also consisted of so yard dashes
for boys of ten years and under, girls or ten
years and under: 50-yard hop race for boys
sixteen years and under. girls sixteen years
and under; 2J-yard hop race for boys ten
years and under. girls ten years and under:
100 yard dash for boys eighteen years and
under: 5O-yard dash for ladies of all ages;
50-yard sack race for boys and for girls;
hop, skip and jump race for boys eighteen
years and under and for girls twenty years
and under: standing broad jump for boys
ten years and under and eighteen years and
under; orange and apple race for boys eight
cen years and under and ten years and
under. for girls eighteen years and under
and girls ten years and under; orange and
apple hop race and also side-skip race for
IL ,ISNr
and ten years and under. There was also a
cakewalk we'll as fancy dancing
Athletic Events.
All the events were successfully carried
out. the entries for each race averaging
sixteen. Those who won in the several
races were Rennie Thomas. John Mahoney.
Mary Bentley, Ernest Thompson, Kari
Dampie-. Will:s Cornish. Edna Bailey. Ce-
celia Sullivan. Lena Bentley. Lansing
Walk, Agnes Deginhardt ]. w. Crouch, ].
Z. Law Lola Williams V. Mann, J. H.
Cheney and Isabel Wilson.
AS soon as the first boat landed at River
View the dancing pavilion furnished the
most inviting spot for the young folks and
from that time until the departure of the
last boat on the return trip the pavilion
was one moving mass of young people
bent upon tripping the light fantastic to
tuneful measures. Many of those who at
tended took their lunches in baskets and
the mothers were compelled to great
extent to watch the small boys of the
families so that the greater portion of the
repast might be saved until the time for
the evening luncheon. 1t was a true pic
mic in every sense of the word and one
that will be remembered with many pleas
ant memories for a long time by those
who attended
The last boat. which returned last even
ing, was caught in the rain, which drove
nearly every one on board into the saloon
and cabin. Those present then arranged
an impromptu program, which consisted Of
popular songs, and when the boat arrived
a the wharf all had enjoyed themselves in
elements