Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-02
An Outing That Cannot Be Surpassed
for Pleasure and Enjoyment
1T WAS A WATERMELON PARTY,
A Scene In the Midst Of the Desert
That Is Romantic.-it VIII N
BE Repeated.

Monday evening was an enjoyable
event for those who had the pleasure
of partaking of feast of watermelons
at the big springs north three miles
from Las Vegas. II was a novel out
ing. A watermelon party and from
start to finish 1t was whirl of gaiety
and pleasure such as the better spirits
of Vegas know how to indulge.
The genial spirits who fathered this
good time we're the clever Fred Col
Inns and the Myers boys. They fur
nished the teams that transported the
guests. the melons that were so
hugely enjoyed by all, and the brilliant
acetylene illuminations that added
splendor and vividity to the romantic
surroundings.
The party was of clever people. just
such a crowd as can extort a great
amount of pleasure out of such an oc-
casion.
The scene and surroundings were of
the nature TO inspire everyone with
fti1e courtesy and felicity that asso-
eiates with genteel merry makers.
And every one of them was this.
1t was a sublime. star-lit evening,
and the ripping water, the beautiful
site with it's big over-hanglng trees
gave added charm and zest to the un-
confined. playful spirit of the sweet.
pretty and handsome ladies present
and revealed the social side OF the
well-known gentlemen. who graced
with all smiles the winsome qualities
of the ladies'. and indulged the joy
and ecstacy of the free and gay tit-for-
tat exhibitions The girls were In their
element and the inspiration that
prompted them will ever remain a
pleasant memory. Singing. playing
games, and all the sides that reveal
our better nature was present in all
it's glory.
1t was a pretty scene, such as is
seldom beheld, and when the twenty
eight guests feasted their fill of the
luscious melons, all in a row under
the trees. full OF animation. each OF
the party with a piece of blood-red
melon in their mouth, and with the
gentle breeze fiickering the bEiiliant
| flames, the refulgence of which gave
added splendor, there was sight thai
cannot be surpassed for beautiful and
novel effect. Remember the picanin-
ny feast of melons as pictured by the
artist, and there will be somewhat of
comprehension with this preference
that the surroundings upon the occa-
sion were so advantageously superb as
/ to make 1t more striking in its effect.
After feastfng. It was play and play
until the time struck and the CHEEKY
sound of all board for home.
1t was an outing that will bear repe-
tition. and such as gives desert life its
| joy and pleasure. How the melon
rinds did fly for awhile, But there
was exhilaration in it, All the partici-
pants were grateful for the kind acts
OF the promoters.
Those who enjoyed the occasion
were MIR. and Mrs. Al Bishop, Mr.. ana
Mrs. M. C. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. F..
e. Blake. MIR. and Mrs. o. e. Hicks,
Marie Bishop. Alice Bishop. Maudie
Yake. Katie Martin, Jenny Joy, Miss
Nj. skinner, Dixie Williams. Mrs. Will
llams, Miss Beal. Leonard Myers, Al
Myers. Fred II. Collins, William
Bishop, Frank NJ. Grace (who knows
f the touch of the flowing waterl. John
Harris, William Beattie. Fred Flem-
ifg, Dupont Vincent A. IL Jones' Robt.
Clark. Mr.. Franklin. Frank Riger and
not the least of them the happy-go-
lucky Teddy Marshall.